Chiefs beat Sharks, Rebels trounced
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March 19, 2011, Saturday
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THE Waikato Chiefs ended the Sharks' unbeaten start to the season in rugby's Super 15 by beating the South African side 15-9 in a rain-soaked match in Hamilton yesterday that was decided on penalties.
Flyhalf Mike Delany replaced Waikato and All Blacks teammate Andrew Donald, who was taken to hospital with a back injury, and kicked four penalties from five attempts to steer his side to a victory.
The Durban-based Sharks won their first four matches, posting their first-ever back-to-back wins in Australia but failed to improve on a 40 percent winning record in New Zealand despite leading 6-3 at halftime.
For most of the match the championship-leading Sharks looked the better team but were unable to take advantage of a steady stream of Chiefs' errors. Though they also defended superbly, Delany's goalkicking consigned them to defeat.
The Sharks were due to fly home to South Africa hours after the match and will then fly to London on Thursday to meet the Canterbury Crusaders at Twickenham Stadium on Sunday in the first Super rugby match played outside the southern hemisphere.
The match has been moved to London because Christchurch was wrecked by a deadly earthquake. More than 30,000 tickets to the London match had been sold.
In Brisbane, flanker Scott Higginbotham scored one try, missed one and made two more as the Queensland Reds trounced the Melbourne Rebels 53-3.
Higginbotham made up for dropping a pass with the line open in the 30th minute by scoring a try six minutes later which cemented the Reds' 25-3 lead at halftime.
He earlier provided the final pass in tries to center Anthony Faingaa and lock Adam Wallace-Harrison which gave Queensland control after Melbourne scored first with a Danny Cipriani penalty.
Prop Ben Daley scored his first try in 22 Super rugby matches to clinch the Reds' first four-try bonus point of the season. Mike Harris then came off the bench to score two tries, make another and kick a conversion in a comprehensive win.
Flyhalf Mike Delany replaced Waikato and All Blacks teammate Andrew Donald, who was taken to hospital with a back injury, and kicked four penalties from five attempts to steer his side to a victory.
The Durban-based Sharks won their first four matches, posting their first-ever back-to-back wins in Australia but failed to improve on a 40 percent winning record in New Zealand despite leading 6-3 at halftime.
For most of the match the championship-leading Sharks looked the better team but were unable to take advantage of a steady stream of Chiefs' errors. Though they also defended superbly, Delany's goalkicking consigned them to defeat.
The Sharks were due to fly home to South Africa hours after the match and will then fly to London on Thursday to meet the Canterbury Crusaders at Twickenham Stadium on Sunday in the first Super rugby match played outside the southern hemisphere.
The match has been moved to London because Christchurch was wrecked by a deadly earthquake. More than 30,000 tickets to the London match had been sold.
In Brisbane, flanker Scott Higginbotham scored one try, missed one and made two more as the Queensland Reds trounced the Melbourne Rebels 53-3.
Higginbotham made up for dropping a pass with the line open in the 30th minute by scoring a try six minutes later which cemented the Reds' 25-3 lead at halftime.
He earlier provided the final pass in tries to center Anthony Faingaa and lock Adam Wallace-Harrison which gave Queensland control after Melbourne scored first with a Danny Cipriani penalty.
Prop Ben Daley scored his first try in 22 Super rugby matches to clinch the Reds' first four-try bonus point of the season. Mike Harris then came off the bench to score two tries, make another and kick a conversion in a comprehensive win.
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