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Super Rugby: Hometown boy Gareth Evans defies pain for first Hurricanes start in a year
The one-test All Black (against Japan in 2018) and Super Rugby title winner (with the Highlanders in 2015) will gallop onto his home ground at McLean Park, Napier, to face the Western Force
after playing 30 minutes off the bench in the 35-13 win over the Rebels.
Evans' previous Hurricanes start was the Super Rugby Aotearoa opener against the Blues…