Another weekend of great rugby. Provincial rivalry made for a competitive and tight weekend. Read on my view of the Player of the week, the try of the week, Biggest blunder, the most disappointing player of the week. Go ahead add your views and many more.
Match of the week – Rebels beating the Brumbies by 25-24. Not only the play and the fightback but the passionate participating crowd made this my pick.
Runner up- The Stormers game nearly stole it, if the Lions could have scored at the end that would have swung my view.
Player of the Week – Patric Lambie. Why , i really dont know, i did not watch the whole game but the bit i saw was pure class.
Runner up – Josh Strauss
Best Try – Waylon Murray. the great timing of the pass made this try.
Runner up – Danie Roussouw
Worst Performance by Player – Bryan Habana, what a sad sight he was last night, go cut your hair at least then , you now also look scrappy.
Runner up- Morne Steyn, what a indifferent game by him, was it maybe his wedding anniversary this week.
Worst Performance by Referee – No Pick , go ahead
Australian player of the round candidate has to be Tatafu Polota-Nau; his defence was bone-jarring, his on-field presence for the Waratahs and later on the Wallabies is critical to each team’s successes.
Super Rugby’s Jekyll ‘n Hyde men are back to their schizophrenic ways, with Blues coach Pat Lam unable to conceal his disappointment in the wake of yesterday’s 26-12 defeat to the Sharks in Durban.
Last weekend, after a heartening competition-opening win over the Crusaders in Auckland, Lam called on his Blues to shed their tag as one of the competition’s most inconsistent performers.
“We have to move on from some of our erratic patterns, we have to set the bar higher,” he said.
What did he get yesterday? A shoddy handling display, with possession coughed up an outrageous 26 times, a wobbly lineout, a disconcerting lack of structure and yet another defeat to a Sharks side that has now beaten the Blues seven times in succession.
Not even the second-half introduction of Luke McAlister to the pivot could steady the ship.
“It’s no different from last year, I suppose,” said Lam. “They wait for you to make mistakes, they apply a lot of pressure, and come hard at you.
“We went from seven lost possessions last week to 26. That made it difficult. They pushed up hard, aware of the threats we had. They come hard to shut you down, and we weren’t able to cope with it.”
Die Bulle sal moet hulle sokkies optrek sover as verdediging aangaan, as hulle die Cheetahs en Lions toelaat om 6 driee te druk teen hulle met relatiewe “average spelers” in twee wedstryde dan lyk dinge gevaarlik as jy na van die ander backlines kyk.
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