Crusaders beat Reds to reach semifinals
- Dave Worsley
- 15 hours ago
- 1 min read
The Crusaders have claimed a 32-12 win over the Reds in the cold in Christchurch scoring five tries to two.
It was the 30th home playoffs victory for the Crusaders as they looked the better side from prop Tamaiti Williams scored the second try of the match following his captain Scott Barrett scorring after 16 minutes.
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Later fullback Will Jordan gave chase to a kick through which almost ended in a try and rattled the Reds defenders.
At hafltime the home side led 12-0 and scored through a sensational Noah Hotham try where he burst through close tacklers, chipped ahead and somehow out-ran the defenders to score.
Rivez Reihana also added a try as did Kyle Preston just prior to the final whistle.
For the Reds there was a token try to hookr Josh Nasser in the 70th minute and then loose forward Fraser McReight three mintues bedore the end of the game.
Crusaders 32 (Scott Barrett, Tamaiti Williams; Noah Hotham, Rivez Reihana, Kyle Preston tries; Reihana 2 con, pen Reds 12 (Josh Nasser, Fraser McReight tries; Filipo Daugunu con ). HT: 12-0.
Yellow card: Ethan Blackadder (Crusaders, 68min)..