Sport | Debt-laden Rebels bid farewell to Super Rugby with quarter-final loss to Hurricanes

Sport | Debt-laden Rebels bid farewell to Super Rugby with quarter-final loss to Hurricanes

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Rebels players form a huddle after the Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final match between Hurricanes and Melbourne Rebels at Sky Stadium, on June src8, 2src24, in Wellington, New Zealand. (Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

Rebels players form a huddle after the Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final match between Hurricanes and Melbourne Rebels at Sky Stadium, on June 08, 2024, in Wellington, New Zealand. (Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

The Wellington Hurricanes and Auckland Blues booked home semi-finals against the Waikato Chiefs and ACT Brumbies respectively on Saturday as the Melbourne Rebels bade farewell to Super Rugby.

The top-qualifying Hurricanes overcame a slow start to beat the Rebels 47-20 in their quarter-final in Wellington, with the debt-laden Australian team playing the last match in their 14th and final season.

It set them up with a clash next week against the Chiefs, who dismissed the Queensland Reds 43-21

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