Day: March 20, 2009

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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