Crusaders (14) 20 / 25 (13) Highlanders (Final Score)
The Crusaders and Highlanders did battle in Super Rugby at
AMI Stadium, Christchurch 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 & CSN on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Crusaders:
- Penalties – Colin Slade (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Matt Todd (1), Jordan Taufua (1)
- Conversions – Israel Dagg (1), Colin Slade (1)
Highlanders:
- Penalties – Lima Sapoaga (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Ben Smith (1), Waisake Naholo (2)
- Conversions – Lima Sapoaga (2)
Teams:
Crusaders |
Highlanders |
| 11 April at 09:35 SA Time | |
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Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Kane McBride (New Zealand), Shane McDermott (New Zealand)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
Highlanders 18 / 14 Crusaders
@ Pietman:Where’s Oppidek? Thats a new one on me?
Try Fekitoa, Landers?
TMO
@ Just For Kicks:
GooseBay Harbour….you will remember it as Ernie’s Pub back in your day.
THAT looks like a try…
More hulls Landers!!!
No try, TMO says he had a 2nd go at it…
They go back for a Landers 5m penalty
Very close. Highlanders looking good.
Like the commentary – a spade is a spade!
Tryyyyy anyway, Naholo?
TMO to check for a knock by Aaron Smith
Pietman wrote:
Sorry Puma
Moer hulle Landers!
34 @ Pietman:OK, yes.
Was off Smith’s shin…
Good try
Try is awarded.. and rightly so
Reid shell-shocked….
Highlanders 25 / 14 Crusaders
Landers came back well from 14 / 3 down, hey!!
22 Unanswered points
Macaw got a few grey hairs there, I see
Bit scrappy after all the changes
Saders penalty, relative sitter.. and Slade will go for goal
Every week we see one side dominating the first half and getting “the rub of the green” and in the second half it’s a total reversal of fortune.
Hurricanes v Stormers, yesterday it was the Blues v Brumbies….same thing in this game.
Highlanders 25 / 17 Crusaders
If there is a mass exodus by the AB’s after the WC to NH rugby, it will certainly slow down the exodus of SA players, as more people compete for the same positions – I am convinced that NH rugby is also going to tighten up rules regarding number of over seas players as well.
Whatever happens, going to make it harder for SA players to up and leave
20 Min to go in the game
Highlanders looking hot. Starving saders of the ball. So far my predictions are looking shoddy.
53 @ Just For Kicks:
There already will be a large All Blacks exodus after the World Cup… quite a number has signed up north, a bit more than the Aussies and South Africans so far, I would say.
Saders kickable penalty again, but this time they go for the corner
Landers pilfer the lineout and starts to attack from their own line… great confidence they have in their own abilities
NZ fitness regime light years ahead of ours. We’d be dead on our feet after the last play!
Both Read & McCaw not the players they used to be…
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