I found this interesting stats on Superbru.
What I am going to do is look at the Superbru picks made by us and 70 000 other rugby lovers who plays the Superbru game. I think that is the biggest group of opinions one can have.
Reds (36) 50 / Western Force (3) 10 (final score)
The Reds hosted the Western Force in Brisbane at 08:3o SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Reds scored an impressive 50 / 10 win over the happless Force. Will Genia, capatin of the Reds, once again showed his mastery and orchestrated everything from scrumhalf.
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
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Bangalore Royal Challengers | Result ? | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 5 | Chennai Super Kings |
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Deccan Chargers | Result ? | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Chepauk |
| 6 | Rajasthan Royals |
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Delhi Daredevils | Result ? | Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera |
Stormers 37 (20) / Hurricanes 13 (3)
The Stormers hosted the Hurricanes at Newlands, Cape Town tonight at 19:10 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Stormers won convincingly, 37 / 13, scoring a full 5 Log Points in the process.
No 1 and No 2 on the Log are both now South African sides, the Bulls and the Stormers!
Bulls (36) 50 / Highlanders (14) 35 (final score)
The Bulls hosted the Highlanders at Loftus, Pretoria at 17:05 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
Final score Bulls 50 / 35. Bulls have their bonus point win but they’ve conceeded just too many tries and points….
Brumbies (13) 24 vs Sharks (16) 22 (final score)
The Brumbies hosted the Sharks at Canberra Stadium, Canberra at 10:40 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Brumbies won a very tough encounter by 24 / 22.
No name All Black David Hill starts for The Force in their game against the Reds Continue reading
Firstly let me say this, The Saint is no Saint, and everything I say must be taken with a little laugh and a lot of patience….
Enough is enough, the Lions have messed up my whole Superbru season…how the hell am I supposed to predict exactly what margin they are going to lose by next week? For the uninformed, this my way of joking….
Sometimes I sits and finks and Sometimes I just sits……ai ai ai ……..
Waratahs (33) 73 / Lions (5) 12 (final score)
The Waratahs hosted the Lions at the Sydney Football Ground, Sydney at 10:40 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Waratahs really punished a very dismal Lions effort, scoring 11 tries in the process.
It is the 2nd time already this season that the Lions allow 70 points against them and they are now 5 games down from a possible 5.
Chiefs (16) 19 vs Crusaders (23) 26 (final score)
The Chiefs hosted the Crusaders at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton at 08:35 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Crusaders won the match by 26 / 19.
This is the combined PREVIEW of the Super 14 matches played between Friday 12 to Sunday 14 March 2010. The matches discussed are:
Friday:
1. Chiefs vs Crusaders – Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, 12 March at 08:35 SA Time
2. Waratahs vs Lions – Sydney Footbaal Stadium, Sydney, 12 March at 10:40 SA Time
Saturday:
3. Brumbies vs Sharks – Canberra Stadium, Canberra, 13 March at 10:40 SA Time
4. Bulls vs Highlanders – Loftus, Pretoria, 13 March at 17:05 SA Time
5. Stormers vs Hurricanes – Newlands, Cape Town, 13 March at 19:10 SA Time
Sunday:
6. Reds vs Western Force – Brisbane, 14 March at 8:30 SA Time
The Sharks have rotated a few players but stuck to very much the same squad barring one or 2 players. Continue reading
Two of the Super 14 squads for their respective clashes of the weekend has not been named yet but is expected a bit later today, namely that of the Reds and Western Force.
Get yourselves ready for our Super 14 Preview Thread of the week, which will this time be ONE ALL ENCOMPASSING PREVIEW and not individual previews per match as seen in the previous weeks… this preview will follow late afternoon or early tonight.
Which storm is going to be greater, the Hurricane or the Cape Storm? Hurricanes coach Colin Cooper has opted for experience when his team faces the Stormers in Cape Town this weekend.
The Highlanders have suspended All Blacks backrower Adam Thomson and flyhalf Michael Hobbs for a Super 14 rugby match after both broke a team curfew in South Africa.
Australian referee Paul Marks has been removed from the Super 14 officials panel following his handling of the Waratahs vs Sharks match last weekend. South African referee Pro Legoete has also been stood down indefinitely. Continue reading
To all my fellow bloggers I put to you this challenge… Continue reading
The All Blacks travelled form Windhoek to the Transvaal for three matches: firstly, against Eastern Transvaal in Springs; secondly, against Transvaal in Johannesburg; thirdly, against Western Transvaal in Potchefstroom.
Alistair Coetzee has stayed loyal to consistency in naming his squad to face the Hurricanes on Saturday evening.
Vodacom Bulls flanker, Dewald Potgieter, will start in his first Vodacom Super 14 match of the season when his side takes on the Highlanders at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
More lies and deceit at the SWD Rugby union resulted in a game having to be ‘postponed’ because of a player strike for the first time in South African Rugby History. Continue reading
The Lions have made some sensible changes to their squad to face the Waratahs on Friday.
Andy Ellis is out injured, and Isaac Ross is back in the starting line-up – these are the two changes for the Crusaders as they head for Hamilton to take on the Chiefs in their North Island – South Island derby on Friday.
Apologies for this article being in Afrikaans, but I could not find an English version and do not have time to translate……
The Brumbies have named an unchanged 22-man squad to take on the Sharks in their 2010 Super 14 Week Five match against the Sharks at Canberra Stadium this Saturday (13 March).
The Chiefs have made two changes to their tight five – and after his off-the-field problems, Sione Lauaki will sit out another week.
Rugby’s governing body will pay $2 million (Euro 1.5 million) so Argentina can play in the Tri-Nations from 2012.
The All Blacks were not at all reluctant to take leave from Kimberley, which they found quite boring. Even a visit to the big hole -which did not impress them much-, could do little to leave them with a good impression or with any positive regard towards Kimberley.
The Lions have sent an SOS to their gamebreaking scrumhalf Jano Vermaak to join them in Australia ahead of Saturday’s Vodacom Super 14 match against the Waratahs.
The South African Rugby Union (Saru) are not planning any action against Stormers captain Schalk Burger after the Springbok flanker struck referee Mark Lawrence lightly on the arm in Saturday’s Super 14 match at Newlands.
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The Vodacom Bulls received a scare as they returned to training when their Springbok and vice-captain Fourie du Preez hobbled off the field with a sprained ankle in Monday’s training session.
Kurtley Beale is adamant that he did not deliberately knock down a pass from Stefan Terblanche to Ryan Kankowski which prevented the Sharks from scoring what might have been a match-winning try against the Waratahs.
Well, I suppose if you can believe this you might just as well believe in fairies, Santa and the Tooth Mouse….
South Africa and Cheetahs flanker Heinrich Brussow will not play rugby for the rest of the year after tearing knee ligaments in the final minutes of the Cheetahs’ Super 14 win over the Hurricanes in Bloemfontein.
The 23-year-old loose forward, who has played 13 Tests for the Springboks, will be sidelined for eight months with cruciate ligament damage, the Cheetahs said Monday on their website.
The Waratahs have named an unchanged line-up for Friday’s round five Super 14 clash against the Lions at the Sydney Football Stadium.