In a highly entertaining game of attacking rugby at its best, the Hurricanes scored a record 45-27 (half-time 35-13) win over the Blues at the Westpac Stadium on Friday. The ‘Canes scored six tries to four and carried on from where they left off last week when they scored eight tries against the Brumbies. They retain their top of the table status with the bonus point win.

The Crusaders kept their play-off hopes alive with a 32-20 bonus point win over the Lions at Coca Cola Park on Friday. The Lions got off to a flyer with ball in hand but could just not add the finishing touches and subsequently failed to put some points on the board.

Australian side New South Wales Waratahs climbed four places to fourth on the Super 14 table after a 18-10 win over the Cheetahs Friday. The bottom-of-the-table Cheetahs started and finished well while squandering try-scoring chances, but the rest of a match in this chilly central city was dominated by the visitors.
Waratahs dominance was particularly noticeable in the scrums where loose head Benn Robinson gave opponent Kobus Caldo a torrid time until the Cheetah was replaced late in the second half.
Wallaby Phil Waugh stood out in the loose exchanges on his record 108th appearance for the Sydney-based team, winning numerous turnovers before a sparse Absa Stadium crowd.

The Brumbies recorded a record 52-13 bonus point win against a sorry Reds outfit at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday. The men from Canberra, who made the trip to Brisbane, outclassed their countrymen by seven tries to two. What’s more, the full house of five log points moved them from ninth to fifth, keeping them in the semi-final hunt.

The Sharks managed to beat the Highlanders 23-15 but failed to secure the all-important bonus point at the Absa Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Sharks started the match like men on a mission and after 10 minutes of utter domination, Rory Kockott opened the scoring with a penalty.

The Bulls deservedly won their Super 14 match against the Western Force 32-29 at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday despite scoring only three tries to the visitors’ four – and, the fact that they remained tryless for the last 39 minutes could cost them a first place on the log and a possible home final.
Although they didn’t get the bonus point try, the win was enough to keep the Bulls in second place on the log. However, with only two matches remaining, they will have their work cut out to overtake the log leading Hurricanes who are two log points ahead of them.

The Chiefs strengthened their 2009 Super 14 play-off claims considerably when they defeated the Stormers 28-14 in a Super 14 clash at the Newlands Rugby Stadium on Saturday evening.
Although the final scoreline 28-14 suggested that the New Zealanders were twice as good as the Stormers, the visiting side had to work hard for their bonus-point win, which materialised only  two minutes from the end, when they notched their fourth try.

Source: sarugby.com

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