Brumbies grind out ugly win
1 Jun 2012
JON CARDINELLI reports on the Brumbies’ 27-19 victory over the Rebels on Friday.
This result sees the Brumbies consolidating their position at the top of the Australian conference. The four points would have been the objective in a clash before the break, but coach Jake White should be concerned with the quality of the performance against the Rebels.
The Brumbies were deserved if not comfortable winners. They had several chances to take this match away from the Rebels, but too often conceded points immediately after they had scored at the other end.
After 24 minutes, the scoreline was 14-3 in the Brumbies’ favour. The Rebels had just lost prop Jono Owen to a yellow card and the Brumbies had eventually penetrated the visitors’ defence. Following Andrew Smith’s try, however, a determined pack of Rebels forwards began to earn some reward for their physicality at the collisions.
Julian Huxley kicked three more penalties to leave the hosts trailing by just 14-12 at half-time. The Rebels were unlucky not to score before the break when James Hilgendorf danced through a gap and flew towards the tryline. Only some desperate scrambling defence by Brumbies centre Pat McCabe denied the Rebels a try.
Flyhalf Zack Holmes kicked a penalty after half-time, and following a sustained period on attack the Brumbies eventually crossed the tryline. It was at this point that the Brumbies enjoyed a 12-point lead, but the result was far from secure.
Cooper Vuna scored for the Rebels immediately after the restart and Huxley’s fantastic conversion brought the hosts back to within five points. The Brumbies’ defence had been found wanting once again.
Holmes goaled an important penalty in the 73rd minute to give the Brumbies an eight-point buffer, but almost on cue, the visitors’ allowed the Rebels to hit back.
Fortunately for the Brumbies, the Rebels turned down a kickable penalty and lost possession after a multiphase attack came to nought. The clock was on the visitors’ side as the Rebels continued to lose ball in contact and botch set-piece opportunities.
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1 Jun 2012, 14:28 pm
@cane(cane)-98:
they are playing in pink at home to support cancer awareness.
with moobs the size of yours you should get behind such an initative.
1 Jun 2012, 14:29 pm
cane what did bakkies do to you
why you hating on a down to earth funloving good guy
1 Jun 2012, 14:31 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-102:
I don’t hate fernly.
I observe.
1 Jun 2012, 14:33 pm
correction
why do you dislike him so much after all he has done for nz rugby
show some gratitude ffs
1 Jun 2012, 14:34 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-101:
Then lacey shorts could support another great cause.
1 Jun 2012, 14:38 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-104:
Dislike Bakkies!!!!
Why would I dislike Bakkies.
He give me more ammo than the rest of the High Veldites combined.
I secretly love the big ball of filth.
1 Jun 2012, 14:39 pm
how is lower hutt tonight
1 Jun 2012, 14:44 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-107:
Lower Hutt is basking in the delights of late autumn fernly.
Still nights, with light morning dew.
Sunny days that never seem to end.
How are things with you and the dammed.
1 Jun 2012, 15:41 pm
cane in the next four days the warmest it is gonna get there is 16 deg
your sun is broken
1 Jun 2012, 16:16 pm
@21
Sir
Your question is too se_xual for me
Regards
1 Jun 2012, 16:35 pm
@60
Classic
1 Jun 2012, 17:40 pm
Hurrypain, what the hell is a property tycoon doing on keo or are you sending from your yacht while the Thai girls take a rest? The tackling is probably premeditated – we can’t tip tackle like we did BoD, Bakkies and Butch have drawn attention to what Pat Lam always found legal so we need a PI thickneck to try something new and the flying head butt is born.
1 Jun 2012, 20:24 pm
fu k those tackles were FILTHY.
someone will get seriously hurt if that isnt clamped down on but we all know the PI’s love to tackle high.
coconut tackles i have heard them referred to but apparnetly that is racist so i would appreciate guidance on what the new name is?
long pig tackles?
2 Jun 2012, 01:12 am
@viewer(viewer)-110: lol
2 Jun 2012, 05:16 am
Pity these Melbourne mercenaries don’t know how to close out and score from their position of supremacy over this one dimensional snake eyed fakefcks wannabes. If Beale or O’Connor were playing the Snakey Fakey would have seen his overrated gat one more time again
The idiot schmucks lack of any real rugby acumen already starting to come screaming to the fore just like it did before EJ came and held his petty little fakefck hand in his hour of greedy need. Remains to be seen if Larkham and Gregan afford him such fakefck luxury or kick his overrated arse homeward once the fake gloss of bullshit baffled brains get exposed for what they fundamentally explicitly are.
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