Brumbies end Highlanders’ run
24 Mar 2012
SIMON BORCHARDT reports on the Brumbies’ 33-26 victory in Canberra that brought the Highlanders’ four-match winning streak to a halt.
Jake White’s side raced out to a 17-3 lead after 20 minutes, but the Highlanders fought back well to make it 26-26 early in the second half. However, the loss of flyhalf Colin Slade, who appeared to break an ankle, broke the visitors’ momentum and they conceded a soft try on the 60-minute mark that proved to be decisive.
The Highlanders will also regret the poor start they made to the game, when centre Tamati Ellison’s pass was intercepted by Joe Tomane, who ran 80m to score.
The winger struck again 10 minutes later when the Brumbies, who had been starved of possession, sent the ball wide from a turnover. Midfielder Andrew Smith was put into space on the left and found Tomane, who cut back inside for his double.
Slade, who had earlier kicked a drop goal, exchanged penalties with opposite number Christian Lealiifano, before a break from winger Hosea Gear led to a try for scrumhalf Aaron Smith that reduced the deficit to four.
But Lealiifano’s third penalty, on the half-time hooter, gave the hosts a 20-13 lead despite them having had just 33% of the ball.
It didn’t take the Highlanders long to level the scores when, following a penalty goal apiece, Shaun Treeby was brought to ground but not held by the tackler. The centre jumped back up to his feet and ran away to score next to the posts.
At that stage it looked as if the visitors were on track for win No 5. But then Slade left the field and they conceded that soft try after losing possession at a maul near their 22. Brumbies hooker Stephen Moore got boot to ball and flanker Michael Hooper picked it up to score what was ultimately the match-winning try.
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24 Mar 2012, 13:17 pm
@cab(cab)-34: @Hurricane(Hurricane)-35:
If I was to meet Mark Hammett on the Street, I would be polite, but very reserved in my praise of his achievements so far.
Whenever I watch the Blues, Chiefs or Highlanders,
I ask myself what if.
Canes playing the:
Highlanders ………………………Hore, Sopoaga, Tamati Ellison, Jacob Ellison.
Chiefs………………………….Scott Waldum, Cruden, Schwalger, Tuamalola
Blues, ……………………………..Nonu, Matheson, Weepu. Hobbs.
And the biggest Burglars in NZ Rugby……………………… Canterbury………………………………….few if any of my brethren.
24 Mar 2012, 13:19 pm
Looking at ranking history, JW took over the Boks placed at 6th on the ranking table.
Before the RWC started in 2007 Boks were in 4th place. So around 4 years, Jake moved the boks up 2 places to 4th..
I understand winning the RWC is a major but so is rankings which means you are consistently winning your games.
24 Mar 2012, 13:23 pm
51 yeah cane – dunno why they sold some of those but in fairness he’s done pretty well so who knows. Crusaders don’t look like the indestructibe juggernaught of years goneby. Told me pal u said all the cantabrians are a bit feral – he seemed to think it was a compliment. Grizz wylie was a legend in tvl and I think blackadder also came out to sa at end of his career, also from Canterbury? Where was murray mexted from?
24 Mar 2012, 13:24 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-52: too simplistic.
Ignores 2004 3N win, ignores finishing 2nd in 2005 3N by only a single bonus point.
2006 was his low point.
But 2007 was his high point.
24 Mar 2012, 13:28 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-54:
Just saying like it is wooden.
You have stated two tri nations but seem to have forgotten the embarrasing EOYT that you guys
were put through.
Anyway lets just say hes a good coach with the same win/loss ratio as PDV or does PDV have a better one?
24 Mar 2012, 13:34 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-52:
Jake White’s only mission from 2004 was to win the RWC.
24 Mar 2012, 13:38 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-56:
Lucky for him then,
that he never got any real opposition.
8)
24 Mar 2012, 13:38 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-55: in fact PDV’s is worse. 67% vs 62%.
24 Mar 2012, 13:39 pm
What is this Predawn’s problem
24 Mar 2012, 13:39 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-52: Cane, you are such a clown it makes me sick. Jake took the Boks to #1. Not only that, he did it without depth of players and without ever selecting what he considered to be his best XV. He had more political pressure than any other coach to have ever coached the game to boot! A mild achievement? I think not. Not to mention that we were less than 60 seconds away from back-to-back Tri-Nations titles. 2006 was his ONLY iffy year as we were injury ravaged and had to scrap through the little depth available. Even on the eve of the WC we had only one genuine test quality wing. You also neglect to mention that he took the Boks from 6th to 2nd in the space of ONE season. Yes we fell off the way a bit, 2006 had a lot to do with that and so too fielding a second XV for the away leg of the 07 TNs. So, next time, get your facts together before you run that ignorant hole of yours again!
24 Mar 2012, 13:40 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-56:
lol, and there we have the bad EOYTs and lost 3 out of 4 tri nations.
Do you think it was the right call to prepare for a tournament 4 years out?
I mean it worked out in the end so pointless really
24 Mar 2012, 13:41 pm
@cane(cane)-57: Not any real opposition? We faced all of the best teams in the 2007 WC. New zealand were garbage and Australia utterly savaged by England. Please spare us your idiocy.
24 Mar 2012, 13:43 pm
Ease up Dracula
Cane is cool
24 Mar 2012, 13:46 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-61:
Not saying it was the right call at all – personally I hate the RWC just for that (4-year cycle ****).
But he had a mission, and he succeeded.
I’d rather win 80% of my games.
24 Mar 2012, 13:48 pm
@Alucard(Alucard)-60:
Why do i make you sick?
Seems a bit harsh,anyway lets carry on through your illness.
You have given an excuse for every year JW coached, well done.
You said that JW went from 6th to second in a season, what is this season you speak off?
24 Mar 2012, 13:48 pm
@cab(cab)-53:
” Told me pal u said all the cantabrians are a bit feral”.
I would like to qualify that cab,
by saying,
one on one, Cantabs are fine,
………………..well at least acceptable as human beings with a view point different to my own.
But!!!!!!!
When together as a unit of 1000 or more ……………………………they are indeed feral.
Not sure why, they look like most of us, ………………………………………….but something is different.
8)
24 Mar 2012, 13:50 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-64:
Yeah same, i am with you on that.
Shame everything was put on that RWC 2007, he may have even won a few more game for SA if he wasnt so focused on that tournament, anyway in the past now. He is having a good run with the Brumbies though.
24 Mar 2012, 13:51 pm
@Alucard(Alucard)-62:
What were the best teams in 2007, according to you?
I mean we faced you twice in 2007 home and away and beat you.
24 Mar 2012, 13:53 pm
Jakey, you’re my man, and you got me some nice Superbru points this weeked. Everyone else backed the Highlanders in my pool
24 Mar 2012, 13:54 pm
@Alucard(Alucard)-62:
I see you have decided ATTACK is the best form of defence Alu.
And good for you.
So you beat Old Blighty twice to win the Cup.
This was the worst English Team in the history of English Rugby.
i.e. EVER.
8)
24 Mar 2012, 13:54 pm
@Mike H(Mike H)-69:
lol
24 Mar 2012, 13:57 pm
@Papoose(papaown)-8:
So true.
Where all the Jake haters now
Jake is a ******* brilliant coach. There is no doubt. And now he has the chance to prove it with a young breed of quick thinking player.
Keep it up Jake, i’ve been fighting your corner against the morons in here for years. I am glad you get to show your metal again.
If you can keep this up it will have to silence the idiots who belittle you but were proud that we had a WC trophy in our cabinet. Hypocrits
24 Mar 2012, 14:00 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-65:
You seemed to have run your mouth off and now cant back it up.
But at least you are consistent.
24 Mar 2012, 14:02 pm
@SjamBok(SjamBok)-44:
Very well said mate
24 Mar 2012, 14:09 pm
And what I like about Jake, even though so many give Eddie credit for our WC win he is not too arrogant and eager to prove everyone wrong that he doesn;t use Eddie again, he calls him in.
If you are too proud to take good help then when you lose you deserve it. If you do everything in your power to win and get the best combinations of brains behind your team, then you are a true coach.
A coach doesn’t have to know everything or be the best coach in the world in every aspect of the game.
A coach is a manger overall. Use your strengths and get help where needed and Jake certainly does that.
He took SA from Camp Staaldraad to WC winners. Huge respect. He built a team that became the most experienced Springbok test team in history, a team that won a WC, tri-nations titles, Lions Series etc etc. (PDIVS team was predominantly JW’s team.)
24 Mar 2012, 14:10 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-68:
In march 2007 the IRB’s top ranked Teams were:
1: NZ
2: France.
3: Australia.
4: SA.
5: Ireland.
6: Arg.
7: Old Blighty.
So indeed you are correct, (as usual),
Jake’s Boks never played any Team of significance.
How lucky can you get…………………………………………………………….Food poisoning anyone?
24 Mar 2012, 14:10 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-73:
of course that was aimed at Alucard…
I never run my mouth off
24 Mar 2012, 14:14 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-77:
Well …………………………………………mostly never.
8)
24 Mar 2012, 14:14 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-77:
HAHHAHA thought you were admitting defeat there Hurri
hahahah
24 Mar 2012, 14:17 pm
@cane(cane)-78:
yes, just about never do
24 Mar 2012, 14:18 pm
@Mike H(Mike H)-79:
hehe
It was close their Mike.
24 Mar 2012, 14:21 pm
WC’s are virtually a knockout tournament, you lose one game and it’s over.
You need to be good and you need some luck.
Yes.
But Graham Henry is a great coach, Jake White is a great coach, Clive Woodward was a great coach, that Aussie dude was a great coach
.
The World Cup winning coaches are fantastic coaches. There is no doubt and should be no arguement no matter you’re luck or someone elses misfortune.
To win a WC takes serious metal from players and coaches and shouldn;t be belittled, however I do wish SA that more focus on winning every test than just winning WC’s.
We need to be consistantly number 1 or 2 in the World with the AB’s. Those are world rugby giants and thats how we need to keep it. Ab’s and SA need to be the two most respected and feared teams for any team to play
That’s how I grew up and that’s how i like it 
24 Mar 2012, 14:27 pm
@cane(cane)-66:
lol, it all makes alot of sense, i wondered where he came from, different is indeed the word..
24 Mar 2012, 14:31 pm
As a reds fan who loves to hate the brumbies, I gotta hand it to JW. The guy is doing well with a bunch of nobody players. Reminds me of the reds a few years ago under McKenzie. A good coach is the most important part of a good team and JW is up there with the best of them.
His only flaw is that he listens to Eddie Jones too much, oh, and that he made the bad guys win the 07 WC
24 Mar 2012, 14:32 pm
@We are red(Redbull)-84:
24 Mar 2012, 14:34 pm
@Mike H(Mike H)-82: So Mike just becuase its only a small sport in Australia, does that mean we cannot be considered “giants”. We do ok sometimes (safe for our rubbish scrum).
I would like to think the tri nations as a collective make up the three giants of the game. 2 WC’s each eh?
24 Mar 2012, 14:35 pm
@Mike H(Mike H)-82:
There we go, what Mike said.
24 Mar 2012, 14:38 pm
@cab(cab)-53:
Mex was/is/remains a Wellingtonian.
I don’t know if Mexteds exist in any other part of the world.
24 Mar 2012, 14:38 pm
@We are red(Redbull)-86:
Sorry Red, you have the Tri nations cup and our coach, you cant enter this conversation.
24 Mar 2012, 14:45 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-89: I can trace Ritchie McCaw’s liniage back to an Australian convict 243 years ago.
thats gotta qualify me.
24 Mar 2012, 14:50 pm
@We are red(Redbull)-90:
Damn it.
Sure does, welcome
24 Mar 2012, 14:51 pm
@cane(cane)-88:
i dont think he’s the sharpest tool in the shed..
24 Mar 2012, 14:52 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-89: Hurricane, your boys really messed up my tips this week. I have tipped the blues every week in this competition (I really love the blues but they’re messing with ym $$$ now), but old C.Smith came like a thief in the night in the 81st minute. You must be stoked? It was a sick try from nothing. BB the next Carter?
24 Mar 2012, 14:53 pm
@cane(cane)-70: England had the courage to make the Finals and Argentina were in immense form. we faced a quality Samoan and Fijian side to boot. New Zealand did whta exactly? Australia? Hmmm… typical kiwi arrogance at it’s best.
24 Mar 2012, 14:54 pm
@cab(cab)-92:
lol
nope he isnt.
@We are red(Redbull)-93:
Yeah messed up my picks as well
But i am stoked,such a surprise really and some good finds in this Hurricanes team.
24 Mar 2012, 14:54 pm
@cab(cab)-92:
I agree,
But a magnificent Rugby Player.
24 Mar 2012, 14:56 pm
@Alucard(Alucard)-94:
You forgot a quality Tongan and USA side as well.
Cant forget those guys.
24 Mar 2012, 14:56 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-95:
he’s rugby analysis is suprisingly good tho, so maybe he doing a columbo, but melanie is better to look at.
@cane(cane)-96:
married a miss world, quite a character i think.
24 Mar 2012, 14:57 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-95: Cuzzy bro, rule 1 of tipping. Thou shalt not tip again thy own team.
24 Mar 2012, 15:00 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-65: You truly are a thick imbecile. How about between 2004 and 2005. do you not recall the annihilation of the Aussies in several tests of 2005 as well? And the haulting of the All Blacks? There’s no point on talking to you; too dense to take anything in. So my final piece of advice is to inscribe the word “stupid” on a bullett and blast it through that copious sedimentary layer you call a skull. No excuses needed, just simple and clear as day facts chump.
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