Fotogallery: penultimo weekend (di regular season) di Super Rugby

La partite di venerdì

Quelle di sabato

Video: gli highlights del turno 17 di Super Rugby

 

Super Rugby, corsa ancora aperta a 80 minuti dal termine

Chiefs e Stormers al sicuro, Brumbies quasi, poi altre 5 squadre che si giocano l’ultimo passaporto per i play-off con i Crusaders che partono però con due punti di vantaggio. A una sola gara dal termine della stagione regolare del massimo torneo per club dell’emisfero sud i giochi sono ancora aperti. L’ultima giornata non prevede scontri diretti, si inizia venerdì con Chiefs-Hurricanes, se questi ultimi non vincono sono matematicamente tagliati fuori. In corsa anche Bulls, Sharks e Reds.

FRI – 6TH JUL 12
08:35 Super Rugby Overall Group Chiefs 21 – 28 Crusaders
10:40 Super Rugby Overall Group Reds 19 – 13 Highlanders
18:10 Super Rugby Overall Group Sharks 32 – 10 Bulls

 

SAT – 7TH JUL 12
08:35 Super Rugby Overall Group Blues 32 – 9 Western Force
10:40 Super Rugby Overall Group Waratahs 15 – 19 Brumbies
14:00 Super Rugby Overall Group Cheetahs 6 – 13 Stormers
16:05 Super Rugby Overall Group Lions 37 – 32 Melbourne Rebels
18:10 Super Rugby Overall Group Sharks 32 – 10 Bulls

Super Rugby: i Lions scappano, si fanno riprendere dai Rebels e poi piazzano la graffiata (37-32)

The scorers:

For Lions:
Tries: Murray, Minnie 2, Kriel
Cons: Jantjies 4
Pens: Jantjies 3

For Rebels:
Tries: Robinson, Pyle 2, Hilgendorf
Cons: Huxley 3
Pens: Huxley 2

Lions: 15 James Kamana, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Butch James, 11 Anthonie Volminck, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Joshua Strauss (c), 7 Grant Hattingh, 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Hendrik Roodt, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Ruan Dreyer, 18 Etienne Oosthuizen, 19 Jaco Kriel, 20 Ross Cronje, 21 JR Esterhuizen, 22 Ruan Combrinck.

Rebels: 15 Julian Huxley, 14 Mark Gerrard, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Stirling Mortlock (c), 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 James Hilgendorf, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Tim Davidson, 7 Hugh Perrett, 6 Luke Jones, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Cadeyrn Neville, 3 Jono Owen, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Adam Freier, 17 Paul Alo-Emile, 18 Al Campbell, 19 Gareth Delve, 20 Richard Kingi, 21 Lachlan Mitchell, 22 Lloyd Johannson.

Referee: Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)
TMO:Johann Meuwesen (South Africa)

Super Rugby: Brumbies e Stormers a fatica, ma play-off ormai certi

WARATAHS-BRUMBIES 15-19

The scorers:

For Waratahs:
Tries: Polota-Nau, Barnes
Con: Barnes
Pen: Barnes

For Brumbies:
Try: Speight
Con: Holmes
Pens: Holmes 2, Mogg 2

Waratahs: 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Grayson Hart, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Chris Alcock, 6 Dave Dennis, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Josh Mann-Rae, 17 Paddy Ryan, 18 Sitaleki Timani, 19 Lopeti Timani, 20 Brendan McKibbin, 21 Tom Carter, 22 Tom Kingston.

Brumbies: 15 Robbie Coleman, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Andrew Smith, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Jesse Mogg, 10 Zack Holmes, 9 Nic White, 8 Ben Mowen (c), 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Peter Kimlin, 5 Sam Carter, 4 Scott Fardy, 3 Dan Palmer, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Ben Alexander.
Replacements: 16 Anthony Hegaty, 17 Ruaidhri Murphy, 18 Leon Power, 19 Ita Vaea, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Tevita Kuridrani, 22 Cam Crawford.

CHEETAHS-STORMERS 6-13

For Cheetahs:
Pens: Smit 2

For Stormers:
Try: Aplon
Con: Grant
Pens: Grant 2

Yellow card: Le Roux (Cheetahs – 45th min – deliberate offside)

Cheetahs: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Philip Snyman, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Barry Geel, 11 Cameron Jacobs, 10 Riaan Smit, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Justin Downey, 7 Pieter Labuschagne, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Andries Ferreira/George Earle, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Trevor Nyakane.
Replacements:16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 WP Nel, 18 George Earle/Waltie Vermeulen, 19 Ashley Johnson, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Nico Scheepers.

Stormers: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean de Villiers (c), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Jebb Sinclair, 7 Rynhardt Elstadt, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 De Kock Steenkamp, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Deon Fourie, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Replacements: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Deon Carstens, 18 Quinn Roux, 19 Don Armand, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Gerhard van den Heever.

Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)