The Hurricanes made light work of the Waratahs in Wellington tonight as a dominant second-half performance saw them ease home 41-29 for a bonus-point victory.

If you watch any rugby this weekend, it should probably be the Hurricanes versus the Waratahs at Westpac Stadium tonight.

Most rugby seasons, there are questions about Ma'a Nonu. Sometimes there are positives about whether he can maintain his rich run of form.

After Ben May's first Super Rugby try was stolen from him a couple of years ago, he was finally able to break his drought in Wellington last night.

If seeing plenty of points is your thing then the Hurricanes' 46-30 victory over the Southern Kings at Westpac Stadium in Wellington this afternoon would have been right up your alley.

There's something to be said for having a gun goal-kicker and Beauden Barrett showed exactly why that's the case at Westpac Stadium last night.

Q&A with Victor Vito of the Hurricanes.

As Owen Franks prepares to go head to head in a match against his brother, Ben, for the first time, he has revealed he would have left the Crusaders in search of more game time if his elder sibling hadn't.

You'd hope two things come out of this woebegone match - that referee Steve Walsh is censured for manhandling Hurricanes skipper Conrad Smith and that the Canes do not head any further down a path which could see them hailed as 'the new Blues'.

TJ Perenara is will begin the season in the No9 jumper for the Hurricanes, after recovering from an ankle inury last year.

Super rugby is billed as a massive tri-nations provincial series. But tonight looks more like an event for sparklers rather than any whizz-bang skyrockets and trumpets flourish.

With the five New Zealand Super Rugby franchises naming their squads today, APNZ looks at how each side stands heading into the 2013 season.