Crusaders (13) 18 / Highlanders (15) 26 (Final Score)
The Crusaders hosted the Highlanders at Trafalgar Park, Nelson at 09:35 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on Tv in SA.
A gritty Highlanders side showed how to beat the Crusaders at home with formidable defence and forwards who spoil every possible fast ground ball of the opposition, both teams scoring 2 tries.
Scorers:
Crusaders: 1 Penalty & 1 Conversion & 1 Drop Goal Matt Berquist, 1 Try Zac Guildford, 1 Try Adam Whitelock
Highlanders: 3 Penalties & 1 Conversion Tony Brown, 1 Try Siale Piutau, 2 Tries James Paterson
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Teams:
Crusaders: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Tom Marshall, 13 Robbie Fruean, 12 Adam Whitelock, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Matt Berquist, 9 Andy Ellis (captain), 8 Joe Wheeler, 7 Matt Todd, 6 George Whitelock, 5 Chris Jack, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Quentin MacDonald, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Replacements: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Luke Romano, 19 Jonathan Poff, 20 Kahn Fotuali’i, 21 Sonny Bill Williams, 22 Sean Maitland.
Highlanders: 15 Robbie Robinson, 14 James Paterson, 13 Kendrick Lynn, 12 Ben Smith, 11 Siale Piutau, 10 Tony Brown, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Nasi Manu, 7 John Hardie, 6 Jarrad Hoeata, 5 Josh Bekhuis, 4 Tom Donnelly, 3 Chris King, 2 Mo Schwalger, 1 Jamie Mackintosh (captain).
Replacements: 16 Jason Rutledge, 17 David Te Moana, 18 Nick Crosswell, 19 Tim Boys, 20 Sean Romans, 21 Matt Saunders, 22 Telusa Veainu.
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Vinny Munro (New Zealand), James McPhail (New Zealand)
TMO: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Good morning!
This should be a good derby!
Two teams who both have strong and abrasive packs of forwards… with a very game Highlanders backline and a sublime Saders backline.
Saders should take it, easily enough eventually…. my Bru pick was by 19.
Oi, Adam Thompson is not in the Landers side…. he was 5 players worth on his own!
I see Sonny Bill is only on the bench for the Saders….
Teams out on the field, trumpettor playing the last taptoo.. for Anzac Weekend celebrations
Damn, these New Zealanders love their Anzac Day…. soo too the Aussies….
SA served just as hard in all the wars… same as the anzacs, but we hardly remember that at all, no celebrations for it at all in SA.
Game ON!
Matt Berquist slotting an early Saders penalty.
Saders 3 / 0
Morning GBS, are you younger than Tony Brown?
7@ Loosehead:
Afraid not, he has to call me “Oom”
Penalty Landers….. eaaaasy one for Brown to pop over
3 / 3
@ grootblousmile:
Bliksem, Donner!Then you must be old!
It’s been miffy, cloudy, rainy, wet, cold weather for what feels like weeks on end now….
They say that too little sunlight into the iris of the eye has an adverse effect on one’s mood…. in that case there MUST be farkers wondering around who are now desperate to slit their own wrists…
I feel surprisingly spightly though….
10@ Loosehead:
You’re only as old as the woman you feel…. hehehehe
Heyyyyyyyyyyy, Handbriekie has just brought me breakfast…. eggs, sunny side up, toasted broodjies, ham…
Njammie!
Try by Guildford, for the Saders
Saders 10 / 3
13@ grootblousmile:
Lucky man!
I am having coffee and hot cross buns.
16@ Loosehead:
Why are the buns cross?
Hahaha
Morning All
@ grootblousmile:
Good job you married a much younger woman then!!! 😆
What on earth is a ‘Toasted Broodjies’, please enlighten me?
Last point GBS, notice you dropped a superBru place yesterday…how confident are you today?
Try Highlanders!
Try Landers….. Piutau
18@ Blue Bird:
Toasted broodjies are toasted buns.
Yeah, I see we both dropped a spot on Bru…. hehehe
OMG! They are playing YMCA at a rugby match. The Keeeeeeeeeeeweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee’s are strange people.
Belated good morning all, just on and see this seems close game so far
Oh a weather report from ‘Muddy Island’….ANOTHER glorious day, hot enough to do breakfast on the terrace. You poor things feeling cold and miserable it is really fantastic here.
Loosehead, I ate my hot cross bun yesterday…!! 🙂
@ Blue Bird:
If I drop another place, I will be stone last.
Drop by Berquist
Saders 13 / 8
24@ Blue Bird:
I have some left over, toasted with a strong cheddar cheese.
23@ Bullscot:
Helloooooooooooo Bully-beef!
What were your picks on Bru?
24@ Blue Bird:
Hi ya Blue Bird lucky you down there is its hot enough to do breakfast alfresco, enjoy! Please send some of that heat up this way, was bright enough eventually yesterday but generally been a bit cool here and a fair amount of the old ‘haar’ to dull things a bit. By the way did you get any thunderstorms yesterday, looked like parts of Wales and west England were getting some?
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