Crusaders38 - 24
Full Time
Force
 
Team
1. Ben Franks
2. Corey Flynn
3. Owen Franks
4. Luke Romano
5. Tom Donnelly
6. George Whitelock
7. Matt Todd
8. Richie McCaw
9. Andy Ellis
10. Dan Carter
11. Zac Guildford
12. Ryan Crotty
13. Adam Whitelock
14. Sean Maitland
15. Israel Dagg

Replacements
16. Quentin MacDonald
17. Wyatt Crockett
18. Sam Whitelock
19. Luke Whitelock
20. Willi Heinz
21. Tom Taylor
22. Robert Fruean
Blow by Blow
80The final whistle goes.
78Conversion - Godwin takes over the kicking, and slots the conversion.
77Try - The Force tap a penalty, but the ball is held up over the line. From the scrum the ball goes right and Homes is over for try no. 3.
74Yellow Card - Whitelcok is given his marching orders after repeated infringements on defence by the Saders.
67Freuan breaks the line, setting up a certain try, but Guildford's final pass to Romano is judged to be forward.
64Penalty - Taylor stops the rot by scoring some points for the Crusaders.
61Conversion - Sheehan adds the extra two.
60Try - The Force all of a sudden find themselves with a wealth of possession, and boy, are they making the best of it. Again the ball is worked into the 22. A quick recycle and Mafi crashes over. How costly are those earlier tmo decisions now?
54Conversion - Sheehan takes over the kicking and he slots the conversion.
53Try - The Force tap a penalty after the Saders go offside. Godwin steps inside his marker and scores his first try at this level.
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Match Stats
4Tries3
3Conversions3
4Penalties1
0/0Drop Goals0/0
Kicking Stats
7/8Total4/4
3/4Conversions3/3
4/4Penalties1/1
Cards
1Yellow0
0Red0

Team
1. Tetera Faulkner
2. Nathan Charles
3. Salesi Manu
4. Toby Lynn
5. Nathan Sharpe
6. Angus Cottrell
7. Richard Brown
8. Locky McCaffrey
9. Brett Sheehan
10. Ben Seymour
11. Napolioni Nalaga
12. Rory Sidey
13. Patrick Dellit
14. Nick Cummins
15. Alifeleti (Alfi) Mafi

Replacements
16. Ben Whittaker
17. Ruan-Henry Smith
18. Pekahou Cowan
19. Oliver Atkins
20. Josh Holmes
21. Kyle Godwin
22. Will Tupou