Super Rugby: Blues e Stormers non possono nulla, la finale è Reds-Crusaders

Due partite senza storia, o quasi. Tra una settimana a Brisbane i Reds riceveranno i Crusaders di Dan Carter, Sonny Bill Williams e Richie McCaw

REDS – BLUES 30-13
Reds: 15 Jono Lance, 14 Rod Davies, 13 Anthony Faingaa, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Radike Samo, 7 Beau Robinson, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 James Horwill (c), 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Greg Holmes, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
In panchina: 16 James Hanson, 17 Guy Shepherdson, 18 Adam Wallace-Harrison, 19 Jake Schatz, 20 Liam Gill, 21 Ian Prior, 22 Will Chambers.
Blues: 15 Jared Payne, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Benson Stanley, 12 Luke McAlister, 11 Lachie Munro, 10 Stephen Brett, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Peter Saili, 7 Luke Braid, 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Ali Williams , 4 Chris Lowrey, 3 John Afoa, 2 Keven Mealamu (c), 1 Charlie Faumuina.
In panchina: 16 Tom McCartney, 17 Tevita Mailau , 18 James King, 19 Daniel Braid, 20 Chris Smylie, 21 Rene Ranger, 22 Sherwin Stowers.
Arbitro: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Marcatori: 11′ m. Davies tr. Cooper, 29′ m. Tapuai, 37′ cp. Cooper, 40′ m. Lowrey tr. Brett, 45′ cp. McAlister, 47′ m. Davies, 52′ cp. McAlister, 56′ m. Davies tr Cooper, 74′ dr. Cooper

Stormers – Crusaders 10-29
Stormers: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Nick Koster, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (c), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Rynhardt Elstadt, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Wicus Blaauw
In panchina: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Anton van Zyl, 19 Schalk Brits, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Johann Sadie.
Crusaders: 15 Tom Marshall, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Robbie Fruean, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 George Whitelock, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
In panchina: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Luke Romano, 19 Matt Todd, 20 Kahn Fotuali’i, 21 Matt Berquist, 22 Ryan Crotty.
Arbitro: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Marcatori: 6′ cp. Grant, 13′ cp. Carter, 15′ m. Maitland tr. Carter, 19′ cp. Carter, 24′ cp. Carter, 33′ m. Fruean tr. Carter, 38′ m. Habana tr. Grant, 42′ cp. Carter, 64′ cp. Carter