Hurricanes keep hopes alive with Brumbies win
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April 17, 2010, Saturday
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THE Wellington Hurricanes scored two second-half tries in a dour match to keep their Super 14 playoff hopes alive with a 23-13 win over the ACT Brumbies in Canberra yesterday.
It was the Hurricanes' first win in six matches and moved the New Zealand side up to seventh place, seven points outside a potential semifinal spot. The Brumbies, plagued by handling errors, dropped to 6-3 but are four points ahead of the Hurricanes in sixth.
It was the first loss of the season for the Brumbies at Canberra Stadium, and came in outgoing coach Colin Cooper's 100th match in charge of the Hurricanes over five years.
Elsewhere, lock Andries Bekker and hooker Tiaan Liebenberg scored tries and helped set up several others as the Stormers beat the Waikato Chiefs 49-15 in Hamilton, New Zealand, to solidify their place in the top four.
Liebenberg scored the third and Bekker the fifth of the Stormers' six tries as the South African side overwhelmed last year's finalists to move into first place with a 7-2 record and 33 points.
In Canberra, the Brumbies led 5-3 at halftime after a try by Patrick Phibbs in the 34th minute.
Brumbies flyhalf Matt Giteau, who scored the other ACT try, and Aaron Cruden for the Hurricanes both missed early penalty shots, but Cruden kicked a penalty at the halftime buzzer.
Cruden went on to kick two more penalties and two conversions after second-half tries by Conrad Smith and Victor Vito. Wellington captain Andrew Hore said the win will give the Hurricanes some confidence for the remainder of the season.
"We've come up short in the last three or four games, but we'll go back to Wellington confident," Hore said. "We defended pretty well tonight, it came down to having some pride."
In Hamilton, Springboks winger Bryan Habana, with help from Bekker and Liebenberg, scored what may have been the try of the season in the 22nd when the ball passed through more than a dozen pairs of hands.
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