Between them, this year, they have won less matches than there have been rounds in this year’s Super 14.
The Reds have won 2 from 7 and the Highlanders 3 from 7.
I am afraid I do not hold much hope for this to be an exciting game. Between the two of them, 9 of the 10 Super Rugby matches with the lowest ever recorded scores feature one of their names.
Will the Reds manage to be unstructured enough to unsettle the Highlanders?
Venue: Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Kick-off: 17:30 Local Time, 07:30 SA Time
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
ARs: Keith Brown (New Zealand), tba
TMO: James McPhail (New Zealand)
Highlanders:
15 Israel Dagg, 14 Ben Smith, 13 Jason Shoemark, 12 Daniel Bowden, 11 Kendrick Lynn, 10 Mathew Berquist, 9 Jimmy Cowan (captain), 8 George Naoupu, 7 Alando Soakai, 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Josh Bekhuis, 3 Clint Newland, 2 David Hall, 1 Jamie Mackintosh.
Replacements:
16 Jason Rutledge, 17 Chris King, 18 Hayden Triggs, 19 Steven Setephano, 20 Sean Romans, 21 Johnny Leota, 22 Fetu’u Vainikolo.
Reds:
15 Mark McLinden, 14 Peter Hynes, 13 Digby Ioane, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Brando Va’aulu, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Brendan McKibbin, 8 Ezra Taylor, 7 Daniel Braid, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 James Horwill (captain), 4 Hugh McMeniman, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Sean Hardman, 1 Greg Holmes.
Replacements:
16 Saia Faingaa, 17 Jack Kennedy, 18 Adam Byrnes, 19 Leroy Houston, 20 Richard Kingi, 21 Charlie Fetoai, 22 Luke Morahan.
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2 Last Man Standing picks for this game.
Ragged’s Rotters and Fig Bish have both chosen the Highlanders.
Both have already lost a lifeline, so will be desperatly hoping to avoid elimination. 😉
Go Highlanders! Wooo!
… and the game just started and the reds just scored. damn it!
5-0 reds
5-3 reds, penalty for the ‘landers
try for the highlanders, 10-5
Have you been abandoned Lynds? 🙁
Hey everybody.
Starting your week on a Saturday sucks. 👿
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@KSA Shark © (Comment 8) : Starting your Saturday by dropping a hard wooden nailbrush on your toe in the shower sucks more… 👿
when u got to work, yeah it definitely sucks
Highlanders 15 – 12 Reds
50min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 12) :
The try was converted.
Highlanders 17 – 12 Reds
@klempie (Comment 10) : softy! 🙂
@klempie (Comment 10) : 😳
Ouch.
@robdylan (Comment 14) :
Yeah I sorta thought the same thing. How big was the nail brush? or how soft is Klempie?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 15) : @robdylan (Comment 14) :
I’ve recovered thanks. 😛 I think it fell on its corner and on the knuckle. Freak incident.
@klempie (Comment 7) : Indeed I was!
Four day weekends are where it’s at. I can finish my domestics today with still a weekend left. 😀
@Lyndy_in_Mtl (Comment 18) : How’s the temps in Montreal these days? 😎
@klempie (Comment 17) :
Freak Incident or Incident with a Freak? 😛
@klempie (Comment 20) : We’re heading into Spring so technically it’s getting warmer but it was snowing on Tuesday 🙄
@klempie (Comment 19) :
Easter? What is that? Doesn’t exist here 🙁 No long weekend over here. 👿
@KSA Shark © (Comment 21) : That’s open to interpretation.
@Lyndy_in_Mtl (Comment 22) : How long is summer? 3 weeks?
@Lyndy_in_Mtl (Comment 22) : I heard a temp from Winnipeg about a month ago. -47C! 😯 Thanks but you can keep it. 😕
Ahh Klempie, Montreal winters suck but they’re not as bad as Winnipeg. Oh, and our summers are warm and last a little bit longer than three weeks.
Damn, Reds try.
24-19 Highlanders
@Lyndy_in_Mtl (Comment 27) : Only a little. 😉
Yes, like four weeks 😛
Turn my back for a min ute and the guys score twice. 😯
@Lyndy_in_Mtl (Comment 28) :
I want the Reds to win here.
Noooooo!
Come on you damn Duncan Mcleod wannabes. smash the Rubble Reds! 👿
What time is it in SA?
Yeh! I am 3 from 3 on my picks. 😎
@Lyndy_in_Mtl (Comment 35) : 9:15
Highlanders wind 24-19. Woohoo!
FULL TIME
Highlanders 24 – 19 Reds
got 3 from 3 aswell on SB although no margin points lol
@klempie (Comment 37) :
How can you say it is 9:15 in SA when the time under your comment says it is 9:09 😉
Of course, I mean “win” not “wind”. It’s 3:18am here and I have been up all day. Sorry.
Log Updated
Highlanders go 7th
Reds stay 13th
im in SA and my time is 9:19
@klempie (Comment 36) :
@JarsonX (Comment 40) :
1 from 3 for me. 🙁 picked the Lions and the Force
Yaaaaay! 😆
Who rocks?
I rock! 😎
@Lyndy_in_Mtl (Comment 42) :
Isn’t wind the past tense of win? 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 41) : Take note of Lynds time in 42. Clearly SW is behind the times…. 🙄
@KSA Shark © (Comment 45) : canes game was close, thought the force will pull it off
@KSA Shark © (Comment 45) : What a pity I don’t actually play in a FL. I just make recommendations to colleagues at work. 😛
Oh, you know I never noticed the time stamps on the comments. 🙄
@klempie (Comment 48) :
😛 All you need to do is synch your PC clock with the net and then you guys will have your time corrected. 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 45) : whats your nickname at SB?
@Lyndy_in_Mtl (Comment 51) :
😆
@JarsonX (Comment 53) :
Sandshark.
being from KSA and all I thought it pretty apt. 😉
@Lyndy_in_Mtl (Comment 51) : Lynds. Here is a factoid you might not be aware of. When they were picking the name for Canada, one of the option was Tuponia (The United Provinces of North America). You could have been a Tuponian.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 52) : Mine automatically synched with windows time server on the 7th. Sorry for you.
@klempie (Comment 56) : Nice.
Why is my time always off?
@Lyndy_in_Mtl (Comment 59) : Cos SW is backwards. Mine’s out as well.
And then?
Truth be told, we kreepy crawlied in the line outs and the loose. Brussow and Jean was absolutely briliant. We were DEAD on our feet. Tackled backwards every time, placing everybody on the back foot. Stone me, but the Cheetahs were awesumly briliant! ;-(
Truth be told, we kreepy crawlied in the line outs and the breakdown points. We were DEAD on our feet. Tackled back which placed everybody on the back foot. Brussow and Jean caused major damage and dnt forget Wayne and Potgieter. Stone me, but the Tjietas were awesomely briliant :-/