Super Rebels stun Saders

Super Rebels stun Saders

12 May 2012

SIMON BORCHARDT reports on the Rebels’ 28-19 upset win against the Crusaders in Melbourne.

These teams did not meet in 2011, because of the conference format, and the general consensus was that the Crusaders missed out on five easy log points.

Richie McCaw’s side must have arrived in Melbourne for this 2012 fixture expecting a comfortable bonus-point win but they left with nothing after conceding two quick tries, in the 67th and 70th minutes, which turned the game on its head.

First, replacement lock Al Campbell passed in the tackle to winger Mark Gerrard, who cut back inside and sent scrumhalf Nick Phipps away for the try. Then 34-year-old substitute centre Stirling Mortlock intercepted a poor pass from Crusaders prop Owen Franks and found Cooper Vuna. The winger attracted the only covering defender and gave the ball back to Mortlock, who dived over.

The Rebels then defended that nine-point lead for the next 10 minutes to pull off one of the biggest upsets in Super Rugby history.

And it was a well deserved win, too. They dominated the breakdown, used the width of the field on attack, and Gerrard’s tactical kicking was superb from the back.

The hosts had all the ball early on and were rewarded with a try to Phipps, who threw a dummy, burst through a gap between two wrong-footed defenders and planted the ball on the line.

Phipps, though, effectively gave those seven points away on the half-hour mark when he knocked on 35m out. The Crusaders booted the ball ahead, regained possession, and second rower Sam Whitelock scored the simplest of tries after a burst down the left touchline by fullback Tom Marshall.

Flyhalf Tom Taylor kicked the conversion and then slotted his third and fourth penalties to give the visitors a 19-10 half-time lead.

But it was all the Rebels in the second half and while they weren’t able to breach the opposition defence in the third quarter, two penalties from flyhalf Kurtley Beale cut the deficit to three.

Then came the two tries that stunned the seven-time Super Rugby champions, and gave the small crowd a reason to celebrate long into the night.


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  • 151.jeest: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 13:59 pm

    @poppa69(poppa69)-145: I couldn’t have cared who won that game – neither is a team I follow. I just like Rugby. any hemisphere, any comp, just like to watch it.

    The Saders, and NZ Rugby are regonised internationally as cynical cheats – it’s only you guys who don’t see it.

    Hong Kong is current location Chch btw

  • 152.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 13:59 pm

    @chch(chch)-148: cant blame those two only for our problems, they have been poorly coached (the whole team seems unfit) and they are but a part of that… injuries have played a part but wont use that as an excuse either..

    seems to be problems within the organisation, and Id like Dalton to go as well tbh..

  • 153.goyougoodthing2: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 13:59 pm

    Even though Ritchie was never bound, laid all over the ball, was offside, last feet meant nothing – they still lost. Well done Rebels!!!

    Can’t imagine the same result with a kiwi ref. Even if Peyper also missed most of the Crusader’s game.

  • 154.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:01 pm

    @jeest(jeest)-151: yep, everyone tries to knock you off when your on top..

    do our junior AB teams cheat too? theyve won the WC four times straight now… is that why so many NZ players and coaches are working overseas? because theyre cynical?

    ok then. must be a very sad world you live in

  • 155.Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:02 pm

    come on pooper,turn this thread around
    you have it in you
    be the better man

  • 156.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:02 pm

    time to go, the boring repetition of NZ cheating really is a poor reflection on those who use it as an excuse at every opportunity..

  • 157.JL1: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:03 pm

    @139

    From a nation that have significant increases in domestic violence after getting a RWC beating

    Time to admit it, NZ nothing more than a glorified Aussie state

  • 158.wooden spoon: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:03 pm

    @Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-155: lol! Can you ever see Pooper not “returning serve”?! Never man! It’s his life!

  • 159.jeest: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:03 pm

    @chch(chch)-149: “Everything here you did first and yet you try to take the high ground.”

    You were the one who implied you had taken the high ground, not me. I just love the way you resorted to molestation calls. Well if you think that’s funny that’s just you I guess. Not going to worry me.

    You truely don’t have the intelligence level for me to debate any topic.

    You are, as i have mentioned, a joke.

  • 160.We are red: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:04 pm

    I love watching kiwi’s and saffas get stuck into eachother. Can i be the neutral referee?

  • 161.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:05 pm

    @JL1(JL1)-157: from the nation that leads the world in domestic violence, and I have the stats to prove it if you wish..

    thats right, its not NZ, its South Africa..

    you really should get the facts first..

  • 162.jeest: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:06 pm

    @JL1(JL1)-157: Never a truer word spoken. Although the Aussies don’t want any part of them.

    Can’t blame them really.

  • 163.We are red: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:06 pm

    @JL1(JL1)-157: oohh **** the kiwi’s wont like that. Technically you are right in a way. We do own their entire financial/banking system.

  • 164.Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:06 pm

    pooper is like the crack addict that everyone has given up on.
    i stillsee something worth saving
    he is a crack addict,not the drug type though

  • 165.We are red: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:07 pm

    @jeest(jeest)-162: you are corrrect. somehow they get free entrants here without requiring a visa though so more kiwi’s live in oz then in NZ. Last one out of NZ turn the lights off please

  • 166.Hurricane: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:09 pm

    @JL1(JL1)-157:
    We have the RWC, you dont.
    And all that we have a better head to head than you. We have the most wins in international rugby.
    We are the team to beat,we are normally the team thart every one measures themselves against.
    And funny thing is your a South African moaning about our violence, when will you ever learn?

  • 167.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:09 pm

    @We are red(Redbull)-165: hell, I increased the IQ of both countries when I moved to Aus.. thanks for your tax money in way of the dole though, its great… :)

  • 168.jeest: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:10 pm

    @We are red(Redbull)-165: Aren’t they the people who come to Aus, do nothing, then slag off Australia and tell everyone how great NZ is??

    Then none of them want to go home??

    The worst thing about Australia is it’s proximity to that caravan park off your east coast.

  • 169.Hurricane: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:11 pm

    @We are red(Redbull)-165:
    so over 4 million kiwis live in OZ?
    I believe you have been found out, dont bother with the lights, your lights are already out.

  • 170.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:12 pm

    @Hurricane(Hurricane)-166: thats how starved these boys are of a win over NZ though, an Aus team beat a kiwi team and the Saffas and the nomad Jeest are all so excited..

    ag shampies

    :lol: hilarious stuff, that so many people live vicariously because their own teams cant do..

    its poetry mate…

  • 171.We are red: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:12 pm

    @poppa69(poppa69)-167: haha our saffa mates wont get that joke but brilliant. had a good chuckle.

    Not really how it is though. I work for a mining company and of our 200 scaffolders, i reckon 180 of them are kiwi’s. they do know how to scaffold, but for 120k a year without any qualifications, they must be smiling

  • 172.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:14 pm

    @jeest(jeest)-168: just for the record, Ive never slagged Aussie … we are red can back that up… I love it, free money, easy woman, good beaches, just got to put up with Aussies…most of them are pretty cool..

    hell, they even dont mind that we are WC’s in both rugby codes…

  • 173.We are red: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:14 pm

    @jeest(jeest)-168: haha yeah there’s a few of them about. I must admit when I was living in london I saw a lot of Aussies do that to the english. I was so embarrased. go home if its so great.

  • 174.JL1: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:15 pm

    @166

    You are still just another Aussie state
    No significant population growth as no one wants to live there, so growth is achieved through immigration

  • 175.JL1: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:15 pm

    @166

    You are still just another Aussie state
    No significant population growth as no one wants to live there, so growth is achieved through immigration.

  • 176.willievz: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:15 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-102:

    Transie my man, I recognised that and called their complacency and arrogance! Not that a Crusader team is ever arrogant :roll:

    Also, remember that they only defeated the Reds by 4 points last week.

    I’ve put two and two together, and I am happy to report that I’ve banked the Bru points thanks to the Rebels victory.

  • 177.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:16 pm

    @We are red(Redbull)-171: Im not really on the dole either… :D been here for quite a while, love the place.. its proximity to home is also a bonus, I return every year to see fam and such, best of both worlds..

  • 178.We are red: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:16 pm

    @poppa69(poppa69)-172: oohhh ouch poppa. you dont need to bring up that one rugby league loss. farkin benji

  • 179.Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:16 pm

    jl na is a big retirement home

  • 180.JL1: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:17 pm

    @166

    You are still just another Aussie state
    No significant population growth as no one wants to live there, so growth is achieved through immigration. .

  • 181.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:17 pm

    @JL1(JL1)-174: no one except expat Saffas apparently..

    gees, you keep falling over your own feet… why not just give it up..

    youve been owned so far…I might even start calling you dolly

    ok dolly…

  • 182.Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:17 pm

    nz is a big retirement home.

  • 183.willievz: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:17 pm

    Aaaahhh FFS

    Those Kiwi bloggers are back.

    Enough motivation for me to switch off my router. Have a great day guys

  • 184.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:18 pm

    @willievz(willievz)-176: good call Willie, they proved your faith… Ive done the same with the force :wink:

  • 185.JL1: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:19 pm

    Poppa

    Tell us about the time when you broke down on this site

    Let out, let it all out

  • 186.We are red: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:20 pm

    @poppa69(poppa69)-177: haha i know mate. its a dirty stereotype probably feulled becuase any samoan or tongan on the dole just gets classed a kiwi. where you living.

    im in brisbane.

  • 187.Hurricane: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:21 pm

    @JL1(JL1)-175:
    Like your country is so great.
    How many want to live in SA but cant leave due to poverty?
    I know its millions.
    Look at your own country before slagging others.

  • 188.jeest: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:21 pm

    @We are red(Redbull)-173: Agreed. No one asks people to come to their country and whinge – very ordinary sight indeed.

  • 189.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:22 pm

    @JL1(JL1)-185: bwahahahahahahaha

    cmon Dolly, you can do better than that surely?

  • 190.cane: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:22 pm

    Congrats to the Rebs.

    And to Popps.

    Out numbered 100 to 1,
    and still he fights the good fight.

    Even a Stralian joining the Gang of Malcontents.

  • 191.Hurricane: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:22 pm

    JL1 and Fern with his blowup doll, its a threesome, Blowup doll has more wits and class i must say.

  • 192.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:23 pm

    @Hurricane(Hurricane)-187: nah, corrugated iron “homes” dont have windows mate…and you cant see them from behind your gated community anyways..

    its a real utopia isnt it dolly?

  • 193.We are red: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:24 pm

    @cane(cane)-190: this is a rugby site. i have no idea what that means. simple words please :-)

  • 194.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:25 pm

    @jeest(jeest)-188: thats right, got to love them keyboard warriors who are too scared to state their own country., lest the truth comes out huh?

    cmon jeest, prove your a man and tell us where you are from, your righteousness should surely be vindicated when you do..

  • 195.Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:26 pm

    hurricane i let your womanfolk ride my cobra
    it was such a easy move to bust
    bwhahaha

  • 196.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:27 pm

    @We are red(Redbull)-186: in Sydney mate… 10 minute walk to the CBD…

  • 197.ossewa: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:27 pm

    NZ is a backdoor to get into australia….suppose you could call it australia’s bumhole!!!!

  • 198.We are red: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:28 pm

    @poppa69(poppa69)-194: I find the best way to find out what country someone comes from, ask them who the best openisde flanker in the world is. The country that person represents, is usually the country where that person is from. hahaha.

  • 199.jeest: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:29 pm

    @poppa69(poppa69)-194: I realise in your shallow world this is an easy question but you will need to define “own country” if you want a response. As mentioned currently residing in Hong Kong.

  • 200.Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19: Reply to this comment
    12 May 2012, 14:30 pm

    jl1 die slaghuis waar ek altyd vleis koop het n special op biltong gehad vandag r90 n kilo!

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