{"id":10579,"date":"2012-05-06T12:52:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T10:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/05\/rugby-taylor-kicks-crusaders-to-tight-win-over-reds\/"},"modified":"2012-05-06T12:52:18","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T10:52:18","slug":"rugby-taylor-kicks-crusaders-to-tight-win-over-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-taylor-kicks-crusaders-to-tight-win-over-reds\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Taylor kicks Crusaders to tight win over Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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May 6 (Reuters) – Canterbury Crusaders flyhalf Tom Taylor
\nslotted five penalties, two in the final six minutes, to give
\nthe seven-times Super Rugby champions a 15-11 victory over the
\nQueensland Reds in Christchurch on Sunday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Taylor’s fifth penalty, with three minutes remaining, came
\nafter an error by replacement winger Rod Davis, who got isolated
\ninside his own 22-metres area and held onto the ball too long.<\/p>\n

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“We are happy to scrape away with the win,” Crusaders
\ncaptain Kieran Read said in a televised interview. “The
\nperformance wasn’t there but I guess it’s character for the boys
\nand they hung in there.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The Reds had won the last three matches against the
\nCrusaders, and Sunday’s game was played with the same intensity
\nas last year’s final, which the Reds won 18-13.<\/p>\n

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Much of the match was played between the 22-metres areas,
\nand while the home side looked the most dangerous the Reds’
\ndefence snuffed out many of their attacking movement.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The Crusaders also dropped too many passes and were heavily
\npenalised at the breakdown as the Reds got men over the ball.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Queensland hooker James Hanson scored the only try, created
\nafter pressure on Crusaders scrumhalf Andy Ellis forced a
\nturnover in the first minute, while Taylor slotted two penalties
\nfor the home side to give them a 6-5 lead at the break.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Queensland utility back Mike Harris gave his side the lead
\nagain early in the second half when he kicked his first penalty
\nthough Taylor responded with his third to give them a 9-8 lead.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Harris slotted his second penalty after replacement prop
\nWyatt Crockett was sinbinned for a shoulder charge on Will
\nGenia, before Taylor slotted his final two penalties to give the
\nCrusaders the win.<\/p>\n

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“We did some really silly things and that’s what hurt us …
\nand we gave the Crusaders too much ball and let them off the
\nhook a bit,” Reds captain James Horwill said.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“There were a couple of crucial times there where things
\ndidn’t go right for us and that let us down.”
\n (Reporting by Greg Stutchbury in Wellington; Editing by Peter
\nRutherford)<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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