“Winners day” kicks off with the Crusaders taking on the Brumbies.
After today there will be 4 undefeated teams in this year’s Super14.
Both teams come off narrow victories last week and will hope to continue on their winning ways.
The Crusaders do not have home ground advantage this week, but that has seldom stopped them before.
The Brumbies have named a bench of 9 players and will only finalise which two will be omitted shortly before kick-off.
Venue: Canberra Stadium
Kick-off: 19.40 Local Time, 10:40 SA Time
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
ARs: Ian Smith (Australia), Brett Bowden (Australia)
TMO: Steve Leszczynski (Australia)
Brumbies:
15 Mark Gerrard, 14 Clyde Rathbone, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Stirling Mortlock, 11 Francis Fainifo, 10 Christian Lealiifano, 9 Patrick Phibbs, 8 Stephen Hoiles (captain), 7 George Smith, 6 Julian Salvi, 5 Mark Chisholm, 4 Ben Hand, 3 Guy Shepherdson, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements – 7 from:
John Ulugia, Ben Alexander, Sitaleki Timani, Peter Kimlin, Joshua Holmes, Tyrone Smith, Matt Toomua, Shawn Mackay, Mitchell Chapman.
Crusaders:
15 Stephen Brett, 14 Jared Payne, 13 Casey Laulala, 12 Tim Bateman, 11 Kade Poki, 10 Colin Slade, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 George Whitelock, 6 Kieran Read (captain), 5 Ross Filipo, 4 Isaac Ross, 3 Ben Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Replacements:
16 Jason Macdonald, 17 Bronson Murray, 18 Michael Paterson, 19 Nasi Manu, 20 Kahn Fotuali’i, 21 Ryan Crotty, 22 Adam Whitelock.
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And i’m stuck in the office again. 😕
@KSA Shark © (Comment 1) : Dik swak!
@Loosehead (Comment 2) :
one of the “benefits” of have a screwed up weekend. 😆
Run of Play
19 Colin Slade Missed Conversion – Slade’s conversion attempt is unsuccessful
18 Casey Laulala Try – Laulala scores his third try of the season, by intercepting a wayward pass from Smith in his 22.
16 Mark Gerrard Penalty – The Brumbies steal a Crusaders lineout in the latter’s 22 and attack well, with Smith keeping them busy. The Crusaders is caught off side and Gerrard level the scores with a penalty.
15 Christian Lealiifano Missed Drop Goal
14 The Brumbies win a turnover in their 22 through Smith and Gerrard sends the ball down field.
12 Smith is blown for off side at the ruck and Slade finds a good touch finder driving the Brumbies back into their half.
9 The Brumbies find themselves in the 22 of the Crusaders with Sheperdson, Fainifo setting up a number of phases, the Crusaders defend well, and turnover the ball but is blown for knocking on.
7 Colin Slade Penalty – Slade scores the first points of the match with a successful penalty goal.
6 The Brumbies is blown for collapsing the scrum and the Crusaders opts to go for the posts.
5 Flynn this time is blown for throwing in skew and the Crusaders give away possession in the opposition’s 22.
3 Moore is blown for throwing in skew at the line-out and Ellis can thrown the ball in at the scrum for the Crusaders.
1 Lealiifano kicks off to get the match underway.
21 Feb 10:40 First Half Canberra
Brumbies v Crusaders
3 8
21 Feb 10:40 First Half Canberra
Brumbies v Crusaders
3 – 8
Run of Play
39 Stephen Brett Penalty – New kicker Stephen Brett puts the Crusaders back infront with a long penalty kick.
34 Mark Gerrard Missed Conversion – Gerrad fails to place the Brumbies back infront, by missing the conversion attempt.
33 Christian Lealiifano Try – The Brumbies suck in the Crusaders defence and Lealliifano, rounds off a large number of phases as he is sent away by Smith to score in the corner.
31 Ellis kicks the ball out directly and the Brumbies win the lineout they work it through to the backline and Rathbone makes, a good couple of yards but lose the ball forward in the tackle.
29 Mortlock finds a perfect touch finder five metres from the Crusaders goaline and the Brumbies are back in the Crusaders 22.
25 The Brumbies advance to the Crusaders by choosing the scrum after Franks was blown for being infront of the kicker.
23 Rathbone fumbles a kick by Ellis from the base and Ross wins the lineout for the Crusaders.
21 Feb 10:40 Half Time Canberra
Brumbies v Crusaders
8 – 11
Run of Play
48 Both teams excecute good kicks, placing the ball behind each other and gaining territory in the process. However regular turnovers and good defence prevent scoring from taking place.
44 Smith and Phibbs make good yards for the Brumbies but Lealiifano spolils a promising move by kicking directly into touch.
42 The Crusaders win their 16th turnover of the match on their 22 and Brett sends the Brumbies back with a well directed kick.
21 Feb 10:40 Second Half Canberra
Brumbies v Crusaders
8 – 11
Still 8 – 11 to the Saders after 51minutes.
Thnaks for stepping in Charlie.
52min
Francis Fainifo gets replaced by Tyrone Smith after taking a heavy knock.
53min
Kahn Fotuali’i’s kick is out on the full. Brumbies decide to attack wide, but hold on and free kick to the visitors which is kicked down field by Casey Laulala, Patrick Phibbs follows that up with a kick also and a bit of table tennis occures untill the ball goes into touch.
55min
Brumbies have the ball on attack in mid field, the penalty is awarded for not rolling away after the tackle, Brumbies penalty. Stirling Mortlock decides to kick at goal 41 meters out.
it’s over
brumbies 11 – 11 Crusaders
Saders better win this.
For my SB and for my FL Starting XV.
TRY SADERS!!!!!!!!!!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 16) :
58min
Slade charges down a Lealiifano kick straight after the restart, and the ball is moved through the hands quickly with Filipo scoring in the corner for his eighth super try.
Conversion missed
Brumbies 11 – 16 Saders
@KSA Shark © (Comment 11) : No problemo. We are one big family
@Charlie (Comment 18) :
let’s hope our brother plays well today. 😉
63min
Stirling Mortlock gets caught in midflied and sets up the ruck. the Brumbies rumble upfield, form ruck to ruck, but George Smith knocks on after several phases and it a Crusaders scrum
Run of Play
66 Even though the Brumbies succeeds in working the ball through phases and gaining territory the Crusaders are strong in defence and it results in the Brumbies making handling errors.
63 Fotuali’i is penalised for offside at the ruck and Mortlock’s penalty attempt goes to the right out the upright.
63 Stirling Mortlock Missed Penalty
21 Feb 10:40 Second Half Canberra
Brumbies v Crusaders
11 – 16
68min
Brumbies begin another attack mid field and try to gain forward momentium, but cant seem to break the Crusaders defence. going back for the srum after a Crusaders knock on
@KSA Shark © (Comment 19) : 😆
69min
From the scrum its a full arm penalty to the Brumbies which the decide to kick for touch, to the delight of the home fans. They attack inside the 22 meter area and gain the free kick, taken quickly and are only meter short of the line, they send it to the left and knock it on. the Crusaders kick it down field and the Brumbies attack though Mark Gerrard who chips ahead, the Crusaders knock the ball on and the Brumbies win the scrum.
I still do have a match to play this afternoon 😉
@Charlie (Comment 26) :
71min
The Brumbies loose the ball once more after a lot of phases and in a strong position on the park.
75min
Advantage for off side to the Brumbies they get the scrum. It gets flung wide from the set piece and knock on, the Crusaders attack down field, Adam Ashley-Cooper is able to win the ball back for the Brumbies and Christian Lealiifano kicks it back into the Crusaders half. Ball goes into touch from a Mark Gerrard kick.
78min
Clyde Rathbone makes the half break, inside the Crusaders 22 the ruck is set up, its slow ball for the Brumbies as they use their forwards. Free Kick to the Brumbies. They decide to use the pick and go, pick and go. Crusaders defence is strong and their no way past. Penalty to the Brumbies for off sides. Quick team meeting by the forwards and the Brumbies will scrum.
Brumbies TRY!!!!!!!!!!! 👿
Conversion is over.
Brumbies 18 – 16 Crusaders.
80min
FULL TIME
Brumbies 18 – Crusaders 16
Thank you Brumbies….. and KSA.
Log Updated
Brumbies go 2nd
Crusaders go 6th
This result is not really a train smash for the Crusaders’ campaign, it was an away game. It does show that the Crusaders will not be all conquering this season.
OH GOSH
Anyway got to go now, KSA & Salmonoid…Enjoy the match… BLACK & WHITE. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. GO SHARKS !!! GO ADI !!! 
@Salmonoid (Comment 34) :
Kette will be smiling, she and all the other people who picked the brumbies are inline for a Grand slam BP on SB.
Hmmmm Brumbies 2
geraas Brumbies 2
Walt Brumbies 2
Slak Brumbies 2
Nita Brumbies 2
Bully Brumbies 2
@Charlie (Comment 36) :
Have a good game dude. 😛
@KSA Shark © (Comment 38) : Thanx Oubaas… BYE 😉
@Charlie (Comment 36) :
Cheers Charlie, forgot to thank you for your contributions – thanks and cheers.
I wonder how many LMS lifelines were lost on this game? 😉
Time to head for the hills – enjoy the remaining games.
@Salmonoid (Comment 42) :
Cheers
Only Milissa picked the Saders to win this game on LMS. She is still green so will survive another round.
I have noticed that two of our biggest WP supporters will be shouting for the Lions tonight. 😉
WPW and PJLD have forgotten to make their picks so will have the Lions as default AND they have both already used their lifeline.
It’s okay guys, you can play in the fanstasy league competition still. 😉
i knew the brunches would take this! 🙂
@robdylan (Comment 45) :
need to get that predictive text sorted dude. 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 46) : he he. Saw it and couldn’t be bothered to change it 🙂 reckoned the context would make it clear what I meant
👿 👿 stupid crusaders 👿 👿
@KSA Shark © (Comment 37) : I picked the idiots who lost the game :grrr:
Brumbies! Grand slam on the way…
@KSA Sharkette (Comment 48) : I needed that last gasp try and conversion from the Brumbies. Won £15, rather than losing £25 😉 🙂