Business as usual as Crusaders win big
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March 5, 2011, Saturday
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THE Canterbury Crusaders overcame a heart-wrenching 10 days to send a signal to their Super rugby rivals that it was business as usual after they overcame a slow start to dump the New South Wales Waratahs 33-18 yesterday.
The New Zealand side had moved the game to Trafalgar Park following a devastating earthquake on February 22. The team had also originally scheduled to commemorate the 29 victims of the Pike River coal mine explosion last November.
After cancelling their game against the Wellington Hurricanes last week, the Crusaders appeared rusty in the first 25 minutes making numerous handling errors and forcing passes in the face of an aggressive defensive line by the Waratahs.
The Sydney-based side established a 13-9 lead on the back of tries to inside center Tom Carter and scrumhalf Luke Burgess and a long-range penalty by Kurtley Beale.
Beale had taken over the goal kicking from Daniel Halangahu, who had missed three successive kicks while his opposite Daniel Carter slotted three penalties to keep his side in the match.
A superb scrum just on halfway shunted the Waratahs off the ball and changed the complexion of the match.
Robbie Fruean grabbed his first try when he anticipated a Waratahs' attacking move, intercepted and sprinted 45 meters to score untouched to give his side a 14-13 lead. He grabbed his second after another superb 15-man effort as the Crusaders forwards sucked in Waratahs defenders in close, recycled the ball to runners changing the angles of attack and then spreading it wide to Fruean, who barged through Beale to score in the corner.
Carter converted both tries and added a penalty to give the home side a 23-13 lead at halftime, which they extended immediately after the break when they again swept down field for center Sonny Bill Williams to score his first Super rugby try.
Both sides then played the game between the 22-meter areas until replacement Waratahs' winger Afa Pakalani scored his side's third try with seven minutes remaining.
The New Zealand side had moved the game to Trafalgar Park following a devastating earthquake on February 22. The team had also originally scheduled to commemorate the 29 victims of the Pike River coal mine explosion last November.
After cancelling their game against the Wellington Hurricanes last week, the Crusaders appeared rusty in the first 25 minutes making numerous handling errors and forcing passes in the face of an aggressive defensive line by the Waratahs.
The Sydney-based side established a 13-9 lead on the back of tries to inside center Tom Carter and scrumhalf Luke Burgess and a long-range penalty by Kurtley Beale.
Beale had taken over the goal kicking from Daniel Halangahu, who had missed three successive kicks while his opposite Daniel Carter slotted three penalties to keep his side in the match.
A superb scrum just on halfway shunted the Waratahs off the ball and changed the complexion of the match.
Robbie Fruean grabbed his first try when he anticipated a Waratahs' attacking move, intercepted and sprinted 45 meters to score untouched to give his side a 14-13 lead. He grabbed his second after another superb 15-man effort as the Crusaders forwards sucked in Waratahs defenders in close, recycled the ball to runners changing the angles of attack and then spreading it wide to Fruean, who barged through Beale to score in the corner.
Carter converted both tries and added a penalty to give the home side a 23-13 lead at halftime, which they extended immediately after the break when they again swept down field for center Sonny Bill Williams to score his first Super rugby try.
Both sides then played the game between the 22-meter areas until replacement Waratahs' winger Afa Pakalani scored his side's third try with seven minutes remaining.
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