Chiefs (16) 19 / Highlanders (9) 23 (Final Score)
The Chiefs and Highlanders did battle in Week 1 of Super Rugby 2012 at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton at 08:35 SA Time (19:35 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Chiefs:
- Penalties – Aaron Cruden (4)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Lelia Masaga (1)
- Conversions – Aaron Cruden (1)
Highlanders:
- Penalties – Chris Noakes (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Aaron Smith (1), Phil Burleigh (1)
- Conversions – Chris Noakes (2)
Teams:
Chiefs: 15 Robbie Robinson, 14 Lelia Masaga, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Tim Nanai-Williams, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Brendon Leonard, 8 Fritz Lee, 7 Sam Cane, 6 Liam Messam (captain), 5 Brodie Retallick, 4 Craig Clarke, 3 Ben Afeaki, 2 Hika Elliot, 1 Sona Taumalolo.
Replacements: 16 Mahonri Schwalger, 17 Toby Smith, 18 Michael Fitzgerald, 19 Tanerau Latimer, 20 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 21 Andrew Horrell, 22 Asaeli Tikoirotuma.
Highlanders: 15 Ben Smith, 14 Buxton Popoali’i, 13 Tamati Ellison, 12 Phil Burleigh, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Chris Noakes, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Nasi Manu, 7 John Hardie, 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Nick Crosswell, 4 Josh Bekhuis, 3 Chris King, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Jamie Mackintosh (captain).
Replacements: 16 Jason Rutledge, 17 Bronson Murray, 18 Culum Retallick, 19 James Haskell, 20 Aaron Smith, 21 Lima Sopoaga, 22 Kurt Baker.
Referee: Jonathon White (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Vinny Munro (New Zealand), Nick Briant (New Zealand)
TMO: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Eishhhhhhhhhh. I overslept badly….
Chiefs 10 / 6 Highlanders, 19 Minutes gone
Note to self… Don’t EVER use the freegin SNOOZE BUTTON again!
Penalty Landers, Chris Noakes slots it
Chiefs 10 / 9 Landers
Aaron Cruden slots a penalty for the Chiefs
Chiefs 13 / 9 Landers
Come on, who’s joining me here?
Cheetahs4eva??
Kickers??
Hehehe.. Sonny Bill Williams knocks such a good ball…. just 5m from the Landers line
Chiefs get a penalty though, on the 22…. and slots it.
Chiefs 16 / 9 Landers
Lemoenetyd
In Cricket news, the Ama-Blomme are 125 / 3 after 30 overs against the Black Caps.
Duminy falls, next ball.
SA 125 / 4
They need 129 to win, at about 6.46 per over…. (119 balls)
Dag swaer….is by die werk vandag, maar sal sou nou en dan inloer.
11 @ bos_otter:
Hello Os-Botter.
Janee, maak so… loer gereeld in!
OK, shuffle up for the 2nd half…
2nd Half ON!
Bad knock from the kick-off by Josh Bekhuis
Chiefs fluff it in the scrum… Landers get a scrum
Landers have some useful forwards…. Mackintosh, Hore, Bekhuis, Adam Thompson..
In the backline it’s largely the Jimmy Cowan show… with 2 good wingers in Hosea Gear at left wing and Ben Smith at No 15.
Chiefs on the other hand with some good players in their backline…. Leonard, Cruden, Tim Nanai-Williams, Sonny Bill, Kahui, Masaga & Robbie Robinson
In the forwards they are considerably weaker…
Penalty Chiefs, within range and Cruden lines it up for goal
Chiefs 19 / 9 Landers
Got Chiefs down to win by 6….
Just a comment about the after match Press Conferences last night during the Bulls game…
Frans Ludeke & Pierre Spies very glad for the win… and feel they got better as the game progressed.
Frans explained that the 0 / 0 halftime scoreline was indicative of the solid defence both sides and the amount of errors from both sides in that period was an indication of the pressure the 2 teams heaped up on each other.
Bulls not too worried about the injury situation on Sadie, says it will be properly assessed on Monday but early indications are that it is an AC joint injury.
Plum and Keegan Daniel were happy with their backline but NOT happy with their forwards showing, specially in the lineouts.
BonzaiGBS had the chance to have a good chat with Pierre Spies and Keegan Daniel as they stood and talked together between the 2 portions of the presser. I also took a lekker picture of BonzaiGBS standing between Pierre Spies & Frans Ludeke, specially for BonzaiGBS.
What once again impressed me is the humble and straight forward nature of the Bulls people and staff, quick to greet ALL of us by hand, flashing happy smiles to see all of us again.
Same with Plum and Daniel… nice and relaxed, friendly…. good guys to chat to.
As I stood talking with Plum, he was casual and relaxed, tapped me on the shoulder as we spoke about dicipline this year and the introduction of the White Card system.
We have such a good sport…. and mostly such good people we deal with!
20 @ bos_otter:
Can you believe it, with me oversleeping I forgot to pick for this game…
Tryyyyyyyy Aaron Smith for the Landers
Chiefs 19 / 16 Landers
Tryyyyyyyyy Landers.. kick charged, collected, pop pass to the Landers No 12
Landers 23 / 19 Chiefs
@ grootblousmile:ie
Jisja, bly om te sien jys veilig terug uit die ‘pienk koningryk’.
Ons twee se bru loop mooi, Chiefs moet net wen……
Morning GBS, bos_otter, GBS, you may have overslept, I’ve been in the cellar from 5.30 this morning, trying to get everything done before I go to watch the main match of the weekend. All these curtain raisers have really got me hyped!!
26 @ Pietman:
Hello Sultan…
Ek hoop maar die Landers wen, want ek het vergeet om te pick.
27 @ Just For Kicks:
Helloooooooo Mr Vino…. damn you were up early!
26 @ Pietman:
By the way, lyk of die Bulls net die Pienk Strip gaan gebruik vir ‘n paar wegwedstryde, waar die kleure clash met die tuisspan se blou… miskien net vir daai paar BUITE SA.
Only 5 minutes left in the game…
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