How do you like dem odds?

Where will those Stormers and Bulls finish? It’s time to get serious about the Super Rugby log … Predict the correct final log and you could win a Million Bucks!

Tank Lanning

As said before, Super Rugby is factually the most unpredictable rugby tournament in the world, especially early on in the season, and especially given the starts from the Lions, Bulls and Stormers!

So to take a stab at what the Super Rugby log will look like after the league stage of the tournament is a bloody tough ask! But given the chance to take home R 1 000 000.00 for my troubles, I am prepared to take a stab!

You have to have your log submitted by midnight tonight though!

Former international referee, Jonathan Kaplan, the man who holds the record for the most international matches as referee, has been appointed as Brand Ambassador to main competition sponsor, BetFlash, and as such has predicted his final log standings on the myPredictor site. It makes for interesting reading:

Crusaders

Waratahs

Sharks

Chiefs

Reds

Stormers

Brumbies

Blues

Hurricanes

Bulls

Rebels

Highlanders

Cheetahs

Force

Lions

My predicted final log table looked prior to the start of the tournament looked like this:

Chiefs

Sharks

Waratahs

Crusaders

Bulls

Brumbies

Stormers

Blues

Reds

Hurricanes

Cheetahs

Highlanders

Rebels

Force

Lions

But given the action in the first 2 rounds, I am going to go with:

Chiefs

Sharks

Waratahs

Crusaders

Brumbies

Blues

Reds

Hurricanes

Stormers

Cheetahs

Highlanders

Bulls

Rebels

Force

Lions

An amazing start from the Lions. Plenty heart, guts and passion. But that can only fuel you for so long, and I think they will unravel. It is looking more and more likely that the Sharks will be the only side who will challenge for quarter final honours this year. This while the Aussie sides have not looked too shabby! Which makes the bottom 9 spots pretty damn difficult to predict!

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To get an idea of how people are thinking re the top 6, BetFlash will give you the following odds on a top six finish of:

5/1 – SHA, CHI, RED, CRU, BRU, STO

10/1 – CHI, SHA, BRU, CRU, STO, CHE

20/1 – CRU, BRU, SHA, CHI, RED, STO

20/1 – BRU, CRU, STO, SHA, CHI, BLU

35/1 – CHI, SHA, RED, BLU, CHE, CRU

35/1 – CRU, STO, WAR, CHI, SHA, RED

40/1 – STO, CHI, BRU, BUL, CRU, BLU

50/1 – CHI, RED, BUL, CRU, BRU, SHA

With 2 SA sides in all of them, I am not sure I would dabble on any of those options, and I would certainly stay clear of the option with the Stormers at the top. I am not sure any odds would get me to put even R10 on it! 10/1 and you include both the Stormers and Cheetahs in a top 6 finish? Should be 100/1!

The Tahs have lost a good flew players like Barnes, Carter, Mitchell and Turner, but they have a strong pack and play the kind of rugby that will see them win more games than they lose. And with the Brumbies having lost Jake White, I think they will be the Aussie side to get that third place courtesy of finishing top of the Aussie pile.

The Chiefs and Crusaders will always be there and there about, it’s just about which of the two will finish top of the Kiwi pile … I am going with the defending champs …

To qualify to stand a chance to win the R1 million prize: Predict where each team will end up on the Super Rugby log and register with one of myPredictor’s chosen sponsors, of which BetFlash is the title sponsor. If you choose to register with BetFlash, make a minimum deposit of R100 and place a bet/s to that value on any sport at any odds before the closing date.

To this weekend then …

My predictions:

CRUSADERS to beat Blues by 5

CHEETAHS to beat Rebels by 7

HURRICANES to beat Stormers by 13

CHIEFS to beat Highlanders by 11

WARATAHS to beat Reds by 4

BRUMBIES to beat Force by 4

BULLS to beat Lions by 11

The BetFlash odds:

CRU,CHE,STO,BULLS,WAR – 3.5

CRU,CHE,STO,LIO,WAR – 10

CRU,REB,STO,LIO,WAR – 15

BLU,CHE,STO,BULLS,REDS – 15

CRU,CHE,HUR,LIO,WAR – 20

BLU,REB,STO,BULLS,REDS – 20

BLU,CHE,HUR,BULLS,REDS – 30

BLU,REB,HUR,BULLS,REDS – 33

CRU,REB,HUR,LIO,WAR – 35

So no odds at all on my predicted winners, but 3.5 on the Stormers coming out on top rather than the Canes, and 20 on the Lions getting past the Bulls. Both are distinct possibilities, so to get 20/1 on wins for the CRU, CHE, HUR, LIO, WAR would attract my hard earned cash.

R10 on that and you get a case of beer and a packet of chips in return!

R50 on that and you hosting 4 mates to an all fall down braai next weekend!