Reds (6) 18 / Crusaders (7) 13 (Final Score)
The Reds hosted the Crusaders in the Final of Super Rugby 2011 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia at 11:40 SA Time (19:40 Brisbane 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.
In a truly super Super Rugby Final, the Reds emerge as worthy champions.
What a tournament we’ve had!!
Scorers:
Reds: 2 Penalties & 1 Conversion Quade Cooper, 1 Try Digby Ioane, 1 Try Will Genia
Crusaders: 1 Conversion & 2 Penalties & 1 Try Dan Carter
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Teams:
Reds: 15 Jono Lance, 14 Rod Davies, 13 Anthony Faingaa, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Radike Samo, 7 Beau Robinson, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 James Horwill (captain), 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Greg Holmes, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Guy Shepherdson, 18 Adam Wallace-Harrison, 19 Jake Schatz, 20 Liam Gill, 21 Ian Prior, 22 Will Chambers.
Crusaders: 15 Tom Marshall, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Robbie Fruean, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 George Whitelock, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Replacements: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Luke Romano, 19 Matt Todd, 20 Kahn Fotuali’i, 21 Matt Berquist, 22 Ryan Crotty.
Date: Saturday, July 9
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Kick-off: 19.40 (09.40 GMT)
Expected weather: Clear skies. Low of 5°C, high of 20°C
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Stuart Dickinson (Australia), Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
@ Blue Bird:
All well this side, have the two most tireing in laws here for 3 weeks, next week is the last , thank goodness. 81 and 79 year olds are difficult…..
59@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:
Amazing….
@ grootblousmile:
Breakdown is a mess.
Nearly 28 minutes gone… still no score
What a wasted opportunity by the Reds.
Penalty Reds… against Makou… very kickble
Touch Judge flag as well against 3 of the Saders
Sir Surfer Dude (he’s a Sir since last weekend… hehehe) going for posts
Over!!
Reds 3 / 0
Carter penalised………………no Franks penalized…….and Cooper………GETS IT!
tryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy carter!
Try Dan Carter… under the sticks!
Saders 7 / 3
What a great try to Carter. Who could doubt his mantle as world’s number one 10
7-3
Penalty to the Reds, easy enough..
Does a trip not constitute a yellow card?
If a South African tripped someone they will get a yellow
Saders 7 / 6
7-6
@ superBul:
Visitors for 3 weeks, heavens you deserve a medal…Tell Mrs. superBul I said so!! 🙂
Sonny Bill Misses a take from the air on attack… otherwise it would have been try-time for him….
@ Loosehead:
i fully agree with your feeling about the ref. This was not neccesary, their is hordes of good SA refs
There is 2 sets of rules today
Come on Saders….get on with it!!
Hooter goes…. last scrum of the half for the Reds
1/2 time…………is it too early for a dop?
Lemoenetyd
@ Loosehead:
12h30 is almost a perfect time for a dop.
@ Blue Bird:
79
very demanding mother in law, too much spices, milk to fat, she is a diabete, one that listens too much to the Doc. …i must not moan , i am …. speechless
@ Loosehead:
Far too early Loosehead, behave yourself and have a coffee!! 😆
Well, I do not share the feeling of SuperBees & Loskoppie about the referee… can’t see any bias, in fact he lets the game flow quite nicely.
The unpredictability of the Reds pitted against the structure and guile of the Saders… exccellent match-up!
Saders pride themselves on transferring pressure to the opposition and tonight they are hitting Genia and Cooper really hard and it is effective.
This is a final and its all about how you cope with pressure, so at halftime it will be interesting to see how Ewen encourages his charges to do better in the next 40 mins.
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