Canes hammer feeble Force
9 Mar 2012
RYAN VREDE reports on the Hurricanes’ 46-19 victory over the Force in Perth.
You know that aunt that talks all the time but actually says nothing? This was the Force. The Perth franchise completely bossed possession and territory but were so impotent at the gainline and so static or lateral and predictable in their attacks that the Canes simply fanned out and waited from the next unimaginative play. When the Force erred the Canes were clinical in taking their opportunities, particularly from broken field. Five chances, five tries. Thanks for coming.
The talk from the Force’s camp this week was about staying compact and direct in their attacks. Patience through phases was stressed and high-risk play deep in their half discouraged. The Force, however, looked every bit a team struggling to suppress their natural instinct.
When they played through phases effectively they looked like they would be comfortable winners. But they botched numerous scoring opportunities while in the Canes’ 22m.
The Canes, having come into this match off the back of extensive travel, didn’t ever look like building pressure through structured play. Their primary threat was from broken field and, when, following a turnover, Canes fullback Andre Taylor cut through the defence from within his 22m and made about 60m in a move that culminated in a try for impressive debutant scrumhalf TJ Perenara, their preferred method was made clear.
The Canes are two from three with a couple of home matches to come. They are defying expectations following the departure of a string of All Blacks. For the Force its more of the depressing fare their supporters have become all too used to.
The Force’s troubles extended to their tactical kicking, which was largely imprecise and fed the Canes’ back three with counter-attacking opportunities. The hosts did score through Matt Hogson, but then conceded two tries in five minutes just before the break to leave them trailing 22-10 going down the tunnel.
The Canes effectively sealed the result and four-try bonus point 10 minutes into the second half, this time a scrappy backline move featuring ugly hacks ahead somehow ending in Perenara grabbing a hat-trick.
Two Stannard penalties made it a 10 point game with 20 minutes to play, but Canes reserve Daniel Kirkpatrick put the Canes two converted tries ahead with a three pointer. Cameron Shepherd came close to reducing the deficit but he was bundled into touch in a move that should have stayed close to the breakdown point of the previous phase. That was the best rebuttal the Force could muster, the Canes’ Jason Eaton and Charlie Ngatai rubbed salt into their wounds with late tries.
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9 Mar 2012, 15:56 pm
@goyougoodthing2(goyougoodthing2)-100: Against the Pampas? What is the score? And how far into the match?
9 Mar 2012, 16:08 pm
@welcome to my life, hugh…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-99: That is why he makes the most sense
9 Mar 2012, 16:15 pm
@Sharksgirl(Sharksgirl)-102:
hehe
i can see he’s gonna like you
9 Mar 2012, 16:17 pm
@Sharksgirl(Sharksgirl)-102:
and yes… i see what you did there…
9 Mar 2012, 18:10 pm
@goyougoodthing2(goyougoodthing2)-100:spoke too soo didn’t ya? bwahaha
9 Mar 2012, 18:10 pm
@goyougoodthing2(goyougoodthing2)-100:spoke too soon didn’t ya? bwahaha
9 Mar 2012, 18:27 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-106:
You enjoyed that so much that you had to say it twice.
9 Mar 2012, 19:04 pm
just check how the feeble infelicitous dweebs flock together in common cause unison hoping, nay praying, that EC Kings get slaughtered by all and anyone so that the common cause agenda to exclude them out the SA rugby landscape has a better chance of success…
well they screwed them in the eye this time.. they bounced back and won.. against the groundswell of hoping baying praying nay saying multifaceted negation seekers who were waiting with baited breath to shout it out loud in unison… ‘Quota’ – skop the bloater in the bollocks .. so better luck next time.. perhaps they comply or conspire to give the nee der landers another chance to express their ingrained ingratiated loathsomeness for Cheeky and his cheary chommies to chomp the cheerless dust.
9 Mar 2012, 19:12 pm
No game tonight??????
10 Mar 2012, 05:18 am
Force were impotent couldn’t get it up in the Gang Bang Capital of Australia, full stop. Hurricanes on the other hand performed for eighty minutes and made Nz proud.
10 Mar 2012, 10:43 am
Hurricanes, 9 points from the road trip to the far timezones.
Even the most opimistic of Canes fans never expected this.
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