Wellington (10) 13 / 29 (7) Canterbury (Final Score)
The Wellington Lions and Canterbury did battle in the NPC Premier Final at
Westpac stadium at 08:35 SA Time (19:30 NZ Time, 06:35 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Wellington Lions:
- Penalties – Lima Sapoaga (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Lima Sapoaga (1)
- Conversions – Lima Sapoaga (1)
Cantercury:
- Penalties – Tom Taylor (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Andy Ellis (1), Ryan Crotty (1), Tyler Blyendaal (1), George Whitelock (1)
- Conversions – Tom Taylor (3)
Teams:
Wellington Lions: 15 Charlie Ngatai, 14 Matt Proctor, 13 Tim Bateman, 12 Shaun Treeby, 11 Alapati Leiua, 10 Lima Sopoaga, 9 Frae Wilson, 8 Victor Vito (Captain), 7 Ardie Savea, 6 Brad Shields, 5 Api Naikatini, 4 Mark Reddish, 3 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 2 Motu Matu’u, 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16 Reggie Goodes, 17 Eric Sione, 18 Kaipati Gaualofa, 19 Faifili Levave, 20 Adam Hill, 21 Tomasi Palu, 22 Joe Hill.
Canterbury: 15 Tom Taylor, 14 Patrick Osborne, 13 Adam Whitelock, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 Johnny McNicholl, 10 Tyler Bleyendaal, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Nasi Manu, 7 George Whitelock (Captain), 6 Luke Whitelock, 5 Luke Katene, 4 Joel Everson, 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Ben Funnell, 1 Joe Moody.
Replacements: 16 Marcel Cummings-Toone, 17 Paea Fa’anunu, 18 Dominic Bird, 19 Jordan Taufua, 20 Willi Heinz, 21 Rob Thompson, 22 Colin Slade.
Date: Saturday 26 October 2013
Venue: Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Kick-off: 08:35 SA Time (19:35 NZ Time, 06:35 GMT)
Expected weather: Cloud increasing, evening drizzle. NW gusts of 90 km/h. High of 16 C, low of 11 C
Referee: Chris Pollock
Assistant Referees: Nick Briant, James Dolman
TMO: Chris Wratt
Should be good to see this Final… and then to compare it to the Sa Final, later in the day
Will try and watch some.
Yes the way THEY approach a final will be quite interesting.
Looking at the two programs on Thursday nights, B&A and Reunion shows how fundamentally we differ. They PLAY to score we play to prevent the other team from scoring.
But weather might rule out a running final in NZ.
Wellington are braced for a challenge from both the elements and Canterbury in tomorrow night’s national provincial final at Westpac Stadium.
The Lions had their final training run of the season in atrocious conditions at the match venue this morning.
And while high winds and rain won’t help ticket sales, which were moving towards 11,000 by noon today, coach Chris Boyd is confident his players are well equipped to deal with inclement weather.
“Watching Metservice, it’s changed about 325 times in the last 10 days, so what will be will be,” he said after having his umbrella turned inside out in the players’ tunnel.
“In the last two weeks we’ve trained from going indoors when it’s been exceptionally windy, to training outdoors in the wind and the wet. We’ve had it all, so we’ve prepared well irrespective of the conditions.”
In a perfect world Boyd would like a hard and fast track, but he believes wind and underfoot conditions are more likely to produce a low-scoring tactical battle.
OK let me take in the car to refill the aircon, will try and watch a bit
Helllloooooooooooooooooooooo
1st rugby of a nice day…
Canterbury out on the field
Wellington Lions coming out, led by Victor Vito
New Zealand Anthem first
Game ON!
Kick-off by Wellington Lions!
22 Drop-in for Canterbury
Cantab penalty, Blyendaal for touch… lineout on halfway.
Canterbury plaing against a strong wind
Another penalty, No 3 offside… good kick for touch by Cantab
Cantab on attack… driven back..
Massive touchfinder by Ngatai with the wind
Good run by Canterbury… Tom Taylor just out near the goal line
Front rows go down in the 1st scrum, almost 9 minutes into the game… not that there was’nt many errors, but advantage was played well!
Try Andy Ellis… made by Patrick Osborne, Canterbury
Canterbury 7 / 0 Wellington
Wellington penalty, slotted
Canterbury 7 / 3 Wellington
… Ok back to rugby…
Not much happened in the last 10 minutes…. hehehe
Scrum Wellington, on the Cantab 5m line
Waves of Wellington attacks… stopped by waves of Canterbury defence… broken by a try by Lima Sapoaga!
Wellington 10 / 7 Canterbury
What is very noticeable in this New Zealand game is the clever off-loading… ball hardly dies because the standard of passing is great. They stay on their feet, till they’ve at least off-loaded.
This, compared to SA Rugby, where the tendency is to go into contact and then go to ground with the ball….
By no means faultless rugby in this game… lacks some structure sometimes…
Halftime
Victor Vito, what an athlete! Reminds one a bit of Eben Etsebeth.
Great game this.
2nd Half ON!
25 @ Pietman:
Hello Pieta
I think the main difference between SA Rugby and New Zealand Rugby is that skills and skillsets are taught differently.. this inevitably then leads to skills being employed differently
Bad knock by Tom Taylor…
Try Ryan Crotty, Canterbury
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