Hurricanes (22) 28 / Reds (5) 26 (Final Score)
The Hurricanes hosted the Reds at Westpac Stadium, Wellington 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.
The Hurricanes had a great first half, racking up their 4 tries and then it was time for the Reds to claw their way back and with 4 minutes to go the Reds held a slender 1-point lead. The Hurricanes got a penalty opportunity on full time and Aaron Cruden calmly slotted it, for a 2-point win by the Hurricanes.
Scorers:
Hurricanes: 1 Conversion & 1 Penalty & 1 Try Aaron Cruden, 1 Try Faifili Levave, 1 Try Andre Taylor, 1 Try Neemia Tialata
Reds: 3 Penalties & 1 Conversion Quade Cooper, 1 Try Scott Higginbotham, 2 Tries Luke Morahan
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Teams:
Hurricanes: 15 Andre Taylor, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13 Jayden Hayward, 12 Charlie Ngatai, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Chris Eaton, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Jack Lam, 6 Faifili Levave, 5 James Broadhurst, 4 Jason Eaton, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore (captain), 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Anthony Perenise, 18 Jeremy Thrush, 19 Mark Reddish, 20 Tyson Keats, 21 Julian Savea, 22 Beauden Barrett.
Reds squad:
Forwards: Albert Anae, Saia Faingaa, Liam Gill, James Hanson, Scott Higginbotham, Greg Holmes, James Horwill (c), Van Humphries, Beau Robinson, Radike Samo, Guy Shepherdson, Rob Simmons, Adam Wallace-Harrison.
Backs: Will Chambers, Quade Cooper, Anthony Faingaa, Will Genia, Mike Harris, Ian Prior, Ben Lucas, Luke Morahan, Dom Shipperley, Kimami Sitauti.
Referee: Keith Brown
Assistant referees: Glen Jackson, James McPhail
TMO: Mike Fraser
Canes 17 / 5
From the start Genia looked not so sharp today
gbs @ 31
wtf? 😯
See the Canes have dropped all those All Blacks who have not been on form, like Nonu, Conrad Smith and a few others…. and now they are competative…
Try Tialata…. bonus point for the Canes
btw gbs
het jy ooit toe na daai testrugby.com se kompetisie gekyk?
Canes 22 / 5
gbs @ 34
think nonu, conrad smit are injured
35@ Ashley:
Skoon vergeet…. sal netnou kyk!
37@ Ashley:
Well, whether injured or dropped, Canes seem to be on fire without them all…
#37
but
yes, maybe the new blood have indeed improved the team
or
the reds are just dismal. not watching the game, so not sure!!
These 2 gardeners have jumped in like crazy and possessed men… I promised them work at my house in Pretoria for the next 3 days if they work well today…. hehehe
did any of you put the canes to win here?
@ Ashley:
Reds not at their best, Will Genia suffers from Dupreeeitis, not sharp at all in the first 30 min
Penalty Canes… on halfway
Ball shies off the right hand post, missed.
Lemoenetyd
bluebird @ 42
not me, says the cat!!
OK, back now… need to go move BonzaiGBS’s car where it won’t interfere with the garden work
Time to get on my bike….catch you later.
super @ 43
whats up with cooper? average game?
@ Ashley:
waar graft jy ou mater?
Ciao all. Was hoping Reds come a cropper here and so happy it’s happening. It often happens that a top team underestimates it’s lowly opponent. In this comp you can’t relax against anyone.
yep, laat ek ook inspring en bietjie werk. chat later weer!!
@ Ashley:
49
diens nie baie goed nie, dis hoe ek dit sien, hulle speel stadig weg van die rucks.
51@ Die_Jong_Skurk:
Hello Turkey… gobble, gobble…. hehehe
super @ 50
graft??
2nd half on!
@ Ashley:
watse werk doen jy dan
Try Luke Morahan for the Reds
Sie daar is Cooper weer op sy beste met n briljante dwars skop, pin point. TRY
Canes 22 / 10
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