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Hurricanes new star Umaga-Jensen impresses fans after 'bullying' All Black centre Jack Goodhue
One of the heroes from the Hurricanes 34-32 shock win over the Crusaders was young midfielder Peter Umaga-Jensen, who impressed fans online with his dominant display over All Black centre Jack Goodhue.
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Tasked with coming up against the experienced Jack Goodhue and debutant Fetuli Paea, the 22-year-old Hurricane tore through the Crusaders with regularity.
Although Ngani Laumape stole the show against the Blues, it was the young outside centre who won the plaudits against the Crusaders. Punching on to the ball with dangerous line running, Umaga-Jensen made two first half clean breaks, one of which set up the Hurricanes first try to Wes Goosen.
As the see-saw contest played out, it was Umaga-Jensen again who scored a crucial try to put the Hurricanes up by two scores 31-20. Injured in the act of scoring, it was his last play of the night before going off.
It didn’t stop fans online awarding him the Man of the Match for his stunning display, which fans described as ‘bullying’ Jack Goodhue, ‘killing’ him every time he touched the ball.
Umaga-Jensen is bullying Goodhue I can’t say I saw that coming #CRUvHUR
— Ben (@BencerasaIe) July 25, 2020
Umaga-Jensen is almost killing Goodhue everytime he has the ball. MoTM for me should Canes win #CRUvHUR
— Non-Travelling Reserve (@omollodeh) July 25, 2020
Peter Umaga-Jensen loves that hard punch line into contact. One in the build up and another for the try assist for Wes Goosen. This is gonna be a cracker of a game #CRUvHUR #SuperRugbyAotearoa
— Ross Barnett (@rbarnett08) July 25, 2020
Peter Umaga-Jensen has been superb over the past two weeks for the Canes. Strong, great lines. Hard to handle #CRUvHUR
— Liam Napier (@liamnapiernz) July 25, 2020
Umaga-Jensen has Goodhpocpocn his pocket. #CRUvHUR
— Nobody (@igivethebeat) July 25, 2020
Peter Umaga-Jensen is the definition of the ? emoji #CRUvHUR
— Joshy (@_OUA_) July 25, 2020
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Umaga-Jenson has lived up to his name today. #CRUvHUR
— Jared Wright (@jaredwright17) July 25, 2020
Damn Umaga-Jensen has had a good game. What a try that was! Took 3 players over the line with him. Canes with a vital score with 20 mins to go! #CRUvHUR
— Gareth Jenkinson (@gazza_jenks) July 25, 2020
Umaga-Jensen is becoming one of those X-factor players. That power and leg drive was just bonkers. #SuperRugbyAotearoa #CRUvHUR
— F_E_A_Rise (@BGakunju) July 25, 2020
Have to say Hurricanes look like scoring whenever they’re on the attack today wow. Umaga-Jensen and Aumua have been immense #CRUvHUR
— Ben (@BencerasaIe) July 25, 2020
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One half of the Umaga-Jensen twins, Peter’s brother Thomas is in the Highlanders squad. The nephews of former All Black captain Tana Umaga, their arrival on the Super Rugby scene has been widely anticipated since starring as schoolboys.
It is safe to say Peter’s explosive display against the Crusaders has become his breakout moment in just his seventh appearance for the Hurricanes. RugbyPass writer Finn Morton graded him an 8.5/10, the highest mark by a Hurricanes player.
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The Hurricanes fourth straight win keeps their hopes of capturing the inaugural Super Rugby Aotearoa title alive, moving briefly into second place behind the Crusaders. The win ended the defending champions home undefeated streak of 36 games, the first in Christchurch under Scott Robertson.
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The Chiefs definitely didn’t win ugly. They had the superior scrum, a dominant lineout, and their defence was excellent once the Waratahs scored their two tries (thanks to some lucky refereeing calls mind you). They put pressure on the Waratahs lineout throughout the game, and the mind boggles as to why the referee did not award a yellow card or a penalty try against the Waratahs for repeated scrum infringements on their own try line before Narawa’s first try. And the Chiefs were slick with their passing and running angles on attack. It was a dominant performance all round, even with many questionable refereeing decisions.
1 Go to commentsWasnt late. Ref 2 assistants andTMO all saw it so who are you to say it was?
3 Go to commentsAre the Brumbies playing the Blues twice in a row?
3 Go to commentsBig difference from the Saders. Forwards really muscled up and laid a solid platform. Scooter brought some steel and I liked the loosie combination. Newell has been rather disappointing this season but stepped up big time - happy also to see Franks dot down. He should do that more often! Reihana had a good game and there seems to be more flair and invention with him in the saddle. McNicoll plays well from the back and is reliable plus inventive when he joins the line. Keep it up chaps!
3 Go to comments🤦♂️🤣 who cares who’s the best . All I know is the All Blacks have the star coach but have few star players now …
30 Go to commentsJe suis sûr que Farrell est impatient de jouer avec Lopez et Machenaud et d’être entraîné par Collazo… 🤭
1 Go to commentsAn on field red (aka a full red) in SRP must surely carry a bigger suspension than a red card given by the bunker as that carries a 20 minute team punishment. Had Damon Murphy abdicated his responsibility as a ref and issued both Drua players a yellow, which would have been upgraded to a 20 minute red by the bunker, that would have killed Australia and New Zealand’s push for the 20 minute red to be trialled globally from July this year.
11 Go to commentsEver so often you all post a Danny Care story that isn’t the announcement that he has finally re-signed for one more, victory tour season at Quins and I’m just like, “well you fooled me again!” My absolute favorite player ever, we need to make his final year at the Stoop (and Twickers) official already. I know he supposedly snubbed France but I won’t feel better until he signs.
1 Go to commentslate hit what late hit it wasn’t at all late and can clearly see he was committed before the tackle
3 Go to commentsChristian Lio -Willies 2 try perfomance was a standout. As was captain Scott Barrett. Up front was where the boys won it.They are a great team and players. Fantastic Crusaders , you can keep going.
3 Go to commentsI don't know how the locals feel about that? I guess if you call yourselves the Worcester Wasps that might be appease. But really we need more teams in the Premiership in my view so they are not padding it out as they are at the moment. It might curtail so many players going abroad as well
5 Go to commentsNZ 😭😭😭is certainly rivaling England for best whingers cup!😭😭😭 !!!
30 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
30 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
67 Go to commentsGood to hear he would like to play the game at the highest level, I hadn’t been to sure how much of a motivator that was before now. Sadly he’s probably chosen the rugby club to go to. Try not to worry about all the input about how you should play rugby Joey and just try to emulate what you do on the league field and have fun. You’ll limit your game too much (well not really because he’s a standard athlete like SBW and he’ll still have enough) if you’re trying to make sure you can recycle the ball back etc. On the other hard, you can totally just try and recycle by looking to offload any and everywhere if you’re going to ground 😋
1 Go to commentsThis just proves that theres always a stat and a metric to use to justify your abilities and your success. Ben did it last week by creating an imaginary competition and now you did the same to counter his argument and espouse a new yardstick for success. Why not just use the current one and lets say the Boks have won 4 world cups making them the most successful world cup team. Outside of the world cup the All Blacks are the most successful team winning countless rugby championships and dominating the rankings with high win percentages. Over the last 4 years statistically the Irish are the best having the highest win rate and also having positive records against every tier 1 side. The most successful Northern team in the game has been England with a world cup title and the most six nations titles in history. The AB’s are the most dominant team in history with the highest win rate and 3 world cups. Lets not try to reinvent the wheel. Just be honest about the actual stats and what each team has been good at doing and that will be enough to define their level of success.
30 Go to commentsHow is 7’s played there? I’m surprised 10 or 11 man rugby hasn’t taken off. 7 just doesn’t fit the 15s dynamics (rules n field etc) but these other versions do.
9 Go to commentsPick Swinton at your peril A liability just like JWH from the Roosters Skelton ??? went missing at RWC
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