Highlanders (10) 13 / Huricannes (3) 6 (Final Score)
The Highlanders hosted the Hurricanes at Rugby Park, Invercargill. They won the game with brilliant discipline in defense. One try was scored just before half time after a brilliant cross kick by Jimmy Cowan to Ben Smith.
Scorers:
Highlanders: Try – Ben Smith, Conversion – Lima Sopoaga, Penalty – Lima Sopoaga(2),
Huricannes: Penalty – Aaron Cruden (2),
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Teams:
Highlanders: 15 Ben Smith, 14 Kade Poki, 13 Kendrick Lynn, 12 Matt Saunders, 11 Telusa Veainu, 10 Lima Sopoaga, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Nasi Manu, 7 Alando Soakai, 6 Jarrad Hoeata, 5 Josh Bekhuis, 4 Tom Donnelly, 3 Chris King, 2 Mo Schwalger, 1 Jamie Mackintosh (captain).
Replacements: 16 Jason Rutledge, 17 Bronson Murray, 18 John Hardie, 19 Nick Crosswell, 20 Aaron Smith, 21 Ben Atiga, 22 Robbie Robinson/Tony Brow.
Hurricanes: 15 Andre Taylor, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13 Jayden Hayward, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 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 Piri Weepu, 21 Julian Savea, 22 Beauden Barrett.
Referee: Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand), Keith Brown (New Zealand)
TMO: Kane McBride (New Zealand)
Don’t mean to hijack this game thread but its probably the last time will get a chance on here today so heres to the Blue Bulls competing in tonight’s Vodacom Cup final, hope its a good game and that we walk away the trophy.
There is a thread up for that game and we will cover that one live too. It is shown on Supersport
Morning Chaps
Landers by 7 please….Need to keep you Rugby Talkers on your toes on SuperBru.
I had a good run last week so this weekend it could all go horribly wrong!! 🙂
Reds by 5 would be nice too!!
Has GBS taken early retirement?
Not a peep out of him for ages………!! 😆
bluebird @ 3
also went for the landers and reds, but would not feel bad if especially the blues win today .. think the blues’ programme over the next few weeks look something like this:
reds blues (today)
blues stormers (next week)
bye
blues chiefs
crusaders blues … so their campaign can still derail over the next few weeks, even if they do win today!!
@ Blue Bird:
The man has become a builder/handyman, he is busy in Pretoria fixing the family mansion , he said he will finish today and will be here tomorrow.
“Lions flyhalf Elton Jantjies will get a second lifeline which he needs to take before Butch James becomes available for selection”
“The Lions have announced Butch James will replace Jannie Boshoff on the bench for their Super Rugby clash against the Brumbies”
Two headlines on Sport 24. Mitchell is not helping to instill confidence in players under him. Maybe the problem is just that no one can settle in that team.
7@ superBul:
Maybe he’s come to realise that the Lions squad is (for the most part) nothing more than a bunch of half decent club players who are not good enough to compete at Super Rugby level, and until Messrs de Klerk, Reyneke and Gumede get off their collective corporate rear ends and buy some decent players, the Lions will remain a bunch of no hopers destined to be replaced by Cheeky’s mob in PE despite the daydream of SARU that SA should have a 6th franchise.
(FFS our 4th and 5th franchises can’t win more than 30% of their games!)
@ Scrumdown:
I think that Lions supporters and Coaching staff panics to fast. Those close games and ones that was lost by poor kicking would have made this season great , if they were won.
Being competitive till the end shows that they are man enough to keep up with the Big boys. I wont panic , i know what we (Bulls) did before the win against the Chiefs , so it is a fact no one likes losing and get impatient. Just hang onto the players, some of them had zero S15 experience this season and almost all will have at least 10 Super games next year.
@ Ashley:
Morning Ashley, you are far more forward thinking than me…. 🙂
@ superBul:
Thought he had ‘staff’ for that!! 😉
He enjoys the hands on stuff, know he loves carpentry…….Is he building a log cabin extension do you suppose to house his jaccuzi and swimming pool complex!!
Number 7(35) and 11(24) takes each other on, my hope is that no 7 lose, obvious reason. Go Huricannes.
GAME ON
Outta here,…work to do
@ Blue Bird:
He will report back SOON 😆
bluebird @ 10
naaah, dont think so, just trying to think of ways to get my bloody stormers into the top 2, lol
Aaron Cruden slots a penalty . Cannes 3-0
hey super
i’ve responded to your that “it shouldve been a try” on the stormers team for chiefs clash – thread!!
have a look at my newest conspiracy theory!! 😆
First 10 minutes Cannes putting Landers under pressure playing in their half
Moore
Canes
Reds
Chiefs
Lions
Bulle
Staat
@ bdb:
That will help the Bulls cause
After 22 minutes score still 3-0 to Huricannes, wet weather game and a lot of mistakes
Try Huricannes ?? TMO to decide
Scrappy game. Like last weeks one with the Canes.
No Try , short, scrum to cannes
Highlanders escape
Penalty to Highlanders , Going for posts, missed from in front 0-3
Highlanders nearly on the scoreboard, 5 meter scrum to them. Ball carried over by Cannes.
Knocked on by Landers as they go over the line, scrum now to Cannes , 5 meter from their own line.
ok, as it seems like the current game doesnt offer much for discussion, i thought about bringing the follwing comment here … i first posted it on the stormers thread in answer to something superbul posted:
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talk about Paddy o’ Brien, i’ve stumbled onto something very interesting (imo). i was looking for the name of the linesman in last year’s? superrugby competition that was sent back to his union to officiate lower games afer he made ONE mistake (couldnt remember which teams were playing … only know for sure that the decision went against a nzland outfit!!)
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anyway, here it is
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(from rugbyheaven … 18 November 2009)
“Aussie whistle blower Stu Dickinson got it badly wrong when he repeatedly penalised the All Blacks in their disputed match against Italy on Saturday, referees’ boss Paddy O’Brien has admitted.
Coach Graham Henry asked for clarity and has been given that, along with a PUBLIC APOLOGY, from IRB referees’ boss Paddy O’Brien, who has admitted referee Dickinson made a series of mistakes during the Milan match, which ended in a 20-6 win for the All Blacks.
In what is a major off-field victory FOR THE ALL BLACKS, Kiwi O’Brien travelled to the New Zealand team’s London hotel today to essentially tell Henry and his coaches “you were right”.
O’Brien told Stuff.co.nz, in an exclusive interview prior to his meeting with Henry and scrum expert Mike Cron, that Dickinson SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN SUCH DRASTIC ACTION AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS at scrum time in the test at the San Siro. (emphasis provided)
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now
did Paddy decide THEN ALREADY that stu Will NOT be at the next wc? The omission of Dickinson from the panel officiating during the wc, was indeed THE surprise during the announcements, wasnt it? (O’Brien said Dickinson had been given a DVD that makes it clear where he went wrong and a strong message he needs to lift his game. He has been advised to undertake “scrum coaching” and also told his performance will be taken into account for future appointments)
Try – Ben Smith, Conversion – Lima Sopoaga
Great cross kick by Cowan
Highlanders 7-3 Huricannes
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