Hurricanes vs Highlanders: Live Stream Date Time Schedule and Information
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| Hurricanes vs Highlanders: Live Stream Date Time Schedule and Information |
The clash between the Hurricanes and the highlanders will take place at the Westpac Stadium which is in Wellington. This Super Rugby Final of 2015 will happen on Saturday, 4th July. The kick off time for this match is 19.35 in local time and 7.35 for GMT time. When asked Steve Hansen, the coach of the All Blacks replied that "is going to be brutal" and it may affect the strength of the New Zealand's World Cup. But he also admitted that the supremacy of the Southern Hemisphere is at stake and he would not take it another way. The Hurricanes have 12 players in the squad who are All Blacks and the Highlanders have five in their squad. This is going to be match where emotions will be also be present as both the clubs have never won the title earlier. Hansen, the experienced assistant coach of Crusaders is thinking about the risk of injury for any key member of the All Blacks will be devastating for New Zealand as the World Cup will take place in September this year. He added he is excited but cautiously said that,
There is a little bit of holding your breath because you don't want any of those young men to get injured - or anyone for that matter - but not the 17.
He knows how hungry both the teams are and it is going to be a real hard and brutal match. He also said this is an opportunity which only comes once in life and there is no chance that any team will hold back their aggressions and emotions.
Both the teams had best performances in case of attacking in this regular season. The Hurricanes had the best with 62 of try-scoring where the Highlanders were behind by only one point. The defense will also take part in the game too. This will be huge concern for the Highlanders as in this season they had the lowest record for defense among top six teams who qualified. The Hurricanes had the second best performance in the season after the Brunbies. Scott McLeod, the Defense coach of the Highlanders said they have been working on strategies so that the can counter the attacks of the Hurricanes. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes are also hoping that Ardie Savea will be totally fit for the match who earlier suffered from leg injury.
Team Line Up:
Hurricanes: Reggie Goodes, Ben Franks, James Broadhurst, Callum Gibbins, TJ Perenara, Julian Savea, Conrad Smith (captain), James Marshall, Dane Coles, Jeremy Thrush, Brad Shields, Victor Vito, Beauden Barrett, Ma'a Nonu, Nehe Milner-Skudder.
Replacements: Chris Smylie, Chris Smylie, Mark Abbott, Chris Eves, Rey Lee-Lo, Blade Thomson, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Motu Matu'u.
Highlanders: Brendon Edmonds, Josh Hohneck, Mark Reddish, James Lentjes, Aaron Smith, Patrick Osborne, Malakai Fekitoa, Ben Smith, Liam Coltman, Alex Ainley, Elliot Dixon, Nasi Manu, Lima Sopoaga, Richard Buckman, Waisake Naholo.
Replacements: Marty Banks, Shane Christie, Joe Wheeler, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Fumiaki Tanaka, Gareth Evans, Ross Geldenhuys, Ash Dixon.
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