Year: 2010

Saturday 22 May

Semifinal 1 – Bulls v Crusaders (Soweto 17:00)

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Bulls record v Crusaders at home:
P 9 | W 5 | L 4
Last 3 results:
2010: Bulls 40 – 35 Crusaders
2008: Bulls 36 – 23 Crusaders
2006: Bulls 19 – 54 Crusaders

Teams:
Bulls Р15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Morn̩ Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Gurthr̦ Steenkamp.
Subs: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Bees Roux, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Derick Kuün, 20 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 21 Stephan Dippenaar, 22 Pedrie Wannenburg.

Crusaders – 15 Colin Slade, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Robert Fruean, 12 Daniel Bowden, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 George Whitelock, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Ti’i Paulo, 1 Ben Franks.
Subs: 16 Daniel Perrin, 17 Wyatt Crockett, 18 Chris Jack, 19 Thomas Waldrom, 20 Kahn Fotuali’i, 21 Tim Bateman, 22 Jared Payne.

Semifinal 2 – Stormers v Waratahs (CPT 19:10)

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Stormers record v Waratahs at home:
P 7 | W4 | L 2 | D 1
Last 3 results:
2010: Stormers 27 – 06 Waratahs
2008: Stormers 13 – 13 Waratahs
2006: Stormers 26 – 32 Waratahs

Teams:
Stormers – 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (c), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Adriaan Fondse, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Subs: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Eusebio Guinazu, 18 Anton van Zyl, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Willem de Waal, 22 Tim Whitehead.

Waratahs – 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Tom Carter, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Berrick Barnes, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Ben Mowen, 7 Phil Waugh (c), 6 Patrick McCutcheon, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Al Baxter, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Dan Palmer.
Subs: 16 Damien Fitzpatrick, 17 Jeremy Tilse, 18 Chris Thomson, 19 Dave Dennis, 20 Josh Holmes, 21 Daniel Halangahu, 22 Rory Sidey

2010 Super 14 final standings

Team P W D L BP Pt
01. Bulls 13 10 0 3 7 47
02. Stormers 13 9 0 4 8 44
03. Waratahs 13 9 0 4 7 43
04. Crusaders 13 8 1 4 7 41

05. Reds 13 8 0 5 7 39
06. Brumbies 13 8 0 5 5 37
07. Blues 13 7 0 6 9 37
08. Hurricanes 13 7 1 5 7 37
09. Sharks 13 7 0 6 5 33
10. Cheetahs 13 5 1 7 4 26
11. Chiefs 13 4 1 8 8 26
12. Highlanders 13 3 0 10 7 19
13. Force 13 4 0 9 3 19
14. Lions 13 0 0 13 5 5

Following the Crusaders defeat of the Brumbies and the Waratahs defeat of the Hurricanes, the Super 14 top four looks as follows:

1. 47 – Bulls
2. 43 – Waratahs
3. 41 – Crusaders
4. 39 – Stormers

The Stormers play the Bulls tomorrow with the following possible outcomes for the Stormers:

Win – Move to 2nd (on points difference if no bonus points) and play the Waratahs in Cape Town

Lose by > 7 points – Stay 4th and play The Bulls in Soweto
Lose by < 7 points and score 4 tries - Move to 3rd and play the Waratahs in Sydney Lose by < 7 points and don’t score 4 tries - Stay 4th and play The Bulls in Soweto