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Article: RU: Top of the table clash fails to produce much magic
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
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- May 9, 2003
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RU: Top of the table clash fails to produce much magic
AUCKLAND, May 9 AFP - Auckland's Blues confirmed their place at
the top of rugby's
Super 12 at the end of the round robin phase here tonight with a solid,
if uninspiring,
29-17 defeat of their southern neighbours, the Wellington Hurricanes.
The Blues led 19-10 at half-time in a match which really failed
to live up to the hype
which had produced, for the first time in three years, a Super 12
full-house on a perfect
Eden Park.
The Blues were already guaranteed a home semi-final next weekend,
while the Hurricanes
-- who are also already in the semis -- had the opportunity to play
for a home semi by
defeating ...