Super 14

Kaino: Boks too conservative

July 24, 2011
Posted by Boertjie

Jerome Kaino was doing his best to talk up the Baby Boks (sic) as a genuine threat to the All Blacks, but it’s a tough sell on the evidence of their 20-39 loss against the Wallabies.
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More women, more blacks watching

June 3, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

More women than men, more blacks than ever before are watching rugby in South Africa.
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Joe Pietersen quits WP

June 2, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

Joe Pietersen will not be part of Western Province’s Currie Cup campaign. The 26-year-old fullback confirmed to Sport24 that he had signed a two-year contract with French Top14 side Bayonne.
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Boks scary, but no need for panic

May 31, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

THIS year’s Super14 final between the Bulls and the Stormers had a one-minute 39-second, all-hell-breaking-loose start to a thunderous match. Your favourite scribe from abroad gives his views.
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Ominous signs from the Boks

May 31, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

VIEW FROM OZ The New Zealand Rugby Union chiefs are hovering around Sonny Bill Williams as if they’ve just unearthed another Colin ”Pinetree” Meads. The South Africans are in a similar state of frenzy, showing off the best they have to offer – and it is quite impressive – during a quality Super 14...
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Welshbok wins the Toaster

May 31, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

A bit late with the news, but the toaster goes to WELSHBOK, who got the final score of 25-17 to the Bulls spot on. Veels geluk!
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‘No grounds’ for Schalk’s whine

May 31, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

SANZAR will only on Tuesday decide whether to act on statements by the Stormers’ captain Schalk Burger and coach Allister Coetzee about the handling of the match by referee Craig Joubert, but statistics to a large degree prove the Stormers allegations to be groundless.
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Stormers have bright future – Meyer

May 31, 2010
Posted by Morné

The Stormers may have lost Saturday’s Super 14 final to the Bulls, but Heyneke Meyer is predicting a bright future for the team from Cape Town.
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Schalk may pay for breakdown whine

May 30, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

Stormers captain Schalk Burger did not endear himself to officialdom with his ungracious post-match outburst, after the Stormers lost 17-25 to the Bulls in the Super 14 Final at the weekend. “He penalized one team and coached the other” – Allister Coetzee
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SA forwards add skills to muscle

May 30, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

THERE was certainly a buzz about the Super 14 final. Perhaps that’s because it was played inside a beehive. Just when you thought it wasn’t possible for South Africans to be any more annoying, they up and surprise you.
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Bulls and Stormers rated

May 30, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

Hardly anybody ever agrees with the rating of players, so here you can have a go at the job done by Rugby365.
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Bulls blaze to third S14 title

May 29, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

The Bulls beat the Stormers by 25-17 to claim their third Super 14 trophy in their historic final at the Orlando stadium.
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Bulls 25, Stormers 17 – S14 Final

May 29, 2010
Posted by Morné

After 15 weeks of planning, plotting and playing it comes down to this: An 80-minute resolute and unwavering arm-wrestle for the most prized possession outside of the Test arena.
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Let’s heat it up for the final

May 28, 2010
Posted by DavidS
Let’s heat it up for the final

Okay seeing as i am one of the few neutral supporters in this wekeend’s final as usual (a situation I am rather frustrated about) I have decided to see if we can stir the pot a bit.
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Posted in RuggaWorld Humour, Super 14 | 5 Comments »

WIN A TOASTER!

May 28, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

OK, let’s have your prediction for the Great SA Super Final. We’ve upped the prize: this time you can win a Four Slice Toaster!
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Brawn, defence will win it for Stormers

May 27, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

MATT BURKE FANCIES CAPE SIDE Why are those guys such bullies, Dad?” Even a seven-year-old girl can understand the Stormers’ tactics: What they lack in finesse they try to make up for with brawn. And they’ll need all of it against the Bulls in the Super 14 final.
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A tale of two Boks

May 27, 2010
Posted by Morné

I guess it would be hard to describe to the southern tribe how great Orlando Stadium was when the Bulls managed, for a second year in a row, to convincingly beat the Crusaders in the Super 14 semi-finals.
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Super 14 Final sold out – confirmed

May 27, 2010
Posted by Morné

For those wishing that some season ticket holders will surrender their right on tickets and thus be made available to the public – there is some bad news.  The Blue Bulls Company confirmed that every last ticket has been sold for the final.
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Focus a concern for Bok debutants

May 27, 2010
Posted by Morné

It is a strange and arguably not ideal dynamic … three rugby players playing probably the two biggest games of their lives, in different jerseys, within the space of a week.
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Award pushes Quade for Wobblies

May 26, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

The push for Quade Cooper to be the test five-eighth against Fiji in Canberra on Saturday week intensified last night when he was announced as the Australian Super 14 player of the tournament.
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No changes to Stormers XV

May 26, 2010
Posted by Morné

Allister Coetzee stuck with the team that won the semi-final last week to take on the Bulls in the all-South African Super 14 final in Soweto this Saturday.
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Bookies backing Bulls

May 26, 2010
Posted by Morné

South African bookmakers are backing the Bulls to win their third Super 14 final against the Stormers in Soweto on Saturday.
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Bulls happy with ref for final

May 26, 2010
Posted by Morné

Top South African referee Craig Joubert has been rewarded with his first Vodacom Super 14 final, and the Bulls, of all people are rather happy with this.
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Bulls boast experience

May 26, 2010
Posted by Admin

TEAM SELECTED FOR THE FINAL Altogether 25 Super rugby winners’ medals and 1165 games in the series. That is the experience and achievements that Bulls coach Frans Ludeke is able to call on for Saturday’s Super 14 final against the Stormers in Soweto.
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Stormers prop up

May 26, 2010
Posted by Admin

The Stormers are considering picking two props on their substitute’s bench for Saturday’s Super 14 final against the Bulls in Soweto.
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Stats mean nothing – Ludeke

May 25, 2010
Posted by Morné

Bulls coach Frans Ludeke believes the fact that this weekend’s Vodacom Super 14 final pits the best defence against the best attack in the competition means little when the sides take the field on Saturday.
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Super 14 sold out!

May 25, 2010
Posted by Morné

Tickets to the Super 14 final at Orlando Stadium in Soweto at the weekend sold out within minutes on Tuesday morning.
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Ticket arrangements for Super Final

May 25, 2010
Posted by Morné

The Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd would like to announce that the tickets for the Vodacom Super 14 final at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on 29 May 2010 at 17:00 will be available on 25 May 2010. The cost per ticket will be R 350.
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