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Watch: TJ Perenara scores stunning 'Superman' intercept try

All Blacks have a habit of pulling off unbelievable feats, but this latest one is right from the top draw.

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Hurricanes halfback TJ Perenara scored an unbelievable intercept try against the Brumbies in Canberra last night, stunning the home side with predatory anticipation. Perenara perfectly anticipates the pass from the base of the lineout with a pre-meditated Superman dive, snatching the ball in the air and landing perfectly in the in-goal.

Perenara scored a similar try from a lineout against the Reds last year, where he took an 80-metre intercept after the Reds had seemingly telegraphed him the play.

He explained post-match that the try was a ‘lucky read’ and didn’t put much thought into it given the result.

‘To be fair, I don’t care to much about that, we lost the football game. It’s just a play.

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The Hurricanes lost the match 24-12, slumping to their third straight loss. The Brumbies kept their slim finals chances alive showing plenty of resolve in the upset victory. The Brumbies have been one of the worst attacking sides in the competition but showed intent to score tries by opting to kick for the corner instead of three on multiple occasions. The persistence paid off as they scored three tries from close range to take the lead.

A try in the corner to winger Andrew Muirhead sealed the victory with only a few minutes remaining.

 

 

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Nickers 35 minutes ago
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I thought we made a lot of progress against that type of defence by the WC last year. Lots of direct running and punching holes rather than using width. Against that type of defence I think you have to be looking to kick on first phase when you have front foot ball which we did relatively successfully. We are playing a lot of rugby behind the gain line at the moment. They are looking for those little interchanges for soft shoulders and fast ball or off loads but it regularly turns into them battering away with slow ball and going backwards, then putting in a very rushed kick under huge pressure.


JB brought that dimension when he first moved into 12 a couple of years ago but he's definitely not been at his best this year. I don't know if it is because he is being asked to play a narrow role, or carrying a niggle or two, but he does not look confident to me. He had that clean break on the weekend and stood there like he was a prop who found himself in open space and didn't know what to do with the ball. He is still a good first phase ball carrier though, they use him a lot off the line out to set up fast clean ball, but I don't think anyone is particularly clear on what they are supposed to do at that point. He was used really successfully as a second playmaker last year but I don't think he's been at that role once this year. He is a triple threat player but playing a very 1 dimensional role at the moment. He and Reiko have been absolutely rock solid on defence which is why I don't think there will be too much experimentation or changes there.

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