Posts tagged with: Points

A truly special performance

3 Apr 18 10:56 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 15 Comments

Super Rugby is a funny old thing and with games tending to throw up high scores on occasion, it’s easy to overlook performance that don’t quite set any records, but are phenomenal all the same by any objective assessment. […]

All eyes on Joburg humdinger

11 Oct 17 09:44 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 22 Comments

It’s last-chance saloon in the Currie Cup and for those teams that have not yet done enough to secure semi-final participation (everyone who’s not the Sharks, stick up your hand) the stakes could not be higher. With only Griquas now completely out of the running, all of the Pumas, Bulls, Lions, Cheetahs and Western Province have work to do in this final round of games in order to make sure of their places. Problem is, there are only three up for grabs and five teams gunning for them. […]

Super Rugby 2017: Round 6 predictions

30 Mar 17 13:31 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 30 Comments

Another week and another set of games to call. Let’s see how we go this week. […]

Super Rugby 2017: Round 4 predictions

16 Mar 17 16:55 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 22 Comments

Well, will you believe it? I got a clean sweep of results last week. That’s right – I wasn’t wrong about anything – other than the margin of victory for the Cheetahs over the Sunwolves. Having set the bar impossibly high, this week is bound to be a disaster, but I feel I must at least try. […]

Super Rugby 2017: Round 2 predictions

1 Mar 17 16:15 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 18 Comments

Once again this week, we have a Thursday game to look forward to, so best to get these predictions done early. Round 1 was tough to call and I’ll not pretend that I got many of them right. Let’s see if this week is any easier. […]

Currie Cup 2016: Xerox Golden Lions v Cell C Sharks

30 Sep 16 15:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 144 Comments

It all comes down to this. […]

Sudden death

26 Sep 16 09:19 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 88 Comments

I’m sure I’m feeling much the same as many of you this morning, having watched in slow-motion horror as the past weekend’s Currie Cup fixtures conspired to turn out in the wort possible fashion for the Sharks. […]

All eyes on Loftus

24 May 16 08:43 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 36 Comments

While the Sharks players get to put their feet up a week early, with their somewhat ill-timed second bye falling just before the June International break, they’ll be watching a pair of South African derby games rather closely this weekend – as their somewhat precarious grip on a wildcard play-off spot demands. […]

Impi slain by assegai from behind

6 Apr 16 09:29 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 72 Comments

“Ubani benagathintu amabubhesi? Who here can touch the lions?” That’s how the song goes. After going through an almost flawless Varsity Shield campaign in 2016, UKZN Impi have learned the answer to that question, with tournament organisers finding them guilty of a player eligibility breach and docking an astonishing 12 log points after the fact. For Impi, in other words, there will be no final this year and more importantly, no chance of a promotion play-off against a UCT Ikeys side that would be unlikely to stand a chance against them this year. […]

A Loftus hoodoo – or a Bulls hoodoo?

16 Mar 16 15:35 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 56 Comments

As Sharks fans, we tend to have a rosy notion about Loftus Versveld being a happy hunting ground for our team and while this may be the case in Currie Cup rugby, looking at the history between the Sharks and Bulls in Super Rugby, nothing could be further from the truth. […]

Nothing to separate Sharks, Stormers in Super Rugby

9 Mar 16 10:52 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 38 Comments

While history is not always an accurate predictor of future events, it’s often not a particularly bad one, either. With the Sharks heading to Cape Town this weekend to take on the Stormers in a match in which the Durban side will rightly be considered underdogs, historical precedent suggests the game might be rather more difficult to call. […]

Bonus point change for Super Rugby

21 Jan 16 09:59 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 60 Comments

Here’s an interesting one that should add a fair bit of spice to Super Rugby in 2016…. simply scoring four tries in a match is no longer enough to secure that all-important fifth log point. […]

Take the points and move on

30 Mar 15 09:41 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 104 Comments

Once again, on a Monday we find ourselves bemoaning an ugly win after our team failed to come up to our expectations – yet all the same managed to win against a Force team that was arguably far better than their hosts for much of the game on Saturday. […]