Month: March 2009

2009 Super 14 Table after Round 7
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Fixtures and Results

Friday 27 March

Blues 22 v 27 Waratahs (Auckland)

Saturday 28 March

Highlanders 36 v 12 Bulls (Palmerston North)

Crusaders 11 v 07 Stormers (Christchurch)

Reds 26 v 50 Chiefs (Brisbane)

Sharks 35 v 14 Brumbies (Durban)

Lions 32 v 38 Hurricanes (Johannesburg)

Team Sheets

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Results Monday 23 March

Semifinal 1: Pukke 19 – 17 UCT
UCT 17 (12) – Tries: Marcello Sampson, Michael Passaportis, Dayne Jans. Conversions: Matthew Rosslee.
Pukke 19 (00) – Tries: Lolo Waka. Conversions: Cecil Dumond. Penalties: Cecil Dumond (4).

Semifinal 2: Maties 38 – 14 Tukkies
Maties 38 (26) – Tries: Johann Sadie, Wesley Wilkins, Wilhelm Loock, Jean Stemmet (2), Dabeon Draghoender. Conversions: Donald Stevens (4).
Tukkies 14 (14) – Tries: Christian van der Berg. Penalties: Marnitz Boshoff (2). Drop goals: Clayton Blommetjies.

Final: Maties v Pukke – Monday 30 March

Fixtures and Results

Super 14 Table after Round 6

[TABLE=109]Friday 20 March

Hurricanes 14 v 19 Bulls (Wellington)
Hurricanes 14 – Tries: Tamati Ellison, Jason Eaton. Conversions: Piri Weepu (2).
Bulls 19 – Try: JP Nel. Conversion: Morne Steyn. Penalties: Steyn (4).

Saturday 21 March

Highlanders 32 v 08 Cheetahs (Dunedin)
Highlanders 32 – Tries: Adam Thomson (2), Israel Dagg (2), Steven Setephano. Conversions: Matthew Berquist (2). Penalty: Berquist.
Cheetahs 8 – Try: Corne Uys. Penalty: Jacques-Louis Potgieter.

Chiefs 63 v 32 Blues (Hamilton)
Chiefs 63 – Tries: Sitiveni Sivivatu (4), Richard Kahui, Brendon Leonard, Lelia Masaga, Liam Messam, Callum Bruce. Conversions: Stephen Donald (8), Mike Delany.
Blues 32 – Tries: Joe Rokocoko (2), Isaia Toeava, Anthony Tuitavake, Jamie Helleur. Conversions: Jimmy Gopperth (3). Penalty: Gopperth.

Waratahs 13 v 17 Crusaders (Sydney)
Crusaders 17 – Tries: Kieran Read, Leon MacDonald. Conversion: Stephen Brett, Colin Slade. Penalty: Colin Slade.
Waratahs 13 – Try: Ben Robinson. Conversion: Kurtley Beale. Penalties: Kurtley Beale, Daniel Halangahu.

Force 10 v 22 Sharks (Perth)
Force 10 – Try: Scott Staniforth. Conversion: Matt Giteau. Penalty: Giteau.
Sharks 22 – Tries: JP Pieterson, Rory Kockott, Odwa Ndugane. Conversion: Rory Kockott (2). Drop Goal: Francois Steyn.

Lions 25 v 17 Brumbies (Johannesburg)
Lions 25 – Tries: Louis Ludik, Jaque Fourie, Jano Vermaak. Conversion: Andre Pretorius (2). Drop Goal: Pretorius.
Brumbies 17 – Tries: Mark Chisholm, Stirling Mortlock. Conversion: Stirling Mortlock, Mark Gerrard. Penalty: Gerrard.

Lions Brumbies

Team sheets

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Doesn’t happen often, but due to some in-house visitors I was spousally rationed to one S14 fixture this weekend. Looking closely at the schedule with a South African eye, but also an eye on quality – I had to go for the Sharks vs Reds. Apologies now to the Stormers who finally played some entertaining if not precision rugby – that fact and the mush the Sharks dished up – showed up my tough choice to be incorrect.

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Fixtures – Monday 16 March 2009

4.45pm (TV) Pukke 17 v 13 UCT (F du Toit)
6.45pm (TV) Maties 23 v 25 Tuks (Danie Craven)
6.45pm NMMU 10 v 36 UJ (NMMU Stadium)
6.45pm TUT 22 v 78 Shimlas (TUT Stadium)

Final Varsity Cup Table

1. Maties 28
2. UCT 25
3. Pukke 23
4. Tuks 20
5. UJ 18
6. Shimlas 16
7. NMMU 4
8. TUT 2

Super 14 Table after Round 5

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Fixtures and Results:

Friday 13 March

08:35 Blues 46 v 12 Cheetahs (Albany)
Blues 46 (20) – Tries: Anthony Tuitavake, Chris Lowrey, Isaia Toeava, Taniela Moa, Jamie Helleur, Chris Smylie. Conversions: Jimmy Gopperth (5). Penalties: Jimmy Gopperth (2).
Cheetahs 12 (7) – Tries: Corne Uys, Kabamba Floors. Conversion: Jacques-Louis Potgieter.

10:40 Brumbies 21 v 11 Waratahs (Canberra)
Brumbies 21 (6) – Tries: Adam Ashley-Cooper, Ben Alexander. Conversion: Mark Gerrard. Penalties: Mark Gerrard (3).
Waratahs 11 (3) – Tries: Lachie Turner. Penalties: Kurtley Beale (2).

Saturday 14 March

06:30 Crusaders 23 v 23 Force (Christchurch)
Crusaders 23 – Tries: Ryan Crotty, Tim Bateman, Isaac Ross. Conversion: Stephen Brett. Penalties: Brett (2).
Western Force 23 – Tries: Haig Sare, James O’Connor. Conversions: Matt Giteau (2). Penalties: Giteau (2).

08:35 Highlanders 10 v 14 Chiefs (Invercargill)
Highlanders 10 – Try by Fetu’u Vainikolo (14 min). Daniel Bowden kicked a conversion and a penalty.
Chiefs 14 – Tries by Tanerau Latimer (25 min) and Lelia Masaga (65 min). Stephen Donald kicked two conversions.

11:05 Reds 25 v 13 Sharks (Brisbane)
Reds 25 – Tries: Digby Ioane, Will Genia, Adam Byrnes. Conversions: Berrick Barnes (2). Penalty Conversions: Berrick Barnes, Ben Lucas.
Sharks 13 – Try: Ryan Kankowski. Conversion: Rory Kockott. Penalty Conversions: Rory Kockott (2).

17:00 Stormers 56 v 18 Lions (Cape Town)
Stormers 56 – Tries: Schalk Burger, Francois Louw, Andries Bekker 2, Sireli Naqelevuki, Gcobani Bobo, Jean de Villiers, Dewaldt Duvenage. Conversions: Willem de Waal, Peter Grant 4; Penalties: Willem de Waal 2.
Lions 18 – Tries: Louis Ludik, Henno Mentz. Conversion: Andre Pretorius. Penalties: Andre Pretorius 2.

Team sheets:
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Fixtures Monday 9 March 2009

Maties v NMMU (16:45 TV Danie Craven Stadium)
TUT v Pukke (18:45 TUT Stadium)
UCT v Shimlas (18:45 Groote Schuur Rugby Field)
UJ v Tuks (18:45 TV Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds)

Varsity Cup Table Round 5

1.  Maties  22 
2.  UCT  20 
3.  Tuks  15 
4.  Pukke  14 
5.  Shimlas  10 
6.  UJ  9 
7.  NMMU  4 
8.  TUT  1