Force vs Crusaders

Despite a slow start to the game, the Crusaders eventually hit full stride and cantered to a 15-53 win over the Force at HBF Park in Super Rugby on ...

The conversion kick was good. Mo'unga knocked over the conversion as the Crusaders began to move out of sight. Another missed conversion left the score at 18-8 to the Crusaders at halftime.

Richie Mo'unga returned to No 10 as Leicester Fainga'anuku and Will Jordan bagged hat-tricks in big win in Perth.

Leicester Fainga'anuku and Will Jordan have both scored hat-tricks to power the Crusaders to a 53-15 bonus-point win over the Western Force in Perth.

But the Crusaders ran in the next five tries - including three to Jordan - to seal the easy win. But the rest of the half belonged to the Crusaders, with Fainga'anuku shining the brightest. "They're a classy outfit.

Leicester Faingaanuku and Will Jordan scored hat-tricks as Crusaders trounced Western Force 53-15 in the latest round of the Super Rugby Pacific at HBF ...

A perfectly weighed kick from Kyle Godwin allowed Strachan to dot down for the hosts in the 16th minute but Faingaanuku touched down in the corner while he was being pushed into touch by Godwin making it 8-13. "They're a classy outfit. Jake Strachan started the proceedings for Western Force with a sixth minute penalty goal but Faingaanuku dived from close range in the 12th minute for the opening try.

Force captain Kyle Godwin admitted his team "rested on their laurels" before being blown off the park by a hungry Crusaders outfit in Perth on Saturday ...

But we rested on our laurels there and got punched in the second half. "We weren't too bad in the first half. As will his side's goal line defence in the second half, and the performance of debutant hooker George Bell, who played the second half and scored the team's final try of the night on the final hooter.

Demonstrating superior finishing ability, New Zealand sides reclaimed the scoreboard initiative in the 12th round of DHL Super Rugby Pacific over the ...

Hat-trick try heroes, fullback Will Jordan and wing Leicester Fainga'anuku ensured the Crusaders righted the wrongs of two frustrating weeks to swamp the Force 53-15 in Perth. The Force were in the hunt early, and were still a chance early in the second half. Running the ball in the best Hurricanes' fashion, the home team carried for 717 metres and made the Drua pay for poor defence by beating 41 defenders to 13 and making 11 clean breaks to one. Moving the ball across field, Perese hit the ball at speed to break the defence then put in a kick he regathered to put wing Dylan Pietsch in for a try before the TMO revealed a Moana player had put a foot in touch before the Waratahs secured the ball and the try was lost. Chiefs centre Alex Nankivell had the presence of mind to keep chasing the ball in-goal after a Brumbies hand knocked the ball back. Opening with two tries in the first quarter, the first from a bullocking charge at the line by prop Abraham Pole and the second a traditional move with centre Levi Aumua scoring under the posts. It was an emphatic performance with the Crusaders moving the ball with ease from all over the ground. Chiefs interplay in the 22m area saw halfback Cortez Ratima cross after staying in support of flanker Luke Jacobson. Three minutes into the second half centre Len Ikitau created the scoring break the Brumbies never relinquished when crossing. Something seemed to lift the Highlanders and centre Thomas Umaga-Jensen unleashed individual skill to cut through the Reds' defences to score. It was the story of a special night out for the Blues back on home turf. The immediate outcome was Reds fullback Jock Campbell taking advantage of the reduced defence to run in the opening try. The Waratahs responded with centre Izaia Perese too easily evading the home defence to score while hooker Dave Porecki got over from a classic pick-and-go situation. A stunning 20 offloads were unleashed while, in the loose, the Force conceded16 turnovers to feed the hungry Blues' machine.