A clear-cut path to Saturday’s unofficial final has already been mapped out for the winners of the Free State vs Blue Bulls clash.
The two highly rated teams were actually the odds on favourites to meet on Wednesday, long before Craven Week even started. Now resounding Day 1 wins has sparked debate over who the favourites are going into this game. This has even led to discussions turning to the current form and even the result of match involving the two rugby unions’ main feeder schools, in an effort to pick a winner.
In this respect Grey College of Bloemfontein are unbeaten in 2011 and are the number 1 ranked team in the country. Waterkloof by comparison are recognised as a very talented team who have underachieved this season and are now ranked closer to 10 than 1. Crucially one of the two big games that Waterkloof has lost in 2011 was back in May in the self-same town of Kimberley to the mighty Grey College. It was a tight game that Waterkloof appeared to have in the bag, only to see victory snatched away from them at the death. Whether much can be drawn from that result remains to be seen but it does lead to interesting comments about each provincial team’s BMT.
Kwa-Zulu Natal has been presented with a golden opportunity to advance to Saturday’s main game following a hard fought and well-deserved win against Western Province. KZN will meet the Golden Lions, impressive winners against Eastern Province, in the last game on Thursday afternoon. Despite being given this top billing status, much will however depend on the outcome of the Border -Western Province game. Although WP’s hopes of making the televised final were dashed by KZN, Border go into the clash undefeated and a convincing win may persuade selectors that they, Border are the team most worthy of a place in the final game.
For KZN the challenge will once again be in the set-pieces. Holding their own against a Lions team that looked to have few difficulties at scrum-time or in the lineouts is vital. If they do not expend too much energy and can secure decent possession from set-pieces, KZN should be more than a match for their Krugersdorp, sorry Jozi based rivals in the loose and amongst the backs.
Crucial to this Game 2 round of fixtures are the teams’ Game 1 reserves. In terms of the rules these reserves are now guaranteed a start. This means that, in the absence of valid reasons such as an injury to a Game 1 reserve player, each team is required to make 7 changes to their starting line-ups.
For KZN the likely changes are:
1. Equally adept Pina for his Glenwood teammate Worrall-Clare at tighthead,
2. Versatile Collopy who will no doubt be asked to double as a fetcher for Taylor at hooker,
3. Big, physical Horn for Klingenberg at lock,
4. Buthelezi, the best tackler in KZN for Game 1 standout player Nanto at openside flanker,
5. Cope, the creative and quick DHS captain for R.du Preez at flyhalf,
6. Marwana, the quick and skilful utility back for Sithole on the right wing,
7. And the most difficult decision of them all will probably have to be made at centre where talented young Kearsney playmaker Khubeka either has to replace the defensive stalwart Moolman or the powerful attacker Fisher.
The idea of move Fisher out to wing must certainly be on the mind of Coach Steyn, however this would involve relegating hotstepping fullback Mbembe Payi, who has just registered himself as an SA Schools candidate with his performance against WP.
Fixtures for Wednesday 13 July
10.00: Eastern Province Country Districts vs Leopards
11.40: Griquas vs Namibia
13.10: Pumas vs Boland
14.40: Valke vs South Western Districts
16.10: Free State vs Blue Bulls
Fixtures for Thursday 14 July
10.00: Griquas Country Districts vs Border Country Districts
11.40: Limpopo vs Zimbabwe
13.10: Eastern Province vs Griffons
14.40: Western Province vs Border
16.10: Lions vs KwaZulu Natal
KwaZulu Natal Team: 15 Mbembe Payi (DHS), 14 Lwazi Sithole (Maritzburg College), 13 Tyler Fisher (Westville), 12 Dean Moolman (Glenwood), 11 Siyabonga Tom (Glenwood), 10 Robert du Preez (Kearsney), 9 Stefan Ungerer (Maritzburg College), 8 Carel Swart (Glenwood), 7 Jean-Luc du Preez (Kearsney), 6 Sibulele Nanto (George Campbell), 5 Ferdinand Horn (Glenwood), 4 Daniel du Preez (Kearsney), 3 Matthew Worral-Claire (Glenwood), 2 Jaques Taylor (Glenwood), 1 Niel Oelofse (Glenwood), 16 Cullen Collopy (Kearsney), 17 Sanele Pina (Glenwood), 18 Jens Klingenberg (Vryheid), 19 Jackson Buthelezi (Westville), 20 Brendan Cope (DHS), 21 Sandile Khubeka (Kearsney), 22 Nkululeko Marwana (Glenwood).
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Thanks for the info Beet
EP 3 – 3 Leopards
21 mins
Nice story there Beet, I’m actually regretting turning down your offer to stay at your house for the recent Kearsney Festival. Definitely next year. You can write well, easy on the brain. Hope you can drink well.
Tomorrow is gonna be huge, where’s Carel Swart? He was so impressive at Puk festival. Beet, you see now, size not everything.
@speartackle (Comment 3) : Spear, I get a feeling Jackson Buthelezi will be assigned the difficult role of keeping Stoney quiet tomorrow.
Half Time
EP 3 – 3 Leopards
@speartackle (Comment 3) : Carel played yesterday. I think the 2 big Province boys Dercksen and Carlsson overshadowed him a bit.
Carel is good at running between defenders and yesterdays confrontations were centred around running into walls where the du Preez twins with their good upperbody strength are better.
@Ben (Comment 5) : Have you recovered from the massacre?
Leopards lucky not to have 2 red cards after that “tackle”
@speartackle (Comment 7) : Yeah I’m fine. WP got slaughtered, remember?
@Ben (Comment 9) :
Ep 16 – 10 Leopards
55 mins
@Ben (Comment 11) : EP Country Districts
@Ben (Comment 11) : Ben where do you stay again. Speartackle might be your noisy neighbour 😈
EPCD 30 – 17 Leopards
68 mins
@beet (Comment 13) : Rustenburg. 👿
FULL TIME
EP CD 40 – 17 Leopards
@Ben (Comment 15) : Okay you’re save, just pray that all your golf courses are substandard or seniors unfriendly 😆
@beet (Comment 17) : We’ve got a bloody good golf course here. 🙁 😉
@Ben (Comment 18) : I play it at least every 2nd month together with Mooinooi.
Ben, is jy nou al oor die WP wen of nie? Praat maar ou grote.
Griquas 18 – 0 Namibia
19 mins
@speartackle (Comment 19) : Ja eks oor dit Oom. Hoop maar ons trap die Leeus goed vas more.
The Ref blowing this game is far to unfit to be a ref!
Half Time
Griquas 26 – 3 Namibia
@Ben (Comment 21) : Jy sê jy bly in Rustenburg? Baie naby hier aan die Wesrand, inteendeel aan die anderkant van Ruan Venter Boulevard. Was jy op skool in Natal?
@speartackle (Comment 24) : Nope Rustenburg gebore en groot geword. Mar net van kleins af die regte Rugby span gekies om voor te skree. 😉
@Ben (Comment 23) : moenie ve my se jy sit en rugby kyk nie :), en al die afrikaans nou? Like dit 🙂
Dan is jy nog seker bitter jonk, ne? Volgens die Murray Mexted Demographic Encyclopedia of Territorial Support verwys hulle na n riglyn waarin n ondersteuner slegs n erkende, geregistreerde ‘ fan or supporter’ van n span kan wees indien die ‘fan or supporter’ in of binne n raduis van 12km van daardie provinsie/streek/span se munisipale grense af TANS woonagtig/gebore of geskool is. Enige ‘long distance’ voorkeur/voorliefde/bewondering vir n span word blykbaar slegs geklassifiseer as n ‘bewonderaar’
Nogal interessant, ne?
@speartackle (Comment 27) : I’m 24 and I seriously couldn’t care less.
Griquas 43 – 3 Namibia
55 mins
@speartackle (Comment 27) : Ei! You make me laugh sometimes
@Ben (Comment 28) : lekke ben 🙂
@Ben (Comment 28) : Jammer ou Ben, dit is donners hartseer ek weet, maar jy is n geregistreerde, erkende Luiperd of Blou Bul.
@beet (Comment 30) : sometimes 😉
@franshark (Comment 26) : Yup I’m booked off sick. Lying in bed watching the Rugga. 😉
@speartackle (Comment 32) : Praat jy elke dag so baie kak of is dit net op Woensdae??
@Ben (Comment 34) : lekke timing I’ll say, om sick te wees 🙂
@franshark (Comment 36) : Very lekker! 🙂
@Ben (Comment 35) : Vir n Luiperd is dit nie ongewoon om oplettend te wees maar ja, Woensdae is vir my n aka dag( ek vloek glad nie). Ek praat daagliks op 29 blogs en partykeer dan herhaal ek net wat iemand op die vorige blog gesê waarop ek was en dan moet ek net moerse vinnig begin copy en paste en bietjie organiseer maar met tyd raak mens vernuftig en dan speel ek sommer n rondte golf terwyl ek so blog.
Wanneer kry ek ook nou sterre en koeverte? Mag mens hier afrikaans praat?
FULL TIME
Griquas 53 – 3 Namibia
Good play by Boland fullback Rossouw
Sad to see star lock Jacquies du Plessis limp off injured 10-7 to Pumas vs Boland
Fortunately du Plessis back on
Pumas 17-7
@speartackle (Comment 38) : hulle sal kla as hulle nie daarvan hou nie 🙂 bloggers jy weet 🙂
Pumas lead 17-14
@speartackle (Comment 39) : 250 punte = eerste ster, 1000 punte = 2de….
Pumas up 20-14
Pumas 23-19. Kwagga having a quiet game. Boland try by good wing Kriel
26-19 to Pumas
@franshark (Comment 46) : In watter hoekie wil jy hê moet ek die drieê begin druk?
36-19 to the Pumas. Too many penalties given away by Boland
Half Time
Pumas 36 – 19 Boland
THe Pumas are almost improving on the Bulls’ score against Boland. I’m changing my prediction for this afternoon – OFS by 21 – and also SWD by 31.
@speartackle (Comment 53) : The Greystaat winning streak goes back to 2009. My prediction is it will end today. If these Klofies don’t come right today they risk being labelled as chokers. The battle up front + at 10,12 & 13 will be good.
Pumas lead 43-19
@speartackle (Comment 50) : punte word verkry deur te post, comment, en daaglikse visits 🙂
@speartackle (Comment 39) : Did you not follow the link I gave you yesterday?
@speartackle (Comment 50) : bo aan die bladsy onder user statistics kan jy jou punte sien…
@beet (Comment 54) : This will be huge, hope I make it to Krugies in time for game. I still believe Waterkloof have the most talented team of all schools in SA whether they’re soldiers of fortune or not. BMT will be the factor, does Tredoux have it? Those Grey boys just seem so relaxed under pressure as if they know the ball is going to bounce right or the ref will give a penalty within kicking distance. I also like Irne Herbst, the lock, and I think Christoff du Bruin, the other lock converted from wing will start. Have you seen him, a 2m boy that can run like Bolt and jump like Hestrie, Roelof Smit also so talented. I’m so excited I feel like talking sense for the rest of the day.
@franshark (Comment 56) : Ek sien nou, ek is n Academy Recruit, dit is fine. Kan ek kies om altyd een te bly? Moet n ou daai sterre dra?
@speartackle (Comment 60) : As jy stil bly sal jy altyd een wees. 😆
@speartackle (Comment 39) : Hulle het mos gister vir jou ‘n “link” gepos om na te gaan kyk, het jy al klaar vergeet.
Is bruin jou regte haarkluer of is jy eintlik blond? 😛
Boland have been very disappointing. To think they gave us a good hiding last year. 51-26 the Pumas. Jason Kriel looks like he has a future in rugby tho
@KSA Shark © (Comment 61) : I’m worried man, I’m starting to like this site. I’ll never forgive myself and my granddad will turn in his grave if I become attached to you Sharkies. I enjoy it here, everybody here except ou Ben van Rustenburg the Leopard Supporter seems to have a bit of SOH.
FULL TIME
Pumas 51 – 26 Boland
@speartackle (Comment 64) : Our Ben is a Shark supporter.
SOH?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 62) : I see you’re a sheriff or something here, patrolling the site for bad behaviour. I’m also here most of the time, if you ever want to go home early or take a nap, just ask….I’ll keep a check here for you for any unruly Bulls orStormers.
@speartackle (Comment 64) : what’s SOH 😯
Not to worry – do you need us to be mean – no probs 😈
@KSA Shark © (Comment 66) : Sense of humour
@KSA Shark © (Comment 66) : i see he confused you too – I knew you were blonde as well
@speartackle (Comment 67) : I think someone needs to explain “nap” from my perspective to you. 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 62) : lees jy nog jou Emails?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 71) : Wat is hierdie KSA? Verskriklike rug wat jy daar het, ek het ook so 30 jaar terug so gelyk.
@franshark (Comment 72) : I got your email regarding the match threads, need to discuss with others before replying. 😉
Great start by the Valke. Good continuity. 7-0 to Valke vs SWD
@speartackle (Comment 73) :
Kingdom of
Saudi
Arabia
That is where I live.
nap in my house is “code” for…….. My wife is in RSA on vac, so no napping for me. 😉
@speartackle (Comment 73) : Well Done Spear, you’ve been promoted to a 1 pip lieut.
You know what, I like it here. Besides Bath, the Sharks is also my team now. Excuse me sometimes, I get very thirsty and then I forget things and every now and then I might turn against my own teams, for a day or 2. I have that condition, forgot the name.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 74) : cool thanks 🙂
@KSA Shark © (Comment 76) : My swaer bly in Dubai en hy reken in Saudi as hulle jou vang ‘nap’ dan kap hulle jou ‘tap’ met stomp swaarde af. Julle manne ‘frikkie’ seker baie daar.
Valke still in control 14-3
@speartackle (Comment 77) : Schitzo is the word you’re looking for. 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 66) : Read the earlier comments then you will understand.
TMO just asked to look for foul play in the middle of the field. An experiment at CW
@speartackle (Comment 79) : My vrou en kinders is saam met my hier hulle is net 2 weke voor my op vakansie.
Jou swaer vergroot so effens. 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 84) : Wou op n golftrip Doha toe gegaan het, maar sal nooit vir n week net kan ‘frikkie’ nie.
Half Time
Valke 14 – 9 SWD
Valke guilty of not turning domination into points. Should be a very good 2nd half.
@speartackle (Comment 85) : Glo my daar is MEER as genoeg talent in die plek……. Jy kan in Doha, Dubai, Bahrain en Abu Dhabi selfs daarvoor betaal as jy bereid is om dit te doen.
Valke 20 SWD 16
Valke just can’t put them away
SWD now lead 23-20
Great fighting spirit
Valke 27-23 SWD
@beet (Comment 91) : jeez almost though that Valke fading away – what’s the time?
Valke 34 – 23 SWD
69min
Valke score another.
3rd try in about 5min.
FINAL SCORE
Valke 39 – 23 SWD
Valke value for money win 39-23 with 3 tries in 6min at the end
@beet (Comment 96) : wow
@beet (Comment 96) : 😯
Greystaat v Bulle up next.
Should be a good one. 😎
@McLovin (Comment 99) : I can’t see a thing 🙁
0 – 0
5min
0 – 0
10min
0 – 0
15min
Bulls destroying Greystaat at scrumtime.
BB 3 – 0 Grey
17min
Bulls lead 3-0
Huge hits being made by both teams
Bulls 3 – 3 Grey
19min
@beet (Comment 107) : Both teams going at it hammer and tongs. 😯
There are going to be lots of sore bodies tonight
Bulls miss an easy penalty.
Bulls 3 – 3 Grey
25min
@McLovin (Comment 109) : the OFS no3 is the current SA Schools TH. Scary. He’s being sorted out big time.
3 – 3
30min
Tackles made:
Grey 44
Bulls 14
Bulls score the first try.
Mabuza.
Bulls 8 – 3 Grey
33min
Mabuza very impressive so far.
How quick is Mabuza for a blindside flank
@McLovin (Comment 116) : I would have expected OFS to be leading? 😯
HALF TIME
Bulls 8 – 3 Grey
Scary. Mabuza is the lightest Bull fwd at 103kg. That would make him the heaviest KZN player by 3kg
@KSA Shark © (Comment 119) : All they’re doing is tackling at the moment.
@McLovin (Comment 114) : I almost thouhgt that was the score ooooo
Use Half time to check the last 7ls of the TDF. It is PISSING with rain.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 119) : OVS are getting killed in the scrums and suffocated in the midfield.
Some Greystaat supporters must be hoping for uncontested scrums, only problem is they have 2 reserve props.
@beet (Comment 125) : They are supposed to be a prop factory?
CAVENDISH takes another stage!!!!!!! 😎
Bulls 8 – 6 Grey
40min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 127) : CAVENDISH!!!
@beet (Comment 129) : And he takes the green jersey with that stage win.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 130) : shall we do a countdown? 13…
Bulls hot on attack, but cannot get over the line.
I think there are a few international teams that would be scored to scrum against these Bulls
Grey under the cosh but still keeping out the Bulls.
Bulls 11 – 6 Grey
52min
The Bulls reserve prop is a lightie at 121kg
Bulls 67% possession.
Bulls 11 – 9 Grey
59min
@beet (Comment 136) : that’s ridiculous
Going down to the wire.
Grey going for a 56m penalty. 😯
Missed.
Grey scrum.
5min to go.
I can’t believe it. The spirit of Grey College comes to the fore
Serfontein like a hot knife through butter.
Heartbreak for the Bulls.
Bulls 11 – 14 Grey
67min
Last throw of the dice for the Bulls.
Scrum on their 10m line.
@McLovin (Comment 145) : they won’t mind too much since they’ve contracted him for next year
@robdylan (Comment 148) : Any junior centres they haven’t contracted?
Bulls going for posts to draw the match.
No! Impossible! They should never have won that game. Just like Grey College vs Waterkloof.
BMT
Missed. 😯
FINAL SCORE
Bulls 11 – 14 Grey
😥 😥 this us heartbreaking defence wins you games that is why free state won
How long will Lady Luck still be with these boys?
@beet (Comment 151) : 😥 Sadly the bulls francois tradoux buckled under pressure we had free state
@beet (Comment 151) : and Grey Bloem vs Affies.
Well done Vrystaat! To withstand that kind of pressure and come out on top.
Bulls gave away too many penalties at ruck time, shooting themselves in the foot when on attack.
@speartackle (Comment 154) : So true!
@McLovin (Comment 149) : the ones form Pretoria Boys High
@speartackle (Comment 154) : @Muzi (Comment 155) : It’s like watching a rerun of Grey Bloem vs Waterkloof or Affies
@McLovin (Comment 157) : It was pressure BMT is what won free state the match.
@McLovin (Comment 152) : thanks for the score updates 🙂
@beet (Comment 160) : Spot on the samething happened in the wildeklawer week beet we had grey 😥
Jan Serfontein is indeed the real deal
@McLovin (Comment 149) : That Bulls no.12 played really well and is still up for contractual grabs.
Janco Gunther is his name.
@Muzi (Comment 164) : His hands are amazing
@beet (Comment 158) : How many now?
vs Monnas at Kearsney
vs Waterkloof at Wildeklawer
vs Selborne
vs Paarl Boishaai
vs Affies
vs WaterBulls
These boys have special abilities, they show absolute calmness even when completely overpowered. Like a Steven Seagal movie.
@beet (Comment 166) : Beet he is amazing it’s his size that makes it difficult to stop him.
@beet (Comment 166) : Jaco Gunther is weighing up his options
@Muzi (Comment 169) : I didn’t think Engelbrecht exercised the best options for most of the game. I thought he could have done more for the cause.
For the first time ever, I believe the David and Goliath story.
@beet (Comment 170) : In my honest opinion carlo engelbrecht has beem the best srcumhalf in the craven week he ran the show like a general but like tradoux he is talented yet still lacks decision making at times but iwas satisfied with our bulls under 19 scrumhlaf next year.
@beet (Comment 170) : Really 😥 for water bulle this team was the one they could stop grey free state tjoe 😥
So let’s get ready for tomorrow. Lions by 16.
@speartackle (Comment 174) : I like it when you predict against us, we end up winning. 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 175) : So how’s the desert tonight?
Border 0 – 0 WP
6min
0 – 0
10min
Province under the sticks.
Border 0 – 7 WP
12min
WP 7 Bor 0 12min
Other results:
Kwas CD 33 – 16 Border CD
Limpopo 81- 7 Zimbabwe
EP 16 – 31 Griffons
Border 0 – 10 WP
17min
Border are proving to be a bit of a disappointment so far. WP have 80% poss + terr.
when do our boys play?
WP score their 2nd.
Border 0 – 17 WP
20min
@robdylan (Comment 185) : After this one.
Border get a warning from the ref.
3rd try for WP.
Tackle count is something like 38-7.
WP are playing good continuous rugby.
Border 0 – 22 WP
24min
WP 85% possession.
WP support play about a million times better than the other day.
Border 0 – 27 WP
27min
@McLovin (Comment 194) : Border don’t have that in ur face defensive system of KZN
Province go in for a brilliant try on the stroke of half time.
HALF TIME
Border 0 – 34 WP
@beet (Comment 196) : WP also seem to have had a major attitude adjustment since that game.
The class act that is Tim Swiel scores a great team try.
WP playing very well and scoring 5 tries. Border look like they just got out of bed. Half asleep still.
@beet (Comment 199) : Tim Swiel is the best flyhalf i have seen so far this week he is the business he is my sa schools flyhalf what a player so composed..skillful finally we have a flyhalf controlling the match!
@McLovin (Comment 198) : The major adjustment was the half back combination that scrumhalf and swiel are class no doubt they should have played in the first game.
@beet (Comment 199) : They must put joshua stander at 10…Ludz John Meyer has disappeared
on defence 
Jaco Peyper about to become a test ref in the next 2 weeks
Border try.
@Muzi (Comment 202) : Stander is at 10. But his forwards aren’t securing any decent ball for him to attack off
Border 5 – 34 WP
37min
Border 5 – 37 WP
40min
My bad Muzi. Your right. Stander still on the bench. Josh v Rooyen was my mix up.
Border 5 – 37 WP
50min
PRRRROOOOOVVVIIINNNNNNCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! 😎
2nd Border try.
@Muzi (Comment 200) : This Stander kid is good
Border 12 – 37 WP
52min
Border 12 – 37 WP
60min
Border 3rd try.
Border 19 – 37 WP
61min
Border 81% possession 2nd half.
Border 19 – 37 WP
66min
Border 4th try.
Border 26 – 37 WP
67min
WP strike back with a try of their own.
Border 26 – 42 WP
69min
FINAL SCORE
Border 26 – 42 WP
@beet (Comment 212) : Stander is a prodigy like lionel cronje his father said he is going to the bulls next year…he is another gem of a player he made a huge difference also that scrumhalf JP smith is also going to the bulls he was good in the second half!
Man! I suppose 2 days of Western Province supporters doubting their youth structures has come to an end.
Well played Province.
Good 2nd half by Border. Pity they couldn’t have played like that in the 1st half.
@McLovin (Comment 222) : so what did u do here, giving all the points to the one team and then later all the points to the other team…. U problems guys 🙂
@McLovin (Comment 223) : from 37-5 to 37-26, must have been a few “I cannot believe this is happening” screams there inbetween 🙂
For KZN
Khubeka comes in for Moolman at 12 in KZN. Other changes are as in the write up above.
@franshark (Comment 227) : From the WP coaches certainly.
KZN try.
Lions 0 – 5 KZN
2min
@McLovin (Comment 230) : lovely 🙂
Hey everyone watch no 21 Buthelezi. One of the best tacklers around.
Lions 3 – 5 KZN
8min
Lions 6 – 5 KZN
15min
Lines 6 – KZN 5
Lines 9 – KZN 5
Plenty of schoolboy errors in this match – excuse the pun.
Breakaway try by Moos for the Lines, showed his pace there. Lines 16 – KZN 5
Lines are winning the breakdown battle and emphatically so.
who scored for us?
@robdylan (Comment 241) : Siyabonga Tom
@robdylan (Comment 241) : Siyabonga Tom
A very frustrating first half for KZN. Too many basic errors and not acknowledging the ref’s technical strictness at the breakdown.
By comparison the Lions are excellent at the breakdown.
@beet (Comment 244) : Agree, giving away way too many silly penalties, too many handling errors from both sides. Fisher is really standing out.
Lions 16 – 5 KZN
38min
Lions 16 – 8 KZN
41min
@McLovin (Comment 246) : not so lovely anymore 🙁
KZN miss a fairly easy kick.
Lions 16 – 8 KZN
49min
KZN 2nd try.
Lions 16 – 15 KZN
55min
Cannot believe that our line out are a coppycat from the senior team, BAD!!!!
Lions now missed an easy PK
KZN PK
Lions 16 – 18 KZN
62min
Over 🙂
Nice came back. Hang in there Natal. Only 6min left.
7min to go
KZN heading for their 2nd win & probably a place in the ‘final’ against Greystaat.
5min and KZN line out and looses it again ai
Lions 16 – 18 KZN
66min
3min left.
Lions 16 – 18 KZN
2min to go.
1min
Lions 16 – 18 KZN
1min to go.
come on boys! Want to see Fisher up against the Grey centres 🙂
Scrum Lions.
Lineout KZN.
Should be all over if they can take their own lineout.
FFS!
Times up PK lions
Which they don’t.
Penalty Lions. Kickable.
ah crap
Over!
FINAL SCORE
Lions 19 – 18 KZN
Idiot that gave away that penalty!
shit… Lions win 🙁
Well done the Lions on the win.
Well played KZN for showing true fighting spirit and coming back so strongly in the 2nd half.
Neeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
Damn we lose by one point.
Shows how important getting the kicks over are.
man, that’s harsh…
Well done Lions. Nice come back by our boys, thought they could have won it but that how it goes.
What a shocking decision! The Lions player was holding on. Tackler had released him and the Natal player contesting the ball was on his feet. Lions player did not release the ball, how was it a penalty to the Lions then?
@war1 (Comment 281) : Plenty of ‘questionable’ decision throughout the tournament.
You win some you lose some. 🙂
@war1 (Comment 281) : I don’t think he was on his feet. He’s legs didn’t support his body weight.
@McLovin (Comment 282) : Yeah the ref did not have such a good game, missed lots, both ways. I suppose the refs need to develop just like the players do.
@war1 (Comment 281) : Have no idea either why that penalty was given.
Anyhow well done to our boys. They came back well.
@Ben (Comment 283) : I don’t agree, but anyway what is done is done.
Well done the KrugerLions
Enormous Monnas guts shown by the Lions. Their back 3 kept the Sharks in the game. Have never seen a worse display by 2 wings and a fullback in my life. They have contracts which make it worse. All credit to the Lions pack with Stoney and Chris Massyn and the 2 locks devastating.
I cannot believe those du Preez twins are only 15. They were immense along with Fisher. Sad that there had to be loser but the Lions 10 showed BMT with that last kick.
You win some you lose some 🙁
KZN v Bulls on Saturday.
Also WP v Pumas and
Greystaat v Lions in the ‘final’.