{"id":10123,"date":"2012-04-20T16:21:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T14:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/rugby-grant-takes-stormers-top-as-reds-injury-concerns-grow\/"},"modified":"2012-04-20T16:21:41","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T14:21:41","slug":"rugby-grant-takes-stormers-top-as-reds-injury-concerns-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-grant-takes-stormers-top-as-reds-injury-concerns-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Grant takes Stormers top as Reds injury concerns grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">April 20<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; The Stormers went top of the Super<br \/>\nRugby standings on Friday after an impressive performance by<br \/>\nflyhalf Peter Grant led them to a 23-13 victory over the<br \/>\ndefending champions Queensland Reds in Brisbane.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Reds enjoyed plenty of ball at Suncorp Stadium but were<br \/>\nsmothered by a stiff Stormers defence who rebounded from last<br \/>\nweek&#8217;s loss to the Crusaders to make it seven wins from eight<br \/>\ngames this year.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The two-try win moved them ahead of the Waikato Chiefs, who<br \/>\ncan return to the summit when they play away to the Sharks on<br \/>\nSaturday. Queensland are second in the Australian Conference<br \/>\nafter their fourth defeat in eight matches.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, I&#8217;m very happy with the performance after last week<br \/>\nwe came back with a good win,&#8221; Stormers captain Duane Vermeulen<br \/>\nsaid in a pitchside interview.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wanted to take them on physically and another thing we<br \/>\nreally wanted to do was counter-attack a little bit more and I<br \/>\nthink we pulled it off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Reds&#8217; gameplan was not helped by early injuries to their<br \/>\nbackline.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Flyhalf Sam Lane was helped from the field in the fifth<br \/>\nminute after what appeared to be a serious knee injury with<br \/>\ncentre Ben Tapuai following a little lter.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Reds have been without first-choice flyhalf Quade Cooper<br \/>\nall season after he injured his knee playing for Australia at<br \/>\nthe World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We lost our 10 in the first two minutes and our 13 five<br \/>\nminutes later so we just don&#8217;t seem to be able to play with the<br \/>\nbackline we train with,&#8221; Reds coach Ewan McKenzie bemoaned.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 20 (Reuters) &#8211; The Stormers went top of the Super Rugby standings on Friday after an impressive performance by flyhalf Peter Grant led them to a 23-13 victory over the defending champions Queensland Reds in Brisbane. 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