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The Hurricanes record against the Reds in all Super Rugby matches is P14 W9 L5 D0.

The results are as follows:

Year
Venue
Won by
Score




1996
Wellington
Reds
32-25
1997
Brisbane
Hurricanes
47-29
1998
Wellington
Reds
41-33
1999
Brisbane
Reds
11-0
2000
New Plymouth
Hurricanes
43-25
2001
Brisbane
Reds
27-18
2002
Palmerston North
Hurricanes
22-18
2003
Brisbane
Hurricanes
26-23
2004
Wellington
Hurricanes
29-12
2005
Brisbane
Hurricanes
24-10
2006
Wellington
Hurricanes
26-22
2007
Brisbane
Reds
25-16
2008
Wellington
Hurricanes
23-18
2009
Brisbane
Hurricanes
37-28


2. The Hurricanes record in Super Rugby is P180 W93 (51.7%) L83 D4.

3. The Reds record in Super Rugby is P176 W78 (44.3%) L95 D3.

4. The Reds record in away matches is P87 W25 (28.7%) L60 D2.

5. The Reds record in Super Rugby matches in New Zealand is P36 W7 (19.4%) L28 D1.

6. The Hurricanes record in Super Rugby matches at Westpac Stadium is P53 W37 (69.8%) L14 D2.

7. The Hurricanes record in Super Rugby matches against the Reds at Wellington is P5 W3 L2 D0. Both of the Reds wins were at Athletic Park .

8. The Reds record against New Zealand sides in Super Rugby is P74 W27 (36.5%) L46 D1.

9. The Hurricanes record against Australian sides in Super Rugby is P50 W29 (58.0%) L21 D0.

10. The Reds are enjoying their best Super Rugby season since 2002 when their record was identical to this year’s after 11 matches (ie W7 L4 D0).

11. The Reds have appeared in three previous semi-finals. In 1996 against Natal at Brisbane (lost 25-43), in 1999 against the Crusaders at Brisbane (lost 22-28) and in 2001 against the Brumbies at Canberra (lost 6-30).

12. The Reds have never won two matches in a row in New Zealand in the same season. (They have already beaten the Chiefs 27-18 at Hamilton in Week 4).

13. The result of the last 20 Super Rugby matches played by the Reds is W9 L11 D0. The sequence is (in 2009 - W L L L L W L L L and in 2010 - L W L W W W L W W W L).

14. The result of the last 20 Super Rugbymatches played by the Hurricanes is W12 L7 D1. The sequence is (in 2009 - W L W W W W L W L and in 2010 - W W W L L L L D W W W).

15. The Hurricanes have won their last five Super Rugby matches against Australian sides - a record winning sequence.

16. The Hurricanes have scored 149 tries and conceded 146 tries in their 50 previous Super Rugby matches against Australian sides.

17. The Hurricanes have never dropped a goal in a Super Rugby match against the Reds.

18. The Reds are the only Super Rugby side the Hurricanes have failed to score any points against in a match (lost 0-11 at Brisbane in 1999).

19. The Hurricanes record in 2010 is P11 W6 L4 D1. For: 33T 20C 31P 0DG - points 298. Against: 30T 18C 28P 0DG - points 270.

20. The Reds record in 2010 is P11 W7 L4 D0. For: 34T 25C 28P 1DG - 307. Against: 27T 18C 18P 1DG - points 228.

21. The individual record for most tries scored by a Hurricanes player in a match against the Reds is three by Tana Umaga at New Plymouth in 2000.

22. The individual record for most tries scored by a Reds player in a match against the Hurricanes is two by Shane Drahm at Wellington in 1998. No other player has scored twice for the Reds against the Hurricanes.

23. The individual record for most tries scored by a Hurricanes player in all matches against the Reds is eight by Tana Umaga.

24. The individual record for most tries scored by a Reds player in all matches against the Hurricanes is four by John Roe.

25. The most tries scored by the Hurricanes against the Reds in a Super Rugby match is six at Brisbane : in 1997 and New Plymouth in 2000.

26. The most tries scored by the Reds against the Hurricanes in a Super Rugby match is five at Wellington : in 1996 and 1998.

27. The most penalties in a match by the Hurricanes against the Reds is five at Wellington : in 1996 and Palmerston North in 2002.

28. The most penalties in a match by the Reds against the Hurricanes is five at Brisbane : in 1997, 2001 and 2007.

29. The most penalties by the Reds against the Hurricanes in a match at Wellington is two in 1998 and 2008.

30. The individual record for most penalties by a Hurricanes player in a match against the Reds is five by David Holwell at Palmerston North in 2002.

28. The individual record for most penalties by a Reds player in a match against the Hurricanes is five by John Eales at Brisbane in 1997 and Clinton Schifcofske at Brisbane in 2007.

29. The most points scored by an individual in a match for the Hurricanes against the Reds is 22 by Jon Preston at Brisbane in 1997.

30. The most points scored by an individual in a match for the Reds against the Hurricanes is 19 by John Eales at Brisbane in 1997.

31. The most points scored by a Hurricanes player in all matches against the Reds is 50 by David Holwell.

32. The most points scored by a Reds player in all matches against the Hurricanes is 45 by John Eales.

33. Current players who have scored tries for the Hurricanes against the Reds are: Rodney So’oialo (Palmerston North in 2002), Andrew Hore ( Wellington in 2004), Ma’a Nonu ( Brisbane in 2005, Wellington in 2008 and Brisbane (two) in 2009), Cory Jane ( Brisbane in 2007 and 2009), Jeremy Thrush ( Brisbane in 2009) and Piri Weepu ( Brisbane 2009).

34. Current players who have scored tries for the Reds against the Hurricanes are: Ben Lucas (Brisbane 2009), Quaid Cooper (Brisbane 2009) and Brando Va’aulu (Brisbane 2009).

35. The record for most points in a season by a Reds player is 155 (25C and 35P) by John Eales in 1996.

36. The record for most conversions in a season by a Reds player is 25 by John Eales in 1996.

37. Quaid Cooper has scored 152 points so far in 2010 made up of 4T 24C 27P and 1DG. He is just three points short of equalling John Eales’ points record and one short of equalling his record number of conversions in a season.

38. New Zealand born Quaid Cooper has scored 189 points in all Super Rugby matches.

39. Cory Jane made his Super Rugby debut against the Reds at Brisbane in 2007 and scored a try.

40. David Smith was another player who made his Super Rugby debut against the Reds at Brisbane in 2007.

41. Ten players made their debut for the Hurricanes against the Reds at Brisbane in 1999 - the Hurricanes lost 0-11. Three players made their debut in the match at Brisbane in 2001. The Hurricanes lost 18-27. Nine players in all made their debut at Brisbane in 2007. The Hurricanes lost 16-25.

42. Rodney So’oialo will play his 100th Super Rugby match against the Reds. Along with Jerry Collins and Tony Coughlan, So’oialo made his debut for the Hurricanes against the Reds on 24 February 2001 (as a flanker) and it will have taken him 9 years and 75 days to reach the milestone. He is the second Hurricanes player to play 100 matches after Tana Umaga, who reached his century of matches 9 years and 66 days after making his debut. Umaga also played his first and 100th match against the same team (Blues). And his 100th match was played on 6 May 2005 - one day short of five years before So’oialo.

Whereas Umaga missed a total of 11 matches along the way, So’oialo will have missed 25 and in the 10 seasons he has appeared for the Hurricanes. He has not once played in every game of the season. Rodney So’oialo is the 13th New Zealand player to reach 100 Super Rugby matches and the third this year after Carlos Spencer and Richie McCaw.

43. Two team-mates of So’oialo namely Andrew Hore and Ma’a Nonu will play their 96th match (90 for the Hurricanes and six for the Crusaders) and 97th match respectively, against the Reds.

44. Reds player Sean Hardman turned 33 on Thursday, the day before the match.

45. Hurricanes player Michael Paterson turns 25 on Sunday, two days after the match.