Sharks vs Stormers described as “Drab” … Bulls vs Force described as “Negative and Frustrating” … A look back at the weekend’s results, logs and scoreers.
Super Rugby:
Results:
Sharks 12 – 6 Stormers
Sharks – Penalties: Patrick Lambie (4).
Stormers – Penalties: Joe Pietersen (2).
Bulls 36 – 26 Force
Bulls – Tries: Morné Steyn, Sampie Mastriet, Jean Cook, Werner Kruger. Conversions: Steyn (2). Penalties: Steyn (2).
Force Tries: Angus Cottrell, Toby Lynn. Conversion: Sias Ebersohn (2) . Penalties: Ebersohn (2). Drop Goals: Ebersohn (2).
Chiefs 45 – 3 Cheetahs
Chiefs – Tries: Liam Messam, Ben Afeaki, Asaeli Tikoirotuma, Gareth Anscombe, Rhys Marshall, Ben Tameifuna. Conversions: Anscombe (6). Penalty: Anscombe.
Cheetahs – Penalty: Johan Goosen.
Reds 18 – 12 Hurricanes
Waratahs 31 – 26 Rebels
Blues 34 – 15 Crusaders
Log:
Brumbies Pld:2 W:2 Pts:13
Chiefs Pld:2 W:2 Pts:10
Bulls Pld:2 W:2 Pts:9
Blues Pld:2 W:2 Pts:10
Sharks Pld:2 W:2 Pts:8
Reds Pld:3 W:2 Pts:8
Kings Pld:1 W:1 Pts:8
Waratahs Pld:2 W:1 Pts:8
Rebels Pld:3 W:1 Pts:5
Highlanders Pld:1 W:0 Pts:4
Crusaders Pld:1 W:0 Pts:4
Stormers Pld:2 W:0 Pts:1
Hurricanes Pld:2 W:0 Pts:1
Force Pld:3 W:0 Pts:1
Cheetahs Pld:2 W:0 Pts:1
South African Conference
Bulls Pld:2 W:2 Pts:9
Sharks Pld:2 W:2 Pts:8
Southern Kings Pld:1 W:1 Pts:8
Stormers Pld:2 W:0 Pts:1
Cheetahs Pld:2 W:0 Pts:1
New Zealand Conference
Chiefs Pld:2 W:2 Pts:10
Blues Pld:2 W:2 Pts:10
Highlanders Pld:1 W:0 Pts:4
Crusaders Pld:1 W:0 Pts:4
Hurricanes Pld:2 W:0 Pts:1
Australian Conference
Brumbies Pld:2 W:2 Pts:13
Reds Pld:3 W:2 Pts:8
Waratahs Pld:2 W:1 Pts:8
Rebels Pld:3 W:1 Pts:5
Force Pld:3 W:0 Pts:1
Next fixtures:
Friday 08 Mar 2013
08:35 Hurricanes vs Crusaders
10:40 Rebels vs Reds
Saturday 09 Mar 2013
08:35 Highlanders vs Cheetahs
10:40 Brumbies vs Waratahs
17:05 Stormers vs Chiefs
19:10 Southern Kings vs Sharks
Community Cup:
Roses United (Boland) 25 – 26 Old Selbornians (Border)
Evergreens (SWD) 28 – 24 Brakpan (Valke)
Roodepoort (Lions) 27 – 24 Raiders (Lions)
Rustenburg (Leopards) 69 – 17 Bloem Crusaders (Free State)
African Bombers (EP) 33 – 53 Pretoria Police (Blue Bulls)
Bloem Police (Free State) 20 – 95 Durbanville-Bellville (WP)
Sishen (Griquas) 32 – 39 SK Walmers (WP)
Despatch (EP) 67 – 23 Villagers Worcester (Boland)
Aviva Premiership
Northampton 40 – 14 London Irish
Leicester 48 – 10 Sale
Harlequins 16 – 27 Exeter
RaboDirect PRO12
Munster 13 – 13 Ospreys
Top 14
Stade Francais 10 – 37 Clermont Auvergne
Castres 26 – 20 Montpellier
Racing Metro Paris 23 – 3 Grenoble
Toulon 35 – 16 Toulouse
Mont de Marsan 17 – 31 Perpignan
Bordeaux-Begles 48 – 17 Agen
Not sure if I would be so kind as to use the words drab or negative – I thought it was absolutely pathetic. To think that these teams train 3 days a week and one hears the same words every Thursday, “We worked hard this week and training went well,” and then on Monday,”we have to up our game and work on our mistakes.”
Sharks vs Stormers.Good old fashioned hard fought rugby. No one allowed to get away. If you call this drab what do you want. 55-35 as a score? Come on !!- superb defence from both sides. We will see how they fare against the NZ sodes soon. Like on Saturday with Stormers game!
Different strokes for different folks I suppose 🙂 These were quotes from SuperSport and Sport24 … I am going to watch the games later … But I much prefer the Kiwi, ball in hand game than the kick and chase, defend like demons ….