Smith to captain Highlanders in opening round
The Highlanders have named their first team of the DHL Super Rugby Pacific season. They will be playing the Chiefs on Saturday at 4:35pm in Queenstown.
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The Highlanders have named their first team of the DHL Super Rugby Pacific season. They will be playing the Chiefs on Saturday at 4:35pm in Queenstown.
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“If you look at tonight's game that's what sad about rugby at the minute,” he said. “We had 60 per cent possession, 60 per cent territory... we only concede eight penalties and they're conceding 19 penalties and numerous penalty advantages against them and then two yellow cards and they still win. Joe Allison/Getty Images “That's the sad thing about footy.” The Crusaders also conceded four yellow cards in last weekend's Game of Three Halves hitout against the Blues and Chiefs, but Robertson denied they were “cynical” on Friday. “We defended really well and then someone wo...
No established All Blacks were involved during either of the three games, but the Hurricanes did have the services of Peter Umaga-Jensen and Du’Plessis Kirifi, who were part of the Rugby Championship squad. Each team rotated their squad heavily throughout their two 40 minute matches, with numerous uncontracted players getting the experience at a higher level, including Samipeni Finau who bagged one of the Chiefs’ three tries against the Hurricanes. Mark Tantrum/Getty Images Chiefs winger Shaun Stevenson dives over the tryline to score against the Blues. Although the Chiefs won both of ...