Hurricanes tie Crusaders as Force win at last
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April 3, 2010, Saturday
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ALL Black Dan Carter missed a conversion kick after the siren to leave the Canterbury Crusaders with a 26-26 draw against the Wellington Hurricanes in Super 14 rugby yesterday.
Flyhalf Carter's kick shaved the left post after the referee awarded a controversial try to hooker Ti'i Paulo that tied the scores in the 85th minute after a tense television review.
The Hurricanes, who battled back from an 18-point deficit in the first half, were left stunned, having carved out a five-point lead only to have it snatched away from them.
"I suppose we secured one extra point," Canterbury captain Richie McCaw said. "It was a typical game of two halves. We started off pretty well but the Hurricanes were desperate, they played all the rugby in the second half and we only just hung in there."
In Perth, Australia, David Hill's drop goal a minute after the siren sounded gave the Western Force its first victory of the season, a 16-15 win over South Africa's Stormers.
Hill missed a 48-meter penalty attempt minutes earlier. David Pocock scored the only try of the match for the Force, which led 7-6 at halftime.
Peter Grant accounted for all the Stormers' points with five penalty goals. The South African side picked up a bonus point for losing by fewer than seven points to keep it in third place. The win moved the Force out of last place and leaves South Africa's Lions, 0-7, as the only team without a win this season.
In Wellington, it was a bitter-sweet evening for Carter, who joined former Australia captain Stirling Mortlock as the second player to surpass 1,000 Super rugby points after slotting a penalty goal early in the first half to give the Crusaders an 8-0 lead.
Carter kicked three out of four penalty goals on a gusty night at Westpac Stadium but missed his first and last conversion chances.
Canterbury retained its grip on second place in the standings, but the draw left the Hurricanes, who had lost their previous four matches, all but out of the semifinal race.
Canterbury took an early 18-0 lead with tries to flanker George Whitelock and winger Zac Guilford.
Wellington hit back with a brilliant solo try to All Blacks center Ma'a Nonu and another to lock Jeremy Thrush to pull back the margin to 18-14 at halftime.
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