The Reds start a two week trip to NZ by meeting the Hurricanes in Wellington.
Will the Reds be able to continue on with the form that saw them beat the Highlanders last week?
Or will the Hurricanes be able to bounce back after their defeat by the Waratahs last weekend?
Kick-off in Wellington at 08:35 SA Time.
Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
TJ’s: Joey Salmans (South Africa), Brent Murray (New Zealand)
TMO: Chris Rooney (New Zealand)
Hurricanes:
Starting XV: 15 Cory Jane, 14 Hosea Gear, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Tane Tu’ipulotu , 11 Ma’a Nonu, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Rodney So’oialo (captain), 7 Chris Masoe, 6 Jerry Collins, 5 Jason Eaton, 4 Craig Clarke, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16 Hikawera Elliot, 17 Tim Fairbrother, 18 Jeremy Thrush , 19 Thomas Waldrom, 20 Alby Mathewson, 21 Willie Ripia, 22 Shannon Paku
Reds:
Starting XV: 15 Chris Latham, 14 Digby Ioane, 13 Morgan Turinui, 12 Chris Siale, 11 Clinton Schifcofske, 10 Berrick Barnes, 9 Sam Cordingley, 8 John Roe (captain), 7 David Croft, 6 Hugh McMeniman, 5 James Horwill, 4 Van Humphries, 3 Rodney Blake, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Greg Holmes.
Replacements: 16 Sean Hardman, 17 Dayna Edwards, 18 Ed O’Donoghue, 19. Leroy Houston, 20 Will Genia, 21 Andrew Walker, 22 Peter Hynes.
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Go Canes.
Morning All
getting some breakfast sorted and then its a morning in bed watching rugby 😛 hopefully some good rugby 😀 where I score more SB points than KSA again 😆
yeah right that is gonna happen…………………….again. 😉
Well we will be seperating the emn from the boys this morning.
Seems we have picked different teams for the opener.
What should we bet on this game? (No wait it’s a family site)
So who knows the answer to the B&A trivia question from last night?
Which Springbok played in every position in the forwards?
Hurricanes by 8.
This is life, watching in bed, Kette bringing me breakfast.
😎 😎 😎 😎 😎
Boy Louw
Kette and I will be giving commentary this am.
Her’s might have a slight reds’ Bias 😉
Brekgatte 👿
Yeah and coincidentaly it was his 102 Birthday Yesterday
looking forward to seeing Eaton without hair.
You can brag tomorrow Province 🙁
😉
Good morning all – I was wrong about the Reds last week – but am hoping the Canes win this morning.
That is true, ill be sure to send my text 😉 maybe even an mms, you mos know what saffa weekend breakfasts look like.
You can brag tomorrow Province
22.02.08 08:23:23 – KSA Shark ©
👿 KSA who do you support ? 👿
I always knew Nessa was a clever girl. 😉
There will be no bragging by Prov tomorrow!
We will have to see KSA – your wife was pretty much on the money last week.
NO NO!!!!!!
HE can brag when he is lying in bed and we are at work. 😳
With being married to me i would think you knew I wasn’t THAT way inclined. 😉
Okay boys doing their last minute prep in the changerooms,Reds looking good 😉
We will have to see KSA – your wife was pretty much on the money last week.
22.02.08 08:30:47 – Nessa
Ja she keeps reminding me of that as well.
😀 🙂 😐 😳 🙁 😥
Reds on the field
Hurricanes still hiding in the changerooms hehhehehehe
Like any good woman would! 😈
Okay guess they were told they had to come out, on the field now 😆
One late change to the Hurricanes.
Eaton on for Chabal.
Fireworks housings have caught fire, have to put those out first
hurricanes dealing with their fireworks – ON FIRE, bit of a delay 😯
time on
anyone’s game, both looking good at this point
yellow lineout
yellow win the lineout but knock on
red scrum
ref resetting the scrum after taking out the scrumhalf
reds have the ball on hurricanes 22
GO REDS !
yellow take the ball, kicked out, red lineout
Okay the game has started so the SB picks can be revealed.
PaarlGimmie Hurricanes 25
namboer Hurricanes 19
Villie Hurricanes 16
Whindy Hurricanes 14
Pissant Hurricanes 14
Bru-El Hurricanes 11
Ghost10 Hurricanes 10
PostmanPat Hurricanes 10
shark-tank Hurricanes 10
Western Sauce Hurricanes 10
SauronShark Hurricanes 9
Fatality Hurricanes 9
bryce_in_oz Hurricanes 8
Sandshark Hurricanes 8
Wehan Hurricanes 8
robdylan Hurricanes 7
IceBabe Hurricanes 6
King Shark Hurricanes 6
Dive Pass Hurricanes 5
Hmmm Hurricanes 5
Kandas Hurricanes 5
Salmo Reds 3
the_finman Reds 4
fattmann Reds 5
Bigmik Reds 5
blackshark Reds 5
KSA Kette Reds 7
Nita Reds 7
shark_time Reds 7
Sharkie Reds 7
Debs Reds 7
sharkboy Reds 8
PJLD Reds 12
yellow have the ball, good running, into the red half now
yellow lineout, ref playing advantage
great tackle by Digby Ioane to stop the Canes going down the line on the right 22m out
Guess it’s no secret NOW that I’m crossing my fingers for the Reds…can’t have them messing up my points like last week. 😈
ball kicked into touch at the canes 22
8minutes gone 0 – 0.
Nonu runs it back from Canes 22 and loses it forward in the tackle
yellow 8 offside, penalty reds, on canes 22, 15m in from touch, kicking for poles
good kick, first points on the board
9minutes
REDS 3-0
WOOHOO Go Reds !!!
I actually have a feeling canes are going to take this one
Go Reeeeeds!!!
Check Province is also a clever chap,
red scrum in the yellow half
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newslist1.asp?iscid=2&menu=1&menuitem=13
reds take the ball and try try try 😀
Van Humphries scores it. 👿
good kick
REDS 10-0
15 minutes
okay now I need the canes to score just a little bit 😆
That was a few good phases by the Reds. 🙁 😉
The took the tackles but didn’t let the ball slow down at the tackle. You couldn’t even call them phases really, just tackled and made sure they laid the ball off before it slowed down.
Well played.
reds inching forward again, is this the making of another try, at the canes 22 ?
territory 70 % reds
possession 75% reds
after 18 minutes
hurricanes have the ball and a clear run, try
Tane Tu’ipulotu is the scorer. 😀
good kick
REDS 10-7
20minutes
Geez – go get a cup of coffee and 2 tries!
Ok…ok …that’s cool… 👿
First try of the SEASON for the canes
okay i don’t need the canes scoring THAT much 😈
Nessa.
Stay at your desk please 😉
nessa,
can we try a morning without coffee 😉 😆
Go the Canes !
Jimmy Gopperth chips and collects his chip lays off lovely and Smith gathers and passes and a prop knocks.
C’mon Canes
Kette – you asked for some score from the Canes. They obliged. More please!!
Lawrence penalises Weepu for going past the ball in the scrum on the Reds feed.
Weepu complains, and Lawrence tunes him. “check the replay” 😆
lovely kick….5m from the tryline, reds have the ball, maul forward and ….canes take the ball 😕
Canes attack from INSIDE their in goal and after running 15m Gopperth clears lovely
JUST incase we hear more about this later as the commentators seem to think it is an issue.
When the canes dropped the ball in goal at the base of the ruck there were no hands involved and the ball went backwards. Commentators carrying on about ref looking the other way when it happened. If it was a knock the TJ would have spoken up.
Two attacks from Canes in the Reds 22 and Nonu and Collins lose it forward on each occasion.
28min
10 – 7 Reds
Plenty More please. 😉
Thanks Nessa 🙂
Penalty to Reds.
Cordingly shouldered by Nonu after kicking the ball
Going at poles from 10m line
Kick over
13 – 7 Reds
31min
Reds joining ruck from side.
Advantage Canes.
Gopperth takes drop goal
Not over.
No advantage, Penalty
Gopperth lining up for penalty just outside Reds 22
No Mistake
13 – 10 Reds.
33min
Ok…this sounds like one interesting game. How’s the pace?
Yooo hooo!! 😛
22.02.08 09:14:27 – blackshark
quick 😕
BS
Pace is good, guys are not slowing it down much at the rucks.
Not toooo much kicking either.
sorry blackshark, KSA has said my face confused the response, game is quick, trying to watch and comment is proving difficult, 😎
Drop goal from Barnes on his 10m line just as the hooter goes.
Ball comes down 5m from righthand upright. not over.
Halftime
Nice – expecting any or both of these guys to give us problems?
HALF TIME
13-10 REDS
KSA off to sort out his daughters 🙄
Kette – no sweat…I would’ve had to cut your commentary short if it was the rolling eyes though.
Gotta get coffee…no risk of missing tries now…
Kette – how old are your girls?
Gotta get coffee…no risk of missing tries now…
22.02.08 09:21:55 – blackshark
BS, exactly this is break time, do the whole drill, not going to affect the score, but you got limited time and then everyone back in the seats please 😆 😆
Kette – how old are your girls?
22.02.08 09:23:09 – Nessa
is painful an answer 😯 😆
Nessa.
It was a quick sort out. gave them a cloth each to get the dust off the bicycle. have had 3 days for sandstorm and they want to go riding just now.
Click on kette’s name for the family blog with photo’s of the family etc. Girls are 7 and 8
of sandstorm not for 😳
time on again
KSA – I see them in the picture – not sure how old though. I have lost a bit of touch with youngsters. Mine are 29 and 23. I am back in the swing of things with my 2 grandchildren. The one is 3 and the other one and a half. Very cute if I may say so myself!
Agree with the commentators, discussing the value of Latham, he is kicking beautifully and will be a great loss when he moves on
Canes get to 12m out and then throw a loose ball back and straight into reds hands. (think back to the Force try last week, deja vu)
Reds not looking as hot this half,
Canes enjoying visiting the other half, hopefully its just visiting though 😆
Reds need to up their defense
Nessa.
The plan is to give OUR grandchildren lots of chocolate one day and let them play their parents’ furniture. 😉
Canes on 4th phase now inside Reds 22. Turnover to Reds again 🙁
reds, cooper on for barnes
C’mon Canes. wake up now and score me those points.
Ag pleeeeeeaaaase man.
canes definitely seem to be running this half, reds look a bit disorganised to me 😯
47minutes, time off, drinks break 😆
10 – 13 Reds
47min
time on again, starting with a red scrum
Gopperth being treated like a rag doll at the ruck
red 19, beautiful tackle, flings the canes player out of the way like a ragdoll, much better 😎
😯 😯 😯
Commentators: Hurricanes have given 52 turnovers in a game and a half so far this season. 😯
yellow lineout on the red 22
handling errors
canes 11
reds 3
flings the canes player out of the way like a ragdoll, much better
22.02.08 09:39:30 – KSA Sharkette
And heres me thinking i married a quiet little english girl. 😯
52? Already? 😯
Nice blog there…and nice pics…you guys are having blast…
😀 And here I was loving the way the Force players were bouncing off the Sharks players last week. Very cool!!
Penalty advantage to Canes.
Chip for the corner, get beaten to it by Latham.
Canes going at poles, inside Reds 22.
For those of you with TV’s – what does the new bald head / clean face look like? Do you recognise him on the field?
missed kick 😛
13-10 REDS
54 minutes
thanks Black Shark
Another penalty to the Canes.
24m out and 15 in from touch.
Gopperth going at goal again. Should get it this time, just practised this kick 3 minutes ago 😉
Nice blog there…and nice pics…you guys are having blast…
22.02.08 09:43:11 – blackshark
Thanks BS, get a bit behind when we visit home, so I’m playing catchup at the moment. We try and post each Friday. Life is pretty decent out here for us and well opportunities are way more.
Nessa maybe we should motivate for all Fridays to be made public holidays during the S14 season. 😎
good kick 😥 😡
13-13
56 minutes
In the center Mr venter or is it Mr Gopperth. 🙂
thanks Black Shark
22.02.08 09:45:20 – KSA Shark ©
what you saying thanks for, you have yet to post a thing on our blog 😯
Have have 4 or 5 phases inside canes 22 now.
Weepu steals it and they are in the Reds 22 now
Nonu scores under the posts
awwwwwwwwwww reds you are meant to tackle ….remember !!!!!!
try for the canes 😡 😡 😡 😡
kette seems to be frowning a little while posting at the moment
what you saying thanks for, you have yet to post a thing on our blog
22.02.08 09:48:39 – KSA Sharkette
13 – 13 is fine…then hopefully the Reds will snatch it at the death…
Conversion Over.
20 – 13 Canes
59minutes
😡 😡 good kick 😡 😡
20-13 Canes
59 minutes
Guess my previous post was late…**breaking furniture**
BS – yes, we definitely need to make Fridays public holidays during S14 season. We have a TV in our canteen at work but when I went to look the directors were watching cricket!
was just thinking…just one converted try and all will be good – didn’t mean for the canes though 👿
C’mon Reds, now I want TWO converted tries please 😯
bryce_in_oz Hurricanes 8
Sandshark Hurricanes 8
Wehan Hurricanes 8
robdylan Hurricanes 7
IceBabe Hurricanes 6
King Shark Hurricanes 6
Canes are back in the Reds 22 again and have put in at the scrum
Reds frustrations seem to getting the better of them, pull it together boys
Canes lose it forward 10m out.
scrum to Reds
latham you beauty, back to the halfway
Latham clears from in goal to inside Canes half. 😯
Masoe off Waldrom on
Hore off Elliot on
Corey stuffs up the fielding of a kick Collins is there to clean up and the canes are back inside the Reds 22 again.
ruck 18m out.
ruck 2m out
Penalty to canes 10m out, almost right in front.
Gopperth going at goal.
😡 😡 good kick 😡 😡
23-13 Canes
69 minutes
Oh…we’re playing Bangladesh right 🙄 …looking forward to the HARDER series…
And there goes my points… 👿 😡
That’s more like it!! 😀
Schifcofske kicks the ball from his half to the canes 22.
Canes happy to take their time in dotting it down
kette has left the building 😛
Ther were a few expletives involved i think 😆
latham looking broken. has played damn well tonight
KSA – how much time left?
75minutes.
Scrum on the halfway. Canes put in.
23 – 13 Canes
kette has left the building
22.02.08 10:04:42 – KSA Shark ©
🙁
KSA- judging by the performances so far…how do you see us doing against this lot?
penalty to Reds on Canes 10m line 15 in from touch.
Some indecision, first going for touch then for poles then eventually for touch as Mark lawrence tells them to make up their minds.
They score from the LO.
reds score !!!!!!
john roe I LLLLLLLOOOOOOOVVVVVVVEEEEEE YOU !!!
What’s the score?
Hello all you happy people.
Seems like we are being entertained by Lawrence and Arabia and the Desert Rose today.
Im so relieved that the weekend is finally here – Im bushed.
kick hits the upright – crap !
23-18 Canes
78minutes
BS
I will tell you after this weekend. 😉
To early for predictions yet IMO. Some guys were writing the Sharks of last weekend alread after we had actually won.
1 minute left, c’mon reds you can score again 😯
And she’s back!!!
FULL TIME
23-18 CANES
Hooter goes
And she’s back!!!
22.02.08 10:13:44 – Nessa
😀 😀 😀
if nothing I’m loyal, pissed but loyal 😆
latham played with all he had, he looks shattered leaving the field
How about the reds score another try so it ends as draw and we all get screwed ❓
Ok…wishful thinking… ➡ 🙄
Nothing wrong with that Kette.
BS – you are behind again! Game over!
Thanks for the infortainment KSA and Kette…
Thanks for the running commentary from the KSA’s. The SS website is so slow and it is like watching the game live.
Canes by 5! What was my pick?
Ghost10 Hurricanes 10
PostmanPat Hurricanes 10
shark-tank Hurricanes 10
Western Sauce Hurricanes 10
SauronShark Hurricanes 9
Fatality Hurricanes 9
bryce_in_oz Hurricanes 8
Sandshark Hurricanes 8
Wehan Hurricanes 8
robdylan Hurricanes 7
IceBabe Hurricanes 6
King Shark Hurricanes 6
Dive Pass Hurricanes 5
Hmmm Hurricanes 5
Kandas Hurricanes 5
👿 i had reds by 7 😥
seems maybe this is KSA’s weekend 😎
You picked 7 rob 😉
Hmm will be around in abit i am sure. 🙂
so bonus gets split 3 ways. At least I get 1.5
Kette
never fear. I though i was rocking last weekend end then Saturdays games happened 🙁
pleasure Nessa
Kette
never fear. I though i was rocking last weekend end then Saturdays games happened
22.02.08 10:23:47 – KSA Shark ©
needless to say, I’m hoping, holding a lot more than just my thumbs 😆
oh BS missed you comment 😳
Pleasure to you as well.
sorry – I am rude
MORNING, SHARKSWORLDIANS!!!
Thanks for the running commentary from the KSA’s. The SS website is so slow and it is like watching the game live.
22.02.08 10:19:22 – Nessa
sorry I had to leave for a period, I don’t deal with pressure so well 😆 😆 😆
I’m hoping, holding a lot more than just my thumbs
22.02.08 10:25:48 – KSA Sharkette
OH!!!! MY!!!! WORD!!!!!!!
😯 😯 😯
that just sounds SOOOOOO wrong
sorry – I am rude
MORNING, SHARKSWORLDIANS!!!
22.02.08 10:26:50 – robdylan
😆 is the correct response – Good Morning Fearless Leader 😆
oh dear…
Hi RD!
Kette – don’t worry, I do it all the time. Especially when the Sharks are playing. I walk away for a while and hope things have changed when I come back!
We have nothing to fear other than the sky falling on our heads, Kette
oh dear…
22.02.08 10:30:15 – robdylan
I agree Rob, oh dear ….the Reds lost 😆
22.02.08 10:29:55 – KSA Sharkette
More like:
“Oh shit, there goes the neighbourhood!”, or
“Whats that smell?”, or
“How cute, somebody shaved an orangutan and dressed it up!”.
Its Friday – Yaaaaay!
P.S: I love how you say orangutan in Afrikaans.
taking my young’uns biking will be back in awhile.
Enjoy guys.
Oh before i forget.
Reds move to 3 on the log and Canes move to 8.
well with the sandstorms in our area the last few days, I could definitely be excused for thinking that maybe the sky WAS falling 😆 😆
Do I know how to clear a room or do I know how to clear a room? 😯 😳 🙁
Fishface!
How DO you say Orang otan in Afr anyway?
Something like “Orang-turang” by the sounds of it.
All I know is that a chick was talking about one of them and we kept asking her to repeat herself so we could laugh ourselves sick. 😀
nope in Afrikaans you say
Oe-rang-oe-tang
my favourite is the “ietermagog”, or whatever… isn’t that a lizard of some sort?
There we go – orang-ootang! 😀
Man, Im a thread-killer of note today!
it’s a rare talent! Use it wisely
to be fair, I think the fact that the game is over might also have something to do with it 😉
Hehehe!
Thanks Rob – you are a real friend.
oh, I try
Man I though MY weekend started well.
Ice must be smiling from ear to ear and Kandas true to his word is making a charge for top spot.
1 IceBabe 8.5 0.33 8.83
2 Kandas 8.5 0.33 8.83
3 Ghost10 7.5 1.00 8.50
4 Bigmik 8.0 0.25 8.25
5 Fatality 7.0 1.00 8.00
6 robdylan 7.5 0.00 7.50
6 fattmann 7.5 0.00 7.50
6 SauronShark 7.5 0.00 7.50
6 Nita 7.5 0.00 7.50
6 PaarlGimmie 7.5 0.00 7.50
Flippen rediculous!
Same points but oh, no, I must be 2nd! Is it ’cause I’m a Bull?
Woman must always be on TOP!
Well, Ice Baby, as soon as the Superbru Admin gets his act together, you should start getting used to me being on TOP.
Kandas. 😛
I suspect the Admin at SB has taken the fact that she was above you the whole week as an determining factor in deciding she should stay above you. 😉 😉
Ladies first Kandas!
Hey Kandas! Welcome to Sharksworld. You really think the Bulls are going to manage a draw tonight? 😉
Tx Rob. All my predictions are scientifically determined. It will be a draw tonight. Same with Lions/Blues tomorrow. Last week I was out with 1 point in 3 of the games and 2 in another.
Nessa, in this case I refuse to stand back for any lady. Sorry. 🙂
By the way Rob/KSA/Admin, why is my pic so much smaller than the others, hey?
Kandas – well, you won’t have to, because if you have tipped the Bulls for a draw tonight – you are going to be lagging behind in the points. Unless the guys have some serious jetlag!
you work that one out, Kandas 😉
No, but seriously, it’s no smaller than the others, is it? standard thumbnail size
22.02.08 12:19:02 – Kandas
Dont worry boet, Im sure you had a few women tell you this, but size doesn’t matter. 😉
Yes Fish, the same ones who told me that they were pleasantly surprised by my technique…
kandas if you change the proportions (aspect ratio) of the pic and reload it it will be bigger.
because of the height of the pic being so long the width is compensated for when the pic is loaded.
why not edit it to just show the Bull’s face?
Kandas as an example look at fishy he is the same size as you.
He thought it was a racial thing and we had to set him straight as well. 😉
…but, KSA, the length is definately in relation to the width…
so it’s both short and thin? Thank heavens you have good technique, then 😉
😀 at kandas!
👿 😀 Cheers guys.
And, please, don’t ever compare me to Fish again…
but, KSA, the length is definately in relation to the width…
22.02.08 12:31:58 – Kandas Edit
Okay going home now. 😳
😆
shape of pear, this conversation has gone
22.02.08 12:34:37 – Kandas
Insecure huh? 😛
Named must your fear be before banish it you can.
fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate.
Hate leads to the dark side.
Much fear, I sense in you.
Hmmmmmmm
Noonk!
Remember, a Fetcher’s strength flows from the Force. But beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
Luke… Luke… do not… do not underestimate the powers of the Jake White or suffer your father’s fate you will. Luke, when gone am I… the last of the Fetchers will you be.
Luke, the Force runs strong in your family. Pass on what you have learned, Luke. There is… another… Wat… son.
Couple of ways I can counter that one Fish…
Worry gives a small thing a big shadow
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood
Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is…
Cheers
Sincerely yours in rugby.