A quick look at all the rugby results of the weekend …
Super Rugby pre-season:
Bulls 16 – 12 Kings
Stormers 14 – 22 Cheetahs
Blues 36 – 22 Hurricanes
Brumbies 25 – 0 Force
Chiefs 36 – 0 Rebels
Crusaders 47 – 19 Highlanders
Wellington Sevens:
NEW ZEALAND 24 – 7 FIJI Final Cup
ENGLAND 21 – 12 SAMOA 3rd/4th playoff
TONGA 0 – 24 SOUTH AFRICA Final Plate
KENYA 12 – 7 AUSTRALIA Final Bowl
SCOTLAND 19 – 17 COOK ISLANDS Final Shield
World Series Standings
1 NEW ZEALAND 73
2 FIJI 70
3 ENGLAND 64
4 SOUTH AFRICA 61
5 FRANCE 49
6 SAMOA 47
7 AUSTRALIA 45
8 WALES 41
And in the draw for round 5 of the Series in Las Vegas on 10-12 February, France were drawn top of Pool C, along with the Blitzbokke, Wales and South American qualifiers, Uruguay.
Six Nations:
Scotland 6 – 13 England — Murrayfield
France 30 – 12 Italy — Stade de France
Ireland 21 – 23 Wales — Aviva stadium
Cape Town Tens:
Maties won the Premier division for the 4th time
The SA Legends beat Hammies to win the Vets division
Upcoming Fixtures:
Monday, February 6 –
UCT v Shimlas (UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town), 5pm (TV)
Tuks v UJ (Tuks Rugby Stadium, Pretoria), 7pm (TV)
Maties v TUT (Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch), 7pm
NMMU v Pukke (NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth), 7pm
Saturday, February 11 – 18:00: Italy v England, 22:00: France v Ireland
Sunday, February 12 – 17:00: Wales v Scotland
Ongelooflik:
A truly classic Cape Town Tens moment was created when former Ikey flyhalf Doug Mallett found himself competing for a brand new Golf GTI thanks to a pretty cool competition sponsored by Stor-Age.
Mallett, together with two other random contestants, was drawn out of the crowd to take part in the cross-bar challenge – a place-kick from the half-way line had to hit the cross-bar on the rugby goal-post.
Mallett, the son of former Springbok coach Nick, duly landed his effort to walk off with the GTI – much to the delight of the party loving crowd.
Image and Mallett story courtesy of www.varsitycup.co.za
