Long-arm Timani fires Waratahs past Brumbies
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March 27, 2011, Sunday
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REPLACEMENT lock Sitaleki Timani scored a last-gasp try to give the New South Wales Waratahs a 29-22 victory at the ACT Brumbies in a tough defense-oriented tussle in their Super 15 match yesterday.
The 2-meter-tall Timani stretched out one of his long arms and planted the ball in the final minute following a succession of close attacks after Brumbies prop Ben Alexander had scored his side's only try, which was converted by Matt Giteau, to level the game at 22-22 with less than five minutes remaining in Canberra.
Fullback Kurtley Beale added five penalties and converted Timani and Ryan Cross's tries to give him a personal tally of 19 points and helped the Waratahs erase the disappointment of their 3-23 loss to the lowly Cheetahs last week in Sydney.
Giteau, who had charged down Beale's clearing kick that led to Alexander's try, scored five penalties but the Brumbies still slumped to their fourth successive loss - three of which have come since coach Andy Friend was sacked.
Also, Luke McAlister slotted a 72nd-minute long-range penalty to give the Auckland Blues a tight 16-13 victory over the Waikato Chiefs at a rain-drenched Waikato Stadium in Hamilton and winger Rod Davies and scrumhalf Will Genia scored two tries each as the Queensland Reds thrashed South Africa's Cheetahs 41-8 in Brisbane.
In Hamilton, McAlister added two other penalties and a conversion of Jared Payne's try, which he had set up with a grubber kick, to give the Auckland-based side the lead in the New Zealand conference of the southern hemisphere's competition.
Chiefs captain Liam Messam and prop Sona Taumalolo scored tries for the Chiefs, while flyhalf Mike Delany slotted a penalty.
"Conditions evened the game out and both teams played with a lot of passion and we were lucky to come away with the points and win that game," Blues captain Keven Mealamu said. In Brisbane, Davies touched down twice in the first half as the Reds banked a bonus point before halftime - their second four-try bonus in consecutive matches as they remain Australia's best-performing team this season.
Genia scored twice in the second half, completing a double after the fulltime siren to allow the Reds to follow up last week's record 53-3 win over the Melbourne Rebels.
The 2-meter-tall Timani stretched out one of his long arms and planted the ball in the final minute following a succession of close attacks after Brumbies prop Ben Alexander had scored his side's only try, which was converted by Matt Giteau, to level the game at 22-22 with less than five minutes remaining in Canberra.
Fullback Kurtley Beale added five penalties and converted Timani and Ryan Cross's tries to give him a personal tally of 19 points and helped the Waratahs erase the disappointment of their 3-23 loss to the lowly Cheetahs last week in Sydney.
Giteau, who had charged down Beale's clearing kick that led to Alexander's try, scored five penalties but the Brumbies still slumped to their fourth successive loss - three of which have come since coach Andy Friend was sacked.
Also, Luke McAlister slotted a 72nd-minute long-range penalty to give the Auckland Blues a tight 16-13 victory over the Waikato Chiefs at a rain-drenched Waikato Stadium in Hamilton and winger Rod Davies and scrumhalf Will Genia scored two tries each as the Queensland Reds thrashed South Africa's Cheetahs 41-8 in Brisbane.
In Hamilton, McAlister added two other penalties and a conversion of Jared Payne's try, which he had set up with a grubber kick, to give the Auckland-based side the lead in the New Zealand conference of the southern hemisphere's competition.
Chiefs captain Liam Messam and prop Sona Taumalolo scored tries for the Chiefs, while flyhalf Mike Delany slotted a penalty.
"Conditions evened the game out and both teams played with a lot of passion and we were lucky to come away with the points and win that game," Blues captain Keven Mealamu said. In Brisbane, Davies touched down twice in the first half as the Reds banked a bonus point before halftime - their second four-try bonus in consecutive matches as they remain Australia's best-performing team this season.
Genia scored twice in the second half, completing a double after the fulltime siren to allow the Reds to follow up last week's record 53-3 win over the Melbourne Rebels.
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