Rebels pull off huge Hurricanes rally
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March 26, 2011, Saturday
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THE Melbourne Rebels continued to prove they were the ultimate Super rugby enigma, coming from 0-17 down inside the first 20 minutes to beat the Wellington Hurricanes 42-25 in Melbourne yesterday.
The Rebels, who were thrashed 3-53 by the Queensland Reds in Brisbane last week, outscored the visiting Hurricanes 42-3 in 55 minutes through six tries and 12 points from the boot of flyhalf Danny Cipriani.
It was their second victory of the season, both have been achieved at home, and the embarrassing result for the All Blacks-laden Hurricanes could have been much worse had Cipriani not missed a further 12 points from shots at goal.
The Hurricanes had looked to have the match sewn up in the first 20 minutes of the game romping out to a 17-0 lead courtesy of tries to scrumhalf Chris Eaton, rampaging No. 8 Victor Vito and flyhalf Daniel Kirkpatrick.
All three came courtesy of quick turnover ball and woeful defending by the Rebels, who missed 15 tackles in the first 20 minutes.
The Rebels, however, fuelled by a boisterous crowd at the newly constructed stadium in the inner city suburb of Richmond which fans have now nicknamed 'The Stockade', finally appeared to wake up.
Each of their three first-half tries were to their pack, loosehead prop Rodney Blake, lock Alister Campbell and openside flanker Michael Lipman all scoring after a series of driving plays.
Cipriani, who had missed two successive kicks at goal following his conversion of Blake's try then slotted a long-range penalty to level the score at 20-20 at the break.
The Rebels continued their momentum when play resumed with Cipriani kicking an early penalty before Campbell scored his second try of the match, which was converted by the Englishman.
The Rebels, who were thrashed 3-53 by the Queensland Reds in Brisbane last week, outscored the visiting Hurricanes 42-3 in 55 minutes through six tries and 12 points from the boot of flyhalf Danny Cipriani.
It was their second victory of the season, both have been achieved at home, and the embarrassing result for the All Blacks-laden Hurricanes could have been much worse had Cipriani not missed a further 12 points from shots at goal.
The Hurricanes had looked to have the match sewn up in the first 20 minutes of the game romping out to a 17-0 lead courtesy of tries to scrumhalf Chris Eaton, rampaging No. 8 Victor Vito and flyhalf Daniel Kirkpatrick.
All three came courtesy of quick turnover ball and woeful defending by the Rebels, who missed 15 tackles in the first 20 minutes.
The Rebels, however, fuelled by a boisterous crowd at the newly constructed stadium in the inner city suburb of Richmond which fans have now nicknamed 'The Stockade', finally appeared to wake up.
Each of their three first-half tries were to their pack, loosehead prop Rodney Blake, lock Alister Campbell and openside flanker Michael Lipman all scoring after a series of driving plays.
Cipriani, who had missed two successive kicks at goal following his conversion of Blake's try then slotted a long-range penalty to level the score at 20-20 at the break.
The Rebels continued their momentum when play resumed with Cipriani kicking an early penalty before Campbell scored his second try of the match, which was converted by the Englishman.
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