'Absolute class!' - Izaia Perese produces a brilliant offload

Hurricanes no.8 Ardie Savea saved the day for his side scoring a late try in a 22-18 win over the Waratahs in Sydney on Saturday.

The Waratahs led 15-0 at halftime and looked on course for the win until Savea's 75th minute winner.

NSW scored twice in the first half, the first through No.8 Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco came up with a try after picking up the ball at the back of the scrum.

The second was a more impressive effort as Izaia Perese got away a freakish backhand flick pass for winger Dylan Pietsch to score in the 36th minute.

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As well as the heartbreaking loss, Perese limped from the field with a suspected MCL and is now in doubt for the Wallabies Test series against England in early July.

"It feels like it got away from us that game," Waratahs skipper Jake Gordon told Stan Sport after the match.

"We controlled possession in the first half but they came out of the blocks really quickly in that second half and we had trouble controlling that.

"We had opportunities to complete and we didn't."

WARATAHS 18 (Tries: Warren-Vosayaco, Pietsch)

HURRICANES 22 (Tries: Mafileo, Sullivan, A.Savea)