Chiefs start with a bang
22 Feb 2013
RICHARD FERGUSON reports that the Chiefs recorded a bonus point win over the Highlanders in a highly entertaining encounter to start the season.
The Chiefs won 41 – 27 after leading at 16 – 14 at half time.
This first half produced three amazing tries, the Highlanders first off the mark with a fantastic effort from Ben Smith. Tim Nanai-Williams returned the favour, yet another spectacular try, while Gareth Anscombe produced a wonderful kicking display, scoring 21 points and keeping the scoreboard ticking.
The second half started well for the Hihglanders, who looked to get away from the Chiefs by scoring early through Kade Poki and adding a few penalties, but the Chiefs hit back and continued to score tries, with a break-away try from Nanai-Williams seemingly breaking the hearts of the Highlanders.
Gareth Anscombe produced a match winning kicking performance on debut for the Chiefs, playing at full back and kicking in place of Aaron Cruden, who is said to have a groin strain and did not want to risk injury by taking the goal kicking duties.
The scoreboard might reflect a somewhat one sided match, but that was certainly not the case, as both teams produced amazing rugby in a week where one would expect errors, penalties and sloppy play. Both teams ran at the opposition with intent and the amount of tries scored is an indication of the type of game this was.
Neither team’s defence was spectacular, but it is this type of running, entertaining rugby that the supporters want to see, and if this match is any indication of what we can expect from Super Rugby 2013, it is going to be an amazing year.
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22 Feb 2013, 13:09 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-169:
Nope, half those moves are Bulls patented. Bulls players block and play the rolling maul illegally, bind illegally in an offside postion, something needs to be done about it. Enough is enough, i hope the refs are better this year as you have stated Bakkies. If they reffed the bulls team correctly i can see the bulls team below the kings…… Good to see the Bulls bottle throwing one eyed up themselves crybaby littlebitches of no hoping fans put back in there place….
22 Feb 2013, 13:17 pm
@cane-187:
Dont bother with Bakkies.
He has been found out to be an idiot.
So terrible to see once proud man preaching the cheating word to us Kiwis when all along not only is his rugby shown as cheating and they are advertising there habits but most sports seem to be polluted with enhancment drugs in SA.
Its not good and i feel sorry for some of these guys that actually take this as serious but people like Bakkies always tries and cover it up and then point the finger at Kiwis…. I wonder if Bakkies is in the importing business. always seems to cover up and change subject very quickly
22 Feb 2013, 13:21 pm
Your secret is safe with me poodlefucker.
22 Feb 2013, 13:26 pm
Hurricane and Cane
I sense an upset tomorrow night, Blues by 7.
Blues 34:27 Hurricanes
22 Feb 2013, 13:29 pm
Hurricane and Cane
I sense an upset tomorrow night, Blues by 7.
Blues 34:27 Hurricanes
22 Feb 2013, 13:29 pm
Hurricane and Cane
I sense an upset tomorrow night, Blues by 7.
Blues 34:27 Hurricanes
22 Feb 2013, 13:32 pm
Felt so confident I posted thrice
22 Feb 2013, 13:40 pm
@Transformation-178:
look, lets be clear this is not some out and out illegal steroid like the stuff being usrd in bodybuilding. but they do admit they are using a suplement which has small levels of the stuff and which work in different ways.
if its not allowed then they should be punished for it if there aremethods for detection which would show them up.
are you going to tell me the Kiwis are not doing this and more?
@cane-187:
and Reechee..?
what do you think he uses?
22 Feb 2013, 13:48 pm
@Hurricane-201:
@Hurricane-202:
you are crazy, guy
always attacking me
i really dont know what to say to you anymore
i have a right ot my opinions
anyway, i should not have commented here. i am not following this rugby.
22 Feb 2013, 13:58 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-208: you are a hypocrite & a sickening apologist for this:
@ Transformation-178 :
look, lets be clear this is not some out and
out illegal steroid like the stuff being usrd
in bodybuilding.
here is the IRB link, download the Anti-doping Handbook & look on page 28 under S2 Pesticides, Growth Hormones & related substances.
#5. IGF-1 is prohibited…pierre’s favourite product is banned in rugby!
http://www.irbkeeprugbyclean.com/?
22 Feb 2013, 14:01 pm
@CSI:Rugby-204: It wouldn’t be an upset
I have the Blues by 4.
22 Feb 2013, 14:10 pm
^Peptide Hormones
22 Feb 2013, 14:11 pm
Pedigree
I’d buy you a six pack of that turns out to be true
22 Feb 2013, 14:22 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-208: ” but they do admit they are
using a suplement which has small levels of
the stuff and which work in different ways.”
where did they say this bakkies? what different ways?
cough up the correspondence.
22 Feb 2013, 14:24 pm
@Transformation-210:
if this is indeed the case then i agree with you, he should not be using this stuff.
are you sure of your facts?
i think there might be some ignorance on their part at play.
22 Feb 2013, 15:28 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-215: follow all my post on this thread, read all of them…igf-1 is a banned substance, on the USN website his favourite product is PURE PROTEIN IGF-1.
make up your own mind!
22 Feb 2013, 17:51 pm
What a dissapointing result for the Highlanders – at home with Nonu and Woodcock against a team minus Sonny Bil and they surrender like the queen harlots. Pfffft.
And Richards Ferguson my little guppy friend. When you report you always report on home team then visitng team when talking about the scoreboard. So the correct way would be to say that the Chiefs won 27-41. Get it, that way we know just by looking at the score that it was an away win for the Chiefs. Please up your game.
22 Feb 2013, 18:53 pm
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” You didn’t know what colustrum was ‘ (sic)
Again I ask do I name anything in that post? Can you comprehend that?
You cannot even spell the word as you devastatingly show confusion again even as you deflect the point/s of that post bt mentioning something I never referred to.
More hilariously, you desperately widen the net yet find it empty as you fish, fish fish but for ‘fokkol’.
In the process you are prepared to compromise or maybe even dump your claim that I am “ET” and he is me. If that claim is true then surely “ET” (and therefore me by extension of your ‘reasoning’) would clearly know what colostrum is for he(E.T.) has walked the corridors to the lecture halls and labs. of med. school and those to the wards of the old GSH? He has delivered more babies than you would even if you live you life 10 times over.
While I do not lecture in physiology, amongst other, I do know what colostrum is and to keep it barely simple for you would pre- milk suffice or would you prefer milk precursor or first milk?
As for this ” muscle atrophy in the legs)” very often a little information and using it to sound impressive, make too many look just stupid for there is a tremendous amount of movement at top class level table tennis.
22 Feb 2013, 21:32 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-215:
What a clown you are, i thought you might have rolled over and died by now.
23 Feb 2013, 07:27 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-209:
Stop playing the innocent one.
Of course you have tyhe right to your pathetic no factual opinions about kiwis….as i have the right to my opinion on you…. and my posts are filled with facts.
Remember was not me calling your country and pack of cheats….. but i will start, looking at all the proof on whats been going on.
24 Feb 2013, 08:55 am
After week 1 everyone points to this and says the SA teams need to be worried. In both NZ derbies there was 0 defense on display. Wait for Nanai-Williams to get smashed by our defenders and see if he’ll try that silly little step of his again.
Great running rugby, shocking defense. Nothing to be alarmed about. SA sides looked slow and cumbersome, but all defended well. We spend pre-season working on defense, they spend pre-season working on attack. It levels out in the end.
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