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
Try Hosea Gear
Looked suspiciously like 2 little forward offloads in that move.
Lions 20 / 15
Lemoenetyd
29@ grootblousmile:
Just force of habit I guess.
The sh1t part is leaving the house for the office, especially if I use the bike, cuse of laye it if varking cold.
Oranges.
Ciao a tutti! Hope Lions are not going to make me regret getting up early.
Nou kort ek ‘n moooooooooooooosa beker koffie….. ryk en lekker… en soet
@ Scrumdown:
Geez finger trouble.
Should read “cause of late it is”. Cold near the airport today.
38@ Scrumdown:
It is a bloody chilly day today, a very weak sun trying to do it’s thing…. the frost was thick this morning.
39@ grootblousmile:
Water features at the office were all frozen solid yesterday.
Sun trying hard here now, and I need to change some tap washers today.
They’re worse than car batteries. Always k@k in the winter when it’s VERY unpleasant to change them.
Jeebus sounds moerse cold there in SA!
2nd Half on
Lions mustn’t start with the st1t still in their eyes.
Penalty Canes. Posts.
41@ The_Young_Turk:
Yip, 6-duim koud!
Penalty slotted by Cruden
Lions 20 / 18
Wellington’s ball protection is like my cah flow.
Absolutely K@K.
Penalty Canes, on the 22
Ref missing some vital forward passes
Canes 21 / 20
Should never have praised the ref’.
HTF did he miss that forward pass.
Even my goldfish commented on it.
The high standard of refereeing we’ve all come to know and love in this competition. What a pathetic display.
Lions playing for 40 minutes again?
Try Nonu, under the sticks
Canes 28 / 20
Looks like Lions are missing the weather back SA and already have one foot on the plane.
25 to go, can the Lions pick up the pieces?
Good night Lions.
Thanks for coming.
Hosea Gear gets the bonus point try, under the sticks.
Damn and I had such high hopes for the Lions before this match.
Canes 35 / 20
27 unanswered points by the Canes
27 unanswered points. Where the fark has Butch been?
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