The clash to determine who the real Tahs are.
The Waratahs will be determined to get their campaign back on track after a drubbing from the Saders last weekend.
The Cheetahs have come close a few times and will hope to finally manage to pull one of those close ones through.
Kick-off in Sydney at 10:40 SA time.
Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
TJ’s: Brent Murray (New Zealand), Damian Mitchelmore (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
Waratahs:
Starting XV: 15 Sam Norton-Knight, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Ben Jacobs, 12 Tom Carter, 11 Lote Tuqiri, 10 Kurtley Beale, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Phil Waugh (captain), 6 Rocky Elsom, 5 Dan Vickerman, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Matt Dunning, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Adam Freier, 17 Al Baxter, 18 Will Caldwell, 19 Beau Robinson, 20 Josh Valentine, 21 Daniel Halangahu, 22 Rob Horne.
Cheetahs:
Starting XV: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Eddie Fredericks, 13 Hendrik Meyer, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Duanne Vermeulen, 7 Darron Nel, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 David de Villiers, 4 Rory Duncan (captain), 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Wian du Preez.
Replacements: Richardt Strauss, Bees Roux, Flip van der Merwe, Hendro Scholtz, Falie Oelschig, Conrad Barnard, JW Jonker.

Go Cheetahs!
Time for brekfis.
Shame…good luck to the Cheetahs…but I don’t see them pulling this one off.
I watched Boots and All last night (first time in a loooong time) and Naas and Owen picked the Cheetahs to win this one…am I missing something?
No walter not missing much.
They just got it WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY wrong.
probably working on the principle that a team will very seldom go through the whole season without a win.
Who’s updating us…. 😯
I am was moving my TV
0-0
12min
Just give me a minute to get settled.
Lounge in a HUGE Mess 😆
Go Cheetahs!!!
quick trivia question, I see only one team managed to get zero wins in Super12/Super14 since the Super 14 started in 1996…who and what year?
Waratahs get to withinh 5 and cheetahs turn it over.
Clear with a kick
Walter
You sure there is only one?
Bulls
Wtahs penalty
going at goal
I seem to remember that that was the Bulls.
Over
Beale from right in front.
3-0 Wtahs
17min
oh and it was 2001 I think
Must be the Bulls!! 😈
Bulls were always the whipping boys!!
KSA Shark, yes checked it in the media guide…it was the Bulls in 2002, and that was the only year in the history of super rugby that it happened. Quite a few teams managed only 1 win through the years though
Would love to see a possesion stat.
Seems the Wtahs have all the ball
This year the Cheetahs and the Highlanders are still winless…so they could also “achieve” this record.
Remember entering some S14 quiz last year and that was one of the questions.
go and have a look at this site guys
http://www.pickandgo.info
select S14 and check out the page. Great page for history etc. At the bottom of the page you can even check out the reults after round “x” in year “x” really good
Lachlan Turner TRY!!!!!!!!!!!
ok lets just give the Waratahs a try 👿
Can you guess who finished bottom of the log in 1996, the 1st year of the Super 12?
Cheetah player shadowed him all the way down the line from well outside the 22 with NO attempt to do anything
Conversion over by Beale
10-0 Wtahs
18min
CRUSADERS 😉
Pick and go Rocks 🙄 😆
Crusaders?
They also used to be the whipping boys in the early days!
scrum to Cheetahs
5m out from Wtahs line
And if I remember correctly Wee Pee (as they were then) were also rubbish that season!
Teams that managed only 1 win in the comp
1999 – Bulls (again)
2000 – Bulls and Sharks (oops)
2002 – Cats
2004 – Cats
2005 – Cats and Sharks
2006 – Force
Not a good show by the SA teams.
Hendrik Meyer takes it up well.
Cheetahs knock at ruck.
Wtahs turn over and clear with the boot to just outside their 22
Isnt that the year we (Sharks) whipped the Reds away in Oz? Cabous scored his hat trick!
How’s Hendrik Meyer looking at 13? I prefer him at 12.
ha ha ness had to change her pic cos her daughter moaned about people thinking she was ness.
Nokwe chips and follows.
Forces Knight into touch 5m out
Cheetahs take LO and maul
2m out now
Hey TT! Had people asking me if I was the one on the right – and when I said no, they didn’t want to talk to me anymore. 😉
Brussouw goes over ref refers to the TMO.
Lachlan Turner trying to tune the ref while he is talking to the TMO.
“I’m talking here, you go away please” Well said ref
The Reds actually finished top of the log in 1996, and then lost to the Sharks 25-43 in the semi
No try. held up
5m scrum
On second thoughts – I should have posted a picture of her and more people would have talked to me! 😀
scrum reset.
Cheetahs go blind David De Villiers goes over in the corner.
TMO pending
Try Looks good and is Awarded.
In the Corner.
David De Villiers scores his 1st S14 try
Conversion over
7 – 7 Tahs 😉
28min
KSA – 7 – 7?
sorry ness wasn’t listening. now if you were a busty blonde… 😆
Well that backfired 😳
10-7 Wtahs
10-7
I HATE these TV referrals when mauled over the line or when there is a mass of bodies. You can almost never see the ball being grounded!
That backfired as well
15-7 Wtahs
Try By Elsom
at least you know people are reading your post ksa.
TT – I am used to you not listening to me.
So you see TT – I am not just a pretty face. I can read as well. 😉
Beale Converts
17-17 Wtahs
32mins
oooh sulky sulky.
how is it 17-17
move your tv back, there is obviously too much light on the screen.
KSA is disorientated by his move across the lounge 😉
Tom Carter just runs through at will and the Wtahs are inside the Cheetahs half agaion
What’s happening? How did Cheetahs get more points?
I think he meant 17 – 7 to Tahs.
Ollie
DAMN RIGHT.
My TV used to be slightly lower than mid-eye level now it is slightly higher 👿
ksa moved his tv so he is watching the game the other way round and is seeing things in opposites.
I think it must be 17-7!
😳
I didn’t even see that mistake. 😳
17-7 Wtahs
KSA – are you having a few blonde moments this morning? 😉
Ek dink ek het hom aangesteek…… 😳
TT, ypu mean from KSA’s perspective now the Cheetahs are winning 😈
KSA – maybe you are psychic! It is going to be 17 – 17 soon.
and you are a ref… ha ha ha, are you this bad when you ref a game. did you go to the steve walsh school of referees.
Penalty Wtahs
Beale going at goal.
20m out just right
The cheetahs defence coach is about as useful as the bulls backs
Over
20-7 Wtahs
37min
(double checked, all is right)
hey powder!!!!!!!!!1
Welcome back.
Nooooo! Come on Cheetahs!
Wonder what Naas and Owen are saying now?
Ctahs backs knock on 10m out
I would be keen to see if they call Bees Roux, Cow Roux when he comes on or not. 😆
the bulls have slap tjips as backline coach, cheetahs have slap arms.
Who’s powder?
Apparently you are Rob.
Come Cheetahs! I need a smaller margin lose here… 😉
On the other hand we need go forward
YOU!!!!!!!!!!! are Powder.
Ask Ice, She’ll confirm you are powder. 😉
Remember that wonderful movie, Rob ?? Well Powder is my name for you! 😉
Half time
Waratahs 20 – 7 Cheetahs
Why am I called that? 🙂
Have you not seen the movie??? 😮
cheetahs need more than go forward they need miracles, a new coach, support, better marketing, better player retention and overall better administration.
Hey! I’m not that white! That dude looked like Nataniel!
that movie was shocking. 😆
They need to become the Cats again
and you don’t look like nataniel…? 😆
Man – ersntig nou, that was a brilliant flick!! 🙂
You are…rather pom-skinned… 😆 and off-course the baldy head…
I look like Bruce Willis
I knew there was something missing last night – you forgot to wear your lipstick Rob. 😉
Sorry Rob….POWDER is here to stay..your name has officially been changes! 😉
I think I need to grow my hair back
BWAAAHHHHHH!!
Bruce Willis???? 
If you do that you don’t want to know what your new name will be! 🙂
yeah bruce willis without the muscles, good looks, etc… so basically almost just like nataniel… 😆
Time to start YET ANOTHER site 🙂
And I look like Demi Moore…yeah…riiiiigggghhhhtttt 🙄
ksa moved your tv back to where it was?
Please mail me the pics from last night, friends
LOL @ Rob! You will be very lonely! 😈
www dot sharksplanet dot co dot za…. set it up now rob…
KSA seems to have disappeared. Must be having half time snacks! 😉
Rob – will send them to you tonight. Neen took her camera to work with her this morning.
👿 somefink wrong wiff my internet connection. Seem to be watching a stuttering slide show instead of live streaming. 👿
Ok. Here we go again
Rob…I think you look like Gibbs…
I read on some site that gibbs was arrested this morning for driving under the influence…I actually thought they got YOU and mistook you for Gibbs…
Just realised i forgot to do the match thread for the Stormers game.
Done now.
Snacks? Or a nap. I wonder
BS – Rob had a chauffer last night… 😉
Game back on
I am also coloured way way back! Thanks for the lift, Ice. Was most kind
In other words – no more of that chitter chatter now! Concentrate on the game!
penalty wtahs
40m out
going at goal
missed
And you were most welcome! 😉 If we left you their…you might still be their!! Seeing that you really wanted to go big!!!
Missed kick by Beale
Shew!!! Thank goodness.
Darron Nell off subbed off
They would have kicked me out eventually, I’m sure
ping
pong
ping
pong
👿
Sorry Rob – forgot you didn’t have a car. We could have given you a lift! 😳
Not if I got hold of them!! 😈
KSA – gooi net weer die score ‘seblief!
LO Ctahs
Stolen by Wtahs
On the Wtahs 22
Up and under by Wtahs
Danniller knocks
Wtahs win it back and spread it wide and knock just as advantage is over.
20-7 Wtahs
48min
(independantly audited as correct)
Ctahs get 10m out and then knock it on. 🙁
Scrum Wtahs
Penalty to Wtahs at the scrum and they set up LO on the halfway
Maybe if I go get some coffee the Cheetahs will score while I am away? ❓ ❓
Nokwe wins a GREAT race with Elsom to score a try
TMO pending
It was a long run
Ref to TMO: “Can you please check the try for me, i have just arrived” 😆
TRY AWARDED!!!!!!!!
Conversion missed
20-12 Wtahs
54min
Did Nokwe not score an almost identical try for the Stormers about 2 years back?
Wellington – A New Zealand man has been sentenced to community service after telling police he had been raped by a wombat and the experience had caused him to start speaking “Australian”.
Arthur Cradock, a 48-year-old orchard worker from Motueka on South Island, rang police on February 11 to say he was being raped by the slow moving Australian marsupial at his home, The Nelson Mail reported.
He rang back soon afterwards to say he was withdrawing his complaint against the wombat, a court was told on Wednesday.
“Apart from speaking Australian now, I’m pretty all right you know,” he told police in the second call.
Cradock pleaded guilty to using a phone for a fictitious purpose and was sentenced to 75 hours community work.
Prosecutors said alcohol played a large part in Cradock’s life, although his defence lawyer said he was not drunk on the afternoon of the phone calls.
come on Ctahs…(Battle of the Tahs )
Ctahs kick a HUGE kick only to get called back becasue they took it into their 22.
LO 12m out to the Wtahs.
Stuff it up with a skew throw.
scrum Ctahs
PJLD
Not sure, but he has scored 4 from 4 on tour for the Cheetahs
So the ‘Tahs are leading 😆
Ja, Kal …but the Tahs might still catch up…
Bosman great step and Cheetahs gain valuable yards.
next ruck Vermeulen gives a FK away for playing ball on the ground.
The is the battle to determine who the real Tahs are.
I suspect the Blik-ore will have to use their full name in future.
Die grondwet van die Suid-Afrikaanse Rugbyunie gaan gewysig word om aan die nuwe Bok-afrigter die beslissende stem te gee in die kies van die nasionale span. 🙄
Seems to be NO urgency from the Cheetahs
20-12 Wtahs
61min
Its cool – this score suits me fine… 😎
i like the orange jerseys more than the white ones.
Where’s the commentator??? 🙁
KSA- where are the pool predictions? 🙁
KSA,
I think you can call the teams the Wintahs and the Concedetahs.
C’mon Tahs!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe the VloekTahs and the Wintahs
Who is kicking for Cheetahs? Missed conversions are costly!
I need the Tahs to get some more points
Cheetahs don’t know HOW to win in Super 14. They will probably ship a couple more tries before the end! 🙄
Wtahs break out from inside their 22 and get caught in the cheetahs 22.
Elsom made most of the running.
Wtahs knock on.
Nokwe tackled Elsom to force the knock
And immediately feel sick for saying that
HHHEEEE HAAAAA – I have moved from nr7 to nr5!!! 😎
Bosman is Kicking Villie
oelschig on for De bruyn
Cheetahs get ball from the scrum and clear to their own 10m line.
Wtahs throw in.
Didn’t know Villie was playing and why did Bosman kick him? 😉
Ctahs steal the LO ball.
Spread it wide and Wtahs almost intercept.
Ctahs get it back from the ruck and a SHOCKING clearance up the middle.
No advantage Ctahs scrum.
Ctahs break out with Nokwe and get to the Wtahs 22.
4phases later and fredericks is stopped 1m out
CTahs recycle and Potgieter scores
Sorry Flip Vd Merwe scored the try!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bosman converts.
20-19 Wtahs
70minutes
(audited)
😆 the Chee’s are missing their opportunities…they could’ve been level with the Wara’s by now…
Think I should go get coffee more often! 😉
Shyte! I need the other Tahs to score 😡
Flip is the brother of the Stormer Francois.
They LOOK alike as well, could be twins.
Another narrow defeat for the tahs?
Ok…that’s better Go Chee’s…
Wtahs get FK
after 5 phases.
5m out
2m out for Wtahs.
Ruck
FK to Ctahs as Wtahs hold on the ground.
Ctahs clear to their own 22.
LO Wtahs
Ctahs steal again.
passed back to Potgieter inside his in goal and he clears to the 22 again.
Wtahs LO again
The Cheetahs can’t afford to lose another one by such a small margin. They really need a win! Running out of time though.
No mistake by the Wtahs this time.
jacobs crashes throught the middle.
Ctahs join from the side at ruck 8m out and RIGHT in front.
Penalty Wtahs
going at goal
Time KSA?
No worries nessa, the margin is about to be bigger. 😉
Wtahs get FK
28.03.08 12:15:30 – KSA Shark ©
What is FK – FoesKlap? 😳
Penalty over
23 – 19 Wtahs
75min
Ag no man KSA!!!!
Kal
😆
No then it would have been Ctahs not Wtahs 😆
A try for the wrong tahs would be good now…dont even need to convert.. 😐
FK= Free kick
Never mind – 1 point or 4 points – the Cheetahs are going to score another quick try to win the game. 😉
Ctahs have the ball and then pass it forward ON the halfway line.
77:32 min:sec
Ness – I think you had enough coffe!! 😆
Ag no man KSA!!!!
28.03.08 12:19:56 – Nessa Edit
I’m only the messenger. 😳 😉
hehehe…I might have to eat my words from earlier!
No Ice – think I need to go get another cup. The Cheetahs seem to score when I leave my desk. Back soon!
KSA,
You’ve got it wrong.
FK = FoesKlap
PK = Phree Kick
Wtahs Penalty 3m out for Ctahs laying on the ball.
Wtahs stamps on the Ctahs player and Penalty get’s turned around.
KSA – the messenger who wants the Tahs to win!!! 👿
Ness – No pleessseee!! 😥
Sorry – the “Wtahs” to win. 😳
Cheetahs forced into touch
Hooter goes
game over
Waratahs 23 – 19 Cheetahs
Another heartbreaker for the Cheetahs.
Nessa
😆
Never mind Ice – too late to go get coffee now – think the game must be more or less over.
Phew! 😀
KSA – I like it better when you and I choose the same team. 🙂
Didnt know Duncan was a Soutie
log updated
WaraTAHS move to 6th
Cheetahs are 13th
PJLD
He used to play for Collegians in Dbn when i was still in SA.
As ek oranje moes dra, sou ek ook nie wen nie. Cheetahs moet Nataniel kry om hul truie te design.
Vra hom sommer self – hy is mos hier..disguised as powder.. 😆