AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) Brothers Reiko and Akira Ioane shared three tries Friday as the Auckland-based Blues took a bonus point from a 50-32 win over South Africa’s Cheetahs in Super Rugby.
Winger Reiko scored two tries and backrower Akira one as the Blues gathered momentum after a slow start to beat the Bloemfontein-based Cheetahs by eight tries to four, keeping alive their slim chances of a playoff spot.
Reiko Ioane also scored two tries and Akira one in the Blues 40-33 win over the New South Wales Waratahs last weekend, making the Blues brothers an effective fraternal double act along with Beauden and Jordie Barrett and Julian and Ardie Savea from the Wellington-based Hurricanes.