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.
115 Comments
1 Jun 2012, 11:28 am
Charity quota 3rd spot on offer
1 Jun 2012, 11:29 am
I thought Mark Gerard ended up in hospital with damage to his sternum after that headbutt tackle by the Kiwi hooker. Didn’t think he’d be back this weekend.
1 Jun 2012, 11:31 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-2:
Ditto Mitch Inman.
1 Jun 2012, 11:32 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-2:
Great tackle it was, head on
1 Jun 2012, 11:33 am
@John Galt(John Galt)-3: Are you not thinking of Lachlan Mitchell? He was the other Rebels back taken out by the kamikaze hooker, and I see he’s not there.
1 Jun 2012, 11:34 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-2:
Beg your pardon, that was lachlan Mitchel.
And he isnt playing. lol.
1 Jun 2012, 11:35 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-4: No, it was a running headbutt. And he did it twice. Forget all this tip tackle nonsense – they should be looking at the really dangerous stuff.
1 Jun 2012, 11:47 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-7: filthy kiwi’s
1 Jun 2012, 11:50 am
This is going to be another high scoring game!
1 Jun 2012, 11:50 am
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-8: Not all of them. Zinzan Brooke was okay. And that Lomu bloke. And the guy who made Lord of the rings. That’s about all I can think of now.
1 Jun 2012, 11:50 am
@ sasuke Does that include the 17 Kiwis in the Wannabes?
1 Jun 2012, 11:51 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-7:
Who against?
1 Jun 2012, 11:52 am
You can just see JW/South Africa playbook shining through.
Brumbies get turnover ball with advantage from a Rebels knock-on on their 22, huge overlap waiting but the player just couldn’t wait to kick that ball far away as possible.
1 Jun 2012, 11:53 am
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-9:
I think you’re gonna need to be high to enjoy this game which is going at snail’s pace at the moment.
1 Jun 2012, 11:53 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-10: And that Rachel Hunter lass. She’s OK too
1 Jun 2012, 11:54 am
Low intensity, low impact, low risk.
1 Jun 2012, 11:55 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-7:
Tackles were legal, you may cry about it but nothing you can do. A head on tackle is just that.
Why dont you follow the round ball game, rugby is just to hard for you.
1 Jun 2012, 11:56 am
Cadeyrn Neville 2 metre 120 kg former elite rower turned lock
1 Jun 2012, 12:00 pm
@chch(chch)-12: The Hurricanes hooker, Motu Matu’u. Check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFsXflfeVkc
1 Jun 2012, 12:00 pm
@AiDoc(AiDoc)-11: yes
@>^..^< katman(katman)-10: lol
@wpstormerbok(wpstormerbok)-14: you holding?
1 Jun 2012, 12:02 pm
@viewer(viewer)-18: that guy got good fantasy points a few weeks ago? is he bulky or defined?
1 Jun 2012, 12:06 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-17: Come on, Hurricane, I know you’re not one of the stupid Kiwis here. Those childish “rugby’s too hard for you” comments are the stuff of your juvenile chums. Both tackles were clearly dangerous, as the tackler led with his head, and then swept his head up into the chest ad chin area as he made contact.
A couple of years ago there was no such offense as a tip tackle, or taking the man out in the air. But the potential of serious or even life threatening injury made them re-look the rules. I suspect one or two more of these headbutt tackle injuries will make the IRB do the same.
1 Jun 2012, 12:07 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-7:
agreed.
horrific.
not an arm in sight.
and these queens complained about the butcher.
1 Jun 2012, 12:14 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-22: So he did it twice?
1 Jun 2012, 12:15 pm
Can’t take the suspense.
Boss isn’t looking, the pub down the road’s open, I’m outta here…
1 Jun 2012, 12:19 pm
Front on tackling when done with that timing and power gonna hurt.To say its a flying headbutt is a stretch…..or should that be stretcher.
1 Jun 2012, 12:20 pm
Great dummy but should he have just passed
1 Jun 2012, 12:24 pm
@BrumbiesBoy(BrumbiesBoy)-25: go for it buddy. its friday!
1 Jun 2012, 12:25 pm
Why no alternate colour away strip. This close forward play is a mess to watch
1 Jun 2012, 12:25 pm
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-24: Yep, first one damaged Gerard’s sternum, and second one knocked Mitchell out cold. Same deliberate technique in both.
1 Jun 2012, 12:28 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-22:
Nope i disagree.
So now you cant tackle anyone straight on, you cant lead with the shoulder, what else do you want?
I honestly think rugby is becomnig really soft, this allows for cheating and all sorts.
Rules sucks balls as well.
Rugby needs an over haul.
1 Jun 2012, 12:29 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-23:
Of course you would agree.
Yet you have no problem with the enforcer brand of player if he plays for SA.
1 Jun 2012, 12:33 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-30:
He was on the news tonight, in fact he was at a high school showing how to tackle.
The tackle is legal.
As for someone saying no arms ( Gunther ) …..hahahaha yeah right. Arms wrap right around the players.
1 Jun 2012, 12:35 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-31: Forget for a minute this “straight-on tackle” euphemism and consider what actually happened: He ran head first into the ball carrier, lifting his head up into the guy’s upper chest and face as he made contact. Once would be unfortunate, but twice within 10 minutes is more than a little suspicious. This is not about rugby “becoming soft” – it’s about avoiding players getting killed. Anyway, I don’t see you campaigning for tackles in the air to be brought back, or for the return of spear tackling.
1 Jun 2012, 12:37 pm
And blindly defending a bloke, regardless of what he did, simply because he plays for the Hurricanes is a bit silly, don’t you think?
1 Jun 2012, 12:37 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-32:
don’t be a numpty.
the arms wrap around AFTER the initial contact.
don’t come with that enforcer bullshit.
rather stick to telling us how many satelllite tvs you have.
@>^..^< katman(katman)-22:
he is one of those stupid kiwis.
sadly.
1 Jun 2012, 12:39 pm
should have kicked for his winger
1 Jun 2012, 12:41 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-34:
we have to many rules already.
Now you would like more in the tackle area. Get ready for penalties galore.
Any head clashes, you will see TMO looking for who started the head clash first.
I am all for safety but there comes a point where you have to stop with adding rules.
I think lifting in the lineout is dangerous, that can break a back or neck if done incorrectly. I think its only a matter of time when someone is seriously injured from a lineout.
But should we say no lifting in the lineouts now?? Hell no, its rugby.
1 Jun 2012, 12:46 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-36:
same ole song from Gunther.
And you think you are one of the bright South Africans…far from it.
Wasnt us Kiwis calling for the enforcer tag, everyone should have one blah blah blah.
Four digital tvs, in this house. Lounge 55inch 3d panasonic Plasma for the sport, full HD sky.I can run movies from the tv from any one of the computers i have in the house. Bedroom 42 inch 3D samasung LCD.
kids rooms all have 27 inch lcds with digital sky tv.
Should i carry on for you?
1 Jun 2012, 12:47 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-39:
5 digital tvs setup, forgot about the oldest girl cos shes never here.
1 Jun 2012, 12:50 pm
**** me, i just found this on you tube.
Check out Danie Gerber, wicked steps of both feet….wow thats awesome.
1 Jun 2012, 12:50 pm
Opps
here it is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VY1RjEMQhE&feature=related
1 Jun 2012, 12:51 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-38: Sill little justification arguments, really. You’re scraping the barrel here.
In a nutshell, we ban the deliberate acts in collisions that endanger the lives of players: you’re not allowed to land a punch in a tackle, you’re not allowed to shoulder charge in a tackle, you’re not allowed to grab a bloke around the head or neck, you’re not allowed to take the guy out in mid-air… And so it stands to reason that you should not be allowed to DELIBERATELY headbutt a guy in a tackle. This seems like the most dangerous of all kinds of tackles, so it should be removed from the game.
Defending it, beyond any logic, just because a player in your team got away with it a couple of times is stupid, as you’ll no doubt realise when you reflect upon this chat in the harsh and blinding light of sobriety.
1 Jun 2012, 12:51 pm
JdV’s still struggling with the flu.
I still say the Stormers backline look much more threatening without him there.
1 Jun 2012, 12:52 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-39: impressive!
tv in bedroom? that means you and your wife dont have s e x.
1 Jun 2012, 12:52 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-39: Sounds like you’re towing two full size caravans there. Impressive.
1 Jun 2012, 12:54 pm
welcome back robbie coleman
1 Jun 2012, 12:55 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-46: lol
1 Jun 2012, 12:58 pm
Hurricane
NZ’s property bubble is busy popping,you may well want to sell your 3 houses now and count your losses.
Are they real houses or caravans and sheds in the back of your yard?
Rhetorical question.
1 Jun 2012, 12:58 pm
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-45:
Depends, which wife you talking about?
1 Jun 2012, 13:00 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-50: touche.
1 Jun 2012, 13:02 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-49:
Its all good.
I am happy with what i have got.
I know about the housing in NZ, you seem to be a bit of target.
I bought these houses about 15 years ago. Two are already paid of, just the one here in Christchurch which isnt.
But housing in Christchurch, believe it or not is wanted as people are looking to buy due to so many houses that are getting knocked down.
Believe me, you havnt a clue on NZ housing.
1 Jun 2012, 13:02 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-38:
As far as I’m aware, lifting is illegal, as opposed to supporting with hands above jumpers kness. Not that the refs bother to blow it.
1 Jun 2012, 13:02 pm
Hurricane I think he is reffering to the least ugliest one.
1 Jun 2012, 13:05 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-54:
Yep, not a pretty as your blow up doll fern.
Anyway we all know you talk **** about NZ women.
1 Jun 2012, 13:06 pm
@David(David)-53:
lol
Yeah, those lineouts honestly, how many times do you see opposition pulling the other jumper down or have there hands all over them. As said its only a matter of time.
1 Jun 2012, 13:06 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-46:
1 Jun 2012, 13:08 pm
Hurricane,what do you do for a living?
You sound affluent.
1 Jun 2012, 13:09 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-57: Hurricane is very effluent indeed.
1 Jun 2012, 13:11 pm
Katman we need to ascertain first if his other properties has wheels or not.
1 Jun 2012, 13:12 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-58:
Fern, i was unlucky to lose my Dad many years ago, lets say he was very will covered.
I do work but dont earn enough to be paying of 3 houses.
I bought two straight up.
My work consists of Importing electronics to major firms here in Christchurch, reasons why i moved from Wellington.
Bit of Hurricane back ground for ya
1 Jun 2012, 13:12 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-49:
the technical term is mobile homes. but these ones haven’t moved since Billy Clinton was in the White House.
1 Jun 2012, 13:13 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-59:
lol
Only on curry nights.
1 Jun 2012, 13:13 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-62:
Carry on clueless one.
1 Jun 2012, 13:14 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-60: cool story bro@>^..^< katman(katman)-58: treated effluent?
1 Jun 2012, 13:15 pm
How much did you pay on avg for the houses,are houses dear there?
1 Jun 2012, 13:16 pm
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-65:
Yeah, you guys like stories, but i dont do fantasies like the Boks winning 2015 RWC.
1 Jun 2012, 13:17 pm
Australian math never fails to surprise me. 8 points down and the commentator says they need a converted try next to have a chance of winning
1 Jun 2012, 13:17 pm
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-64:
we are trying to get treatment for him.
but it doesn’t look good.
1 Jun 2012, 13:18 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-59: True. When he talks about shifting some properties, he’s not necessarily talking about selling them.
Similarly, when he offers to hook you up with a property, you’re better off with a towbar than a mortgage.
1 Jun 2012, 13:20 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-66: haha
1 Jun 2012, 13:20 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-66:
Fern, i paid 200k and 245k for both houses.
GV now for both those houses now are 285k and 335k.
Christchurch house i bought for 325k 7 years ago.
I still have mortgage on this house.
And yes houses are dear here for the wages you get paid, thats a fact.
But in the right job, housing is not dear, just depends on your situation at the time.
1 Jun 2012, 13:21 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-69: lol top drawer
1 Jun 2012, 13:21 pm
Katters
All his properties has wooden fence views,play nice.
1 Jun 2012, 13:22 pm
haha, the top of the table Brumbies
liberal use of the word ‘the’
1 Jun 2012, 13:24 pm
You overpaid,the bubble is popping
Watch the value dropping
1 Jun 2012, 13:25 pm
phew that was close brumbies
1 Jun 2012, 13:31 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-76:
House values move around alot, especially here in NZ.
Dont know what its like SA.
But remember, that the money i paid for those 2 houses, wasnt money i earned at all.
Its like it was money just given to me.
So really, even if both houses drop to what i bought them for, its still money i never earned.
I live here in Christchurch now Fern, Christchurch is my home. Those places in wellington are really just extra income.
1 Jun 2012, 13:34 pm
Very true,you got those homes for “free”.
1 Jun 2012, 13:35 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-79:
Yeah but rather have my daddy waaaaaaaaaaaaaa
1 Jun 2012, 13:37 pm
@chch(chch)-68:
you just said it…to have a chance of winning! Maybe you understand Kiwi english better
1 Jun 2012, 13:37 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-78: It’s not just the house values that move around a lot in NZ. The actual houses do too.
1 Jun 2012, 13:42 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-82: That’s true. They carry them around on large trucks or float them across the harbor.
1 Jun 2012, 13:43 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-82:
You do realise i live in Christchurch. And yes the houses move around here more than anywhere else in NZ.
In fact in our street 3 houses have been knocked down.
Whats sad is a little old lady goes to her yard, with no house and looks after her roses and garden thats still there. Really odd looking into a section with no house, but paths leading to where it was and a beautiful gardens around the yard.
1 Jun 2012, 13:44 pm
correct on your dad part
the house market here is picking up again slowly
ireland has over 300 ghost estates,this is where a developer started building but stopped cause the money dried up.
1 Jun 2012, 13:44 pm
@wallabie.(wallabie.)-81:
Fair dinkum mate
1 Jun 2012, 13:48 pm
Scrappy, scrappy win but we’ll take the points thank you very much, Mr Mortlock.
1 Jun 2012, 13:54 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-84:
Forgive your enemies,
but …………………
never EVER,
forget their names.
JFK.
1 Jun 2012, 13:56 pm
@cane(cane)-88:
1 Jun 2012, 13:56 pm
cane
go on youtube and search
tribute to bakkies botha
beeyooutifull
clean and hard
misunderstood
all he was
1 Jun 2012, 13:57 pm
@BrumbiesBoy(BrumbiesBoy)-87:
Too right Bumby.
Come Finals time,
it’s not how.
It’s how many.
1 Jun 2012, 13:59 pm
@cane(cane)-88: Whatever happened to him?
1 Jun 2012, 14:00 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-90:
Tributes to Bakkies!!!!
By who exactly…………………………….the former inmates of Spandau.
1 Jun 2012, 14:02 pm
@stormer in a teacup(stormer in a teacup)-92:
lol.
8)
I guess he didn’t remember enough names.
1 Jun 2012, 14:02 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-90:
do you mean this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYaoK0chlIQ
1 Jun 2012, 14:09 pm
yip hurricane
what beauty and grace,i got teary eyed watching it.
1 Jun 2012, 14:14 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-96:
3rd comment down on the Youtube Comments was this one:
“”the biggest piece of? **** in the world ….”"
TheZarlak91
I gotta go with Zarlak on this one.
1 Jun 2012, 14:17 pm
Speaking of the Bulls……………
When are they going to get lace edged shorts,
to go with the pink jerseys.
1 Jun 2012, 14:17 pm
cane he enjoys cult status in nz aswell,wheter you like it or not.
1 Jun 2012, 14:26 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-99:
I don’t think so fernly.
Cult status in hell maybe.
But in any decent, civilised, sport loving land, Bakkies would be seen for want he is.
A War Criminal.
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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