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2015 Super Rugby Grand Final: Hurricanes vs Highlanders
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<blockquote data-quote="Every Time Ref" data-source="post: 731779" data-attributes="member: 71826"><p>What a superb game. Highlanders definitely deserved it on the night, apart from a period of late match nerves in the last quarter they were always in control of the game, played at a fantastic pace with better accuracy than the Canes and defended excellently. Their line speed early on was really good, I thought with the pace of the game there'd be holes late on but they were solid throughout.</p><p></p><p>The half backs stood out for me as an area of difference. This was the only SR game I watched this season so couldn't comment on domestic form generally, but I've never really rated Barrett as a 10 and he didn't do much to change my mind tonight. Sopoaga looked like a very good player, although he noticeably went a bit shaky under the pressure of holding out in the last 15 and I'd like to see what his kicking game's like because there was literally no kicking in that match! Smith also outplayed Perenara by some distance, without even being outstanding himself. Perenara made several mistakes, dithered with the ball at the base a couple of times, his passing was middling and he didn't seem to really run the game. No doubt Smith is the NZ scrummie, not that we didn't know that already.</p><p></p><p>First time I've seen Milner-Scudder, and although he didn't do much, there were glimpses to make me understand what the hype is about. His footwork, hips and balance look pretty special.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Every Time Ref, post: 731779, member: 71826"] What a superb game. Highlanders definitely deserved it on the night, apart from a period of late match nerves in the last quarter they were always in control of the game, played at a fantastic pace with better accuracy than the Canes and defended excellently. Their line speed early on was really good, I thought with the pace of the game there'd be holes late on but they were solid throughout. The half backs stood out for me as an area of difference. This was the only SR game I watched this season so couldn't comment on domestic form generally, but I've never really rated Barrett as a 10 and he didn't do much to change my mind tonight. Sopoaga looked like a very good player, although he noticeably went a bit shaky under the pressure of holding out in the last 15 and I'd like to see what his kicking game's like because there was literally no kicking in that match! Smith also outplayed Perenara by some distance, without even being outstanding himself. Perenara made several mistakes, dithered with the ball at the base a couple of times, his passing was middling and he didn't seem to really run the game. No doubt Smith is the NZ scrummie, not that we didn't know that already. First time I've seen Milner-Scudder, and although he didn't do much, there were glimpses to make me understand what the hype is about. His footwork, hips and balance look pretty special. [/QUOTE]
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