{"id":30568,"date":"2017-03-25T23:40:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T10:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/?p=30568"},"modified":"2017-03-25T23:40:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T10:40:15","slug":"result-brumbies-13-vs-18-highlanders-25032017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/uncategorized\/2017\/03\/result-brumbies-13-vs-18-highlanders-25032017\/","title":{"rendered":"Result: Brumbies 13 vs 18 Highlanders &#8211; 25\/03\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedefinedRugby\">Follow @RedefinedRugby<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"604\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col span=\"3\" width=\"64\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\" height=\"20\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26864\" src=\"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/cat_brum16b.jpg?resize=171%2C263\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"263\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"64\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30082\" src=\"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/sp20161.jpg?resize=275%2C252\" alt=\"sp2016\" width=\"275\" height=\"252\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"64\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26852\" src=\"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/cat_high16away.jpg?resize=171%2C262\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"262\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>The Highlanders came from 10-0 down to battle past the Brumbies 18-13 in their Super Rugby meeting in Canberra on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t pretty or entertaining as a contest but for what is only their second victory of the season, the Highlanders won&#8217;t care about that as they make it three successive triumphs against the Brumbies over recent seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The Highlanders scored two tries as\u00a0Patelesio Tomkinson and\u00a0Aki Seiuli dived over, with Marty Banks kicking eight points for his side.<\/p>\n<p>In reply the Brumbies could only muster one try, through Chris Alcock, as they get a losing bonus-point and remain Australia&#8217;s top seed.<\/p>\n<p>It was a low-scoring first-half in Canberra as the Brumbies looked to grind down their opponents, who have been out of sorts this season.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the match the Highlanders had won just one of their four games while the Brumbies were two from four, with both not yet firing.<\/p>\n<p>It showed in the early sparring as neither seriously troubled their opposition&#8217;s whitewash, with only a Hawera penalty on the board after 26 minutes of action. Those three points came in the 15th minute after an offside at a ruck, he made no mistake from 40 metres out.<\/p>\n<p>Things were to get a whole lot better for the home team in the 27th minute when a clever line-out move saw Alcock dummy to attack open before turning to the blindside of the set-piece, fending and showing good pace to cross. That made it 10-0 to the Brumbies after the conversion.<\/p>\n<p>The Highlanders, missing several players due to injury, desperately needed something before half-time and fortunately for them they scored a try in the 39th minute following a sustained period of pressure in the red zone. The try came from first-phase ball off a scrum, with slick passing from Aaron Smith and Richard Buckman seeing wing Tomkinson go over on the right. Fletcher Smith was unable to add the extras.<\/p>\n<p>After the break the contest continued in its knock-out feel as only a penalty apiece from Hawera and Highlanders replacement pivot Banks \u2013 both for offside \u2013 troubled the scorers until the 63rd minute. At 13-8 it remained anyone&#8217;s game as both coaches opted for fresh legs.<\/p>\n<p>Crucially the Highlanders got the next points and in truth it was gift-wrapped for Banks from the tee as Lolo Fakaosilea&#8217;s late hit on scrum-half Smith was right in front of referee Marius van der Westhuizen. That made it a two-point ball game with just over 16 minutes to play.<\/p>\n<p>Territory was obviously going to be key at this stage so when replacement prop Siosuia Halanukonuka failed to roll away at the ruck, the Brumbies duly set up camp in the Highlanders 22, launching their now infamous driving maul. Unfortunately for them it did not bear fruit.<\/p>\n<p>It came back to haunt them as after Joe Wheeler was held up over the try-line, prop Seiuli then barged over soon after to nudge his side in front, with Banks adding the extras to make it an 18-13 advantage to the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>And despite the Brumbies pressing in the closing stages, that was the final scoreline as the HIghlanders managed to hold for a priceless win they&#8217;ll hope kick-starts their season after what has been a disappointing start.<\/p>\n<p><b>The scorers:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>BRUMBIES &#8211; 13<\/strong><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\n<strong>Tries<\/strong>: Chris Alcock (<strong>25<\/strong>)<br \/>\n<strong>Penalties<\/strong>: Wharenui Hawera (<strong>15,45<\/strong>)<br \/>\n<strong>Cons<\/strong>: Wharenui Hawera (<strong>27<\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p><strong>HIGHLANDERS &#8211; 18<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tries<\/strong>: Sio Tomkinson (<strong>37<\/strong>), Aki Seiuli (<strong>73<\/strong>)<br \/>\n<strong>Penalties<\/strong>: Marty Banks (<strong>50,64<\/strong>)<br \/>\n<strong>Cons<\/strong>: Marty Banks (<strong>74<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>The teams:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Brumbies:<\/b> 15 Aidan Toua, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Kyle Godwin, 11 James Dargaville, 10 Wharenui Hawera, 9 Joe Powell, 8 Jordan Smiler, 7 Chris Alcock, 6 Scott Fardy, 5 Sam Carter, 4 Blake Enever, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2 Robbie Abel, 1 Nic Mayhew<br \/>\n<b>Replacements:<\/b> 16 Saia Faingaa, 17 Scott Sio, 18 Ben Alexander, 19 Rory Arnold, 20 Tom Staniforth, 21 Lolo Fakaosilea, 22 De Wet Roos, 23 Jordan Jackson-Hope<\/p>\n<p><b>Highlanders:<\/b> 15 Ben Smith (c), 14 Patelesio Tomkinson, 13 Malakai Fekitoa, 12 Richard Buckman, 11 Patrick Osborne, 10 Fletcher Smith, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Luke Whitelock, 7 Dillon Hunt, 6 Elliot Dixon, 5 Tom Franklin, 4 Alex Ainley, 3 Siate Tokolahi, 2 Liam Coltman, 1 Daniel Lienert-Brown<br \/>\n<b>Replacements:<\/b> 16 Greg Pleasants-Tate, 17 Aki Seiuli, 18 Siosuia Halanukonuka, 19 Joe Wheeler, 20 Gareth Evans, 21 Kayne Hammington, 22 Marty Banks, 23 Matt Faddes<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b> Saturday, March 25<br \/>\n<b>Venue:<\/b> GIO Stadium, Canberra<br \/>\n<b>Kick-off:<\/b> 19:45 local (08:45 GMT)<br \/>\n<b>Referee:<\/b> Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)<br \/>\n<b>Assistant Referees:<\/b> Angus Gardner (Australia), James Leckie (Australia)<br \/>\n<b>TMO:<\/b> Ian Smith (Australia)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RugbyRedefined\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/fb_follow.jpg?resize=196%2C117&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"fb_follow\" width=\"196\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17721 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/rhladrr.jpg?resize=385%2C88&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"rhladrr\" width=\"385\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow @RedefinedRugby The Highlanders came from 10-0 down to battle past the Brumbies 18-13 in their Super Rugby meeting in Canberra on Saturday. It wasn&#8217;t pretty or entertaining as a contest but for what is only their second victory of the season, the Highlanders won&#8217;t care about that as they make it three successive triumphs&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/highlanders_celebrate_against_brumbies1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9yf19-7X2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39107,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/super-rugby\/2020\/02\/super-rugby-2020-preview-brumbies-v-highlanders-15-2-20\/","url_meta":{"origin":30568,"position":0},"title":"Super Rugby 2020: Preview \u2013 Brumbies v Highlanders {15\/2\/20}","author":"rr_admin","date":"February 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Brumbies v Highlanders Saturday 14 February, 9.15pm NZT at GIO Stadium, Canberra Referee: Nic Berry Played: 23 Won: Brumbies 12, Highlanders 11 Last match: Brumbies 17, Highlanders 43 (14 April 2018) The Highlanders have won their last four games against the Brumbies \u2013 their longest streak against them \u2013 including\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Brumbies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Brumbies","link":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/category\/brumbies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/brum2002.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/brum2002.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/brum2002.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/brum2002.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34569,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/super-rugby\/2018\/04\/sr18-result-highlanders-43-v-17-brumbies-14-4-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":30568,"position":1},"title":"SR18 Result: Highlanders 43 v 17 Brumbies {14\/4\/18}","author":"rr_admin","date":"April 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Follow @RedefinedRugby The Highlanders retained their unbeaten home record when they claimed a 43-17 bonus-point victory over the Brumbies in Dunedin on Saturday. 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