Cape Town – The Stormers believe the Bulls are clear favourites for Saturday’s Super 14 final at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, but they don’t plan on settling for second. Stormers coach Allister Coetzee likened the challenge awaiting his side to that of an Olympic athlete.
”Some go to compete and are content to run in the finals. Others go to win the finals, to win gold and break records,” Coetzee said. ”This Stormers side have a lot of respect for the Bulls. They are the best team in the southern hemisphere. But you go not just to run the race. We’re going to win.”
The Bulls beat the Crusaders at Orlando Stadium in Soweto by 39 points to 24 for the right to host the 2010 Super 14 final next week again in Orlando.
Here are some highlights…
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The Bulls will now face the Stormers in a much awaited South African Super 14 Final.
East London was the AB’s next stop for a match against a South African rural XV. The Kiwi’s experienced the hotel owner smug, a bit of a stuck-up and full of self-importance. They found it very amusing when, one Gielie de Kock -a white journalist with a dark skin- was chased out of the hotel with a group of coloured suppoters keen to meet the All Blacks. Continue reading
Ticket information with regards to the Vodacom Super 14 final at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on 29 May 2010 at 17:00 will be made available soon. Ticket prices will be R 350 per ticket. Please note that no tickets will be available on Monday, 24 May 2010.
Durban Bulle is almost untouchable in our pool. A posible 4.5 points can be scored if one picks the winner , the margin and bonus point on your own. Loosehead can beat him if Durban Bulle scores 0 and Loosehead takes the maximum 4.5 points available.
We wish Durban Bulle luck in the Global Standing , where he is in with a good chance to win that title.
The Stormers secured a historic 25-6 Super 14 semifinal victory over the Waratahs at Newlands on Saturday evening. Continue reading
We wanted a good proper North vs South battle for years. Well we have it. Next Saturday we have The Stormers visiting the Bulls new “Home” in Orlando to challenge the Champions and try to become the second South African team to lift the Super 14 trophy.
My Rating of the Players. This might just be the exact two teams taking each other on in Soweto. Although Gerhard vd Heever will most probably replace Jaco vd Westhuizen at wing.
Peter de Villiers announced the Springbok team to face Wales in Cardiff . Peter said that winning is not the first priority in this game. I hope that his attitude do not cheapen the Springbok jersey.
Stormers 25 / Waratahs 6 (Full Time)
The Stormers hosted the Waratahs in the 2nd of the 2 semi-finals of the Super 14 this year, at Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa, at 19:10. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
Just like the Bulls, the Stormers won this encounter with consumate ease, by 25 / 6.
This now sets the Stormers and the Bulls up for an epic Final at Orlando Stadium, Soweto, next Saturday.
Bulls (23) 39 / Crusaders (10) 24 (Final Score)
The Bulls hosted the Crusaders in the 1st of the 2 semi-finals of the Super 14 this year, at Orlando Stadium, Soweto, South Africa, at 17:00. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
This time round the Bulls simply had far too much fire power for the Crusaders, the Bulls won comfortably, by 39 / 24.
The Super 14 final WILL BE at Orlando Stadium, Soweto, South Africa.
Well done Bulls…. and well done Crusaders, you were worthy opponents!
The Crusaders face a storm of controversy ahead of their Vodacom Super 14 semi-final this weekend against the Bulls in Soweto after plans were revealed that they plan to poach South Africa’s best under-16 players. Continue reading
The Bulls will invade Soweto on
Saturday with more confidence as their hosts for the Super 14 semi-final match, Orlando Pirates have thrown their weight firmly behind the defending champions.
Vodacom Stormers captain Schalk Burger said there was a lot of excitement in the side about Saturday’s Vodacom Super 14 semifinal againt the Waratahs at Newlans, but added that the players realise it was just another game. Continue reading
What could be better than a double Super 14-semi weekend in South Africa? An all South Africa final in Soweto of course! Continue reading
Vodacom Bulls loose forward, Dewald Potgieter, has extended his contract with the franchise untill 2013.
The Sharks rugby union have issued a press release to confirm the signing of Lionel Mapoe.
Lionel Mapoe is a Sharks player – it’s done and dusted and the player has signed a 2.5 year contract. That’s according to the KZN Union, anyway.
According to the official press release that came out a few minutes ago, Mapoe terminated his contract with the Cheetahs way back on 9 March as a result of a contractual dispute. He has thus been a free agent since then and has every right to enter into an agreement with the Sharks, for whom he will play in the Currie Cup.
We finally get to the semi-finals in this, the world’s greatest Franchise Competition in Rugby Union.
The matches are as follows:
| 22 | Vodacom Bulls | v | Crusaders | Orlando Stadium, Soweto | 17:00 |
| 22 | Vodacom Stormers | v | Waratahs | Newlands Stadium, Cape Town | 19:10 |
Waratahs halfback Luke Burgess will use the Super 14 semi-final to convince the Test selectors he is worthy of regaining his starting spot at a time when Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has been swamped by injuries in almost every position.
Deans yesterday revealed he had lost 15 players for the opening international, against Fiji in Canberra on June 5, with one of the most pressing areas to fill being halfback, as Will Genia is expected to be sidelined until the end of next month because of a knee injury suffered in the Queensland Reds’ final-round match on Saturday night.
Will they or won’t they? Will the Crusaders continue to play their high risk-high reward rugby, or will they bring out the stodgy stuff for the weekend’s Super 14 semi-final against the Bulls? Continue reading
The Crusaders coaches have made one change to their 22-man squad for the Super 14 semi-final match against the Bulls at Orlando Stadium in Soweto.
Halfback Kahn Fotuali’i comes on to the reserves bench instead of Willi Heinz in the only adjustment to the team which beat the Brumbies 40-22 at AMI Stadium last weekend.
Ek het dievolgende toevallig oor die radio gehoor en gaan ondersoek instel. Hierdie interessante inligting het ek op een van OFM se webwerbe gekry.
Artikel opgedateer hieronder – Regsgeding waarskynlik.
Allister Coetzee, head coach of the Vodacom Stormers, on Wednesday announced his team to play the Waratahs in a semi-final clash at Newlands on Saturday 22 May. Kick-off is at 19h10. Continue reading
Super 14 drew an overall 1,832,867 bums on seats at an average of 20,141 per game, with South Africa leading at just under 26,000 per game (despite the low crowds at Coca-Cola Park.)
Country records and breakdowns:
1. South Africa: 856,930 (46% capacity) at 25,967 per game
2. Australia: 513,852 (28%) at 19,763 per game.
3. New Zealand: New Zealand total 462,085 (25%) at 14,440 per game.
The Springboks will play home three-Test series against England (twice), France and Ireland in the six years either side of the 2015 Rugby World Cup as a result of an International Rugby Board decision to return to ‘old-style’ rugby touring.
The Crusaders remain optimistic that talisman Dan Carter will be fit for their historic Super 14 semifinal showdown with the Bulls at Soweto’s Orlando Stadium on Saturday.
Carter and prop Ben Franks are both on the “wait-and-see” list, suffering with ankle injury niggles in the team’s 40-22 victory over the Brumbies in Christchurch last week.
Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder said his team’s preparation for their historic Super 14 semifinal showdown with the Bulls at Soweto’s Orlando Stadium is more about “mental application” that physical training.
Writing in his column on the Crusaders’ website, he also said he hopes the players respond to the unique venue – the historic soccer stadium in Orlando.
A Hurricanes medical report has revealed that Ma-a Nonu will miss the All Blacks Tests in June after picking up an injury in his final Super 14 clash against the Waratahs.
Nonu ruptured the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in Sydney last weekend. The Hurricanes were hoping to beat the Waratahs and secure a place in the play offs but lost ending their Super14 campaign.
Inspirational Brumbies fullback Julian Huxley has become the 19th signing to the Melbourne Rebels Super 15 squad.
Former South Africa international Brendan Venter has been banned from the sidelines for 14 weeks in the English rugby premiership after being found guilty of making provocative or inappropriate gestures to spectators.
Overnight all available seating and standing tickets for the Vodacom Super 14 semi-final between the Vodacom Stormers and the Waratahs have been sold.
Here are the Semi-Final Teams, as they have been announced.
There was a time when he walked a disciplinary tightrope, but Schalk Burger appears to be on course to succeed John Smit as Springbok captain.
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THE leading rugby nations, including Australia, will seek a larger slice of the World Cup pie to compensate them for millions of dollars of lost income from the IRB’s decision to cancel inbound Test matches in the year the showpiece event is held.
The Waratahs have vowed to batter the Stormers’ iron-clad defence with strong ball-running and physical play at the breakdown in this Saturday’s Super 14 semi-final at Newlands.
I was sent this by our good friend, TonyM, a discussion of whether the Promotion / Relegation System for Super Rugby would work or not.
Johann Lerm, Head Coach of the SWD Eagles and Tony McKeever, former CEO of the Southern Spears give their Opinions.