Hurricanes (15) 38 / Lions (20) 27 (Final Score)
The Hurricanes hosted the MTN Lions at Westpac Stadium, Wellington 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 Hurricanes managed their 5 Log points win to nothing over the MTN Lions.
Scorers:
Hurricanes: 1 Try & 4 Penalties & 3 Conversions Aaron Cruden, 2 Tries Hosea Gear, 1 Try Ma’a Nonu
Lions: 2 Penalties & 2 Conversions Elton Jantjies, 1 Conversion Butch James, 2 Tries Jaco Taute, 1 Try Doppies la Grange
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Teams:
Hurricanes: 15 Cory Jane, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13 Conrad Smith/ Jayden Hayward, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Jack Lam, 6 Faifili Levave, 5 James Broadhurst, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore (captain), 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Jacob Ellison, 18 Jason Eaton, 19 Mark Reddish, 20 Chris Eaton, 21 Jayden Hayward / Julian Savea, 22 Richard Buckman.
Lions: : 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Dylan des Fountain, 13 Doppies la Grange (captain), 12 Butch James, 11 Deon van Rensburg, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Joshua Strauss, 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
Replacements: 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 David de Villiers, 19 Jaco Kriel, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Alwyn Hollenbach, 22 Michael Killian.
Referee: Keith Brown
Assistant referees: Mike Fraser, James McPhail
TMO: Richard Kelly
Game’s on!
Canes looking very dangerous, early on
Try Aaron Cruden
Canes 5 / 0
Easy penalty for the Lions
Canes 5 / 3
Another kickable penalty for the Lions
Lions 6 / 5
Morning GBS.
What is your feeling,are the Lions improving or are their opponents getting worse?
Great interest on RT in this game I see.
Lions not rolling over liker orphaned cubs in the mouth of a hungry hyena I see.
Tryyyyyyyyyyyyyy Taute!
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY TAUTE!
@ Loosehead:
Looks like a bit of both to me.
Try Taute. Good following up, k@k bounce for the Canes, but hey, tough sh1t.
@ Scrumdown:
Geez Scrum, I worked until 02h00 and am now up watching the game. That should be interest enough.
Conversion good.
13/5 Lions.
9@ Loosehead:
10@ Scrumdown:
Helloooooooooooooooo
Lions doing well!
Lions 13 / 5
@ Scrumdown:
Like the RWC 2007 winning coach Mr Jake White said; rather win playing ugly, than lose playing pretty rugby.
14@ Loosehead:
I’m not an early morning person, I like my sleep….. was freegin difficult to get up in the freegin cold this morning.
I feel grumpy….. hehehe
@ Loosehead:
I’m proud of your commitment.
I knocked off early but postponed a meeting so that I could watch.
Lions haven’t won 2 in a row since 2007 and have never won in Wellington! Could it be another good day for JHB Rugby?
Ok, I am going to feed the dogs. Will be back later.
Penalty slotted by the Canes
Lions 13 / 8
Tryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Doppies la Grange!!
Whoooo wooooooooooooo
Lions playing some decent STRUCTURED football!
Try Doppies!
WTF is happening?
Canes starting to look dismal.
Lions 20 / 8
Jantjies getting back to his best form.
Running and offloading well and kicking well too.
20/8 Lions.
This ref’ lokks not too bad either.
Fark, how kak is the Canes!
Heheheehe
Go Lions! Bite them stukkend!
Canes handling looks like the Lions of 2010! Shite!
25@ Scrumdown:
You like getting up early in the morning, how do you do it?
Sleeping problem?
27@ The_Young_Turk:
Hello Italian Stallion….
Ciau a tutti
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