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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_Ezequiel" data-source="post: 385625" data-attributes="member: 42683"><p>Hey lads,</p><p></p><p>Here is an early preview for round 7. Most interesting thing of round 7 is one where we will see 3 new stadiums this season. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Highlanders.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Brumbies.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>The Highlanders play at Rugby Park (Invercargill) for the first time where they host the Brumbies, who have been disappointing this season. They won once against the Chiefs, lost 4, including a 52-10 beatdown in Nelson against the 'Saders and a last second loss against the Rebels by a Cipriani penalty, and are in 10th spot on the OVerall Log with only 12 points. With the Force and Rebels at 11, the Brumbies should focus to prevent themselves from being bottom of their conference. The Highlanders are phenominal this season. They won the season opener in Wellington against the Hurricanes and even managed to beat the Bulls in Pretoria by scoring 4 tries. The Otago side were brought back down to earth when the Crusaders visited in week 5. Last week they had the bye. 2 years ago both teams played the season-opener at Carisbrook Stadium in Dunedin and the Brumbies won by 2 points (31-33) with a total of 9 tries in it. Let's hope they can do something similar this week.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Waratahs.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Chiefs.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>The Waratahs at home... A match that cannot be predicted. They beat the Reds 30-6, lost to the Cheetahs 3-23. This will be the 3rd match in Sydney for the side of Beale, Mitchell and Waugh. The Chiefs travel to Australia where to lost to the Brumbies in week 1. They beat the Sharks at home without scoring a try but lost to the Blues when scoring more than the opponent. Outside of Hamilton, the Chiefs look very insecure and that is where the side is vulnerable. Can they repeat the stunt of the Cheetahs 2 weeks ago? Or will they run Red and lose the way the Brisbane side did in week 2? Weirdly enough the teams have played each other more often in Hamilton (7 times) than in Sydney (4 times) since the turn of the century. 2 years ago it was 11-7 but most interesting were the matches between the 2 played across the water. In '06 the Chiefs both won 37-33.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/blues.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Cheetahs.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Toll Stadium, Whangarei... The second new venue we see this round. The Blues against the Cheetahs is a match only to predict the score and the number of tries to be honest. The Blues are leading the NZ conference and the Cheetahs are last in the SA conference. Both teams lost to the Sharks at the start of the season but the Blues did it after beating the Crusaders in round 1. The Cheetahs have used 5 captains this season already, just to illustrate how injuryblown the Bloemfontein team is. Matches between these 2 teams are a great opportunity to see some tries. In the last 3 seasons when these 2 teams were playing, they scored 58 points or more together (46-12, 26-50 and 36-32)</p><p></p><p><img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Hurricanes.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/bulls.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Who would have thought the Bulls from Pretoria would have been in 7th place after 6 weeks? Who would have thought their point-difference would be negative (-4)? Meanwhile the Hurricanes have only managed to beat the Rebels. This match can really go either way. The 'Canes rely on a backline with Nonu, Jane, Gear, Savea and Smith while the Bulls have been very dependant on New Bull Basson and scrum-half Fourie du Preez, who missed the entire Currie Cup season and made his comeback in week 1 after 9 months of recovering from surgery. Together the duo scored 5 tries this season so far. Can the Bulls win their first match on tour or can the Hurricanes finally win again?</p><p></p><p><img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Force.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Rebels.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>In Perth we see the bottom 2 of the Australian conference go head-to-head and decide who grabs the final straw to make the play offs at the end of the season. I know the season is still long, but the team that loses this one, can forget about the play offs. The Force have been without Pocock since week 3 and have to rely on James O'Connor with not just his boot, but his running as well. The Rebels seem to have finally found the way to the try line, scoring 4 against the Sharks and 5 asgainst the Hurricanes after only scoring 2 in the first 3 matches and staying try-less in Brisbane 2 weeks ago. Cooper Vuna, who switched this year from League to Union, has gotten used to the different style and is their most dangerous asset on the wing. Who will win this? No history here of course since the Rebels are new.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Lions.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Reds.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>The question everyone has been asking lately is "Can the Lions win matches with the attractive attacking gameplay they show now?" So far they only managed to beat the Cheetahs but they were awfully close to beating both 2010 finalists earlier. Scoring 3 tries at home against the Bulls who only got 2, they lost the match mainly because of Elton Jantjies missing conversions and bad luck. In Round 2 they travelled to Cape Town to score 2 tries (again 1 more than their opponent) but Jantjies missed both conversions which ended up expensive since they lost 19-16. Against the Blues at home, they lost 32-41 with another missed conversion, which would have given them a BP. Well, how about the Reds? They beat the Reds by 1 point at home, got crushed by the Tahs, beat the Brumbies in week 3 and the Rebels 53-3 2 weeks later after their bye. Strange to see that the Cheetahs last week were the first foreign opponent this season. Now they travel overseas themselves. Can they beat the Lions? More important: Can they put up a good performance outside of Australia? It's a good warmup for next week's match against the Stormers. Fun fact about this match is that ever since the Lions are a franchise of their own (With being seperated from the Cheetahs) no match between these 2 was won by the team playing at home! The Reds won in Johannesburg in '10 and '06 and the Lions won in Brisbane in '09 and '07 while they came to a 24-24 draw in 2008. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Sharks.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Stormers.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>What else can I say about this match? Both teams played each other back in October in the Currie Cup final. The Sharks beat Western Province 30-10 with 25 points to Patrick Lambie (which is a CC final record) but Lambie is missing out on the match with a hand-injury. Jacques-Louis Potgieter was bad with the boot in London last sunday which cost the Sharks an extra bonus point. What can they do at home? The Sharks return after a 4 week tour Across the Tasman in which they beat the Force and Rebels with bonus point wins and lost to the Chiefs and Crusaders, which both got them a bonus point despite losing. This resulted in a total of 12 points for their 4 overseas matches. The Stormers have only played in South Africa so far and were leading the overall log last week with only 2 tries to their name! This weekend they scored 6 including 4 by Fourie (2 for Deon, 2 for Jaque). Can the Stormers beat the Sharks in Durban? Or will the Banana Boys recover from the loss and put first blood to the Stormers this season. Will the Stormers finally beat the Sharks? Yes, you heard me. Finally. The Sharks have won 5 in a row against the Stormers. Beating them in Durban in 06 (24-17), 08 (12-10) and 2010 (20-14) and in Cape Town in '07 (10-36) and '09 (15-20).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_Ezequiel, post: 385625, member: 42683"] Hey lads, Here is an early preview for round 7. Most interesting thing of round 7 is one where we will see 3 new stadiums this season. [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Highlanders.gif[/img] [img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png[/img] [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Brumbies.jpg[/img] The Highlanders play at Rugby Park (Invercargill) for the first time where they host the Brumbies, who have been disappointing this season. They won once against the Chiefs, lost 4, including a 52-10 beatdown in Nelson against the 'Saders and a last second loss against the Rebels by a Cipriani penalty, and are in 10th spot on the OVerall Log with only 12 points. With the Force and Rebels at 11, the Brumbies should focus to prevent themselves from being bottom of their conference. The Highlanders are phenominal this season. They won the season opener in Wellington against the Hurricanes and even managed to beat the Bulls in Pretoria by scoring 4 tries. The Otago side were brought back down to earth when the Crusaders visited in week 5. Last week they had the bye. 2 years ago both teams played the season-opener at Carisbrook Stadium in Dunedin and the Brumbies won by 2 points (31-33) with a total of 9 tries in it. Let's hope they can do something similar this week. [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Waratahs.gif[/img] [img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png[/img] [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Chiefs.gif[/img] The Waratahs at home... A match that cannot be predicted. They beat the Reds 30-6, lost to the Cheetahs 3-23. This will be the 3rd match in Sydney for the side of Beale, Mitchell and Waugh. The Chiefs travel to Australia where to lost to the Brumbies in week 1. They beat the Sharks at home without scoring a try but lost to the Blues when scoring more than the opponent. Outside of Hamilton, the Chiefs look very insecure and that is where the side is vulnerable. Can they repeat the stunt of the Cheetahs 2 weeks ago? Or will they run Red and lose the way the Brisbane side did in week 2? Weirdly enough the teams have played each other more often in Hamilton (7 times) than in Sydney (4 times) since the turn of the century. 2 years ago it was 11-7 but most interesting were the matches between the 2 played across the water. In '06 the Chiefs both won 37-33. [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/blues.gif[/img] [img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png[/img] [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Cheetahs.gif[/img] Toll Stadium, Whangarei... The second new venue we see this round. The Blues against the Cheetahs is a match only to predict the score and the number of tries to be honest. The Blues are leading the NZ conference and the Cheetahs are last in the SA conference. Both teams lost to the Sharks at the start of the season but the Blues did it after beating the Crusaders in round 1. The Cheetahs have used 5 captains this season already, just to illustrate how injuryblown the Bloemfontein team is. Matches between these 2 teams are a great opportunity to see some tries. In the last 3 seasons when these 2 teams were playing, they scored 58 points or more together (46-12, 26-50 and 36-32) [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Hurricanes.gif[/img] [img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png[/img] [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/bulls.gif[/img] Who would have thought the Bulls from Pretoria would have been in 7th place after 6 weeks? Who would have thought their point-difference would be negative (-4)? Meanwhile the Hurricanes have only managed to beat the Rebels. This match can really go either way. The 'Canes rely on a backline with Nonu, Jane, Gear, Savea and Smith while the Bulls have been very dependant on New Bull Basson and scrum-half Fourie du Preez, who missed the entire Currie Cup season and made his comeback in week 1 after 9 months of recovering from surgery. Together the duo scored 5 tries this season so far. Can the Bulls win their first match on tour or can the Hurricanes finally win again? [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Force.jpg[/img] [img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png[/img] [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Rebels.gif[/img] In Perth we see the bottom 2 of the Australian conference go head-to-head and decide who grabs the final straw to make the play offs at the end of the season. I know the season is still long, but the team that loses this one, can forget about the play offs. The Force have been without Pocock since week 3 and have to rely on James O'Connor with not just his boot, but his running as well. The Rebels seem to have finally found the way to the try line, scoring 4 against the Sharks and 5 asgainst the Hurricanes after only scoring 2 in the first 3 matches and staying try-less in Brisbane 2 weeks ago. Cooper Vuna, who switched this year from League to Union, has gotten used to the different style and is their most dangerous asset on the wing. Who will win this? No history here of course since the Rebels are new. [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Lions.gif[/img] [img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png[/img] [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Reds.gif[/img] The question everyone has been asking lately is "Can the Lions win matches with the attractive attacking gameplay they show now?" So far they only managed to beat the Cheetahs but they were awfully close to beating both 2010 finalists earlier. Scoring 3 tries at home against the Bulls who only got 2, they lost the match mainly because of Elton Jantjies missing conversions and bad luck. In Round 2 they travelled to Cape Town to score 2 tries (again 1 more than their opponent) but Jantjies missed both conversions which ended up expensive since they lost 19-16. Against the Blues at home, they lost 32-41 with another missed conversion, which would have given them a BP. Well, how about the Reds? They beat the Reds by 1 point at home, got crushed by the Tahs, beat the Brumbies in week 3 and the Rebels 53-3 2 weeks later after their bye. Strange to see that the Cheetahs last week were the first foreign opponent this season. Now they travel overseas themselves. Can they beat the Lions? More important: Can they put up a good performance outside of Australia? It's a good warmup for next week's match against the Stormers. Fun fact about this match is that ever since the Lions are a franchise of their own (With being seperated from the Cheetahs) no match between these 2 was won by the team playing at home! The Reds won in Johannesburg in '10 and '06 and the Lions won in Brisbane in '09 and '07 while they came to a 24-24 draw in 2008. [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Sharks.gif[/img] [img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7404/versuseccellenza.png[/img] [img]http://superxv.com/siteimages/teams/Stormers.gif[/img] What else can I say about this match? Both teams played each other back in October in the Currie Cup final. The Sharks beat Western Province 30-10 with 25 points to Patrick Lambie (which is a CC final record) but Lambie is missing out on the match with a hand-injury. Jacques-Louis Potgieter was bad with the boot in London last sunday which cost the Sharks an extra bonus point. What can they do at home? The Sharks return after a 4 week tour Across the Tasman in which they beat the Force and Rebels with bonus point wins and lost to the Chiefs and Crusaders, which both got them a bonus point despite losing. This resulted in a total of 12 points for their 4 overseas matches. The Stormers have only played in South Africa so far and were leading the overall log last week with only 2 tries to their name! This weekend they scored 6 including 4 by Fourie (2 for Deon, 2 for Jaque). Can the Stormers beat the Sharks in Durban? Or will the Banana Boys recover from the loss and put first blood to the Stormers this season. Will the Stormers finally beat the Sharks? Yes, you heard me. Finally. The Sharks have won 5 in a row against the Stormers. Beating them in Durban in 06 (24-17), 08 (12-10) and 2010 (20-14) and in Cape Town in '07 (10-36) and '09 (15-20). [/QUOTE]
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