SANZAR have released the match officials for the fourteenth Round of the 2011 Super Rugby tournament and Steve Walsh has been replaced.
Walsh has not fully recovered from his calf injury and has been replaced by Keith Brown for this weekend’s big clash between the Blues and the Stormers in Auckland.
The confirmed Round 14 appointments are:
Friday 20 May
Blues vs Stormers, Auckland
Referee: Keith Brown
Ass. Ref. 1: Glen Jackson
Ass. Ref. 2: Richard Kelly
TMO: Ben Skeen
Saturday 21 May
Crusaders vs Chiefs, Napier
Referee: Stuart Dickinson
Ass. Ref. 1: Garratt Williamson
Ass. Ref. 2: Chris Pollock
TMO: Nick Briant
Waratahs vs Lions, Sydney
Referee: Marius Jonker
Ass. Ref. 1: Angus Gardner
Ass. Ref. 2: James Leckie
TMO: Matt Goddard
Force vs Brumbies, Perth
Referee: Ian Smith
Ass. Ref. 1: Nathan Pearce
Ass. Ref. 2: Julian Pritchard
TMO: George Ayoub
Cheetahs vs Rebels, Bloemfontein
Referee: Pro Legoete
Ass. Ref. 1: Joey Salmans
Ass. Ref. 2: Cobus Wessels
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
Sharks vs Bulls, Durban
Referee: Bryce Lawrence
Ass. Ref. 1: Mark Lawrence
Ass. Ref. 2: Christie du Preez
TMO: Johan Meuwesen
VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
Some really tough games this week…
On fire Blues at home against the Stormpoppies (NZ Conference Leader vs SA Conference Leader), who will be hurting after their shock loss – Could well be a Blues win.
The Waratahs vs Lions – Game should definately go the Waratahs way, but damn it would be good for the SA Conference (specially Bulls) if the Lions could pull this one off.
The Cheetahs could creep up to the Bulls on the Logs if they beat the Rebels well – Cheetahs should win this one at a canter.
The Sharks vs Bulls – Could go either way! If the Bulls win, they creep much closer to the Sharks on the Logs… and closer to 6th spot overall (which is needed to reach the play-off’s), whereas if the Sharks win they will strenghten their position in the Top 5, possibly even pass the Stormers for overall SA Conference leader. No lack of motivation here… the clash of the week.
Blaas Steve Walsh nie die wedstryd tussen die Sharks en Bulle nie ?
3@ bdb:
Kyk eerste sinne van die berig.
Dalk maar goed so, ek dink Walsh dink dalk nog hy “Skuld” die Clownfish ene….
loosehead @ 1
😀 have you said anything else over the whole weekend? 😉
#5
😯 hey, ive said last week that i’d be a freestate supporter for a whole week should the beat the crusaders .. so here goes
VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!! 😀
Agreed GBS, if the Bulls lose to the Shaaks, then the Cheetahs are ready to punce on any slip ups. I was looking at the Cheetah’s remaining fixtures, and it will be interesting to see what effect the oppositions previous clashes will have before the teams tackle the Cheetahs.
Cheetahs tackle Rebels this weekend… if form is maintained sb a bonus point win
Then Cheetahs play the Bulls, the week after what should be a very physical clash with the Shaaaks.
Then the Sharks after the Sharks have played the Bulls, and Waratahs in succesive matches.
and finally the Cheetahs face the Stormers after a bye, and after the Stormers faced the Bulls the previous week.
So it’s going to be frenetic in the NZ and Sa conferences!!
7: when the going get’s tough …..
#8
… the weak fold??? 👿
7@ Cheetah4eva:
Apart from the Rebels, a difficult road for the Cheetahs…
Bulls
Sharks
Stormers
They could lose all 3 games…
That said, the Cheetahs are playing better and better rugby with every week, as the Competition progresses, much like the Bulls who seem to have awoken from their early season slumber.
I still think the Bulls have left their comeback ONE GAME too late, they should NEVER have lost to the Force! Damn they have 5 tough games left… Sharks x 2, Waratahs, Stormers & Cheetahs.
The Stormers seem to have peaked way too early and are now reaping the consequences. The Stormers have now lost against the Reds, Crusaders (2 Top teams), Chiefs… and after this coming weekend possibly to another top team (Blues), which does not bode well for them going into play-offs. Their last 2 games on tour the Stormers should win.
The Sharks is an unknown quantity at present, firing this week, battling the next… quite inconsistent, but they always get their A-Game up for the Bulls! Kanko is injured and Daniel suspended for 1 game and their midfield is wobbly, but they still have Alberts & Deysel in the loosies, with Beast, Bissie & Jannie in the front row, which translates into the fact that their forwards will still be a bloody hand full. In the backline Lambie will be a possible game breaker and that man, Mvovo (whom I really rate). How do you counter the Sharks…. attack their midfield and stop ALberts and Deysel, whilst keeping possession against them. Never easy at the Guppie Tank!
Who are the candidates to oust from the top 6 as it now stands… must surely be the Landers, Waratahs & Sharks!
VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!
……
(from news24)
A finely planned strategy and the advice of former Springbok Brendan Venter helped the Cheetahs to shut down All Black centre Sonny Bill Williams on Saturday.
The home side put the giant centre under pressure from the word go through centres Barry Geel and Robert Ebersohn, as well as No 8 Ashley Johnson in their 33-20 Vodacom Super Rugby victory.
Williams did not emerge for the second half due to a knee injury, but not before the Cheetahs showed the Springboks how the professional boxer can be neutralised at the 2011 World Cup.
Venter wrote about the Williams-factor in his column for Sport24 last week and Cheetahs assistant coach Hawies Fourie took it on board.
Among the former Saracens coach’s observations were that Williams is not a traditional New Zealand inside centre and that he probably lacks pace. Venter also believes that Williams’s normal passing game is not good and that he will have less of an impact if his opponents exploit his weaknesses.
“Brendan wrote that the outside centre or player outside Sonny Bill Williams is actually the danger man. We definitely learned something from that,” said Fourie.
“Naka (Drotské, Cheetahs head coach) and Michael (Horak, defence coach) played with and under Brendan. You know he can be trusted, especially on the subject of defence.”
Fourie also revealed the Cheetahs’ special plan for Williams.
“Michael instituted a plan whereby Ashley would come out at the lineouts and rush in on Sonny Bill from the outside. He did not hit him hard every time, but the Crusaders had to change their plan. It definitely disrupted them,” he said.
“As far as the centres were concerned, we constantly nailed the guy next to Sonny Bill. If Sonny Bill was Barry Geel’s man on defence, the other players trusted him.”
grootblousmile wrote:
If they win all 3 the whole SA conference applecart will be thrown over
#11
ek sê brendan venter praat kak
en hawies fourie praat kak
en naka drotske praat kak
..
hoe weet ek?
😉 want sonny bill williams hettie weaknesses nie!! 😀
..
nou wag ek nog net dat iemand hom expose op defence in sy channel, hehehehe
#13
o,
en
VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!
13@ Ashley:
Asbak, jou mind is met Sonny Bill gepla…. want dis al waaroor jy deesdae praat.
Mens sou sweer jy admireer die ou stilletjies….
Asbakkie snuif SBW se kouse sedert Nuweland :LOL
Gedink dit gaan moeilikheid afgee as hy soheentoe gaan
16 & 17@ superBul:
Janee, wragtig!
Abakkie is in Sonny Bill se bal gepik!
@ Ashley:
Good Man!
15/16: Sal nie verbaas wees as Asbak ‘n groot SBW poster in sy kamer het nie …. en nog ‘n paar SBW tattoo’s ook laat opsit het nie. Kom Asbak, rol op daai mou laat ons die SBW voorletters kan sien !
19@ Loosehead:
Loskoppie,
Twice now have I tried to phone you after receiving an SMS about the rugby… once Saturday evening and a few weeks before that… each time I get through to a black chap who does not know who the hell you are!
Sort your freeging phone shit out… hehehe
20@ bdb:
Nee jong, hy het seker een van daai moooosa Maori “war Paint” tattoos gekry wat die hele freegin arm vol hang…
Moet sê, WO begin nou eers weer herstel na SBW hom getref het so paar weke terug …. so daar is hoop dat JDV oor so paar weke weer terug sal wees.
22: gbs, ‘n rekenaar verwante vraag: as jou PC sê, terwyl jy iets kyk, ‘insufficient bandwith’, is dit jou provider se probleem of jou PC se probleem ?
bandwidth, ai die ingels.
24@ bdb:
Dis die spoed van jou Internet konneksie se probleem.
Wat gebruik jy, 3G of ADSL of daai kakkerige werksnetwerk by die plekkie waar jy werk?
26: ADSL Telkom
27@ bdb:
Snaaks!
Gaan na die volgende site en toets jou spoed, gee my die resultate: http://www.speedtest.net
@ grootblousmile:
28
terwyl ons jou hier het vir n vrae en antwoord sessie, het jy pryse ge download?
All the SA sides hoping the Lions have a good game against the Brumbies and Highlanders to help their causes’?
Marius Jonker blowing the game v ‘Tahs though, so expect the Lions to take a pasting.
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