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SPORT sundayterritorian.com.au SCORES Hurricanes victory over Kings certainly no breeze HURRICANES 46 (Alapati Leiua, Ben May, TJ Perenara, Brad Shields, THE Hurricanes secured Prop Ben May kick-started Sykes pounced to score in the Catrakilis keeping the Kings offload to punish the Hurri- Conrad Smith, Jeremy Thrush tries Beauden Barrett 5 cons 2 pens) d maximum points with a the match after just three 17th minute after some in touch, the Hurricanes canes’ sluggish start. SOUTHERN KINGS 30 (Ronald flattering six-try 46-30 Super minutes, crashing over from sloppy defensive work. needed tries from livewire But flanker Brad Shields’ Cooke, Johannes Franklin, Steven Rugby win over South 10m out as the Hurricanes With their lead reduced to halfback TJ Perenara, who 65th minute try — his first in Sykes tries Demetri Catrakilis 2, Africa’s Southern Kings in shifted the ball wide from an only three, the Hurricanes darted over after 30 minutes, Super Rugby — galvanised George Whitehead cons Catrakilis 3 pens) at Westpac Stadium. Referee: Wellington yesterday. attacking lineout. responded almost immedi- and lock Jeremy Thrush the disjointed Hurricanes Nick Briant. Crowd: 15,103. The Hurricanes set up the With the home team scrum ately when captain Conrad right on half-time to go into and the result was put be- win with an up-tempo first in impressive form, and five- Smith materialised out wide the break 29-16 ahead. yond doubt when winger Ala- CHIEFS 23 (Richard Kahui, Ben Tameifuna tries Gareth Anscombe 2 half, running in four tries eighth Beauden Barrett’s to latch on to Tim Bateman’s The Kings lifted in the pati Leiua snaffled his second cons 3 pens) d BLUES 16 (George through a combination of kicking game working well, floating pass to restore the second spell, centre Ronnie intercept try of the season af- Moala try Baden Kerr con Chris punishing work from the the Hurricanes looked in con- 10-point margin. Cooke latching on to fullback ter his match-winning effort Noakes 3 pens) at Baypark Stadium. tight five and slick backs. trol until Kings lock Steven With the boot of Demetri George Whitehead’s sweet against the Crusaders. Referee: Jonathan Kaplan. BRUMBIES 23 (Robbie Coleman try Christian Lealiifano 6 pens) d BULLS 20 (JJ Engelbrecht, Jurgen Visser tries Morne Steyn 2 cons 2 pens) at Canberra Stadium. Referee: Jonathan Last-gasp Brumbies White. Crowd: 13,735. RUGBY UNION Chiefs in AN AFTER-the-siren 45m penalty goal to inside centre Blues Christian Lealiifano gave the Brumbies a dramatic 23-20 PUB: Super Rugby win over the heaven Bulls in Canberra last night. The Bulls locked the scores AN impenetrable defence, up with one minute to go coupled with some electrify- NT NEWS when outside centre Johan- ing back play, gave the nes Engelbrecht scored in the Chiefs their fifth Super corner from a turnover and Rugby win of the season Morne Steyn converted. with a well-deserved 23-16 The South Africans pushed victory over the Blues in for the win after the hooter Hamilton yesterday. and were penalised directly Ahead 9-6 at half-time, the DATE: in front of their own posts. Chiefs turned around a Lealiifano, only missing tryless first 40 minutes to one shot at goal in six at- run in two hard-earned tempts all night, nailed it in second-half tries to Ben 31-MAR-2013 front of 13,735 fans. Tameifuna and Richard Ka- The Bulls finished strong, hui in a bruising encounter working back an 11-point at Waikato Stadium. half-time deficit, but once Despite the lack of tries, again fell just short of snatch- there was no lack of inten- ing a last-minute result. sity or action in the opening The Brumbies scrum domi- 40 minutes. nated the Bulls, culminating The Chiefs were reduced in a yellow card to loosehead to 14 men 10 minutes after PAGE: prop Morne Mellet in the 65th kick-off after centre Bundee minute for repeated scrum Aki was yellow-carded for a infringements. careless tackle on Blues With the Bulls scrum one opposite Rene Ranger. 56 man down, Lealiifano kicked The Aucklanders couldn’t his fifth penalty goal of the capitalise, but the Chiefs COLOR: night after another scrum in- came close when fullback fringement. Gareth Anscombe’s touch- Both sides began the match down was disallowed after playing a very conservative Chiefs lock Michael Fitz- style of rugby, choosing to gerald was ruled offside in minimise the risk of being forcing the turnover at an C penalised in their own half by earlier breakdown. kicking it immediately rath- Replacement prop Tamei- M er than running. funa, on for an injured Ben A 9-3 lead to the Brumbies Afeaki late in the first half, Y late in the first half gave them finally broke the tryless K the confidence to run the ball deadlock six minutes into more, retaining possession the second spell, crashing for over a dozen phases be- over from close range to fore fullback Robbie Coleman give the Chiefs a 16-6 lead. scrambled over the tryline af- Kahui continued his re- ter the half-time siren. turn from injury and was re- The Bulls declined a pen- warded with a try in the alty shot after half-time and 63rd minute after charging after several phases winger down Francis Saili’s clear- Lionel Mapoe crashed over ing kick inside his own 22. the line, only to lose the ball Starved of possession for in a tackle by Brumbies much of the second half, the winger Henry Speight. Blues finally breached the However, fellow winger Pe- unrelenting Chiefs defence trus Visser made amends in for their only try of the the 49th minute when he fin- match when winger George ished off a well-worked pass- Moala dotted down after age of play from the Bulls. Ben Alexander, Christian Lealiifano and Scott Sio celebrate after the Brumbies’ victory Picture: KYM SMITH 78 minutes. Champions dumped as girls turn up Bells’ heat SURFING bons were both bundled out women’s surfing’s most com- Gilmore showed immense 9.1 in a quality last ride, she Defending Bells champion in the quarter-finals yester- petitive era. courage to surf with a broken required a 9.14. Fitzgibbons also surfed well, IT SAID everything about an day — a day when Gilmore’s Wright beat Gilmore in an foot during her first quarter- It was that kind of day. but had her pocket picked extraordinary day of wom- perfect 10 wasn’t enough to epic quarter-final by just 0.04 final exit at Bells and scored a ‘‘Right now women’s surf- twice on the last wave by en’s surfing that neither a win a heat and scores were at points, then eventually made 10 in a losing third-round heat ing’s off the charts,’’ Wright Peterson in both the third five-time world champion nor an all-time high in perfect the women’s final set for and multiple nine-point-plus said. ‘‘This is what it’s all round and their quarter-final. the defending Rip Curl Pro conditions. today — her 19th birthday. rides on the day. about. Close heats — all the With Fitzgibbons leading titleholder was able to Instead it was another She will take on Hawaiian Yet it still wasn’t enough to girls are ripping. their quarter-final, just as she survive to make the final at Australian — northern NSW Carissa Moore in the final overcome Wright in a grip- ‘‘You don’t have an easy had done earlier yesterday, Bells Beach. teenager Tyler Wright — who after Moore defeated Ameri- ping quarter-final. heat. Every heat today, every- Peterson grabbed the re- Australian hopes Stephanie continued her rise to the can Lakey Peterson in the Despite three-time Bells one was over 16 points (for quired 7.14 to beat the NSW Gilmore and Sally Fitzgib- pointy end of what is surely other semi. champion Gilmore scoring a their two best rides).’’ surfer on the siren. 56 Sunday Territorian. Sunday, March 31, 2013. www.sundayterritorian.com.au.