Antonio Kiri Kiri says the last time he scored four tries in a match was back in under-10s rugby.

The Wellington defenders could not stop Antonio Kiri Kiri on Wednesday night, neither could a sore stomach.

The Manawatu Turbos flanker dotted down for four tries in the 50-28 win, but he almost did not take the field.

Early in the match Kiri Kiri told injured Turbos team mate Nehe Milner-Skudder, who was attacking as waterboy, that he may need an early finish to his third start of the season.

"About 10 minutes in I told Nehe to tell the coaches that I am feeling sick, I had a crook guts," he said. "I just said 'Look mate, I am not feeling the best. Tell them that if it is not going away in five minutes I am going off'."

But meanwhile he was having a strong start to the match and a try in the 21st minute proved to be part of the cure.

"I got my first try and I got a bit of a second wind so I thought I would play through it. The doc gave me some medication and then it was all good."

Kiri Kiri's first try was one of the easiest he will ever score, walking over the line in the corner after some quick hands from Otere Black and Hamish Northcott.

He said it was his favourite try of the four.

"I don't run in too many tries like that, it is always pushing over close," he said.

His second was in the same spot and came after handy passes from the same two men.

But this time he had a lot more work to battle his way over the line without crossing the touch line.

From there he said the chance of the hat-trick was in the back of his mind.

Two minutes into the second half he picked up the try from a close-range pick-and-go.

"I had a look at the defence and the second defender out was standing up on his feet so I saw the opportunity to dive at his feet," he said.

That try came with a little pain thanks to team mate Nathan Tudreu who accidently gave him a shiner in the post-try celebrations.

Kiri Kiri's fourth try came eight minutes from fulltime, but may cost him a couple of beers for the front rowers.

By that stage he had moved to No 8 and was the benefactor of a Turbos pushover scrum.

The 24-year-old was pleased to be putting out some of his best displays in his rare starts for the Turbos this year after spending most of the season confined to the bench.

"I have been putting my hand up telling Cots (Cotter) that I need to be out there and I finally started telling him with my game and that is how he wants to hear it," he said.

"I had a pretty frustrating time there for a while when I was on the bench and getting minutes that you could count on one hand. I knew when Cots gave me a crack I had to make the most of it or I would be straight back on the bench."

Kiri Kiri, who has been with the Turbos since his debut in 2012, is off contract at the end of the season and is still weighing his options for the future.

"I don't know where I see myself in the future," he said. "Super Rugby is the dream, but those sort of goals are fading away from me as I get a bit older so it might be time to start exploring other avenues."

He also has the option of trying to return to the New Zealand Sevens team who he debuted for at the end of last season.​