The Waratahs start their three match tour of SA with a trip to Bloemfontein to take on the Cheetahs.
The Waratahs could go 2nd or 3rd with a good win today, keeping their semi-final play-offs alive.
A win by the Cheetahs may not lift them off the bottom of the table but it could give credence to Naka Drotske’s comments that his side would have looked better had they not had to wait until round 8 before playing their first home game.
Can the Cheetahs kill another giant?
Or will the Waratahs keep their play-off hopes alive?
Venue: Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
Kick-off: 17:05 SA Time
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
ARs: Joey Salmans (South Africa), Stuart Berry (South Africa)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Cheetahs:
15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Danwel Demas, 13 Corné Uys/Piet van Zyl, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Naas Olivier, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Hendro Scholtz, 7 Juan Smith (captain), 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 David de Villiers, 4 Wayne van Heerden, 3 Kobus Calldo, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Wian du Preez.
Replacements:
16 Richardt Strauss, 17 WP Nel, 18 Nico Breedt, 19 Kabamba Floors, 20 Sarel Pretorius, 21 Piet van Zyl/JW Jonker, 22 Fabian Juries.
Waratahs:
15 Lachie Turner, 14 Peter Playford, 13 Timana Tahu, 12 Kurtley Beale, 11 Lote Tuqiri, 10 Daniel Halangahu, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Phil Waugh (captain), 6 Ben Mowen, 5 Will Caldwell, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Al Baxter, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements:
16 Damien Fitzpatrick, 17 Sekope Kepu, 18 Chris Thomson, 19 Luke Doherty, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Sam Norton-Knight, 22 Tom Carter.
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Go Tahs!
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! JS just missed out on a try.
LMAO!! Tuqiri had the ball 3 feet above the tryline and dropped the ball.
Tahs doing all the defending against the Waratahs.
Beale tries a drop from halfway. Rubbish.
Try Waratahs. Turner.
Conversion missed.
0-5 Waratahs.
Hmmmm. Tahs v Tahs or NASA’s Greatest Missions. I’m torn.
go tjitaaas
oh great
Apparently there was a bustup but I missed it. Looking at Apollo 13. Still 0-5 after 32 mins.
HT 0-8 Waratahs.
0-8 at half time
3-8 Waratahs
Hey hey hey
Is there a zero missing from the end of the Waratahs score? 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 13) : tsk 🙄
@KSA Shark © (Comment 13) : ha ha
@klempie (Comment 14) :
😛
HOWCOME the Tahs are giving the cheetahs a hard time in the LOs? 😯
@KSA Shark © (Comment 16) : I’m not watching. There’s a NASA doccie on Discovery.
there’s another try. 3-13
Try Waratahs
3-15
@klempie (Comment 17) :
I was busy having dinner. Kette makes a mean Mac & Cheese. 😎
3-15
OK doccie over. Back to rugby.
70 mins
😯 Richardt Strauss calls some guy a pussy cat. 😯
what a farking snorefest of a Super 14 game.
3-18. Game over. Least they won’t get a BP. Small mercies.
3-18.
I have re-adjusted my expectations. I just hope the Tahs don’t get a BP now
@robdylan (Comment 25) :
Sorry I missed that, I was catching 40 winks. 😉
And Drotske gives WP nel a Super 14 cap with 3min left on the clock 😕
JW Jonker try!
Conversion over.
Cheetahs 10 – 18 Waratahs
79min
And Juries almost scores.
@robdylan (Comment 27) : boooring.
FULL TIME
Cheetahs 10 – 18 Waratahs
Log updated
Waratahs go 4th
Cheetahs stay bottom.
I’ve come to the realisation that the Cheetahs problem is self belief.
They believe they are a mid table team. 😉 They only lift their game when they play a team near the top of the table, they believe their regular game is good enough to beat most teams and that is when they come unstuck. 😉
ai carumba. Sharks now 6th
I wonder whether we will further kuiering now that the Cheetahs lost. Again.
soRRy $harks
Me team didnt pitched yesterday!
Got outplayed in the Scrum, Lineouts, most of the breakdowns as well as in the wide game. That means we were totally outplayed- no maTTer which way the stats from verusco gets spiNNed!
Gue$$ the scoreline where, kind of “kind” to us.
JuanSmith was very gOOde, BrUSSow wasnt himself and CaLLdo was givin a scruMMing leSSon. Piet Van Zyl was a revolving turnstile with route lights showing the waratahs where to get through.DaniLLer was solid again.
GueSS us Japies should be starting to show respect to the OzMob tight5’s.
and those in charge should invest in scrumtruk technology.
six years tOO late but stiLL!
Then we can be becaLLed jAAp again!
gOOde luck for your game!
@Big Fish (Comment 38) :
howZit fishie
Yip we have lost indEEd again but do I nEEd to remind you….
31-6!
😛
“Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”
said by some guy with a RED T Shirt!
But I doubt that Mr price wiLL stock those- ….
maybe if it could turn a profit
Alinsky spoke for the masses.
The market indicates that the masses stand behind the Sharks, even more so do the demograpics.
Irony: not the same as goldy or silvery.
@Big Fish (Comment 42) :
He spoke for “his” ma$$es – being a gangster & aLL!
Very profound
The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection.
The water has no mind to receive their image.
—Zen saying
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Dont let me detain you
😎
You wont Fishy
you wont…