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Herewith ALL the Super Rugby team sheets as they were announced for week 8 of Super Rugby 2011.
Waratahs coach Chris Hickey says that this year’s Super Rugby tournament will be won by defence and not by an attacking team.
SANZAR have released the match officials for the eighth Round of the 2011 Super Rugby tournament and Nathan Pearce starts the action for this week on Friday.
This week the Blues, Chiefs and Rebels have a BYE so there is one match less than last week. Friday has one match and Saturday has five matches.
Jonathan Kaplan will finish the action on Saturday in Durban.
Lions (14) 25 / Reds (10) 30 (Final Score)
The MTN Lions hosted the Reds at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 15:00 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Lions took the early initiative and built up an early lead with the Reds being penalised relentlessly but gradually the Reds came more and more into the game and by Halftime had almost caught up. Then in the second half the Reds started dominating proceedings and eventually took the lead and then extended the lead gradually. Late in the game the Lions came back a bit with 2 penalties of their own, eventually going down to the Reds by a 5-point margin.
Force (15) 25 / Rebels (14) 26 (Final Score)
The Western Force hosted the Melbourne Rebels at NIB Stadium, Perth at 13:05 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 and M-Net on TV in SA.
The Melbourne Rebels came from behind to win a close game, their first away game win.
Waratahs (20) 23 / Chiefs (6) 16 (Final Score)
The Waratahs hosted the Chiefs at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney at 10:40 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
The first half belonged to the Waratahs, with most of the ball and doing most of the attacking but the second half was exactly the opposite with the Chiefs attacking hard.
Highlanders (15) 26 / Brumbies (7) 20 (Final Score)
The Highlanders hosted the Brumbies at Rugby Park, Invercargill at 08:35 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
The Brumbies had the majority of possession and field position but the Highlanders used their opportunities and ground out a win.
The Brumbies have made several changes to the team that lost to the Waratahs for their match against the Highlanders in Invercargill.
Perhaps they see the MTN Lions as easy meat, but Red coach Ewen McKenzie has made five changes to his side to face their Johannesburg counterparts at Coca Cola Park on Saturday.
Herewith ALL the Super Rugby team sheets as they were announced for week 7 of Super Rugby 2011.
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The DHL Stormers triumphed in their 5th match of the Super Rugby tournament with an impressive 51-16 victory over the Western Force.
Stormers (27) 51 / Force (16) 16 (Final Score)
The Stormers hosted the Western Force at Newlands, Cape Town today. The Stormers comprehensively outplayed the Force in every aspect of the game. The Stormers scored 6 tries to the 1 try scored by the Force. Take a bow the Stormers tight 5, they were huge. The Force were basically just a one man show with James O’Conner the only real stand out player.
Brumbies (12) 22 / Waratahs (12) 29 (Final Score)
The Brumbies hosted the Waratahs at Canberra Stadium, Canberra at 10:40 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.
The match was punch and counter-punch for the first 60 odd minutes, when suddenly it came alive and with the Waratahs the hungrier side, finishing it off with a 7 point margin after still being deadlocked at 22 / 22 with time up on the clock. Waratahs winning by 29 / 22.
Reds (29) 41 / Cheetahs (3) 8 (Final Score)
The Reds hosted the Cheetahs at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane at 06:30 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Cheetahs played stupid rugby, letting the Reds run at them from all over and making a plethera of simple errors.
The Reds were enterprising and red-hot, blasting the Cheetahs away with consumate ease.
Rebels (20) 42 / Hurricanes (20) 25 (Final Score)
The Melbourne Rebels hosted the Hurricanes at AAMI Stadium, Melbourne at 10:40 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.
After conceeding 3 early tries the Melbourne Rebels rallied and scored 6 tries after conceeding a consolation bonus point try to the Hurricanes, 2 minutes from full time.
The Melbourne Rebels won handsomely by 42 / 25.
Herewith ALL the Super Rugby team sheets as they were announced for week 6 of Super Rugby 2011.
The Waratahs have named a 24-man squad ahead of Saturday’s round six clash with the Brumbies at Canberra Stadium which includes captain Phil Waugh.
Waugh (biceps) and hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau (knee) are both on the comeback from injury and have been named in the squad for the Tahs’ third all-Australian match of the season.
Alarming signs for the Wallabies at provincial level, Kieran Read proves his no Thorne in New Zealand’s side and will the South African selectors make the big call to prevent the Bulls’ slide from affecting the Springboks? Paul Cully puts the weekend’s Super Rugby action into a World Cup context.
STUNG after being booed off the field, the Waratahs players yesterday held a lengthy ”truth session” at which they vowed not to let their supporters, or themselves, down again this season.
Lions (9) 15 / Western Force (14) 27 (Final Score)
Scorers:
Lions : 4 Penalties & 1 Drop Goal Elton Jantjes
Western Force : 5 Penalties James O’Connor, 1 Conversion Cameron Shepherd, 1 Try Nick Cummins, 1 Try Alfie Mafi
Reds (25) 53 / Rebels (3) 3 (Final Score)
The Reds hosted the Melbourne Rebels at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane at 11:40 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 and CSN on TV in SA.
The Reds ran rampant, scoring 7 tries of which 6 were converted to a solitary penalty by the Melbourne Rebels.
Herewith all the Super Rugby team sheets as they are announced for week 5 of Super Rugby 2011.
The ACT Brumbies problems continued to mount on Sunday with the news that back-row forward Mitchell Chapman fractured his cheekbone and faces up to 10 weeks on the sidelines.
The Referees and Match Officials have been allotted for all the Super Rugby games of Week 5 to Week 8 (till 9 April 2011), announced by SANZAR.
They are:
The Waratahs are sweating over the availability of several of their top stars ahead of the clash with the Cheetahs on Saturday.
Skipper Phil Waugh (bicep) and hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau (knee) are facing a race against the clock to be fit, while Wallaby duo Wycliff Palu and Berrick Barnes are expected to be back in the starting line-up after recovering from injury.
Force (16) 22 / Blues (9) 22 (Final Score)
The Western Force hosted the Blues at nib Stadium, Perth at 13:05 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
A penalty to the Blues after the hooter equalled the scores, a draw, 22 / 22.
Rebels (18) 32 / Sharks (13) 34 (Final Score)
The Melbourne Rebels hosted the Sharks at AAMI Park, Melbourne at 10:40 SA Time. This was the game thread for discussion of the match. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD and M-Net on TV in SA.
The Sharks won by the skin of their teeth, 34 / 32, but in the process managed to get their bonus point for tries scored.
The worrying thing for the Sharks will be that they conceded 4 tries in return, after not giving a single try away before this match.
Crusaders (19) 52 / Brumbies (10) 10 (Final Score)
The Crusaders hosted the Brumbies at Travalgar Park, Nelson at 08:35 SA Time. This was the game thread for discussion of the match. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD and M-Net on TV in SA.
The Crusaders started slowly and by Halftime were only 9 points in the lead but after Halftime they let rip in the first 9 minutes and scored try after try, demolishing the Brumbies.
Sean Maitland scored an impressive 4 tries on the night.
Herewith the Super Rugby team sheets as thet are announced for week 4 of Super Rugby 2011. The rest of the teams will be added as team sheets are made available.
The match officials for Week 4 of the 2011 SANZAR Super Rugby tournament have been confirmed by SANZAR with two late changes to the original schedule.
Western Force flanker David Pocock is set to spend between four to six weeks on the sidelines after scans revealed a medial ligament strain in his injured right knee.
Pocock was sidelined early in the first half of the club’s match against the Sharks last Saturday night in Perth and will miss at least the next month of Super Rugby.
Western Force centre, Rory Sidey, has been suspended for three weeks after a SANZAR judicial hearing found him guilty on the charge of dangerous tackling under law 10.4(j) during the Forces’ games against the Sharks on Saturday.
Force (9) 12 / Sharks (19) 39 (Final Score)
The Western Force hosted the Sharks at NIB Stadium, Perth at 13:05 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Sharks won well and convincingly but the attrition rate was also high with Odwa Ndungane spear-tackled and taken to hospital. Also looked like Willem Alberts was carrying an injury.
Bonus point in the bag for the Sharks on a very important away win.
Brumbies (15) 25 / Reds (22) 31 (Final Score)
The Brumbies hosted the Reds at Canberra Stadium, Canberra at 10:40 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Brumbies scored 4 tries to 1 but their ill-dicipline cost them as Quade Cooper was on song with the bott, slotting 7 penalties, 1 conversion and 1 drop goal.
Chiefs (16) 38 / Rebels (3) 10 (Final Score)
The Chiefs hosted the Melbourne Rebels at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton at 08:35 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
The Chiefs managed their bonus point try in the 79th minute to ultimately run out composed winners with 5 Log points in the bag.