Team of the Week: Hurricane season; Rugby 365

The improved form of certain teams, as we head into the second half of the Super Rugby season, has been rewarded in our famous weekly selection.

The biggest movers in recent weeks, the Hurricanes, top the selection list in our starting XV - four players from New Zealand's capital, Wellington, getting the nod.

The next best team was the Rebels, who have three members in our starting XV - followed by two each from the Crusaders and Waratahs.

The Stormers, Cheetahs, Chiefs and Sharks (one each) make up the numbers.

There is some reward, with three selections, for the Cheetahs in our back-up squad.

However, the Chiefs, Stormers, Sharks and Rebels - all winners- get two players each in a well-balanced squad of bubbling under players.

The Western Force, Waratahs, Hurricanes and Lions (one each) make up the numbers.

Only two players return from last week - flyhalf Colin Slade (Crusaders) and prop Tendai Mtawarira (Sharks).