{"id":8769,"date":"2012-03-10T15:02:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T13:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/rugby-highlanders-hold-on-to-edge-waratahs-for-third-win\/"},"modified":"2012-03-10T15:02:12","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T13:02:12","slug":"rugby-highlanders-hold-on-to-edge-waratahs-for-third-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-highlanders-hold-on-to-edge-waratahs-for-third-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Highlanders hold on to edge Waratahs for third win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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March 10<\/span> (Reuters) – The Otago Highlanders edged the New
\nSouth Wales Waratahs 18-17 in an intense and bruising Super
\nRugby encounter in Dunedin on Saturday to remain the only team
\nwith a 100 percent record in the New Zealand conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Playing their second successive match at their new enclosed
\nstadium, the Highlanders made it three wins from three this
\nseason with a typically physical performance and tries either
\nside of halftime from scrumhalf Aaron Smith and John Hardie.<\/p>\n

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The Waratahs led for much of the game, largely through
\nDaniel Halangahu’s kicking, and could have nicked a victory at
\nthe end but their last possession ended with a turnover and the
\nHighlanders were able to scramble the ball messily into touch.<\/p>\n

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“Our ball security let us down today but we snuck away for a
\nwin and it was bloody great,” said Highlanders skipper Jamie
\nMackintosh.<\/p>\n

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Halangahu’s first two penalties gave the visitors the early
\nlead against the run of play but in the 16th minute Highlanders
\nscrumhalf Smith started a move with a tap penalty and finished
\nit with a try under the posts after a rampaging run from flyhalf
\nLima Sopoaga.<\/p>\n

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The Highlanders failed to pull away, however, and
\nHalangahu’s third penalty gave them a 9-5 lead which Colin
\nSlade, who had moved to flyhalf when Sopoaga went off injured,
\nreduced to 9-8 at the half with his first three-pointer.<\/p>\n

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

Flanker Pat McCutcheon scored the Waratahs’ only try soon
\nafter halftime when he charged down a Slade kick but he
\nsustained a serious ankle injury in Buxton Popoali’i’s
\ndespairing tackle and his evening was over.<\/p>\n

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

After McCutcheon was taken off the pitch on a stretcher, the
\nHighlanders went straight back on the attack and the pressure
\nfinally told in the 48th minute when flanker Hardie strolled
\nover in the corner.<\/p>\n

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All Black Slade converted a difficult kick from the
\ntouchline to add the extra points and the Highlanders were in
\nfront for the first time in the game at 15-14.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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March 10 (Reuters) – The Otago Highlanders edged the New South Wales Waratahs 18-17 in an intense and bruising Super Rugby encounter in Dunedin on Saturday to remain the only team with a 100 percent record in the New Zealand conference. Playing their second successive match at their new enclosed stadium, the Highlanders made it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-8769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}