Monthly Archives: April 2010
This is the latest news with regards to the proposed North vs South battle… Continue reading
Results in round 9 can hand aspiring teams a hefty blow if they slip up. Falling from 2nd to 8th in only 2 weeks for example are problems some teams realisticly look at this weekend… And thats the case for most the teams.So round 9 will indeed start to seperate pretenders from contenders… Continue reading
Chiefs (13) 19 / Bulls (15) 33 (Final Score)
The Chiefs hosted the Bulls 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 Bulls won 33 / 19 but for most of the match the Bulls supporters had their hearts in their mouths. The Bulls managed to score 4 tries for an added bonus point and are back at the top of the Log on 33 Log points after their 8 games.
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Pierre Spies and Gurthrö Steenkamp will join eight other team mates with 50 Super 14 caps against the losing finalist from last year’s competition.
Lions coach Dick Muir says criticism of Carlos Spencer’s chequered return to Super Rugby is unwarranted and he has given the struggling former All Black his vote of confidence at the tournament’s halfway stage.
Let us have a free for all Sports night. Talk about any sport you like, even poofbal if you can do it in small letters.
Rugby-Boots & All,Pick your Superbru & SportsPool Club
Cricket-Deccan Chargers won by 7 wickets
Golf- US Masters
Once again we see 6 Super 14 games this weekend, be careful though as a South African supporter, you must prepare for some really early broadcast times this weekend! The Games are the following:
| 9 | Chiefs | v | Vodacom Bulls | Hamilton | 09:35 |
| 10 | Highlanders | v | Western Force | Queenstown | 04:30 |
| 10 | Blues | v | Vodacom Stormers | Auckland | 07:30 |
| 10 | Crusaders | v | Waratahs | Christchurch | 09:35 |
| 10 | Brumbies | v | Vodacom Cheetahs | Canberra | 11:40 |
| 10 | Auto & General Lions | v | Reds | Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg | 19:10 |
Here are ALL the Teams round 9 of the Super 14 of 2010.
Sharks prop Jannie du Plessis was on Thursday found not guilty of dangerous play during a Super 14 match against the Reds in Durban on Saturday, April 3, 2010.
The Bulls Union has announced that Flip van der Merwe, who has showed such great form in the place of Bakkies Botha, has extended his contract with the Bulls until the end of 2012.
Lions coach Dick Muir seems to have lost confidence in Springbok fullback Earl Rose. Continue reading
Reading on the web, I found this on Sport24.co.za:
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Bloemfontein – Free State and Western Province may soon be looking for new sponsors and the Blue Bulls may find themselves in a similar position next year.
Even the continued existence of the Vodacom Cup is in jeopardy as Vodacom apparently intend budgeting for the planned Four Nations and enlarged Super 15.
Juan Smith will miss the Cheetahs match against the Brumbies after the terrible news of his fathers death. Continue reading
The Lions will welcome back flanker Wikus van Heerden to their side for this weekend’s Super 14 clash with the Reds at Coca-Cola Park.
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With the threatened protest match little more than a damp squib, Lions president Kevin de Klerk, CEO Manie Reyneke and commercial manager Andre Homan answered a list of questions form eight supporters on Wednesday.
This is the stats released by the Referees. Read and analyze it. i am sure we could argue a few facts here.
Cape Town – The South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Wednesday confirmed that the Springboks will play the Barbarians at Twickenham on Saturday 4 December 2010 (kick off 14:30), bringing down the curtain on the team’s International season. Continue reading
Naas Botha has emphasized this since I can remember. We all know a lot of rugby games have been won or lost by the difference in goal kicking. Where are our SA teams currently in this equation ? Continue reading
Durban – Sharks prop Jannie du Plessis will appear before a SANZAR judicial officer in Bloemfontein on Thursday after being cited for dangerous play following Saturday’s Super 14 match against the Reds in Durban.Du Plessis was cited for allegedly striking Reds hooker Sean Hardman with the head and also for entering a ruck in a dangerous manner.
Du Plessis’s hearing will take place at the offices of the Free State Rugby Union at 10:00.
Todays game
Bangalore 184/6 (20 overs)
Deccan Chargers 186/3 (19.2 overs)
Deccan Chargers won by 7 wickets
Reaction on the first test; AB against Boland and EP
With just one SA Team winning the past weekend and that team, The Sharks, enjoying their rest week this week, it seems that South Africa is in for another difficult weekend.
The Vodacom Bulls will not lack experience when they take on the Chiefs in Hamilton on Friday evening, with two more players hitting the 50 mark in the blue jersey.
Pierre Spies and Gurthrö Steenkamp will join eight other team mates with 50 Vodacom Super 14 caps against the losing finalist from last year’s competition.
Here are some interesting views I found on the web regarding the much talked about rolling mauls and other tecniques teams apply on the pitch… So which country’s S14 teams are currently setting the tone at being the so called innovators ? Read and decide for yourself… Continue reading
After some bloggers asked for this log to be posted on a weekly basis, here are the standings after week 8. Continue reading
Once again the Northern Hemisphere has taken the initiative and proposed a possible match up of the Heineken Cup winners versus the Super 14 winners.
In an article in today’s Australian, Wayne Smith reports that there is an English proposal to stage the long-proposed “battle of the hemispheres”, the Super 14 champions against the Heineken Cup winners, is likely to be considered by SANZAR.
We moved over the halfway mark of the 2010 Super 14 season. Sadly the injury toll affects certain teams severely. This thread deals with the casualties the various teams have. I am sure this list is not complete but add the ones i missed and we will update it.
With six rounds to go before the Super 14 finals, Greg Growden provides his half-term report and tells who are the finals contenders and pretenders.
Ryan Kankowski has a broken thumb and will be out for the rest of the Super14
Oh no! Big Naka Drotske said it. In the space of just 10 seconds, the Cheetahs coach may have brought down the Waratahs for another season.
Referees boss Lyndon Bray has promised the howler that helped the Crusaders salvage a draw against the Hurricanes will not be swept under the rug.
Only 10 points separate the log-leading Waratahs and the ninth placed Hurricanes at the conclusion of round eight in the Vodacom Super 14 after South Africa’s Vodacom Bulls and Vodacom Stormers both conceded defeats this weekend.
The Following games are played today
Time to play selector. Hope some who found it difficult to pick last week is inspired this week. I expect a lot of new names and changes.
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The sharks must surely now have turned the corner after their poor start to this years Super 14 competition, After 3 good wins in a row they now have a week off to recover from their hard trip down under.
There are quite a few injury concerns and this layoff could not have come at a better time. Continue reading
Sharks (9) 30 / Reds (14) 28 (Final Score)
The Sharks hosted the Reds at ABSA Stadium, Durban 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 won a nail-biter 30 / 28, not scoring 4 tries in the process but allowing the Reds to score 4 tries.