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
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Surfer Dude slots a penalty
Canes 22 / 13
At last another kick is accurate, Surfer Dude nails the penalty
61@ The_Young_Turk:
Impressive…
Hope for the Saffa teams the Canes can pull this one off.
@64 Learning from the master
Come on Canes!
Scrum 5 for the Canes… Reds player thought he’d called for the mark, but he did’nt catch the ball cleanly
Canes need to do the Mountain goats and the Guppies a big favour.
High tacle by Reds, 7m out
69@ The_Young_Turk:
Will make the Reds / Saders clash to come also quite important.
@ grootblousmile:
these high tackles is also called inconsistent.
Strecher out for the Canes player…
72@ superBul:
Was high
Canes 25 / 13
Penalty Reds, Surfer Dude goes for posts
Canes 25 / 16
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@ grootblousmile:
stem nooit saam my as ek so iets se nie ne.:grin: Maar die tackle was marginal 50/50 at best
2nd try for Morahan for the Reds
Canes 25 / 23
Darn it, don’t let this slip now Canes!
Penalty Reds, Surfer Dude to go for posts… if over they’ll sneak the lead
GO CANES. JUST HANG IN THERE… 🙂
Missed to the right
Can the Canes do a Cheatah and still win this one. my hopes are fading….
84@ Puma:
Hello Oerwoudkat
Ciao Puma, nervous for this afternoon?
10 min to go…. only 2 points in it
Penalty Reds, very kickable
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