Canes keep calm and hold on
15 Mar 2013
THe Hurricanes kept the Highlanders winless in a tight affair in Dunedin
The Hurricanes won 23 – 19 after the Highlanders led 13 – 12 at half time.
The Hurricanes scored three tries to one and looked the more attacking side throughout the match. Their finishing let them down though, as multiple chances were fluffed in the Highlanders 22m.
Conrad Smith got proceedings off to a good start with an early try, but the boot of Colin Slade kept things close. Slade landed 4 penalties and a conversion as the lead swung both ways during the match. Further tries from Ben Franks and TJ Perenara in the second half, kept the scoreboard ticking for the visitors.
To keep matter interesting, Hosea Gear crossed the line for a well worked try in the first half, ensuring the home side had the lead at half time. Gear showed great form with brilliant runs with ball in hand, always beating a defender and gaining valuable meters.
The Hurricanes will be relieved to have come from the match with a win as they were on the wrong side of the possession stats, even though they spent a lot of time in the opposition 22m. Their finishing will be of concern, but is something that can be worked on, while they dominated in the set pieces.
The Highlanders remain winless this season, but will take heart from the performance, specifically Gear’s form and the return to full fitness of Colin Slade, who played a stellar match. The Highlanders prepare to face the Chiefs for the second time in a month, while the Hurricanes enjoy a bye next weekend.
By Richard Ferguson
127 Comments
15 Mar 2013, 08:06 am
Will the Highlanders win for a change?? they been pisspoor so far
15 Mar 2013, 08:07 am
Highlanders by 10
Tahs by 19
Chiefs by 17
Saders by 11
Reds by 7
Brumbies by 6
15 Mar 2013, 08:33 am
finally
a kiwi team sneaks a win
15 Mar 2013, 08:38 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-3: Ja just like last week with the Hurricanes vs Crusaders game.
Go Canes.
15 Mar 2013, 08:45 am
Good afternoon everyone. Surrounded by typhoons at present and the sun is shining. Go Hollowcanes. Conrad yo’re a legend!
15 Mar 2013, 08:55 am
Go for it Canes.
15 Mar 2013, 08:59 am
Landers 10 lucky not to give ten metres there and a YC!
15 Mar 2013, 09:02 am
@Sasuke-4: @i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-3:
Is it true that last weekend was only the second time the RSA teams all put it ofver the Kiwis? I wonder what the Kiwi record is. lol
15 Mar 2013, 09:03 am
@Sasuke-4:
15 Mar 2013, 09:04 am
Slade is looking fine; so far. In twenty minutes it will possibly tell.
15 Mar 2013, 09:06 am
@AiDoc-8: lol
15 Mar 2013, 09:07 am
Roxy Louw , daughter of SA Rugby Legend Rob
Louw has just pledged her support for the
Springboks by going shirtless on #bokdays
until the new jersey is revealed.
View her video here: http://bit.ly/WJgvSC
Visit our page daily to see who else has
pledged their support for the Springboks.
15 Mar 2013, 09:07 am
Franks on the wing does a Jonah. TRYYYYYYYY!!!
15 Mar 2013, 09:08 am
quiet this morning on here.
15 Mar 2013, 09:10 am
She looks like one of Charlies Angels. Not Lucy Liu Though.
15 Mar 2013, 09:10 am
@AiDoc-13: Ben Franks? lol
15 Mar 2013, 09:10 am
@Transformation-12: she looks like she’s had too much work done..if you ask me
15 Mar 2013, 09:13 am
@AiDoc-8: cameron diaz…something about mary
15 Mar 2013, 09:18 am
@AiDoc-7:
eyes firmly on present, AiDoc
eyes firmly on the present
15 Mar 2013, 09:21 am
@Transformation-18:
Yes.
Game set up for a great second spell.
15 Mar 2013, 09:30 am
@Sasuke-14: Stormers on a bye…
15 Mar 2013, 09:31 am
@Transformation-21: hahahahhahaha
15 Mar 2013, 09:35 am
@Transformation-12:
Shirtless?
15 Mar 2013, 09:37 am
Do I have to remove my top here too?
15 Mar 2013, 09:37 am
@Dawn-23:
I agree.
The least she could have done was remove the bikini top as well.
After all, Nick Mallet did.
15 Mar 2013, 09:43 am
@Dawn-24:
Asseblief.
15 Mar 2013, 09:45 am
@Dawn-24: spare us please.
15 Mar 2013, 09:45 am
Will not be within the company dress code.
15 Mar 2013, 09:45 am
@gunther-26: Nie
15 Mar 2013, 09:47 am
@Sasuke-27:
OK
15 Mar 2013, 09:48 am
Come on, Highlanders.
15 Mar 2013, 09:48 am
@Dawn-24:
depends on which of the below:
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( , )( , )
( * y * )
( @ Y @ )
15 Mar 2013, 09:52 am
@Dilligafrican-32: 2nd one for me please.
15 Mar 2013, 09:53 am
@Sasuke-33:
I like puffies.
15 Mar 2013, 09:54 am
@Dilligafrican-32:
@Sasuke-33: And me.
15 Mar 2013, 09:56 am
it has begun, the brumbies already insinuating that kaplan is influenced by the Sharks…
Laurie Fisher
@ LordLaurie58
Interesting that the Sharks are looking to the
referee to help them out this weekend.
6:19 a.m. Fri, Mar 15
when asked to clarify…
Laurie Fisher @ LordLaurie58
1h
By refereeing scrum and
breakdown to their interpretation.
the Sharks will have Kaplan referee their 3rd game out of 4 this season tomorrow.
keep your eyes peeled jake
15 Mar 2013, 09:56 am
@BrumbiesBoy-35: Please.
15 Mar 2013, 09:56 am
@Dilligafrican-32:
i like to mix my game up
bring a bit of everything into
showcase my full skill set
15 Mar 2013, 09:58 am
@WP-Forever-34:
Puffies?
15 Mar 2013, 09:59 am
@WP-Forever-34: Thats the 4th one i presume?
15 Mar 2013, 09:59 am
@Sasuke-40:
Probably 5th
15 Mar 2013, 10:00 am
@Dawn-39: or puppies?
15 Mar 2013, 10:02 am
Is Pisi the same guy who ripped the Village Idiots apart at Millennium Stadium last November?
15 Mar 2013, 10:02 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-38:
15 Mar 2013, 10:02 am
@Dilligafrican-42:
He said puffies!
15 Mar 2013, 10:04 am
@WP-Forever-34:
What are puffies? Someone who hangs around toilets in parks?@Transformation-36:
The Israeli is a home town referee.
15 Mar 2013, 10:04 am
Probably the fifth one…
15 Mar 2013, 10:05 am
My Superbru NEEDS a Highlanders win here. If not….I could be in some trouble
(Have the Cheetahs to win as well…..oh dear)
15 Mar 2013, 10:05 am
It is the same Pisi. I think he played 10 for Samoa.
15 Mar 2013, 10:06 am
BB kicks like a clown all afternoon and then he slots that!
15 Mar 2013, 10:07 am
Gee the Kiwis can certainly grow grass. It looks good enough to smoke
15 Mar 2013, 10:07 am
@Dilligafrican-42: ja, but maybe he lisps
15 Mar 2013, 10:08 am
Puffadders.
15 Mar 2013, 10:08 am
@Dawn-45: big n.ipples…
15 Mar 2013, 10:09 am
Highlander, Rutledge, gives a kick in front. Unfortunately he is playing for the Hollowcanes.
15 Mar 2013, 10:10 am
Do they have drinks breaks now? Like watching a game with the Opium Poppies!
15 Mar 2013, 10:10 am
Fark, how did he miss that?
15 Mar 2013, 10:10 am
@WP-Forever-53: puffy udders…
15 Mar 2013, 10:11 am
Andries Bekker, the most-capped DHL Stormers player in the history of Super Rugby, will move to Japanese club Kobelco Steelers at the conclusion of the 2013 Vodacom Super Rugby season.
The 2,08m-tall lock, who has 29 Test caps for the Springboks, aims to prolong his professional rugby career with the move to Japan.
“I’d like to thank everyone at Western Province for their incredible support over the years,” said Bekker. “It will be a sad time when I do leave Cape Town, but my wife, Elaine, and I are excited about the adventures that lie ahead in Japan.”
…
The 29-year-old will finish his 2013 commitments with the DHL Stormers before departing for Japan, which means that he will be available for the knockout stages of the Super Rugby tournament, but this move does mean that his Springbok career will be on hold for now.
15 Mar 2013, 10:11 am
@Taahirah-44:
15 Mar 2013, 10:11 am
Big nipples are weird
15 Mar 2013, 10:12 am
@grant10-59:
He will be Big in Japan.
15 Mar 2013, 10:12 am
So tht is Juandre and Andries gone.
anyone out there still believe the endless superrugby is good for SA?
The players are voting with their feet
15 Mar 2013, 10:13 am
Ohdearestfuck….. not a good start to the weekend’s rugby.
Hopefull Tyrone or HG (or Skop) will be along soon to lighten the moood.
15 Mar 2013, 10:13 am
@Dawn-61: long ones that look like they need a cigar cutter
15 Mar 2013, 10:13 am
Tanaka was rag-dolled by Pirinara
15 Mar 2013, 10:14 am
I like small ones.
15 Mar 2013, 10:15 am
First game of the weekend and my bru is fucked
15 Mar 2013, 10:16 am
@grant10-59: I’m not that distressed. Not as though he ever played a full season. Huge salary saving here.
15 Mar 2013, 10:16 am
Saffa teams can learn a lot from NZ teams.
The weaker NZ team always lose so that the stronger team has a better chance of playing in the playoffs.
Which is why they win so many titles.
15 Mar 2013, 10:16 am
@grant10-59: Most capped Stormers player? Who’d have thunk?
15 Mar 2013, 10:17 am
@Atlas-68: Jointhelosersclub. We’re having drinks at 11am.
15 Mar 2013, 10:17 am
@grant10-59: Going as centre or wing?
15 Mar 2013, 10:18 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-72:
we’re top 90% in the world
15 Mar 2013, 10:19 am
@willievz-70
Man that’s a specious statement and perhaps a case of the pot calling the kettle ….
15 Mar 2013, 10:20 am
@willievz-70: Literally impossible to prove but you have a very good point there, I’ve often thought along those lines.
15 Mar 2013, 10:21 am
@willievz-70:
absolutely.
they often fix it between teams using some kind of warped kiwi gentlemans code
failing that the behind the scenes powers look to the officials
keep an eye for Vinny Munro… class act…
15 Mar 2013, 10:22 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-69: Quinn Roux gone too
may have been a decent combo with Etsebeth at 5…
also means A Bekker wont play for Boks now….this is just the tip of the iceberg….SA and Kiwi rugby bleeding
Flo …Schalk Brits….A Bekker…..J Kruger…..ALL THOSE sa pROPS….TALKS THAT THE dU pLESSIS BROTHERS UNSURE AS WELL…..
Fark sorry caps
15 Mar 2013, 10:27 am
Bloody good game
Best ever though. the Canes came through.
I had this match as a coin toss.
15 Mar 2013, 10:27 am
@willievz-70: @BrumbiesBoy-76: I can understand your frustration after usual bonus point donors Leeus are gone and Kings are not delivering as expected.
Brumbiesboy, the key words are “Literally impossible to prove”, one Bakkies is enough here, don’t you think?
15 Mar 2013, 10:29 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-77: Bakkies what do you know, you do not watch Keewees derbies, remember?
15 Mar 2013, 10:32 am
Can’t believe Andries Bekker. a great player , but sad that he never fulfilled his potential at international level. I thought that would drive him on , to at least have one solid season for the Boks.
On a positive note would love to see Elstadt and Etzebeth in the second row.
15 Mar 2013, 10:34 am
@Atlas-74: Say it like it is
The bottom 10%……. Only takes one good weekend to be right back in it. (In the pool I’m playing in…) But for now, it makes for dreadful reading 
@grant10-78: Roux and Etsebeth my 1st choice WP and Bok lock pairing (for the future) if Quinn hadn’t buggeredoff. Etsebeth IMHO really should be playing at 5. (Very few agree I think…)
But the bleeding is going to continue…. and Heyneke Meyer is going to have to call it a day on overseas selections….. although he has already set the precedent.
We have to realise that financially we are NEVER going to be able to meet the French, **** etc in terms of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. The only incentive left for players to stay, should be Bok selection? PLayers that don’t find that enough incentive: fuckem.
Read your updates on your Rottie
Brilliant stuff. Sounds as though you are enjoying it. While he is so young, think about getting medical insurance for him. They are a costly breed, trust me. Mine ruptured his ligament in his knee…..(herding cows….) and the corrective surgery with all the meds, x rays – rehab vets, specialist surgeons etc costs well over 20k. Very common amongst Rotties ligament rupture. Just a tip 
I’m with Medipet. They are based in Tokai, and they are brilliant. Well worth the monthly premium.
15 Mar 2013, 10:35 am
@willievz-70:
Lets see how this goes, with your theory.
The weakest team loses to the 2nd weakest team and that is a benefit to who exactly.
15 Mar 2013, 10:35 am
Canes keep calm and hold on http://t.co/JxSqluUTJ3 via @sharethis
15 Mar 2013, 10:36 am
@wp_boytjie-82: Goeiebliksem! Dit kan rof raak…
15 Mar 2013, 10:38 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-83: thanks …will google them…
15 Mar 2013, 10:39 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-83: agree Etsebeth looks and plays like a 5 imo as well
15 Mar 2013, 10:39 am
@Taahirah-85:
Goeiefok! Imagine net dit, Etzebeth en Elstadt…die ouens sal ****** bloei.
15 Mar 2013, 10:41 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-83:
The other answer is to piss off and play in the NH.
You could drip feed your teams into their environment over th next 5-10 years and concur the world.
15 Mar 2013, 10:41 am
@grant10-86: Well worth it!
GO CHEETAHS!!!!!!!!! hellyes.
15 Mar 2013, 10:42 am
@willievz-70: cheeky never got that memo…
how can the Landers with about 9 all blacks be seen as “weaker” than the Canes?
15 Mar 2013, 10:42 am
@willievz-70:
What a load of cr-p Willy.
The Game was there for the taking, right to the last seconds.
If it was an engineered result,
Canes would have won with a bonus point,
and Highlanders would have lost with two bonus points.
We are not silly Willy.
15 Mar 2013, 10:43 am
@WP-Forever-88: If I were the coach, I would be starting them every week………(even with a fit Andries Bekker)
15 Mar 2013, 10:44 am
@willievz-70: @AiDoc-75: @BrumbiesBoy-76: @i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-77: @polaris-80:
Oh, so THAT’s why the ref favoured the Highlanders with penalties 10 vs 5, & scrums 11 v 4 …
Ever heard of a non sequitur?
15 Mar 2013, 10:45 am
@polaris-81:
going on history, Polaris
15 Mar 2013, 10:45 am
@Transformation-91:
I would like to wish your Kings good luck against the Chiefies.
But I just can’t Transie……………………sorry.
I do however, hope they get two bonus points.
15 Mar 2013, 10:48 am
@Angostura-94:
The Argentine Ref you mean.
15 Mar 2013, 10:49 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-95: Bolloks man. Hobbitland conf traditionally has been the most even one, unlike your usual bonus point donors.
15 Mar 2013, 10:50 am
@Taahirah-85: @WP-Forever-88:
What a combo for the future. Elstadt is baie beter op 4 as 7.
15 Mar 2013, 10:51 am
This was a fabulous game and any one who ******* about the result being tainted is a worthless troll.
15 Mar 2013, 10:52 am
@cane-96: thanks Caner!
will be perched on my seat at the Slaghuis, beer in hand later on today…
15 Mar 2013, 10:53 am
@polaris-80: I sincerely hope I’m wrong but I’m really starting to suspect match-fixing in rugby as well.
Two small examples…Brumbies vs Bulls @ Moftus last year where the most blatant knock-on ever went unnoticed…
And then the Brumbies’ last pool game against the Blues who had basically been beaten by all and sundry go and hammer them in Canberra to put them out of the playoffs.
And I am by no means singling out the Brumbies, these sort of things affect “most” teams…
15 Mar 2013, 11:00 am
@BrumbiesBoy-103: i agree…..lots of engineered results imo
15 Mar 2013, 11:05 am
@grant10-104:
You have been “probed” once too often grantie.
15 Mar 2013, 11:09 am
@Angostura-95:
easy with the ugly language, Angostura
@polaris-99:
ja, keep believing
15 Mar 2013, 11:16 am
@Transformation-92: On paper the Landers might be better, but because the Hurricanes had the better start to the season so they are allowed to win the game.
If the Landers had a better start to the season than the Canes, the former would have been allowed to win.
Simples.
15 Mar 2013, 11:42 am
Forward by half a bloody mile for fark sake!!
15 Mar 2013, 11:43 am
Justice!! and not for Bakkies
15 Mar 2013, 11:55 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-106: What ugly language?
15 Mar 2013, 12:07 pm
@Angostura-110:
i havn’t sequited anything, boet
15 Mar 2013, 12:08 pm
@Captain Sam Vimes-109:
dirty these Kiwis
15 Mar 2013, 12:43 pm
So now its match fixing?
Do you moaning little blouses ever stop?
15 Mar 2013, 12:49 pm
@Hurricane-113:
Same allegations on the Cheetahs/ Tahs thread.
Somehow the Cheetahs managed a win dispite the conspiracy.
Amazing but true.
15 Mar 2013, 12:54 pm
@willievz-107: tenuous…
15 Mar 2013, 12:54 pm
Canes keep calm and hold on http://t.co/S9IisUIuE8 via @sharethis edge out Highlanders
15 Mar 2013, 12:59 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-112:
“dirty these Kiwis”.
Not half as dirty as you Bakkies.
15 Mar 2013, 13:14 pm
@cane-116:
if only that were true, Caner
rugby would be the better for it.
15 Mar 2013, 14:21 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-83: You spent 20k on a dog? Seriously?
15 Mar 2013, 14:27 pm
@cane-117: All this bedroom talk….you guys should take arrange a dirty weekend
15 Mar 2013, 14:37 pm
@Atreides-119: A lot more actually. The rehab from the TPLO op is ongoing, still quite a few rehab costs, and follow up x-rays etc. My dogs have always received the best veterinary care there is, and buggerthecost.
But the medical insurance assists….
And there is a 60-70% chance the other knee will blow out within 18 months (often happens) so we will be doing it all over again then. Cost wise.
15 Mar 2013, 14:55 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-121: Jy’s gepik in die bol
15 Mar 2013, 17:45 pm
@BrumbiesBoy-103: Tell me how that comes anyhow related to this particular game.
I can understand Bakkies, he is a Special One when it comes to conspiracies and pointing finger in one (mind you, always just one) direction, even some of his most fervent compatriots catch that disease at times temporarily, but you? Please elaborate.
15 Mar 2013, 17:48 pm
@cane-114: @Hurricane-113: Sheesh, squeeling sissies around, those conspirators.
16 Mar 2013, 02:45 am
@gunther-26: Met n link na n fototjie.
16 Mar 2013, 06:44 am
@polaris-123: I didn’t watch any games yesterday but am talking about general trends over the years.
And it’s most definitely not only amongst NZ teams, I believe It’s been going on right here in SA (particularly where Lions & Cheetahs were involved & with Aussie teams as well.
16 Mar 2013, 06:51 am
@BrumbiesBoy-126: Like I said originally I sincerely hope I’m wrong & it’s also extremely difficult to prove but my suspicions remain & my interest in this once great game continues to wane.
Out for now, back in about three hours.
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