Fehi Fineanganofo

The Hurricanes are Super Rugby Pacific champions for the first time in a decade, and have done it in emphatic style. Clark Laidlaw’s side have returned to the summit at Hnry Stadium in Wellington, as they did back in 2016, this time with a scintillating, 60-5 triumph over the Chiefs in the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific final. Saturday night’s victory for the Hurricanes is the competition’s largest finals-winning margin, surpassing the Bulls’ 44-point win over the Chiefs back in 2009.

All New Zealand fans are asking themselves the same question as Fehi Fineanganofo continues to dazzle on the Super Rugby Pacific stage in 2026: Can we keep him? Fineanganofo became the first player to score three hat-tricks in a single Super Rugby Pacific season on Saturday night in Christchurch, touching down four times in the Hurricanes’ Super Round showdown with the Brumbies.

Another 50-piece from the Hurricanes has delivered another statement that Clark Laidlaw’s men are serious contenders in 2026, and ended the Reds’ four-game win streak. The hosts would have had a 31-7 lead after just half an hour were it not for a TMO intervention, and the Reds took the opportunity to instead reduce their deficit to 24-14 at the break. That scoreline kept things tense coming into the second half, but three tries in the next 14 minutes ensured another hefty Hurricanes win.