Round 12 of a very long season is imminent and it seems the effect is starting to be felt, not just by the large amounts of injuries in many teams, but by the way some “top” teams seem to struggle against the traditionally “weaker” teams. [...]
Posts tagged with: Crusaders
Is the lengthy season taking its toll?
Super Rugby 2013: Crusaders (24) v Highlanders (8) F/T
Tune in to watch Saturday’s first match, a New Zealand derby in Christchurch between the struggling Crusaders – and the desperate Highlanders. [...]
Super Rugby 2013: Force (16) v Crusaders (14) F/T
The final game of the Saders’ “mini-tour” sees them stop off in sleepy Perth before heading back to Christchurch. [...]
John Plumtree: We’ve just got to dig in and work hard for each other
The Stormers host the Sharks at Newlands this Saturday at 5pm in an all important match for both sides, but for very different reasons. The Sharks will want to keep their campaign on track with a win in their penultimate game before a tough tour where they will come up against the Chiefs, Highlanders, Reds and the Force. A loss against the Stormers this weekend will make a successful tour all the more important as the competition starts to get even tougher. The Stormers on the other hand are fighting for survival. [...]
Super Rugby 2013: Sharks (21) v Crusaders (17) F/T
Friday night’s game sees the Sharks hosting the Crusaders in Durban. Expect a tough clash between two teams looking to stamp their claim on Super Rugby moving up on the halfway mark of the season. [...]
The Crusaders challenge
The Sharks will be welcoming the Crusaders to Kings Park on Friday night for the 8th time in the history of the competition and for the first time since 2009, as the conference system ensured that these teams did not meet last year. The last time these sides played against each other they made history by playing the first Super Rugby match on European soil, when they faced off at Twickenham. The Crusaders delivered an exhibition and came out victors in that game as they have in most games where these teams met before. [...]
Late Flynn blow for Crusaders
The Crusaders have been forced to change their team to face the Sharks tomorrow, less than 24 hours after announcing it in the first place. [...]
Three changes for Crusaders
Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder has made some changes to his side to take on the Sharks on Friday. [...]
Frans Steyn set for flank switch (April fools!)
The Sharks have suffered a major setback in the blindside flank department with both Marcell Coetzee and Jean Deysel ruled out of Saturday’s clash with the Crusaders. With Willem Alberts also out with a long term injury coach John Plumtree was forced to use his ingenuity to come up with a solution to this particular injury crisis. [...]
Super Rugby 2013: Stormers (14) v Crusaders (19) F/T
This weekend’s big one takes place in Cape Town, with the reigning SA Conference champs taking on the mighty seven-time champions. [...]
Whitelock to captain the Crusaders
George Whitelock has been named to Captain the Crusaders against the Stormers in the absence of injured Kieran Read. Luke Whitelock come in to replace Read, to make that a Whitelock trio in the Crusaders forwards. [...]
Deysel, Whitehead set for return
Sharks assistant coach Hugh Reece-Edwards has confirmed that two currently-injured players are expected to return to fitness in time for the side’s next Super Rugby outing, against the Crusaders in ten days’ time. [...]
Saders tour without Carter, Read
The Crusaders have named their squad to compete in two matches in South Africa, and a third in Australia, during their upcoming tour. [...]
Super Rugby 2013: Crusaders (55) v Kings (20) F/T
Is this the match where it starts to get ugly for the Kings? [...]
Nine changes for Bulls
Bulls coach Frans Ludeke has made nine changes to the side that was hammered by the Crusaders last week, for this weekend’s clash against the Reds in Brisbane. While injury has played some part in the selections, I must admit that I’m totally baffled at the strategy that’s being employed here. [...]
