Brumbies put boot into Canes
18 May 2012
JON CARDINELLI writes that great goal-kicking was the difference in the Brumbies’ 37-25 victory over the Hurricanes in Wellington.
How did the Hurricanes conspire to throw this match away? They scored their fourth try in the third quarter and looked to be cruising to an important win, but faded badly in the last 20 minutes and allowed the visitors to score 19 unanswered points.
It will be regarded as an ugly win for Jake White’s team even though they bagged five log points from a difficult visit to Wellington. It was also ironic that some form of kicking would propel the Brumbies to a fantastic result, as their kicking from hand was nothing short of aimless.
They controlled the earlier periods of play and shot to a 10-0 lead, but were subsequently punished for some poor tactical punts. Too often the high balls or tactical probes were too long, allowing a dangerous Hurricanes back three to collect and counter-attack with damaging results.
The Hurricanes forwards also came back strongly, and TJ Perenara scored in the 17th minute after the heavies had set a great platform. Victor Vito added the hosts’ second from a neat set-piece move, and the Hurricanes looked to have seized the initiative right before half-time.
Perenara snatched his second after the break, finishing an opportunity that was rooted again in strong forward play and poor kicking by the Brumbies.
Rookie flyhalf Zack Holmes managed to goal a penalty during this period, but the Canes kept on coming, and another strong drive from the lineout had the Brumbies defence stretched. Reserve prop Jeffrey Toomaga-Allen barrelled over from a subsequent surge, and at 25-16 the Canes were set for a fine finish.
But while the Canes had done well to win the battle for territory and punish Brumbies errors, they had failed to capitalise via an accurate goal-kicking performance. Following Toomaga-Allen’s try, they were nine points ahead, but wayward goal-attempts meant they had left a further nine points out on the field. It was this inaccuracy, as well as an unforgivable lapse in the last quarter, that would result in them losing the game.
The Brumbies were guilty of poor kicking out of hand, but they stuck to their tactics and began to enjoy the benefits in the dying stages. Their forwards also came back strongly, and it was some neat inter-passing between the visiting tight forwards that resulted in a try by lock Sam Carter.
They looked to have botched a scoring opportunity when they knocked on five metres out from the Canes’ tryline, but won a tighthead at the ensuing scrum. Michael Hooper swooped on the loose ball and emerged from a pile of bodies. The accurate goal-kicking boot of Holmes ensured that they made the lead five points instead of three.
The Brumbies flyhalf completed a memorable first start with a seven pointer moments later, and at 37-25, the game was over. The Canes attempted to close the gap in last 10 minutes but coughed up possession at the critical moment. In the end, a determined Brumbies defensive effort denied the Canes a losing bonus point.
The result sees the Brumbies consolidating their place at the top of the Australian conference and keeping the Reds at arm’s length. Following such a gutting loss at home, the Hurricanes should struggle to stay in the play-off race.
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18 May 2012, 13:08 pm
GWS she is very strong and positive plus her daughter is only 17 so giving up is not a option.
18 May 2012, 13:10 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-299:
well seem like you will not show me the post where you accused me of laughing at AIDS……cos it never happened. Shows the type of person you really are.
18 May 2012, 13:12 pm
OK Hurricane,go and sleep now in your damp mouldy bedroom.
18 May 2012, 13:15 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-303:
House is new. I have air con throughout as well as a Home ventilation system in every room.
But thanks for the concern.
18 May 2012, 13:18 pm
Pity you cannot buy sunshine Sunshine.
18 May 2012, 13:20 pm
Hurricanes made one big f’up today by playing Pisi at 10 and not Barrett .. that is what did them in absolutely and eventually.. dunno what the fck Hammett was thinking.. also the fact that they don’t have the temperamental toughness of say a Crusaders or even a Highlanders side to kill the game off when they in front.
They let Jake the Snakes boytjies back in when they were easily on top.. they took their foot off the gas pedal and next thing the 2 locks found huge open sesame holes in the back line and scored a gimme pisseasy try from nothing.. next was that new fetching wunderkind Hooper combining with hooker Moore (the 2 most devastating to the ball players the Brumbies have got – who lead the charge from the front game by game)
Hurricanes don’t have the right mentality to take the fight to the finish.. plenty individual talents but way too many fumbles knock on’s and let downs and insignificant non tackles cost them.
Jake the snake hasn’t changed his spots.. always will be a person of dubious character, but knows how to milk a situation to his benefit.. make no mistake about that.. watch the ball of expectation unwind same as it did when he led boks to a 49-0 disaster in 2006 after 2 decent years to kick off his career.. and then by 2007 he was so devoid of any ideas he turned to somebody who did have and turned his entire fortunes around.
The JW of today is a far better and mature coach than the fumbling fool who fluked a non contested WC in 2007 by way of a hand up by Eddy Jones and a capitulation by NZ…
By now he realizes he HAS to play a to the ball live wire open side fetcher in Hooper to be competitive in modern rugby.. Hooper of 2012 = Watson of 2006.. so what has changed in the JW coaching manual.. he has learned by way of trial and error that individual vendettas don’t count.. and that a fetcher to the ball grafter – same as Watson offered in 2005-06 .. is paramount to your side’s success. And hence the lesson of 49-0 might be well learned by now.
18 May 2012, 13:21 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-305:
Sunshine isnt everything….. sunshine.
18 May 2012, 13:23 pm
@skopskiet(skopskiet)-306:
there we have it.
I saw the same game Skop.
JW post is spot on as well.
18 May 2012, 13:24 pm
So you prefer grey skies and rain?
Each to their own,I grew up with sunshine and braai,beer was added later.
18 May 2012, 13:29 pm
thems the breaks,
you make your luck.
18 May 2012, 13:29 pm
Brumbies and Aussie in particular can have JWWW with cherries on top.. that snakey fits in just perfectly over there in goolongwanaland country .. he don’t have to answer to no politicians and he can cherry pick his players just the way he prefers .. least he knows by now a fetching open sider is a MUST in modern day rugby.. something he couldn’t quite figure out even when his nose was rubbed in a 49-0 slug bath
wasn’t so much a case of Brumbies running riot over Canes in last 20 it was Canes losing the plot BAD and letting Brumbies back in through the back door.. that was poor control by Hurricanes.. you don’t take your foot off the gas soon as you break open a small 8 point cushion..
18 May 2012, 13:30 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-309:
Didnt say that about sunshine.
But i grew up in a safe place. I could walk to the shops any hour of the day or night.
Even now my kids can walk to the park, school without any hassles.
As stated, sunshine isnt everything
18 May 2012, 13:31 pm
Jake White has been and always will be an astute coach. Only the gormless and arrogant will see fault with him and his obvious coaching skills. He took over a team that had been put through the Rudolph Strooli mincer and he set about moulding that Bok team into a RWC winning outfit…in just four years. It usually takes some teams four RWC’s to eventually win the trophy.
18 May 2012, 13:38 pm
you can buy sunshine. UV lamps.
but you need a really fkucing long extention cord to take it to be the beach
18 May 2012, 13:42 pm
Jake White is a one or two season wonder coach.. watch.. in 2004 he turned Boks around from the shambles Streauli left them in by bringing in youth and vigor but not much tactically sound or astute brains…. by 2006 he had lost the plot so bad he lost almost every test he played against top rate teams and lost by biggest loss factor EVER by Boks getting nilled to the tune of 49-0 .. by 2007 he didn’t know where the fck to turn losing 3N twice in succession and totally devoid of any ideas how to turn his sinking ship around till EJ put his hand up and saved his overrated arse…
He entered WC 2007 rated 4th behind NZ, France, Aus and only just ahead of Ireland and then Argentina… he met NOBODY of consequence apart from 6th rank Argy and 7th rank England.. that’s how he fluked a gimme pisseasy lucky packet WC..
Since then he has grown by way of experience and putting similar principles to use as he did in 2004.. only this time he don’t have to skirt around Watson like he was the veritable plague.. and therefore 49-0 remains a lesson he has learned and learned WELL in his dubious history.
Now he got Hooper who provides him what Watson could have done in 2005-06.. wonder whats changed if not the snake has shed his skin and grown a few new uncharacteristic spots.
18 May 2012, 13:43 pm
Good by Hurricnaes
have history of inconsistent tight 5 which has left them down over seasons.
Stephen Moore and Michael Hooper again showing their class.
18 May 2012, 13:43 pm
is it just coincidence that the worlds best coach’s surname is White?
18 May 2012, 13:44 pm
@skopskiet(skopskiet)-311:
Rugby in 2007 and pre did not require a specialised fetcher as Teams benefitted from giving possession away. Had to make sure that it was kicked into the right place. Today the laws have been changed so that possession is king and the benefits go to the attacking side.
18 May 2012, 13:46 pm
Moore and Hooper lead the Brumbies fight every single game..
a fetching flank and a fighting fetching ball carrying hooker..
Seems the dumb klutz clown White has FINALLY learned what actually WORKS in modern day rugby and what DON’T..
18 May 2012, 13:48 pm
@skopskiet(skopskiet)-315: Bollocks you are not giving credit were credit is due – well done Jake , excellent coach
18 May 2012, 13:51 pm
@skopskiet(skopskiet)-319: Are my eyes deceiving me, or did you just compliment Jake White? You finally seem to be growing up, old Skoppie. Better late than never.
18 May 2012, 13:52 pm
@wallabie.(wallabie.)-318:
If White would have enlisted Watson who was FETCHING and carrying the ball and contesting breakdown better than anybody and everybody else as early as 2005-2006.. then he would NOT have lost 49-0 – absolutely without a doubt.
Even till recently it was only by DEFAULT that Brussow took over the Bok open side jersey when Burger got suspended for eye gouging vs BIL’s. otherwise we likely would have lost that series and lost the 2009 3N as well even with the reality staring EVERYONE in the face.
Now its less paramount to have a fetcher in the Brussow – Hooper – Pocock mold.. although such contribution remains important because the laws of 2009 compared to latest interpretations recent have swung back around again to favor big bashing ball carriers and offloading before going to ground.
18 May 2012, 13:57 pm
Well done brumbies well done jake.
18 May 2012, 14:02 pm
WELL DONE JAKE’S BRUMBIES.
18 May 2012, 14:04 pm
all the JW arselickers in unison… pity they can’t smell sh’t when its so close to their nostrils.
18 May 2012, 14:09 pm
First time Jake coaching after the world cup 2007 and he is doing it again. WINNING with a very young team. Great coach makes a difference. How saru never kept Jake on after wc 2007 was absolutely crazy. Saru must have looked like fools for letting a wc winning coach go.
Good luck to Jake and the Brumbies for the rest of the S15.
18 May 2012, 14:16 pm
good thing he’s in Aussie where he fits in perfectly .. where like attracts like … over here he don’t fit in at all.. also a pity Saru didn’t keep him after his fluke so that everyone would see what a flukety fluke coach he actually is… set up th JWWW circus with Keohane and how far did that little self infatuated grandiose scheme get anyone.. put Lions into a flat spin with Muir as DOR.. and what else he turn his hand to which was such a great astutely incorporated success.?
Maybe White should shack up with Cheeky at Kings .. instead of his old arch nemesis Solly .. then see how quick he turn that little empire into a roaring success story
18 May 2012, 14:16 pm
Thanks guys, I’m chuffed!!!
18 May 2012, 14:23 pm
A solid tight Five combo and a robust pair of centres are some of JW coaching signature, while Zack Holmes is a far better FH IMO than the faltering Lealiifano
18 May 2012, 14:23 pm
@Puma(Puma)-326:
Hi Puma, sorry I missed your comment on ‘The Other Side’ earlier, have been flitting about a bit!
18 May 2012, 14:25 pm
@Puma(Puma)-326:
Wasn’t SARU decision to ditch JW, wasn’t SARU decision to appoint PdV either.
18 May 2012, 14:25 pm
@BrumbiesBoy(BrumbiesBoy)-328:
And you still got the MILK shirt!
18 May 2012, 14:26 pm
@carol(carol)-330: No problems, how you doing?
18 May 2012, 14:27 pm
@BrumbiesBoy(BrumbiesBoy)-328: Congrats to your team.
18 May 2012, 14:39 pm
@Puma(Puma)-333:
All good thanks. Getting geared up firstly for the Queens Jubliee Celebrations….. Great reason to have another party here.
Then the Olyimpics, I was in London yesterday and the city is gearing up now, it is noticable. Should be a good summer in Britain!!
18 May 2012, 14:46 pm
@carol(carol)-335: Queen’s Jubilee? Sounds like a hoot. Will you be collecting the commemorative tea spoons?
18 May 2012, 14:48 pm
I wonder how much influence Laurie Fischer has had as Jakes assistant? As the Brumbies seem to have returned to their old phased play rythmn.
18 May 2012, 14:58 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-332: Absolutely!!! Bought it @ Ellis Park for about 120 bucks about 14 years ago…best R120 I’ve ever spent!!!
Was wearing if a few years ago when I bumped into George Gregan & Clyde Rathbone having coffee at a Sandton Hotel the morning of an Ellis Park game…George was especially amazed & said: “Gee mate, that’s an original, so you’ve been in the trenches with us a long time, hey?” It was only a short meeting but I remember it like it was yesterday.
@Puma(Puma)-334: Thanks, mate!
18 May 2012, 15:41 pm
@David(David)-337:
Jake said today that he was using a South African/Brumbies of old recipe, plus he had called in the influences of cross codes to add to the mix. He had even spoken with some Olympic coaches for their help. This man is a revelation for the game of RU. A genius alongside Heyneke Meyer and others that can read the game and mould it into a brilliant winning formula.
18 May 2012, 15:54 pm
7 out of 11.
marvellous.
not good enough for a Bok or a kiwi team.
but best of the wallabie lot.
good win, still.
18 May 2012, 15:55 pm
@Great White Shark(Predawn)-339: i think it must have been pap and potjiekos
18 May 2012, 16:01 pm
@shooter(shooter)-340:
They’re Kiwi slayers.
18 May 2012, 16:03 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-336:
Teaspoons!!!
18 May 2012, 16:17 pm
@Great White Shark(Predawn)-339:
I wouldn’t call him a genius. Australia, NZ and the UK have long tapped the League for training and tactical ideas.
I do believe he’s probably grown a lot since 2007, when it comes to coaching.
18 May 2012, 16:53 pm
Stephen Moore married a Durban girl last month.
Instant improvement.
Poppa Truly sorry.about your wife Horrible way to go.
However this is a rugby site.Not one for mental masturbation.
Regards.
18 May 2012, 16:54 pm
Hello UFO.Good luck stormers & SHARKS.
18 May 2012, 17:00 pm
ryecatcher it was his mom
lets close the subject here
18 May 2012, 18:31 pm
@David(David)-344:
” probably grown a lot since 2007″,
Grown doing what?
JW did no coaching until end of 2011, it means he remains a good coach, it happened too that NZ and Aus were picking in 2006/7 while the Boks were on the decline so his Test record at these years is abysmal, something like 2:6 in the TriNations
18 May 2012, 19:13 pm
@David(David)-337: That is exactly why I am still not completely sold on the “genius” called JW.
What he did well was go out of his way to secure able “assistants”….
Assistant coach – coached the Brumbies with great success
Larkham & Gregan – WC winners who are probably the best halfback pairing for Australia in the Pro era…
We can go on and on…
18 May 2012, 19:56 pm
Watson was not a fetcher that played to the ball, never ever.
White’s position on Watson was that he was too small – he preferred rangey athletic looseforwards.
White’s position on fetchers, was that every player should play to the ball, which is what alot of teams are doing nowadays, hore and bismarck and coenie are all frontrowers, and they are best pilferers and to-the-ball players in the modern game, none of them are opensiders.
JW’s real problem season started in 2006 when he had a massive spate of injuries, same as PdV’s had problems in 2010 almost exactly the same. Unless you maybe the ABs you simply cannot compete against the top teams in the world if half your best players are out due to injury.
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