Super Rugby: Highlanders vs Melbourne Rebels – Live Game Article

Published 3 April 2014 | By grootblousmile

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The Highlanders and Melbourne Rebels did battle in Super Rugby at

Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin at 08:35 SA Time (19:35 NZ Time, 06:35 GMT, 17:35 AEST).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Highlanders:

  • Penalties – Lima Sapoaga (4)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – Shane Christie (1), Aaron Smith (1), Ben Smith (1)
  • Conversions – Lima Sapoaga (3)

Rebels:

  • Penalties – Jason Woodward (3)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – Scott Fuglistaller (1), Angus Roberts (1), Jason Woodward (1)
  • Conversions – Jason Woodward (3)

Teams:

Highlanders: 15 Ben Smith (co-captain), 14 Richard Buckman, 13 Malakai Fekitoa, 12 Shaun Treeby, 11 Kurt Baker, 10 Lima Sopoaga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Nasi Manu (co-captain), 7 Shane Christie, 6 Gareth Evans, 5 Joe Wheeler, 4 Jarrad Hoeata, 3 Ma’afu Fia, 2 Liam Coltman, 1 Chris King
Reserves: 16 Ged Robinson, 17 Craig Millar, 18 Matias Diaz, 19 Josh Bekhuis, 20 Elliot Dixon, 21 Fumiaki Tanaka, 22 Trent Renata  23 TJ Ioane.

Rebels: 15 Jason Woodward, 14 Male Sau, 13 Tamati Ellison, 12 Mitch Inman, 11 Tom English, 10 Bryce Hegarty, 9 Nic Stirzaker, 8 Scott Higginbotham (Captain), 7 Scott Fuglistaller, 6 Sean McMahon, 5 Luke Jones, 4 Hugh Pyle, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Toby Smith
Replacements: 16 Pat Leafa, 17 Paul Alo-Emilie, 18 Cruze Ah-Nau, 19 Cadeyrn Neville, 20 Jordy Reid, 21 Luke Burgess, 22 Angus Roberts, 23 Alex Rokobaro.

Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand), Mike Lash (New Zealand)
TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

175 Responses to Super Rugby: Highlanders vs Melbourne Rebels – Live Game Article

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  • 91

    Puma on 4 April 2014 at 9:38 am

    @ grootblousmile:
    That was funny had a good chuckle…. 😛 yip a post without me having a typo and to correct would be a rare thing… Happy-Grin

  • 92

    grootblousmile on 4 April 2014 at 9:39 am

    09:37 @ nortierd:
    Bwahahahaha

  • 93

    Fern on 4 April 2014 at 9:40 am

    Nortier jou bek is groot omdat jy in beskutte arbeid werk en agter gekom het jou salaris is meer as myne en dat jy meer in die bank het as ek.Jou rykgat brandsiek skeeloog township hond.

  • 94

    Pietman on 4 April 2014 at 9:40 am

    grootblousmile wrote:

    Do you guys like the DARK background, which remains static as you scroll down?
    Is the Picture I added of myself at the top not going a bit overboard?
    </blockquote

    Het jy nie n foto waar jy darem geskeer en gebad is nie, met die kuif bietjie platter gekam nie? Happy-Grin Hairstylist Hairstylist Hairstylist

  • 95

    grootblousmile on 4 April 2014 at 9:40 am

    Tryyyyyyyyy Roberts, Rebels!

    TMO to check for a knock somewhere.

  • 96

    nortierd on 4 April 2014 at 9:41 am

    Second time Higgenbotham intercepted.
    This time he didn’t trip over his own feet and should be a try.
    Huge turnaround, almost a 14 point swing

  • 97

    grootblousmile on 4 April 2014 at 9:41 am

    Try awarded!

  • 98

    Scrumdown on 4 April 2014 at 9:42 am

    grootblousmile wrote:

    Is the Picture I added of myself at the top not going a bit overboard?

    Scared my daughter a bit, but otherwise not too bad!

    Happy-Grin

  • 99

    grootblousmile on 4 April 2014 at 9:42 am

    09:40 @ Pietman:
    Daai foto is ekke by Orlando Stadium, Soweto!

  • 100

    nortierd on 4 April 2014 at 9:42 am

    Fern wrote:

    Nortier jou bek is groot omdat jy in beskutte arbeid werk en agter gekom het jou salaris is meer as myne en dat jy meer in die bank het as ek.Jou rykgat brandsiek skeeloog township hond.

    Ek is by die huis.
    Ek werk nie Vrydae nie, te veel rugby op en nog krieket later.
    Baie ure, so rusdae op Vrydae is my ding

  • 101

    grootblousmile on 4 April 2014 at 9:43 am

    Highlanders 20 / 20 Rebels

  • 102

    Pietman on 4 April 2014 at 9:43 am

    @ Pietman:
    Sorry, don’t know what happened there! Must be this new site…

  • 103

    BrumbiesBoy on 4 April 2014 at 9:45 am

    nortierd wrote:

    This Aaron Smith is pure class, hell he is quick behind the ruck, no waving of arms like a spietkop the way our scrummies tend to do

    I was reading an old article about him this week; he’s a hairdresser by profession!!!

    That’s right…you read right!!!

    You can only imagine the flak he gets from his teammates in the national team while away but he apparently takes it all in his stride and often has a queue of ABs outside his hotel room waiting for their free haircuts.

    If I was him I’d charge the sods!!!

    Happy-Grin

  • 104

    grootblousmile on 4 April 2014 at 9:45 am

    Immediate Landers penalty, Sapoaga slots it.

    Highlanders 23 / 20 Rebels

  • 105

    nortierd on 4 April 2014 at 9:45 am

    Scrumdown wrote:

    grootblousmile wrote:
    Is the Picture I added of myself at the top not going a bit overboard?
    Scared my daughter a bit, but otherwise not too bad!

    Overjoy Overjoy Overjoy Overjoy

  • 106

    Pietman on 4 April 2014 at 9:47 am

    Rebels living on Pollock’s grace here, Landers should have buried them by now. Higginbottom having a blinder though.

  • 107

    Just For Kicks on 4 April 2014 at 9:47 am

    Looks good, GBS, especially like the home page, much cleaner and easier to read. Well done. You couldn’t put a ‘home’ button at the top along the permanent band (‘New’, ‘Edit Post’, etc) to save having to scroll all the way back up to the top to find it. Also a button for making coffee would be good.

    Again, well done, looks good, if not dark and moody – just like most of us Stormers supporters!

  • 108

    nortierd on 4 April 2014 at 9:47 am

    BrumbiesBoy wrote:

    nortierd wrote:
    This Aaron Smith is pure class, hell he is quick behind the ruck, no waving of arms like a spietkop the way our scrummies tend to do
    I was reading an old article about him this week; he’s a hairdresser by profession!!!
    That’s right…you read right!!!
    You can only imagine the flak he gets from his teammates in the national team while away but he apparently takes it all in his stride and often has a queue of ABs outside his hotel room waiting for their free haircuts.
    If I was him I’d charge the sods!!!

    Saw that article
    He refused to cut Richie’s hair though, to scared of stuffing up.
    And no….there is no truth that the Stormers made him a huge offer just because they thought having a hair dresser in the side might make them more macho

  • 109

    grootblousmile on 4 April 2014 at 9:48 am

    09:45 @ nortierd:
    There are not a lot of recent Photos of GBS, for obvious reasons… so I had to choose the “Least Scary” one….

    Delighted

  • 110

    Scrumdown on 4 April 2014 at 9:49 am

    Flip these 2 sides are already the cause of soooooooo much shyte with Superbru this year.

    Don’t be surprised if it ends up a draw.

    It’s an ANZAC conspiracy against the SAFFA SuperBru contestants I tell you!

  • 111

    BrumbiesBoy on 4 April 2014 at 9:49 am

    nortierd wrote:

    grootblousmile wrote:
    09:34 nortierd wrote:
    grootblousmile wrote:
    09:29 nortierd wrote:
    @GBS
    Are you going to think about allowing pictures to be loaded?
    I can easily do that, no problem… I can even add an EDIT BUTTON for Oompie Puma too…. hehehe
    It’s only the numbering, as most have mentioned.
    And the automatic autocorrect for Puma and his legendary typos.
    Actually, no, a Puma post without a follow up to correct the typos won’t be a Puma post.
    That’s what gives it character
    Puma would end up making corrections on his corrections anyway!
    Lol
    Puma drank some tipex instead of liquid Viagra and woke up with a huge correction

    Overjoy Overjoy Overjoy

    P.S. GBS, the site looks great I think, just couldn’t get in nicely from my BBerry last night but will try again later.

  • 112

    nortierd on 4 April 2014 at 9:50 am

    Try nr 3 Landers

  • 113

    Scrumdown on 4 April 2014 at 9:50 am

    Just For Kicks wrote:

    You couldn’t put a ‘home’ button at the top along the permanent band

    The Mud Island keyboards not have a “Home” button built in?

  • 114

    grootblousmile on 4 April 2014 at 9:51 am

    09:47Just For Kicks wrote:

    Looks good, GBS, especially like the home page, much cleaner and easier to read. Well done. You couldn’t put a ‘home’ button at the top along the permanent band (‘New’, ‘Edit Post’, etc) to save having to scroll all the way back up to the top to find it. Also a button for making coffee would be good.

    Again, well done, looks good, if not dark and moody – just like most of us Stormers supporters!

    There is a HOME BUTTON, on the Menu… and the R_T Logo at the top is clickable too, which takes you back to the Home Page!

    I’m glad you like the design.

  • 115

    grootblousmile on 4 April 2014 at 9:52 am

    Try Smith, Landers!

    Converted.

    Highlanders 30 / 20 Rebels

  • 116

    BrumbiesBoy on 4 April 2014 at 9:53 am

    09:47 @ nortierd:
    Pity Breyton’s not still playing, he could’ve given him another lekker perm…

  • 117

    Just For Kicks on 4 April 2014 at 9:54 am

    @ Scrumdown: Im on a Mac, so its probably sunk!

  • 118

    Scrumdown on 4 April 2014 at 9:55 am

    Just For Kicks wrote:

    Again, well done, looks good, if not dark and moody – just like most of us Stormers supporters!

    Don’t all Stormers supporters live in Utopia, or at least their own version thereof?

    Pleasure

  • 119

    grootblousmile on 4 April 2014 at 9:56 am

    Rebels penalty… not too difficult

  • 120

    grootblousmile on 4 April 2014 at 9:56 am

    Highlanders 30 / 23 Rebels

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