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TRF's Super 15 prediction (PREDICTIONS ONLY)

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It was a quiet round with 6 people not participating and the people who did, didn't score that many points because of the surprising results. Highest score this round was 15 points by darwin_23, BadGena and TNT88. Intercept King JDV and Draggs only scored 7 points and may be more lucky next week.

We had the draw in Perth between the Western Force and the Blues that nobody could predict and the 4 tries scored by the Rebels against the Sharks (until then still no try conceded in the tournament so far) were the big upsets together with the 52 points scored by the Crusaders against the Brumbies.

The log saw some changes as well. darwin_23 used his 15 points to climb to second place pushing both Olyy and Draggs down a place. Intercept King JDV passed 3 contenders who missed the round to climb to 11th place.



Green = Log Leader
Red = Wooden Spoon
Blue = Best achievement this round


The Log:


Please be sure your predictions are in before the first match starts in Hamilton!

 
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Getting continually worse, time to step it up.

Chiefs 17 (2) - (2) 23 Sharks
Reds 27 (3) - (2) 20 Rebels
Highlanders 16 (1) - (3) 33 Crusaders
Blues 17 (2) - (3) 24 Hurricanes
Waratahs 27 (3) - (1) 16 Cheetahs
Lions 26 (2) - (2) 17 Western Force
Bulls 20 (2) - (1) 19 Stormers
 
Chiefs 17 (2) - (3) 27 Sharks
Reds 27 (4) - (2) 16 Rebels
Highlanders 23 (3) - (5) 38 Crusaders
Blues 24 (3) - (3) 21 Hurricanes
Waratahs 27 (3) - (1) 11 Cheetahs
Lions 25 (4) - (3) 26 Western Force
Bulls 18 (2) - (2) 19 Stormers
 
Chiefs 23 (2) - (3) 31 Sharks
Reds 32 (4) - (2) 21 Rebels
Highlanders 26 (3) - (5) 40Crusaders
Blues 36 (4) - (1) 17 Hurricanes
Waratahs 26 (3) - (1) 15 Cheetahs
Lions 32 (4) - (4) 36Western Force
Bulls 18 (2) - (2) 19 Stormers
 
Chiefs 28 (4) - 19 (2) Sharks
Reds 23 (2) - 12 (1) Rebels
Highlanders 17 (2) - 32 (4) Crusaders
Blues 26 (3) - 25 (3) Hurricanes
Waratahs 29 (3) - 16 (1) Cheetahs
Lions 26 (3) - 23 (2) Western Force
Bulls 19 (1) - 12 (1) Stormers
 
Chiefs 17 (2) - 23 (3) Sharks
Reds 19 (1) - 17 (1) Rebels
Highlanders 13 (1) - 28 (3) Crusaders
Blues 22 (1) - 13 (1) Hurricanes
Waratahs 41 (5) - 11 (1) Cheetahs
Lions 12 (1) - 21 (2) Western Force
Bulls 17 (1) - 12 (0) Stormers
 
Chiefs 18(2) - 24(2) Sharks
Reds 28(3) - 21(2) Rebels
Highlanders 13 (1) - 33(4) Crusaders
Blues 26(3) - 17(2) Hurricanes
Waratahs 35(4) - 19(2) Cheetahs
Lions 32(4) - 27(3) Western Force
Bulls 26 (2) - 20 (2) Stormers
 
Chiefs 19 (2) - 33 (4) Sharks
Reds 28 (3) - 20 (2) Rebels
Highlanders 17 (2) - 42 (6) Crusaders
Blues 26 (3) - 17 (2) Hurricanes
Waratahs 45 (6) - 16 (1) Cheetahs
Lions 30 (4) - 17 (2) Western Force
Bulls 19 (1) - 28 (3) Stormers
 
Chiefs 19 (1) - 40 (4) Sharks
Reds 32 (2) - 15 (0) Rebels
Highlanders 27 (2) - 32 (2) Crusaders
Blues 30 (3) - 20 (2) Hurricanes
Waratahs 24 (3) - 21 (2) Cheetahs
Lions 37 (4) - 22 (1) Western Force
Bulls 34 (4) - 26 (2) Stormers
 
Chiefs 21 (2) - 24 (3) Sharks
Reds 25 (3) - 19 (1) Rebels
Highlanders 19 (1) - 30 (4) Crusaders
Blues 21 (2) - 19 (2) Hurricanes
Waratahs 34 (4) - 15 (0) Cheetahs
Lions 22 (2) - 28 (3) Western Force
Bulls 23 (2) - 25 (2) Stormers
 
Chiefs 18 (2) - 25 (3) Sharks
Reds 26 (2) - 23 (2) Rebels
Highlanders 18 (2) - 25 (3) Crusaders
Blues 22 (2) - 16 (1) Hurricanes
Waratahs 36 (4) - 20 (2) Cheetahs
Lions 25 (3) - 21 (2) Western Force
Bulls 19 (1) - 22 (1) Stormers
 
Chiefs 31 (3) - (2) 23 Sharks
Reds 35 (4) - (2) 23 Rebels
Highlanders 26 (3) - (5) 35 Crusaders
Blues 18 (2) - (1) 17 Hurricanes
Waratahs 19 (2) - (1) 10 Cheetahs
Lions 35 (4) - (4) 32Western Force
Bulls 40 (5) - (2) 17 Stormers
 
Round 5:

Chiefs 22 (3) - 27 (3) Sharks
Reds 20 (2) - 15 (2) Rebels
Highlanders 24 (3) - 29 (4) Crusaders
Blues 19 (3) - 33 (4) Hurricanes
Waratahs 45 (6) - 27 (3) Cheetahs
Lions 31 (4) - 21 (3) Western Force
Bulls 14 (1) - 16 (1) Stormers
 
Well lads,

That was some round this week. Man o man! The Stormers scored only their second try this season to claim the top of the log after the Sharks lost an all penalty match against the Chiefs in Hamilton. Patrick Lambie was flawless with the boot but only got 3 chances. Nanai-Williams and Mike Delaney scored the points for the Chiefs off the kicking tee. It was a wet encounter which resulted in a lot of knock-ons.

The Rebels traveled to Brisbane to face the Reds and came home red in the face with a 53-3 smackdown. 4 weeks ago they snatched 4 tries against the Sharks but this week only 1 penalty by Cipriani was something to celebrate for the new franchise from Melbourne. With 7 tries in all for the Koala's, they surpassed the score the Crusaders got against the Brumbies last week (52). Big man on the Reds-side was Quade Cooper who's running game was exceptional once again next to his kicking which gave him 16 points. Best chance for the Rebels to a try was for prop Greg Sommerville who lost the ball with the try-line in sight.

Across the tasman there were 2 all-Kiwi matches. The Crusaders traveled to Dunedin to face the surprisingly well performing Highlanders who seem to have lost their mojo, losing for the second time in a row. The side from Christchurch was toying with the Otago franchise and Robbie Fruean scored yet another try. Israel Dagg added 2 and even Kieran Read was one of the lucky ones to pass the try-line. Kicking-wise, this was a match to quickly forget for both fly-halfs. Daniel Carter missed a pretty easy penalty in the first minutes and only got 2 conversions over. Tony Brown, the veteran, also missed an early chance to get a head start with a penalty and was wobbly from the tee. The Crusaders managed to score 6 tries all together and will travel to London knowing it might end up in a try feast overthere when they face the Sharks.

The other all-kiwi match was at the complete opposite of New Zealand. In the North, the Auckland Blues hosted the Hurricanes. With an astonishing 41-17 win over the Wellington team they showed the crowd they are a serious contender for the Conference ***le this year. 5 tries in all for the team lead by Mealamu was enough to satisfy the fans. With Andrew Hore missing 10 minutes with a yellow, the Wellington side never really had a chance against a very hungry Blues-side. McAllister and Munro converted all 5 tries. The Hurricanes lost their second match (after their defeat in the season-opener against the Highlanders) and are getting behind, having the worst point-difference in the NZ Conference

The biggest upset however, was seen in Sydney, where the Cheetahs completely surprised the world by beating the Tahs 3-23 with 2 tries to the Free State team. This was the biggest upset so far this season together with the 8-try match in Pretoria 2 weeks ago when the Highlanders beat the Bulls. The Cheetahs climb up the log ladder, leaving the inaugural Rebels with the wooden spoon. The historic win is one of the milestones in the short history of the Cheetahs and will be relived a couple of times these next few days. At half-time, nothing serious was there to worry about for the Tahs with only a 3-6 lead for the Orange team. In the second half however, the Cheetahs grabbed the chances they got with the numerous handling errors of the Tahs. Philip Snyman scored a breakaway try with only 20 minutes to go to give the Cheetahs a well-deserved lead. His run gave the Cheetahs a spark of magic. In the dying minutes, Griquas full-back Sarel Pretorius scored the second try of the match to seal the first ever win for the Cheetahs overseas.

The last 2 matches were played in Gauteng, South Africa. The Lions from Johannesburg were not able to score a try against the Western Force, losing 15-27 after which the 2 finalists from last year started off their match 100 km north. The Lions look like a completely different team this year. With new players like Lionel Mapoe, Rory Kockott, Michael Rhodes, Pat Cilliers and Bandise Maku and the revival of Waylon Murray, the talent of Elton Jantjies and Jaco Taute, they seem to have gotten rid of their bad history ni which they lost 16 Super Rugby matches in a row going on from 2009 till last week when they beat the Cheetahs. Against the Force however, they failed to cross the try-line and only got points from Jantjies' boot who's kicking seems to improve every week. Nick Cummins scored his second try in 2 weeks after already doing it against the Blues in round 4. Alfie Mafi scored the Force's second try to seal the deal and take 4 points back home.

Last years final was played in Soweto due to the FIFA World Cup which claimed Loftus Versfeld. This time the Stormers actually had to travel up north from O.R. Tambo Airport to face the Blue Brigade of Victor Matfield, Fourie du Preez and the Currie Cup record-holding try scorer, Bjorn Basson. That last one scored the first try after Habana failed to touch down for a 22 kick. In the 35 minutes before that, Peter Grant had already secured a 3-12 lead with his boot. When in the second half, Habana beat Basson to score a try, things were even between the 2 wingers. Stormers winning 13-23.

In the prediction league this week we had surprisingly a lot of people guessing 17 points and 1 try for the Hurricanes. I, unfortunately, was not one of them. Olyy snatches the place on the top of the log, gaining 21 points and surpassing Ezequiel (which is me, dammit). With 19 and 18 points, the 2 South Africans stormer2010 and BadGena also did very well but the best performance this week was for the Crusaders-fan residing in Canada, Shaggy. He scored an amazing total of 24 points this round! Congratulations Shaggy!!! He predicted 6 out of 7 matches right, had 3 try-scores and 3 point-scores correct. Amazing job!

The lowest score of this round was for Gavin who predicted 5 winners but no try- or points correct. The people who did not participate get 5 bye-points for this round of which Tank94 is the highest ranked member to miss out this week.







Green = Log Leader
Red = Wooden Spoon
Blue = Best achievement this round


The Log:
 
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no posts since the 19th? Is my browser stuffed or has no one actually called the next set of games yet?
 
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Rebels 19 (1) - (4) 34 Hurricanes
Reds 38 (5) - (2) 16 Cheetahs
Chiefs 18 (2) - (3) 24 Blues
Brumbies 23 (2) - (3) 26 Waratahs
Stomers 31 (3) - (2) 23 Western Force
Bulls 28 (2) - 12 (1) Lions
Crusaders 34 (3) - 28 (2) Sharks
 
Rebels 15 (2) - (3) 27 Hurricanes
Reds 31 (3) - (0) 12 Cheetahs
Chiefs 10 (1) - (4) 34 Blues
Brumbies 27 (3) - (2) 23 Waratahs
Stomers 12 (1) - (1) 17 Western Force
Bulls 17 (2) - 12 (0) Lions
Crusaders 26 (2) - 19 (1) Sharks
 
Rebels 25 (2) - (3) 24 Hurricanes
Reds 25 (1) - (2) 19 Cheetahs
Chiefs 17 (2) - (4) 40 Blues
Brumbies 20 (2) - (3) 33 Waratahs
Stomers 22 (1) - (1) 17 Western Force
Bulls 29 (2) - 22 (2) Lions
Crusaders 33 (3) - 22 (1) Sharks
 
Rebels 20 (2) - (3) 27 Hurricanes
Reds 32 (4) - (2) 20 Cheetahs
Chiefs 25 (3) - (5) 40 Blues
Brumbies 21 (2) - (4) 33 Waratahs
Stomers 42 (5) - (1) 16 Western Force
Bulls 27 (2) - 22 (2) Lions
Crusaders 35 (4) - 25 (3) Sharks
 
Rebels 16 (1) - (4) 33 Hurricanes
Reds 25 (3) - (2) 17 Cheetahs
Chiefs 27 (3) - (5) 36 Blues
Brumbies 20 (2) - (3) 28 Waratahs
Stormers 24 (2) - (1) 13 Western Force
Bulls 30 (3) - 25 (3) Lions
Crusaders 42 (5) - 18 (2) Sharks
 
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