The Sharks are ninth on the log, on 21 points after their four successive wins; the Blues are seventh (25 points) but they have a far easier closing month to their campaign.
The Southern Kings franchise, in a statement, requested that the SA Rugby Union (SARU) need to urgently confirm the Southern Kings’ Super Rugby participation from 2011.
Vodacom Super 14 newcomers Patrick Lambie and Wandile Mjekevu as well as rising Springbok Sevens stars Branco du Preez and Sampie Mastriet (pictured) were included in a strong SA Under-20 squad that was named on Thursday to take part in the IRB Junior World Championships in Argentina in June.
Something like… “Keep of the Grass, Butana Komphela plans to smoke it” is happening at Loftus….
The Bulls and Cheetahs could be forced to play their remaining home matches in the Vodacom Super 14 competition elsewhere than at Loftus Versfeld and Vodacom Park – and that could be a financial headache for the Bulls in particular who have to host three crowd-pulling matches against the Lions, Sharks and log-leaders Crusaders over the next three weekends.
The players we picked are listed below. Not a single Bulls player, second time this year. Surely we are the underdogs now, backs to the wall. Even the Lions have a player in there, whoow. What a fall from grace.
10 Stormer players who deserve their places , another first.
There are a number of anomalies in the Super 14 this year, things that some might call ironic, and others just plain stupid. Teams aren’t behaving the way they are supposed to, the Reds think they are championship contenders, the Bulls think they can play running rugby, and the Lions think they are a rugby team.
The Stormers will destroy the Reds. I cant wait to see how confident the Reds backs will attack the ferocious tackles of Schalk and his team. Genia might make it past a few but Cooper will be tackled. The Reds will also be flat after their travels back from SA and the Bulls onslaught. Stormers by a lot.
Semi-Final Fixtures now confirmed
21 April Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore -1 st Semi Final
22 April Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings – 2nd Semi Final
24 April TBA v TBA – 3rd Place
25 April TBA v TBA – FINAL
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The Sharks scraped home against a Lions team showing more hunger and determination then they did in their other games prior to this weekend, A major concern was the way the sharks went well ahead and then went to sleep, not once but twice as the 2nd sleeping session nearly cost them the match.
The stadium was alive and well Saturday with thousands of Sharks supporters streaming into Coca Cola park.
Another great McLook(back) article.
When i saw this article i could not resist the temptation to put it up here. I know we are a long way off in deciding the finalists for the Super 14 title. But the Suer 14 game of the year in the South African context might just be the old North vs South rivalry on the 15th of May 2010.
Add to it a possible repeat in the playoffs. Mouth watering prospects
Although a previous article by me was not such a bad prediction. I will refrain from doing it again. Here are the respective challenger’s roads to the final. Make up your own scenarios.
Playoff Games (Venues not confirmed) Home team first
Bulls vs WP
Lions vs Cheetahs
Boland vs Leopards
Sharks vs Griquas
We will talk about the Bulls loss for sure. Lets start here! They say a picture is worth a thousand words or something like that. Need i say more.
Lions (18) 28 / Sharks (22) 32 (Final Score)
The Lions hosted the Sharks at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 17:05 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Sharks secured 5 Log points and hung on by their nails to beat the Lions 32 / 28.
Reds (8) 19 / Bulls (7) 12 (Final Score)
The Reds hosted the Bulls in Brisbane at 11:40 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Reds won the game by 19 / 12 but the score does not do full justice on how well they actually played.
Crusaders (26) 45 / Cheetahs (6) 6 (Final Score)
The Crusaders hosted the Cheetahs in Christchurch at 09:35 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Crusaders won by 45 / 6 and go top of the Super 14 Log… for now.
Blues (19) 38 / Force (3) 17 (Final Score)
The Blues hosted the Western Force in Auckland at 07:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Blues won convincingly, 38 / 17 with Joe Rokocoko scoring a hatrick of tries. Blues grabbed a vital 5 Log Points to keep their Super 14 hopes alive.
The Sharks have signed Sias Ebersohn from the Cheetahs! Sias the brother of Robert Ebersohn is a very good up and comming Flyhalf that at school level was rated higher then Robert.
The Stormers steamrollered the fast-fading Chiefs 15-49 Friday in a six-try romp that took the South African outfit to the top of the Super 14 standings. Continue reading
Brumbies (5) 13 / Hurricanes (3) 23 (Final Score)
The Brumbies hosted the Hurricanes in Canberra at 11:40 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Hurricanes managed the unlikely to beat the Brumbies on home soil, however neither team managed to obtain a bonus point. The final score was Hurricanes 23 / 13.
Chiefs (10) 15 / Stormers (20) 49 (Final Score)
The Chiefs hosted the Stormers at the Waikato Stadium, Hamilton at 09:35 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
The Stormers took full Log points beating the Chiefs by 49 / 15. The Stormers scored 6 tries to the Chief’s 2. The Stormers now briefly leads the Super 14 Log with their 33 Log points (same as the Bulls but with a superior points difference).
I am sure we are all aware of the rules of how to banter without telling one another we have ugly grannies, so lets rock people and don’t hold back Continue reading
Veteran journeyman Herkie Kruger will make his first appearance on the Super Rugby stage in more than two years when he starts at flyhalf for the Lions against the Sharks in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Kruger, who has been named at No.10 ahead of All Black great “King” Carlos Spencer, is one of six changes made by Lions mentor Dick Muir to his team as the bottom-placed outfit look to end a nine-match losing streak that stretches back to May last year.
We are slowly but surely heading to the business end of the Super 14 Competition, and by now we know for sure that Teams No 11 to No 14 on the Log are totally just making up the numbers and are out of the Super 14 running. We also know that only a miracle will see any of the teams in No 7 to No 10 making a semi. Realistically speaking 6 Teams are still in the running, the Bulls, Crusaders, Waratahs, Stormers, Reds and the Brumbies… with the miracle team possibly being the Blues.
Here’s how I see this weekend.
The Southern Kings are making enough noise again to be included in the Super Rugby Competition…. and this time they might have a point, can any South African Team, from anywhere, be as bad as the Lions or maybe even the Cheetahs?
The Sharks have made two changes to the starting lineup and a surprise bench. Continue reading
The heading should maybe rather have read “As kakpraat ‘n kolletjie was, was Billy Bush goed gespikkel!”
In line with the Maori speculation and accusations surrounding the 1956 Maori vs Springboks game, here is some more bulldust…
All of the teams for week 10 has been announced, here they are.
This follows a report in Sport24 today regarding what a great Super 14 season Andries Bekker is having and how New Zealand is appreciating the way he plays.
Article by- Met Uysh
World Cup winning-coach Jake White believes the form of scrumhalf Fourie du Preez is one of the major reasons the Bulls have scored so many tries this season.
There are two perturbing conclusions in a study by sports scientist Ross Tucker, on injuries suffered by top-level rugby players in terms of frequency and description.
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Chiefs coach Ian Foster says his team needs to improve their execution on attack ahead of Friday night’s match against the Stormers at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton in round ten of the Rebel Sport Super 14.
The CA Brumbies have named an extended line-up for their Week 10 Investec Bank Super 14 fixture against the Hurricanes at Canberra Stadium on Saturday night.
We have received a media release form the Cheetahs with their team to play the Crusaders on Saturday 17 April.
Here it is:
Allister Coetzee, head coach of the Vodacom Stormers, today announced his team to play the Chiefs in Hamilton on Friday 16 April. Kick-off is at 09h35 (SA time) Continue reading