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Blues centre Rieko Ioane makes a run against Julian Savea of the Hurricanes at Eden Park on Saturday.
The Blues are well and truly back in the championship race after a strong second half saw them snap their two-game losing skid and bank the winning points against the Hurricanes on Saturday night at Eden Park. On a Super Rugby Aotearoa Easter weekend when the runaway leaders made a surprise stumble, Leon MacDonald’s men made a decisive thrust to move within four points of the Crusaders at the top of the standings with an important 27-17 victory over the Hurricanes.