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Lam hat-trick inspires Hurricanes victory
By Jack Davies
Ben Lam crossed for three tries as the Hurricanes claimed a 28-19 Super Rugby victory over the Lions on Saturday.
The winger powered past Ruan Combrinck to score his first after just six minutes, before an Ardie Savea try helped the hosts to a 14-7 lead at the interval.
The Canes raced clear early in the second half, as Lam touched down twice in the opening 13 minutes to open up a 28-7 advantage, with Beauden Barrett faultless from the tee.
Tries from Marnus Schoeman and Sylvian Mahuza closed the gap late on, but Lam's sensational showing had left the South African side with too much to do.
The result pulls the Hurricanes within two points of the table-topping Crusaders, while the Lions remain top of the South African Conference despite a second successive defeat.
In the day's second fixture, the Blues subjected the Waratahs to back-to-back losses as they won 24-21 in Sydney.
Michael Hooper's late try and Bernard Foley's conversion pulled the Waratahs within three points eight minutes from time but the hosts could not complete the comeback, although they stay top of the Australian Conference.
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I dont believe Skelton has ever proven himself at test level tho Nick. Yep he played well against a side they scored plenty against but his record v the top sides isnt special. Good quality player but Im not as convinced about him as you seem to be, as you base most of your opinion on his local club stuff not really his test performances. His test record of 30 tests in 10 years explains itself very well. I think he is an honest performer but certainly not a top notch International player.
Go to commentsI wonder Jake, who do you think is the best fit for Australia as a coach? Not since Joe Schmidt took over as coach did Australia look any good, however, there is always this debate around not having an Aussie coach by the fans and so called pundits and old players.
Some of them are changing their minds now however, but I would love to see who you would choose. I think Joe Schmidt is an excellent coach, who puts in everything for the team he is coaching. To him, there is no such thing as being biased.
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