This week's match represents the Hurricanes first home match of the 2017 Investec Super Rugby season and the Melbourne Rebels are set to provide a gauge of where the team are at after a big first up win.

The Rebels opened their season with a heavy loss to the Blues in Melbourne, but will welcome back a host of previously injured players and are sure to be hurting after their first up effort.

To learn more about the Hurricanes-Rebels rivalry check out the stats below.

STAT ATTACK

6 The number of sets of brothers who have played for the Hurricanes after Beauden's brother Jordie Barrett made his debut against the Sunwolves last week. The Barrett brothers join Jacob and Tamati Ellison, Ardie and Julian Savea, Andy and Gordon Slater, Ace and Filo Tiatia, and Scott and Thomas Waldrom.

9 The Hurricanes win against the Sunwolves extended their record of successive match victories to nine in a row.

190 The number of points the Hurricanes have scored against the Rebels, made up of 25 tries, 19 conversions, nine penalties, and no drop goals.

CAPTION: Prop Gordon Slater (pictured) and his brother Andy are one of six sets of siblings to have represented the Hurricanes. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

21 The highest number of points in a match by a Hurricanes player against the Rebels is 21, by Beauden Barrett at Wellington in 2012. Those points included nine conversions which is the record by an individual Hurricanes player against all Super Rugby sides (Equalled by Otere Black against the Sunwolves at Tokyo in Week 1 of this year's competition).

0 Drop goals have been kicked during a Hurricanes Rebels match.

7 The number of matches the Rebels have won in New Zealand, having played 26, lost 19 and drawn none.

25 The number of tries the Hurricanes have scored against the Rebels, the highest in one match being 9 tries in their meeting in 2012.

42 The highest number of points the Rebels have scored in a game, it was in fact against the Hurricanes in 2011.

3 The individual record for most tries in a match by a Hurricanes player against the Rebels is three, by Julian Savea at Wellington in 2012.

47 The number of matches the Hurricanes have won against an Australian side, having played 78 in total.

CAPTION: No 8 Thomas "The Tank Engine" Waldrom (pictured) and his brother Scott, an openside, are among the six sets of brothers to have represented the Hurricanes. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

30 The number of Super Rugby matches the Rebels have won, out of 96 played in total. That's a winning percentage of 31.

221 The total number of players who have made at least one appearance for the Hurricanes in a Super Rugby match.

13 Dane Coles, who appeared off the bench against the Sunwolves, has led the Hurricanes on 15 occasions for a record of 13 wins and just two losses. He has won his last seven matches in a row which equals the Hurricanes record originally set by Tana Umaga. After losing the first two matches of his tenure Umaga won the next seven in succession.