The Blues travel to Brisbane in a last ditch effort to turn their back in the right direction.
Can the Blues pull this off against most predictions?
Or will the Reds’ home-ground advantage see them thump another team wearing blue?
Kick-off in Brisbane at 11:40 SA time.
Ref: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
TJs: Craig Joubert (South Africa), Geoff Acton (Australia)
TMO: Steve Leszczynski (Australia)
Reds:
Starting XV: 15 Clinton Schifcofske, 14 Digby Ioane, 13 Morgan Turinui, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Peter Hynes, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Ben Lucas, 8 Leroy Houston, 7 David Croft, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 James Horwill (captain), 4 Van Humphries, 3 Dayna Edwards, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Ben Coutts.
Replacements: 16 Sean Hardman, 17 Rodney Blake, 18 Ed O’Donoghue, 19 Poutasi Luafutu, 20 Will Genia, 21 Charlie Fetoai, 22 Brando Va’aulu
Blues:
Starting XV: 15 Nick Evans, 14 David Smith, 13 Anthony Tuitavake, 12 Isaia Toeava, 11 Rudi Wulf, 10 Isa Nacewa, 9 Taniela Moa, 8 Nick Williams, 7 Daniel Braid, 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Troy Flavell (captain), 4 Anthony Boric, 3 John Afoa, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Nick White, 17 Bronson Murray, 18 Kurtis Haiu, 19 Justin Collins, 20 Danny Lee, 21 Benson Stanley, 22 Ben Atiga.
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this one should just be kicking off
anyone watching?
Go Blues!
3-0 Blues after 11 minutes
“anyone watching?”
Yeah you’re right I should go clean up the house before the in-laws arrive! 😆
Thanks!
now it’s 7-3 to the Reds. Croft try, Schitcoffski converts
8-7… Kaino scores for the Blues
conversion is good, seemingly. 10-7 after
after 30 minutes
now Nacewa scores… it’s 17-7 to the Blues with halftime looming
20-7 at half time
20-10 after 49 minutes
20-15… Reds play well in the second half. Unlike the Sharks 😉
Hold that score. I’ve got the Blues by 7 😉
Rob,
I think you jinxed the Sharks with your comment:
“that was a good half… now we just need to play another good half… this week, I mean.
Comment 206 of 467, posted at 02.05.08 10:24:22 by robdylan (Sharks Forever!) “
22-20 to the Reds now!
Cru- maybe you’re right. I knew what was coming, though 🙁
Just an unconverted try by the Blues and I’m happy.
now Blues again – 25-22. Another Kaino try. 65 minutes in
you know how to call em!
#17
Sorry, looks like I either can’t do math or can’t read. 😳
I have the Blues by 7… need them to get 1 more try
or both? 😉
So we both have them by 7.
What was your margin for the previous game, can’t recall the teams 😉 Mine was 12.
28-22 to the Blues. I’m in range
mine was 10… having a reasonable week so far. 3 points so far, if this stays as it is
Go Reds!! I have a combo bet on reds and highlanders 😕
Unconverted try by the Reds and 2 penalties OR 2 dropgoal OR one of each and we’re spot-on!
there goes another 50… cents 😳
“having a reasonable week so far. 3 points so far, if this stays as it is”
ich auch
and the Blues fuck it up by scoring again! 35-22 is the final score.
playoffs are now setup. winner of sharks vs chiefs. winner of hurricanes vs blues, winner of stormers vs waratahs. obviously few other items to occur, but these games pretty much do the job for the winners.
ok – Log updated.
KSA gets the bonus all to himself here
4/5 logpoints for the blues???
5 points. They got the 4th try right at the death.
Final 4 looks to be Saders, Tahs, Canes, Chiefs 🙄
Bright side; gives the bokke time to rest for Wales!
can you believe it? Looks like the NZers have a big point to prove this year
Lions need to beat the Canes (!!!) and Stormers draw with Brumbies… then Sharks can stay 4th.
🙁
An to think I sold Jerome Kaino in favour of a Crusader 👿
Bulls need to pull finger and help the Guppies and breezers by beating the Tahs and the Lions need to spring the surprise of the decade and beat the Canes! 😕
Then the Guppies and breezers need to do their bit and win against the likes of the Chiefs, Cheetahs and Brumbies, Tahs
If the Sharks win their 2 remaining matches with a bonus point in each, AND the Waratahs loose their remaining matches (all away games), the Sharks can still make the semis, provided the Chiefs don’t pick up too many bonus points.
Remember the Sharks still have to play the Chiefs…
Gitaeu back for this weekend. Force can do Sharks helluva favour by beating Chiefs. Chiefs remaining match all away – Force, Lions, Sharks.
it all comes down to this force match, then… Lions ain’t gonna roll them, no way.
In fact, I’m not even sure we will
If the Bulls can get Matfield back, what are the Sharks doing to get James back?
How would this be… getting Smit back to play tighthead, if BJ is indeed going…
Don’t you miss a flyhalf more at this stage?
yeah, but it’s pointless going on about that. It’s not like there are 100s of good ones just lying around. If we could get Butch back, that would be great, but it’s a stopgap at best.
I still think Barritt will be our best bet longterm.
WHOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I got full points for this game 😎