Chiefs (6) 11 / Reds (10) 19 (Final Score)
The Chiefs hosted the Reds at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton at 07:30 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 Reds held on to win, but apart from a very good first 20 minutes did not impres, apart from keeping their defences up well. The Chiefs tried well but finishing let them down.
Scorers:
Chiefs: 2 Penalties Stephen Donald, 1 Try Fritz Lee
Reds: 1 Conversion & 4 Penalties Quade Cooper, 1 Try Liam Gill
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Teams:
Chiefs: 15 Mils Muliaina (captain), 14 Lelia Masaga, 13 Save Tokula, 12 Dwayne Sweeney, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Brendon Leonard, 8 Fritz Lee, 7 Tanerau Latimer, 6 Liam Messam, 5 Romana Graham, 4 Craig Clarke, 3 Nathan White, 2 Aled de Malmanche, 1 Ben May.
Replacements: 16 Hika Elliot, 17 Ben Afeaki, 18 Culum Retallick, 19 Matt Vant Leven, 20 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 21 Tim Nanai-Williams, 22 Jackson Willison.
Reds squad: Ben Coridas, Ben Daley, Saia Faingaa, Liam Gill, James Hanson, Scott Higginbotham, Greg Holmes, James Horwill (captain), Radike Samo, Jake Schatz, Rob Simmons, James Slipper, Adam Wallace-Harrison, Will Chambers, Quade Cooper, Rod Davies, Will Genia, Jono Lance, Dallan Murphy, Ian Prior, Dom Shipperley, Caleb Ralph, Ben Tapuai.
Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Nick Briant (New Zealand)
TMO: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Game ON!
Try Liam Gill for the Reds
Reds 7 / 0
Penalty Reds, eaaaasy one for Surfer Dude to slot.
He misses te sitter
Yellow for Fritz Lee from the Chiefs
Surfer Dude slots this one
Reds 10 / 0
Reds 10 / 3
Reds 10 / 6
Lemoenetyd
2nd Half ON!
Reds 13 / 6
morning everyone!!
what a day of rugby awaiting us … heres hoping that by the time the bulls and sharks go out to play at loftus, the only only thing that will matter is who they will play next week depending on the result of their game and not which one of the 2 will go through!!
anyway
gooooooooooooooo chiefs!!!
gbs, look like we’re the only ones awake this early on a saturday!!
chiefs are losing the plot now
16/6
and another penalty rewarded to the reds!!
Reds 16 / 6
Reds 19 / 6
14 Asbakkie,
Yip, lyk nogal so
Try Brendon Leonard??
TMO
Not awarded, held up, scrum 5 for the Chiefs
gbs @ 19
gaan moeilik wees om daai een te gee, maar kom ons hoop maar so
held up, scrum chiefs
come-on chiefs
10 min left in the game
with 10 minutes to go the reds are playing as if they just want to close the game out … might be a mistake … come-on chiefs
Chiefs held up AGAIN over the line…. good last ditch defence by the Reds
Chiefs knock over the line…. eishhh
So close again for the Chiefs…. it’s just not their day or year
what are the chiefs doing?
gbs @ 28
yeah, seems like it!! (sigh)
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