Crusaders (26) 33 / Waratahs (13) 18 (Final Score)
The Crusaders hosted the Waratahs at Travalgar Park, Nelson (not in Christchurch due to the massive earthquake) at 08:35 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 and CSN on TV in SA.
The Crusaders won comfortably in the end but the nail in the Waratahs coffin were the 2 fast scores before halftime and the fast try just after halftime to give the Saders the buffer they needed.
Scorers:
Crusaders: 4 Penalties & 3 Conversions Dan Carter, 2 Tries Robbie Fruean, 1 Try Sonny Bill Williams
Waratahs: 1 Penalty Kurtley Beale, 1 Try Tom Carter, 1 Try Luke Burgess, 1 Try Afa Pakalani
Teams:
Crusaders: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Robbie Fruean, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Adam Whitelock, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read (captain), 7 Matt Todd, 6 George Whitelock, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Replacements: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Chris Jack, 19 Jonathan Poff, 20 Willi Heinz, 21 Matt Berquist, 22 Tom Marshall.
Waratahs: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Tom Carter, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Daniel Halangahu, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Ben Mowen, 7 Phil Waugh (captain), 6 Dave Dennis, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Al Baxter, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Sekope Kepu.
Replacements: 16 Damien Fitzpatrick, 17 Benn Robinson, 18 Sitaleki Timani, 19 Pat McCutcheon, 20 Brendan McKibbin, 21 Ryan Cross, 22 Afa Pakalani.
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Kane McBride (New Zealand), Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
TMO: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)
The Waratahs plan to turn the Crusaders’ attacking midfield threat of Sonny Bill Williams and Robert Fruean into a defensive weakness by exploiting their positional play and lack of rugby experience.
Williams and Fruean will play their first Super Rugby match together, although they combined for Canterbury in their successful domestic ITM Cup campaign, and NSW will look to confuse them when they spread the ball at Trafalgar Park tonight.
The predicted foul weather tonight could limit expansive play but the Crusaders can expect plenty of traffic in the centre channel.
in Australia the dont like Kaplan , read this from RH.
BLOW ME DOWN
If SANZAR is serious about having a merit system for its whistleblowers, then it’s time to give Jonathan Kaplan a rest. His refereeing of the Rebels-Brumbies match in Melbourne was perplexing and well below standard. And that’s not just because of his diabolical decision just before full-time, which enabled the home team to win on the bell. Kaplan bungled several other rulings and to allow a game to be decided on a meaningless push-and-shove was embarrassing. Clearly SANZAR thought otherwise because Kaplan is refereeing the Lions-Blues match this weekend.
I wonder who will win this game, am still very undecided.
Hellooooooooooooo!
I have picked the Waratahs to win on Bru by 7….
What Saders team will show today after the quake????
For the sake of my bru go tahs!
Teams out on the field…. Saders jerseys looking like Lions rugby jerseys…. UUUUGGGGLLLYYYY!!!
Hehehe
Game On!!!
Penalty against Kepu… but Saders deep in their own half
Scrum 5 for the Tahs, after a helter-skelter start both ways
hallooooo almal, ek kyk by die werk op my Drifta…at last wooohooo
Tahs Try, left corner.
TMO
moet try wees!!!
Awarded!
10@ Tripples:
Lekker man, werk dit mooi?
Saders 5 / 0
Oooh k@k skop
100% GBS….ek is soooo bly daaroor
16@ Tripples:
Wat kos hy en wat is die maandelikse kostes?
Penalty Saders and Dan Carter slots the easy one!
Waratahs 5 / 3
Penalty Tahs, kicable, will Halangahu go for posts?
Halangahu misses to the right
Ag FOK ref, get the engage going fast at the scrum….
Man, I get so pissed off with these pedantic refs….
Penalty right in front for the Saders…
Saders 6 / 5
Hoekom speel die Saders in Leeu truie, het die rykes van Jhb die span gekoop ?
Try Luke Burgess of the Tahs…. very nice running!
commemorative hempie bdb, vir die mynramp en vir die earthquake
24@ bdb:
Ek het ook al gevra hoekom speel hulle in suke lelike truie… hehehe
Tahs 10 / 6
BDB en GBS hulle gaan al die truie teken en opfeil om geld in te samel
Ek drink Rooibos Tee en eet Crumpets… njammie!
Penalty to the Tahs for a high tackle on Burgess…. Beale slots this one
Tahs 13 / 6
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