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February 13, 2010, Saturday
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THE Wellington Hurricanes slotted a record nine successful penalty kicks and scored 22 unanswered points to beat the Auckland Blues 34-20 in the opening Super 14 match of the 2010 season yesterday.
Flyhalf Willie Ripia (five) and scrumhalf Piri Weepu (four) kicked the penalties for the visiting Hurricanes while Hosea Gear scored an intercept try following an awful pass from new Blues flyhalf Stephen Brett.
In Perth, Australia, ACT captain Stirling Mortlock became the first player in Super rugby to go over the 1,000-point mark, kicking three conversions and a penalty for the Brumbies in their 24-15 win over the Western Force.
The 32-year-old Wallaby center and former Australia captain came into the game yesterday with 996 points in his 118th Super match. He has also played 80 tests for Australia.
Josh Valentine and Stephen Moore scored first-half tries for the Brumbies and hooker Huia Edmonds another with eight minutes left. Wallaby fullback James O'Connor kicked four first-half penalties and another in the second to account for the Force's scoring.
In Auckland, Brett, who moved from the Canterbury Crusaders following the return to Super 14 of All Blacks flyhalf Daniel Carter after his sabbatical in France, scored the 2010 competition's opening try after just five minutes, set up John Afoa's try and kicked 10 points in the first half.
He spoiled his copybook, however, in the second with the intercept pass, a charge-down that led to another penalty and poor tactical kicking.
The Blues also gave away too many penalties within kicking distance, particularly in the second half when the Hurricanes stamped their authority on the match at North Harbor Stadium. Blues center Isaia Toeava was also sin-binned by referee Stuart Dickenson in the 70th minute for a professional foul.
"We were a little bit nervous in the first half, but we got our act together in the second half and put a pretty good performance in," Hurricanes captain Andrew Hore said in a televised interview.
Ripia opened the scoring before Brett scored the first try when he took a flat pass from former Hurricanes scrumhalf Alby Mathewson and ghosted through.
Brett converted from in front and after Ripia slotted his second penalty to narrow the gap to 7-6 he added his first penalty then set up Afoa's second career Super rugby try following some superb continuity by the Blues. Brett converted to make it 17-6 in the 19th before the Hurricanes began to get into penalty range, with Ripia adding two further penalties while also missing two other opportunities. Brett added his second penalty to make it 20-12 at the break.
Flyhalf Willie Ripia (five) and scrumhalf Piri Weepu (four) kicked the penalties for the visiting Hurricanes while Hosea Gear scored an intercept try following an awful pass from new Blues flyhalf Stephen Brett.
In Perth, Australia, ACT captain Stirling Mortlock became the first player in Super rugby to go over the 1,000-point mark, kicking three conversions and a penalty for the Brumbies in their 24-15 win over the Western Force.
The 32-year-old Wallaby center and former Australia captain came into the game yesterday with 996 points in his 118th Super match. He has also played 80 tests for Australia.
Josh Valentine and Stephen Moore scored first-half tries for the Brumbies and hooker Huia Edmonds another with eight minutes left. Wallaby fullback James O'Connor kicked four first-half penalties and another in the second to account for the Force's scoring.
In Auckland, Brett, who moved from the Canterbury Crusaders following the return to Super 14 of All Blacks flyhalf Daniel Carter after his sabbatical in France, scored the 2010 competition's opening try after just five minutes, set up John Afoa's try and kicked 10 points in the first half.
He spoiled his copybook, however, in the second with the intercept pass, a charge-down that led to another penalty and poor tactical kicking.
The Blues also gave away too many penalties within kicking distance, particularly in the second half when the Hurricanes stamped their authority on the match at North Harbor Stadium. Blues center Isaia Toeava was also sin-binned by referee Stuart Dickenson in the 70th minute for a professional foul.
"We were a little bit nervous in the first half, but we got our act together in the second half and put a pretty good performance in," Hurricanes captain Andrew Hore said in a televised interview.
Ripia opened the scoring before Brett scored the first try when he took a flat pass from former Hurricanes scrumhalf Alby Mathewson and ghosted through.
Brett converted from in front and after Ripia slotted his second penalty to narrow the gap to 7-6 he added his first penalty then set up Afoa's second career Super rugby try following some superb continuity by the Blues. Brett converted to make it 17-6 in the 19th before the Hurricanes began to get into penalty range, with Ripia adding two further penalties while also missing two other opportunities. Brett added his second penalty to make it 20-12 at the break.
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