It’s a really early start in Wellington for those brave souls desperate enough to watch.
Still seeking their first tour win of 2014, the Cheetahs kick off against the winless Hurricanes at 05h35 SA time.
Hurricanes: 15 James Marshall, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13 Conrad Smith (captain), 12 Hadleigh Parkes, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Chris Smylie, 8 Blade Thomson, 7 Ardie Savea, 6 Faifili Levave, 5 Mark Reddish, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Ben Franks.
Replacements: 16 Motu Matu’u, 17 Chris Eves, 18 John Schwalger, 19 James Broadhurst, 20 Jack Lam, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 Matt Proctor, 23 Marty Banks.
Toyota Cheetahs: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Pieter Labuschagné, 6 Johannes Prinsloo, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Nicolaas van Dyk, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), Caylib Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Rossouw de Klerk, 19 Andries Ferreira, 20 Jean Cook, 21 Shaun Venter, 22 Elgar Watts, 23 Hennie Daniller.
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This game is a running game like expected…
29-20 for the Hurricanes, Half Time, and not one scrum yet…
What a shokker of a call, Willie gets a yellow, bad bad stupid
Hurricanes 48 – 27 Toyota Cheetahs
12-15 mins left
Try no 8 for the Canes, I suppose the Cheetahs decided not to tackle today.
Hurricanes 60 – 27 Toyota Cheetahs
Hurricanes
Penalty : Beauden Barrett
Conversion : Beauden Barrett x 5, Marty Banks
Try : Matt Proctor, James Marshall, Chris Smylie, Jeremy
Thrush, Dane Coles, Beauden Barrett x 2, Conrad Smith
Toyota Cheetahs
Penalty : Johan Goosen x 2
Conversion : Johan Goosen x 3
Try : Phillip Van Der Walt, Francois Uys, Willie Le Roux
9 Tries by The Canes 🙄 Alapati Leiua
Fulltime
Hurricanes 60 – 27 Cheetahs
3 from 3 🙂
I am renedered “typeless”! These annoying and stupid chip kicks from the Cheetahs is making me livid. Rhule in space with a man to beat, chips into the Canes players hands… Sarel should know that crawling is for toddlers!!
Bah! Great win Canes, that punished these sloppy Cheetahs in the best way possible. Wrong tactics against the Canes. To gift possession to a team known for their attacking backline is madness.
The Cheetah’s back to their old ways again….very sad.
@KingCheetah (Comment 10) : Hard luck bud. Why do I get the feeling that the Cheetahs of last year gained a lot of their attacking confidence from knowing a well-structured defence was in place? It’s defence after all that forces you to know and trust the men beside you. I suspect your team is really missing their defense coach.
I am dumb founded at the state in which our franchises are in.
How is it, that we are unable to build on past successes?
Much like the Sharks pre-mid-2013, I think our teams are losing their games in the boardroom, before they’ve even hit the training ground.
I read an article a couple weeks back by Brendan Venter on how the loss of their defensive coach Michael Horak to the Southern Kings this year was the biggest loss to the CHeetahs. So evident in their last 3 games. They really need to get someone in ASAP.
@KingCheetah (Comment 10) : Sorry about your team KC. I can only hope for their sake that this forces a massive shift in their structures and strategies.
@gregkaos (Comment 14) : How the heck does a SR team lose one of their coaches to a VC team?
@FireTheLooser (Comment 15) : Pass. Perhaps they thought they could simply continue using his structures without him around?
@gregkaos (Comment 16) : So once again it probably boils down to poor boardroom decisions.
We need more pro-era players running the show behind the scenes. But then again, John Smit’s are few and far between. Closest to him in SA currently is Graham Smith, who would also do wonders running Cricket South Africa.
Sometimes the players have to take some blame. Yes their coaching and game plan is not the best, but the likes of Strauss spending all his time in the back line and on the wings is not coaching its him, and is the reason why I have always had a problem with him. You cant just attack, that doesn’t win games, players have to play the basics and do what their position is meant to at a base level, then you expand on that.
@gregkaos (Comment 16) : Greg, Brendan Venter answers this exact question in a very insightful column. Have a look: http://www.supersport.com/rugby/blogs/brendan-venter/A_case_for_defence_coaches
Edit: Apolgies, you’re making a statement, not asking a question and I believe it’s based on the above column. I’ll leave up the original link anyway for others to have a look at.
@vanmartin (Comment 19) : thanks Van! That was the article I read! Was wondering where I saw it.