Chiefs (10) 27 / Highlanders (15) 21 (Final Score)
The Chiefs hosted the Highlanders at Mt Manganui, Bay of Plenty at 08:35 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Chiefs won the match by 27 / 21, not scoring their bonus point for tries in the process.
Scores:
Chiefs: 2 Penalties & 3 Conversions & 1 Try Stephen Donald, Sione Lauaki, 1 Try Sona Taumalolo
Highlanders: 1 Drop Goal Robbie Robinson, 1 Conversion & 2 Penalties Israel Dagg, 1 Try Hayden Triggs, 1 Try Fetu’u Vainikolo
Teams:
Chiefs – 1. Sona Taumalolo 2. Hika Elliot,3. Ben Afeaki,4. Craig Clarke,5. Culum Retallick,6. Liam Messam ,7. Luke Braid,8. Sione Lauaki,9. Brendon Leonard,10.Mike Delany,11.Dwayne Sweeney,12. Stephen Donald,13.Richard Kahui,14.Lelia Masaga,15.Mils Muliaina (captain)
Reserves: 16. Vern Kamo, 17. Toby Smith, 18. Jarrad Hoeata, 19.Colin Bourke 20. Junior Poluleuligaga, 21. Jackson Willison, 22. Tim Nanai-Williams.
Highlanders – 1 Chris King,2 Jason Rutledge, 3 Clint Newland, 4 Josh Bekhuis, 5 Hayden Triggs, 6 Adam Thomson, 7 Alando Soakai, 8 Steven Setephano, 9 Jimmy Cowan ( c ), 10 Robbie Robinson, 11 Fetu’u Vainikolo, 12 Jason Shoemark, 13 Kenny Lynn, 14 Ben Smith, 15 Israel Dagg
Reserves: , 16. Jason Macdonald, 17. Bronson Murray, 18. Joe Tuineau, 19. Tim Boys / John Hardie, 20. Sean Romans, 21. Mat Berquist, 22. James Paterson
Match Officials
Referee: Marius Jonker (SA)
Assistant referees: Garratt Williamson (NZ), Shane McDermott (NZ)
TMO: Glenn Newman (NZ)
Landers 15 / 10
Handbriekie, my wife, is a star…. she has just brought me a nice hot cup of Milo…
Lemoenetyd
Wonder hoekom smeer Jonker sy gesig met vaseline … om uit te blink ? Of is hy onfiks, dat hy so baie sweet, of reen dit ?
GBS, hoe lyk die Chiefs, gaan ons hulle kan vat volgende week ?
Wees nou eerlik ouens. Die Blues het die Bulle se nommer gehad vandag, en hulle het die ref reg gespeel. Daarmee se ek nie die ref was sleg of bevooroordeeld nie, hy vertolk net die reels anders as die refs wat die Bulle tot nou gehad het. Die Blues was verwoed by die afbreekpunte en het geclean soos derduiwels.
Iemand moet vir my verduidelik hoe jy kan kompeteer vir die bal as jy uit die poel geclean word nog voor jy by die breekpunt ruck in spel kan kom om te bind. Ek het fyn gekyk en die Bulle se tweede speler is voortdurend geclean op pad in deur Blues spelers wat oor die ruck clean. Is die ruck nie dan al klaar gevorm nie? Is dit nie dieselfde as om ‘n ou sonder die bal te tackle nie. Ek glo Craig Joubert het hier ‘n trick gemis of die Blues het ‘n manier gevind om die nuwe reelvertolkings te manipuleer soos wat die Bulle bv met die rolmaal beweging doen.
As dit laasgenoemde is , cudos aan hulle, maar ek reken dit is eerder eersgenoemde, want as ‘n speler nog op pad is om te speel en hy word verhoed, dan kan die hele game mos maar ‘n free for all wees waar almal vir almal tackle en uitvat. Dit laat my dink aan American Football waar daardie tipe van spel toelaatbaar is.
Die Bulle moet kyk, luister en leer en ook dieselfde doen, dan sal jy sien hoe gou dit aangespreek word.
“But cowboys don’t cry.” Die bes voorbereide en gemotiveerdste span het gewen.
35@ BiDiBiDi – Yip, Bulls sal die Chiefs kan vat….
Okay everything going to plan here…hehe.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LANDERSSSSSSSSSS.
36@ Seerower – Janee, die beste span het gewen… die Blues was eenvoudig slimmer as die Bulls vandag.
36 – Bluebeard, Sorry about the Bulls today, but the Blues played some great rugby. Think Bulls should beat the Chiefs next week just looking at Chiefs now.
Chiefs hot on attack now…
Lauaki scores… it had to come
Chiefs 17 / 15
The Chiefs are doing what the Bulls should have done…. pin the other team back in their 22, play your game, not theirs.
36: Min spanne sou vandag die Blues gewen het, veral met die ref se vertolking van reels. Dit word bietjie van ‘n gamble, dit hang af van watter ref jou blaas. Maar, dit beteken die afrigtingspan en die dinkskrum van jou span moet al die skeidsregters goed bestudeer om te sien wat hul reelvertolkings is.
Bulle het wel duidelik oortree by heelwat losskrums, maar wat vir my ‘n probleem is, is dat Joubert nie dieselfde oortredings by die Blues geblaas het nie.
Maar, soos ek al reeds genoem het, ons het na my mening reeds die wedstryd verloor vooraf toe ons met die verkeerde wedstrydplan opgedaag het, indien daar ‘n wedstryd plan was ?
Ons vat hom op die kinnebak, en gaan voort, die S14 word mos nie in April gewen nie ! 😉
Slegte nuus vir die Bulle, is dat dit lyk asof Kuun homself verder beseer het met die laaste beweging van die wedstryd. Sal seker maandag weet hoe ernstig dit is.
Morning ALL…and I mean ALL !!! 😉
I won’t say good, as I have just woken up to the Bulls result!!
Besides turning the speakers off how do I stop the annoying loud music on Justin TV that drowns out the commentary!! It is very irritating…..
Donald kicks a penalty
Chiefs 20 / 15
Is hot Milo something that you do with condensed milk? 😆
48@ BB – Hot Milo is much like Hot Chocolate.
Penalty by Israel Dagg
Chiefs 20 / 18
Landers hanging in there. 20/18 chiefs.
Go Landers.
Taumalolo scores for the Chiefs
48 – Hello Blue Bird, Milo is a lot more healthy than hot chocolate, so gbs can have it…..hehehe.
52 – Chiefs should win this.
Hierdie gaan ‘n 5 punt wen wees vir Chiefs.
Chiefs 27 / 18
The Chosen One, see you up there, come say hello. Welcome, never seen you here before.
GBS 39 and Puma 40.
I tend to agree. About today, I warned weeks ago that this will be the Bulls’ sternest test. I believe we effectively lost this game when Potties was subbed. Did you notice how Spies was nowhere in the second half, how Morne came under pressure and how Wynand fell appart. At first glance people do not appreciate the work that guy does on defence and attack with and especially WITHOUT THE BALL, and how he operates like a “lightening arrestor” by drawing defensive attention on him.
The Blues targetted him specifically at the rucks as second arriver, illegally playing him and taking him out of play by tackling him from their position in the ruck and thus preventing him to enter the ruck by taking him to ground.
I hope the Bulls coaching staff learnt from this.
56 – gbs, Think it is good bye Landers.
57: Wat, is Langenhoven nou hier ? 😉
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