Canes run Reds close
1 Mar 2013
Liam Gill guided the Reds to a first victory over the Hurricanes in six years.
The Reds beat the Hurricanes 18 – 12 after leading 11 – 9 at half time.
The match started evenly with penalties being exchanged, before Digby Ioane scored his first try at the Suncorp Stadium in more than 600 days. Rob Simmons, playing in his 50th match, scored on the other side of half time to stretch the Reds’ lead to 9 points.
Beauden Barrett scored the Canes points with four penalties but he missed with three as well.
The Reds’ loose trio lookes the most balanced in the competition, with Liam Gill again impressive.
The Hurricanes finished the stronger and Julian Savea and Conrad Smith combined to come close to scoring in the final minute.
The Canes also had a try denied by the TMO, who ruled a knock on two phases back.
Smith clashed several times with referee Steve Walsh and afterwards described the match as one of the strangest he had played. He said he did not understand a lot of the referee interpretations but did not blame that for the defeat.
He felt the Canes would score and the points would come and was as frustrated in the inability to convert chances into points, as he was with Walsh’s officiating.
Reds captain James Slipper credited the spirit within the squad for the courageous defence to deny the Canes in the final five minutes.
By Richard Ferguson
115 Comments
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1 Mar 2013, 12:13 pm
Tipped Hurricanes in this one.
1 Mar 2013, 12:26 pm
Tough game ahead.
canes by 0.5
1 Mar 2013, 12:28 pm
Had the Tah’s by 5, something good happened.
Canes by 8
Go Hurricanes
1 Mar 2013, 12:28 pm
Cane
Confession, I’m wearing a canes jersey. Lost a bet. Enough said.
1 Mar 2013, 12:28 pm
Go Reds!!!
Don’t mess it up for me now.
Reds by 8.
1 Mar 2013, 12:29 pm
The Leads are stuffed!
1 Mar 2013, 12:31 pm
@cane-2:
Good luck mate!
And to you too, Hurricane!
1 Mar 2013, 12:34 pm
@CSI:Rugby-4:
Be loud be proud.
1 Mar 2013, 12:35 pm
Bolsheviks 6. Good Guys 3.
1 Mar 2013, 12:35 pm
@nama1-5:
snap
1 Mar 2013, 12:38 pm
Brads knocks one through for the Good Guys.
6 all.
1 Mar 2013, 12:38 pm
This turning into a kicking fest. Where all the famed rugby artistry from the famous running rugby protagonists ?
1 Mar 2013, 12:46 pm
Barrett won’t miss this one.
1 Mar 2013, 12:47 pm
The Criminals are very good at dragging the opposition down to their level. The Leads are criminals! QED This game may be ordinary, particularly as the ref is a schooner short of a keg. The easiest way to beat the Oz is to send them a few kegs at half-time.
1 Mar 2013, 12:48 pm
The ref just counted up to one and lost his count!
1 Mar 2013, 12:49 pm
Good try Digby.
1 Mar 2013, 12:50 pm
Digby, the best Kiwi in the Wobblies.
1 Mar 2013, 12:50 pm
Sheeez, if the Canes win here, I will be 3/3
Comparing that with last week’s ‘stumbling’…….. not that shabby.
Butmightymoses, aren’t the Blues just shining bright.
1 Mar 2013, 12:52 pm
The Oz franchises and the Wobblies should be re-branded as mi hou tao (Kiwi Fruits), but not necessarily ***
1 Mar 2013, 12:54 pm
g=a=y
1 Mar 2013, 12:55 pm
George Lucas has gone to the dark side.
1 Mar 2013, 12:57 pm
Canes giving away silly penalties.
1 Mar 2013, 12:57 pm
The Julian Assange law; Illegal entry!
1 Mar 2013, 12:59 pm
Sheez the Leads almost scrummed but they cheated.
1 Mar 2013, 13:00 pm
@nama1-5:.Come on Reds, I had an atrocious start to this week’s superbru. No improvement whatsoever on last week’s disastrous picks. I must seriously learn to respect the home teams. Hopefully I will make up ground with a Stormers win later on.
1 Mar 2013, 13:07 pm
Is it true that all the Kiwis playing in Oz are not mercenaries but merely playing for the money? The Wannabies get paid twice what All Blacks get paid.
1 Mar 2013, 13:07 pm
Think Eaton needs a spell. Hes having a shocker.
1 Mar 2013, 13:11 pm
@AiDoc
Not sure about Aussie players getting more, Kiwi top line players are on really good coin, and I mean really good.
1 Mar 2013, 13:12 pm
“The game hangs upon the edge of a knife”.
Gandalf the White.
1 Mar 2013, 13:15 pm
Bit of a boring business this isn’t it. Almost as boring as the famous north vs southrrugby derby witnessed in Jacaranda stadium last weekend.
1 Mar 2013, 13:16 pm
Seems like the 5seconds rule @ ruck time does not apply in australia.
1 Mar 2013, 13:18 pm
@skopdiekan-30:
And the Coastal arm wrestle to be played tomorrow.
SANZAR should have the Aus and SA sides play the Thursday and only after that the NZ sides.
Keep the best for last I say.
1 Mar 2013, 13:19 pm
Go Reds
1 Mar 2013, 13:23 pm
26 Aidoc
All Aussie players salaries are regulated by a salary cap. Total team has to fit under 4.2 million.
1 Mar 2013, 13:23 pm
Yep, Eaton needs a spell.
1 Mar 2013, 13:23 pm
@nortierd-32:
The ref can only count up to one.
1 Mar 2013, 13:24 pm
What the hell gone wrong with this kiwi scrum the powder puff reds just shoved them off their own ball?
1 Mar 2013, 13:27 pm
@AiDoc-36:
‘Ol Walshie
Best of both worlds for a NZ v Aus game.
Hope the camera stuck to his head hasn’t got a bloodshot lens to go with his eyes.
1 Mar 2013, 13:28 pm
That scrum was better. The Leads are trying to be Bumblies.
1 Mar 2013, 13:29 pm
I think I prefer the Bruise
1 Mar 2013, 13:30 pm
Barrett having a poor game by his normally aspiring standards must be some abo voodoo upsetting his radar and reflexes.
1 Mar 2013, 13:30 pm
What happened there???
1 Mar 2013, 13:32 pm
And Reds burrow over. Good old fashion MckenzIe blighty rugby showing the way through the barn door.
1 Mar 2013, 13:33 pm
One can tackle in the air??
1 Mar 2013, 13:33 pm
Eaton should have come off at half time.
1 Mar 2013, 13:33 pm
@nortierd-38:
It uses the bottom of a vodka bottle as a lens.
1 Mar 2013, 13:34 pm
Does the 5 second rule apply in this game?
1 Mar 2013, 13:37 pm
I think old Walshy has finally converted to a tried and tested staunch Aussie accomplice his bailout Brisbane antics aren’t even half camouflaged anymore
1 Mar 2013, 13:37 pm
Well done Reds. Bru looking good now!
1 Mar 2013, 13:39 pm
Ok there’s one back for the old country give and take long as it equal out right side of the coin in the end
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