The Waratahs host the Hurricanes in the second game today, with neither team having too much to play for as both have fallen too far behind in the race for a play-off spot.
The Waratahs simply cannot catch either the Brumbies or Reds to take the top Australian conference spot, which would guarantee them a spot in the play-offs, and as such have very little to play for in this match. They will, however, end the slightest glimmer of hope the Hurricanes have of reaching the top six.
The Hurricanes find themselves fourth in the New Zealand conference even though they have done reasonably well this season, and can mathematically still reach the play-offs, but that would require things going very wrong indeed for teams above them. Still, this should make for an entertaining match.
Waratahs: 15. Bernard Foley ,14. Tom Kingston ,13. Rob Horne ,12. Adam Ashley-Cooper ,11. Drew Mitchell ,10. Berrick Barnes,9. Sarel Pretorius ,8. Wycliff Palu ,7. Jono Jenkins ,6. Dave Dennis ,5. Kane Douglas ,4. Sitaleki Timani ,3. Sekope Kepu ,2. Tatafu Polota-Nau ,1. Benn Robinson
Replacements: 16. John Ulugia 17. Jeremy Tilse ,18. Richard Stanford ,19. Lopeti Timani ,20. Brendan McKibbin ,21. Daniel Halangahu ,22. Tom Carter
Hurricanes: 1. Ben May ,2. Dane Coles ,3. Jeffery Toomaga-Allen ,4. Jeremy Thrush ,5. Jason Eaton ,6. Faifili Levave ,7. Jack Lam ,8. Victor Vito ,9. TJ Perenara ,10. Beauden Barrett ,11. Julian Savea ,12. Tim Bateman ,13. Conrad Smith (c),14. Alapati Leiua ,15. Andre Taylor
Reserves:16. Motu Matu’u ,17. Reg Goodes ,18. James Broadhurst ,19. Brad Shields ,20. Chris Eaton ,21. Tusi Pisi ,22. Jayden Hayward
Referee: Bryce Lawrence
Assistant Ref 1:Julian Pritchard
Assistant Ref 2:Ed Martin
TMO : Matt Goddard
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Tahs 3 – 3 Canes
14 mins
Canes pk – Barrett
Tahs 3 – 6 Canes
18 mins
Tahs pk – Barnes
Tahs 6 – 6 Canes
24 mins
Canes try – Savea
Converted – Barrett
Tahs 9 – 13 Canes
33 mins
Half Time
Waratahs 9 – 13 Hurricanes
FULL TIME
Waratahs 12 – 33 Hurricanes
2 LMS picks for the Waratahs
1 Elimination
1 Life line lost
The New Zealand conference is making big waves this weekend.
@robdylan (Comment 8) : On the surface but steadily sinking to the bottom we have the Aus members. 🙂