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The Hurricanes and Blues did battle in Super Rugby at

Westpac Stadium, Wellington at 09:35 SA Time (19:35 NZ Time, 07:35 GMT).

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:

Hurricanes:

  • Penalties – Beauden Barrett (2)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – Alapati Leiua (1), Julian Savea (1), TJ Perenara (1), Conrad Smith (1), Motu Matu’u (1)
  • Conversions – Beauden Barrett (4)

Blues:

  • Penalties – Chris Noakes (2)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – George Moala (1), Penalty Try (1)
  • Conversions – Chris Noakes (2)

Teams:

Hurricanes

Blues

18 April at 09:35
  • Team: 15. André Taylor, 14. Cory Jane, 13. Conrad Smith (Captain), 12. Alapati Leiua, 11. Julian Savea, 10. Beauden Barrett, 9. TJ Perenara, 8. Victor Vito, 7. Jack Lam, 6. Faifili Levave, 5. James Broadhurst, 4. Jeremy Thrush, 3. Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 2. Dane Coles, 1. Reg Goodes
  • Replacements: 16. Motu Matu’u, 17. Chris Eves, 18. John Schwalger, 19. Blade Thomson, 20. Ardie Savea, 21. Chris Smylie, 22. Tim Bateman, 23. Matt Proctor
  • Team: 15. Charles Piutau, 14. George Moala, 13. Francis Saili, 12. Jackson Willison, 11. Lolagi Visinia, 10. Chris Noakes, 9. Bryn Hall, 8. Jerome Kaino, 7. Luke Braid (Captain), 6. Steven Luatua, 5. Tom Donnelly, 4. Patrick Tuipulotu, 3. Charlie Faumuina, 2. Keven Mealamu, 1. Tony Woodcock
  • Replacements: 16. James Parsons, 17. Sam Prattley, 18. Angus Ta’avao, 19. Liaki Moli, 20. Brendon O’Connor, 21. Jamison Gibson-Park, 22. Benji Marshall, 23. Frank Halai

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170 Responses to Super Rugby: Hurricanes vs Blues – Live Game Article

  • 121

    Try Conrad Smith, Canes.

  • 122

    @ nga puhi:
    Look at the angle he was running as well when the ball left his hand….

    Let me put it to you, if a player looks back at his own tryline, and from the players perspective he is throwing the ball with his hands making a “backward motion” is it a forward pass?

    The player was also running a slight angle when you threw it forward.

  • 123

    Hurricanes 34 / 20 Blues

    That was the bonus point try

  • 124

    Another try Canes. Also bonus point try.

    Think I have them by three, margin out, but do have them for a win.

  • 125

    14 Minutes to go… the difference is 14 too

  • 126

    nga puhi wrote:

    Canes try

    Think I just heard that fat Maori lady sing…the one Fern used to hang out with…Blues are done.

  • 127

    Are the Blues just refusing to be competitive?

  • 128

    MacroBull wrote:

    @ nga puhi:
    Look at the angle he was running as well when the ball left his hand….
    Let me put it to you, if a player looks back at his own tryline, and from the players perspective he is throwing the ball with his hands making a “backward motion” is it a forward pass?
    The player was also running a slight angle when you threw it forward.

    we will have to agree to disagree on the call then, to my eyes the ball travels after the pass straight then you can see the momentum kick in and the ball itself travels forward.

    btw Im a Blues fan 🙂

  • 129

    Blues look like the NZ equivalent of the Stormers

  • 130

    MacroBull wrote:

    Are the Blues just refusing to be competitive?

    they are poorly coached,. how can you expect any continuity when you make 7 changes?

  • 131

    Canes knock, 1m out

  • 132

    nortierd wrote:

    Blues look like the NZ equivalent of the Stormers

    thats highly offensive sir, please retract that statement.

    at least the Blues can score tries 😀

  • 133

    nga puhi wrote:

    MacroBull wrote:
    @ nga puhi:
    Look at the angle he was running as well when the ball left his hand….
    Let me put it to you, if a player looks back at his own tryline, and from the players perspective he is throwing the ball with his hands making a “backward motion” is it a forward pass?
    The player was also running a slight angle when you threw it forward.

    we will have to agree to disagree on the call then, to my eyes the ball travels after the pass straight then you can see the momentum kick in and the ball itself travels forward.
    btw Im a Blues fan

    Personally I am not a fan of the whole backwards movement forward momentum thing, it will alwyas lead to 50/50 calles imho because it depends on the perspective of the viewer… especially camera angles, it is frikken impossible for the camera to judge “backward movement” when there was so many angles at play, especially in that “try”.

  • 134

    nortierd wrote:

    Blues look like the NZ equivalent of the Stormers

    Scrap that comment.
    The Blues ran from their own tryline, the Stormers don’t even run on the opposition tryline

  • 135

    @ MacroBull:
    The ball traveled forward, simple;
    1. was thrown forward at a slight angle, by Jane, not lateral
    2. Jane own speed contributed a forward component to the resultant trajectory of the ball landing 2m ahead of Jane’ position at the instance of passing?
    simple

  • 136

    nga puhi wrote:

    nortierd wrote:
    Blues look like the NZ equivalent of the Stormers

    thats highly offensive sir, please retract that statement.
    at least the Blues can score tries

    And in turn the Stormers can at least tackle 😛

  • 137

    Blues penalty on their own 10m line… kicked out just inside the Canes half… kak touch kick.

    Then they throw in skew into the lineout.

  • 138

    nga puhi wrote:

    nortierd wrote:
    Blues look like the NZ equivalent of the Stormers
    thats highly offensive sir, please retract that statement.
    at least the Blues can score tries

    Have you seen the Blues line out?

  • 139

    @ MacroBull:
    they look at the feet position, it’s the angle is irrelevent

  • 140

    Blues are about as error-prone as the Bulls.

    The difference is, the Bulls have ben error-prone is great attacking positions

  • 141

    @ Hondo:
    They look at the feet to determine the hand movement?

  • 142

    Canes high-tackling continuously!

  • 143

    @ MacroBull:
    fair enough. try was awarded though, all that matters I guess.

  • 144

    4 Minutes to go… difference is still 14

  • 145

    nortierd wrote:

    nga puhi wrote:
    nortierd wrote:
    Blues look like the NZ equivalent of the Stormers
    thats highly offensive sir, please retract that statement.
    at least the Blues can score tries

    Have you seen the Blues line out?

    😆

  • 146

    Blues penalty, quick tap and go

  • 147

    @ nga puhi:
    but should it have been? I remember at the start of last year the Bulls had quite a few tries like that disallowed. There needs to be some consistency, even if they need to dumb down the laws I feel.

    The try pretty much broke the Blues.

  • 148

    Another Blues penalty, this time on the halfway line… kicked to touch.

    I need the Blues to score a converted try for Bru, to get very close

  • 149

    The Blues muck it up… what’s new!

  • 150

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