The Vodacom Bulls and Toyota Cheetahs are now firmly in playoff contention with the June break looming after crucial away victories on an exciting weekend of Vodacom Super Rugby.
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The three-time champions from Pretoria entrenched their position at the top of the South African Conference – and their second spot on the overall log – when they beat The Sharks, 18-16, in a tense but scrappy match in Durban on Saturday evening.
Morné Steyn scored all of the visitors’ points with the boot as Vodacom Bulls replacement scrumhalf Jano Vermaak celebrated his 100th Vodacom Super Rugby appearance with an important victory.
Earlier on Saturday, the Toyota Cheetahs scored four tries – three of them in the second half – in their 34-22 win over the Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth.
The Toyota Cheetahs scored the only four-try bonus point of the weekend and moved up to fourth on the log after the Crusaders, Blues and Reds all lost.
The Reds, champions in 2011, went down to the DHL Stormers in Cape Town, where Springbok captain Jean de Villiers scored the only try of the match.
Southern Kings (12) 22: 34 (13) Cheetahs:
Three second-half tries saw the Toyota Cheetahs record a bonus-point victory over the Southern Kings, which catapulted the side from Central South Africa to fourth on the Vodacom Super Rugby log.
The first half of this match at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth was a typical South African derby arm wrestle. The Kings defended well and with their flyhalf Demetri Catrakilis punishing poor discipline by the Toyota Cheetahs, the home team remained in front.
But it all changed in the 39th minute, when Toyota Cheetahs wing Willie le Roux sliced through the Kings’ defence and put Johann Sadie away for the first try of the match. Elgar Watts’ conversion put the visitors in the lead and then went into the break firmly on the front foot.
The Toyota Cheetahs, showing much more enterprise as the Kings’ defence started to falter, scored three more tries in the first 22 minutes of the second half – by Piet van Zyl, Sadie and Le Roux – at which stage it was basically game over. Watts added the extras on each occasion and with 15 minutes left on the clock, the visitors were ahead by 34-15.
The Kings’ replacement scrumhalf Nicolas Vergallo scored a consolation try for the home team late in the game, but they were never really in it since Sadie went over just before the break.
Scorers:
Southern Kings – Try: Nicolas Vergallo. Conversion: George Whitehead. Penalty goals: Demetri Catrakilis (5).
Toyota Cheetahs – Tries: Johann Sadie (2), Piet van Zyl, Willie le Roux. Conversions: Elgar Watts (4). Penalty goals: Elgar Watts (2).
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DHL Stormers (3) 20 / 15 (0) Reds:
A superb try by Springbok captain Jean de Villiers was the difference as the DHL Stormers returned to winning ways when they beat the Reds by 20-15 at DHL Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday.
In a match dominated by the boots of the two kickers, Joe Pietersen for the DHL Stormers and the Reds’ Quade Cooper, it was a moment of brilliance early in the second half that put the home team firmly in command of the match.
It occurred in the 43rd minute when DHL Stormers flyhalf Elton Jantjies spotted lots of space on the left and chipped across the field to a speeding Bryan Habana, who gathered the ball and fed Pietersen on the inside. The fullback then put De Villiers away for one of the better tries seen at DHL Newlands in a long time.
Pietersen could not convert, but by then the DHL Stormers were ahead by 8-0. It never really looked like they were going to let the Reds in for a try, which made the eight-point cushion a comfortable one.
Cooper got the Reds on the board in the 48th minute, but from then on the kickers swapped penalty goals until the visiting flyhalf’s fifth three-pointer, in the 69th minute, put his side ahead for the first time in the match at 15-14.
But Pietersen calmly added two more penalty goals as the DHL Stormers, showing great character against a team that can strike from anywhere on the field, celebrated their first win after three consecutive defeats on Australasian soil.
Scorers:
DHL Stormers – Try: Jean de Villiers. Penalty goals: Joe Pietersen (5).
Reds – Penalty goals: Quade Cooper (5).
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The Sharks (3) 16 / 18 (9) Vodacom Bulls:
Morné Steyn’s goal kicking provided the platform as the Vodacom Bulls cemented their position in the top two on the Vodacom Super Rugby log with a hard-fought 18-16 win over The Sharks at Growthpoint Kings Park in Durban.
Steyn slotted six from seven on a night where the boot dominated in a scrappy match as the wet ball made handling very difficult. And while it may not have been a classic, it was tough and very physical.
The Sharks’ discipline let them down on a night where they not only scored the only try of the match, but also dominated the Vodacom Bulls at scrum time.
However, the visitors made fewer mistakes and apart from destroying The Sharks in the line-outs, their defence and kick-chasing were also very good.
Late in the match, The Sharks enjoyed a period of territorial advantage, which they turned into points when scrumhalf Charl McLeod crashed over in the right corner. Pat Lambie’s superb conversion from out wide put the home team in the lead with less than 10 minutes left on the clock.
It was short-lived though, as yet another transgression at a line-out gave Steyn the opportunity to hammer the final nail into The Sharks’ coffin with his sixth penalty goal in the 75th minute as the game played out to a very tense finish.
Scorers:
The Sharks – Try: Charl McLeod. Conversion: Pat Lambie. Penalty goals: Lambie (3).
Vodacom Bulls – Penalty goals: Morné Steyn (6).
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Other results – Round 15:
Chiefs 28 / 19 Crusaders (Hamilton)
Rebels 24 / 22 Waratahs (Melbourne)
Blues 13 / 20 Brumbies (Auckland)
Force 19 / 18 Highlanders (Perth)
Vandag bietjie rustig gevat daar tussen die blomme en bome
Gister was n baie bad dag hier by my huis , my vrou se hond is deur die bure se honde dood gebyt. Sy was histeries en ek moes troos vir n vale. Ek self was baie lief vir die hond. Hy was ons beste hond ooit. Great memories gehad van hom en baie fotos ook
@ grootblousmile:
cheetahs ken nie konsewatief nie.dis iets wsg heyneke en ludeke uitgedink he…..
Kan ons nie aan die IRB voorstel dat die games sonder refs gespeel word nie ?
@ ben-die-bul:
30
ek is bly ek het die Bulls/Sharks thread gemis, ek kon maklik ook n 12 weke ban gekry het
30 @ ben-die-bul:
Jinne!
Grote Griet!
Nee, laat ek my bek hou…. hiehiehie
@ superBul:
eish dis bad het ook al do n ding gehad
@ ben-die-bul:
Dink altwee spanne sal eers gaan vir die wen, en bonus punte vat as daar geleentheid is.
Bulle het selfs nog taai wedstryde wat voorlê, so kan ook nie werklik bekostig om te verloor nie. Onthou die Cheetahs het nog 4 punte wat hulle bykry vir die loslootjie die laaste rondte.
Bulle moet gunstellinge wees, maar die Cheetahs loop oor van vertroue, en speel baie beter as toe hulle op Loftus verloor het.
31 @ superBul:
Eish, dis nie lekker nie!
Ek het self ‘n rowwe dag gehad gister… ek wat mos altyd weier om aan ‘n spanner te vat het gister my seun, BonzaiGBS, geleer hoe om sy kar self te kan diens… so ons moes olie aftap, oliefilter, airfilter, feulfilter, sparkplugs vervang… en toe het ek sommer sy distributor se rotor ook vervang.
Toe het ek sommer, terwyl ek vuil klere aangehad het ons hele driveway met die Karcher Pressure Cleaner bygekom en so klompie ander goed ook gedoen.
Het soos ‘n flippen vuil-voël mechanic gevoel na alles maar ek dink darem dit was ‘n goeie les vir BonzaiGBS.
34: nee kyk, voor elke game belowe ek myself ek gaan die ref uitlos, maar sulke blatante verneukery na albei kante toe kan ek nie hanteer nie. Belaglik dat spelers so gekritiseer en uitmekaar getrek kan word, en geban word en bestraf word … maar refs word net beskerm en so nou en dan liggies gepiets.
37: Cheetahs speel goed maar hulle moet hul glad nie blind staar teen die Bulle se wedstryd Saterdag in Bananaland nie. Die weer in Durbs was van so aard dat geen span daar goeie hardlooprugby kon speel nie. En as ek reg onthou, het die Cheetahs ook maar net net met ‘n gelukkige onderskep drie gewen in Durbs, glad nie met goeie hardlooprugby nie.
Die feit dat dit ‘n tuisveld voordeel vir die Staat is, maak dit ‘n 50/50 game. Sal ook moet sien watter spanne gekies word. Hoop die Bulle kan vir Jan speel.
39 @ ben-die-bul:
Jonathan Kaplan was darem beroerd Saterdag… en inkonsekwent….. phweeeeeew!
Hy het ‘n blerrie goeie game amper gemis, enigste ding wat hom in die game gehou het is hoe hard hy vir die Sharks gespeel het op stut, haker, slot, losvoorspeler, scrummie, losskakel, senter, vleuel en heelagter.
Hy was by verre die Sharks se beste speler… en het bitter amper die Sharks speler van die wedstryd-toekenning gekry!
Daai pateet moet nou blerrie aftree, kannie wag dat hy boggeroff nie!
37: die Staat se loslootjie van 4 punte word uitgekanseleer deur die Bulle se hoogs waarskynlike 5 punte teen die Kings op Loftus.
Daarna het albei twee moeilike wedstryde oor, wat enige kant toe nog kan gaan.
Saterdag is dus vir albei spanne ‘season defining’.
@ ben-die-bul:
Julle bou lekker spanning op die week
Moet se Naka het baie ouens nou op hul neus laat kyk
@ superBul:
ek moet erken dat my vertroue in die ou so n bietjie gewankel het laas jaar…hy het my egter HEELTEMAAL oortuig dat hy die man vir die cheetahs is
@ smallies:
Laat my amper dink aan HM se tyd van strukture bou daar by die Bulle, toe die goue jare.
As dit so uitdraai gun ek julle dit, ek hou van sulke fee verhale
41 @ ben-die-bul:
Hehehe
Baie van die Cheetahs supporter manne staar hulle blind teen die 4 loslootjie punte om ons te probeer oortuig dat hulle eintlik net 1 punt agter die Bulls is… wat nie die geval is nie.
Soos jy tereg opmerk, ons gaan buitendien nog 4 of waarskynlik 5 punte van die Kings vat… en dan speel ons nog beide spanne teen die Stormers op Nuweland, teen mekaar (nou) en elkeen nog 1 bykomende moeilike game tuis (Bulls speel teen Sharks en Cheetahs speel teen ‘n moeilike Blues span).
Anders gestel, Bulls het 3 moeilike wedstryde oor en 1 makliker ene op Loftus…
Cheetahs het 3 moeilike wedstryde oor en 1 loslootjie…
Ek like dit as die twee Boere Republieke opruk na n stryd, jammer dis teen mekaar
Stormers moet bid die Bulle soek nie 30 punte plus in daai laaste game nie, julle ken die geskiedenis
Super Rugby game measures and referee statistics update – THE MAUL with Lyndon Bray
By SANZAR News Service
We bring you the third of a four part series focusing on specific game measures for Super Rugby, that is, how scrums, tackles, work on areas and the referee team have been tracking so far in 2013 Super Rugby, today we bring you the maul.
We recently linked the official laws of the maul to our Super Rugby page the other day, an area of contest in Super Rugby that has grown significantly this season, meaning that the application of the law in this crucial point of difference for our game is something that is a ‘work on’ for the referee team.
To the point where SANZAR Game Manager Lyndon Bray has identified it as one of the crucial concerns for the officials this season, with the technical nuances of the role requiring many areas to click into place, from having a ball carrier at the back of the maul to players defending or attempting to break the maul a notable feature of sides doing whatever it takes to defeat what is at its best a near unstoppable attacking movement.
maybe i must place the whole article here on R-T
47 @ superBul:
Hahahaha
Janee, dit het die Reds lank gevat om oor daai ene te kom!
Onthou jy nog daai een teen die Stormers, daar was mos 2 Nokia tellings. Was dit nie ook so iets gewees nie, wen ver om deur te dring?
46: broederstryd !
47: wat van met die laaste wedstryd het die Stormers ‘n buitekans om nog in die 6de plek te eindig, en die Bulle speel vir om eerste op SA log te eindig, of dalk 1 of 2 ?
50 @ superBul:
Al wat ek kan onthou is dat daaaaaai grooooooooooot mooooooooooosa telling aan my, my bynaam van grootblousmile besorg het!
Hahaha
As ons die Cheetahs hard moer Saterdag, maak ek dalk my bynaam “GrootblouMieliesemoer” vir ‘n week!
ben-die-bul wrote:
is jy OK?
is jy ernstig?
grootblousmile wrote:
Jinne jy is Rof
Check hierdie girl se profile pic
http://www.supersupporter.net/topic/9641-reds-vs-bulls/
53: hehe, maak dit spannend man !
Zane of Visser, wat sê julle ? Ek kies nog vir Visser, twee slegte veld af skoppe gehad, maar verder was hy solid onder die hoë bal en is gevaarliker op die aanval.
56 @ ben-die-bul:
Nee jinne, Jurgen Visser was nie goed nie jong!
Maar as Zane se vinger nognie reg is nie, moet Jurgen maar diens doen.
55 @ superBul:
Hehehehe
57: moeilik een – want as Zane eers met sy doellose uppies begin of so begin rondhop voor hy in die teenstanders vas hardloop …. maar ja, hy is baie veilig, meer ervare en sy skopvoet is beter.
Cheers manne, ek sien dit is maar net ons Blou Bulle wat dit waag in die openbaar
Dis darem lekkkerrrrr om n BUL te wees
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