A record onslaught has sunk the ACT Brumbies as the Hurricanes emphatically extended Australian misery in New Zealand Super Rugby finals games.
The top-placed Hurricanes won Friday's qualifying final 66-12, scoring five tries before the break to quickly snuff out the prospect of a hoodoo-busting effort from Stephen Larkham's men.
They led 31-0 before going to the break ahead 38-7 and remaining ruthless enough to inflict the biggest finals defeat on an Australian team in Super Rugby history.
It was more points than the Brumbies had ever conceded in a first half and a record score from the Hurricanes against their rivals, as the hosts clinically ended a Brumbies season that began with promise before slowly withering in a sixth-place finish.
