Hurricanes (6) 9 / Highlanders (11) 14 (Final Score)
The Hurricanes hosted the Highlanders at the Westpac Stadium, Wellington in the FIRST Super Rugby game of the year at 19:35 NZ Time (08:35 SA Time) on Friday 18 February 2011. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, CSN & SHD on TV in SA.
If this is the quality and game attendance we can expect from Super rugby, then I’m afraid that Super Rugby is doomed!
There was a plethera of penalties, too many missed kicks at goal to mention, a yellow and then a red card for Ma’a Nonu…. and some of the worst handling ever.
This was not good rugby, siss on you Hurricanes… it’s a home loss against a team who made many errors, but just less than the Hurricanes.
Basically the Highlanders ground out a gritty win in an ugly match.
Scorers:
Hurricanes: 3 Penalties Aaron Cruden
Highlanders: 2 Penalties & 1 Try Lima Sopoaga, 1 Penalty Robbie Robinson
Teams:
Hurricanes: 15 Cory Jane, 14 Julian Savea, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Tyson Keats, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Jack Lam, 6 Mark Reddish, 5 Jason Eaton, 4 James Broadhurst, 3 Michael Bent, 2 Andrew Hore (captain), 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Neemia Tialata, 18 Faifili Levave, 19 Serge Lilo, 20 Chris Eaton, 21 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 22 Andre Taylor.
Highlanders: 15 Ben Smith, 14 James Paterson, 13 Kendrick Lynn, 12 Shaun Treeby, 11 Kade Poki, 10 Lima Sopoaga, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Nasi Manu, 7 Alando Soakai, 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Josh Bekhuis, 4 Jarrad Hoeata, 3 David Te Moana, 2 Jason Rutledge, 1 Jamie Mackintosh (captain).
Replacements: 16 Brayden Mitchell, 17 Bronson Murray, 18 Joe Tuineau, 19 John Hardie, 20 Aaron Smith, 21 Robbie Robinson, 22 Siale Piutau.
Referee: Stuart Dickinson
Assistant referees: Garratt Williamson, Glen Jackson
TMO: Mike Fraser
Nonu cops the 1st yellow of the season.
A yellow was on all day so far!
hello again, Rugby at last.
Landers 11 / 6
28 – Nee sies Fender.
Nonu yellow card!!!!
Canes attack again coming to nothing….. lots of errors.
Lots of ring-rust
Sukkel die Canes bietjie? hulle het dan al die ‘sterre’ in hulle span!
Lemoenetyd
Oi…. lots of client interruptions here…. should lock my doors and pretend not to be here…. and switch off the cell….
How can they interfere with my rugby, damn!
Wat drink ons??
Koffie kapitaal vir my!
Yep koffie jong, kan seker nie iets anners by die werk drink nie 🙂
if both teams can not score a bonus point it will be a good result for other teams.
The fact that the Canes with all their stars are so ring-rusty and an injury ridden Landers with a lot of no-namers doing so well, worries me for tomorrow.
Rugby is a game about heart and passion…. and the Landers are showing the heart AND passion, so far.
2nd half on
Lets see if they (saders) gives us (bulls) the blue print with a great 2nd half
42@ superBul:
True!
Al gehoor van Bru af?
The ref allows a lot at ruck time, wonder if all the refs will do this
@ grootblousmile:
Nee , hulle is seker baie besig nou
Landers man, down…. took a good kock on the noggen!
If a team can have 4 Adam Thompsons to replace the tired legs the opposition will be severely bruised. He is like Schalk Burger fearless
Oi, Nonu gets a red card….
Cowen must be cited for bringing the game in disrepute. Rugby must get this out. Milking cards.
Landers once again misses the easy penalty.
@ superBul:The oscar performance off course
Landers penalty again
Picks for Hurricanes 8571 (90.25%)
Picks for Highlanders 918 (9.67%)
is this a season off surprises?
… Damn, the kicking is up to shit…. another Landers miss to posts
Will nonu be ot for a few weeks?
Canes penalty taken quickly
Another Canes penalty…. easy one and slotted
Landers 11 / 9
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