all out rugby2011: May 2011

Friday, 20 May 2011

on saterday 21st may at 19:00 the sharks will go up againt the bulls for an epic south african battle to see who will win. the bulls win and move up or will the sharks win and go into 3rd place if they get the bonus try.

S15 Log Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Bye	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	BP	Points	Updated
1	Reds	12	10	2	0	1	355	239	116	38	26	6	50	15 May
2	Blues	12	9	2	1	1	319	252	67	35	26	7	49	15 May
3	Stormers	11	8	3	0	2	256	172	84	19	11	4	44	15 May
4	Crusaders	12	8	3	1	1	356	212	144	40	22	6	44	15 May
5	Sharks	11	7	4	0	2	279	215	64	30	17	7	43	15 May
6	Waratahs	11	7	4	0	2	257	177	80	30	13	4	40	15 May
7	Highlanders	12	8	4	0	1	237	230	7	26	22	3	39	15 May
8	Bulls	11	6	5	0	2	287	267	20	29	28	4	36	15 May
9	Cheetahs	12	4	8	0	1	321	317	4	30	36	9	29	15 May
10	Chiefs	12	5	7	0	1	268	275	-7	28	25	5	29	15 May
11	Hurricanes	12	3	8	1	1	229	309	-80	22	32	7	25	15 May
12	Western Force	11	3	7	1	2	223	307	-84	14	31	3	25	15 May
13	Brumbies	11	2	9	0	2	237	336	-99	24	32	6	22	15 May
14	Lions	12	2	10	0	1	256	358	-102	26	36	7	19	15 May
15	Rebels	12	3	9	0	1	216	430	-214	23	57	3	19	15 May

PF = Points For

PA = Points Against

PD = Points Difference

TF = Tries For

TA = Tries Against

BP = Bonus Points

Monday, 16 May 2011

The winner of the 2010 Tri-Nations crown may yet to be decided but the fixtures for next year's title race have already been confirmed.

The World Cup means a shortened version of the competition will be contested next year with the Wallabies, All Blacks and Springboks only playing each other twice instead of the standard three times.

The action kicks off with Australia playing host to South Africa in Sydney on July 23 and finish with the Wallabies tackling the All Blacks in Brisbane on August 27 - less than two weeks before the start of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. The 2011 battle for southern hemisphere supremacy is set to be the last three-team competition with Argentina set to enter the fray from 2012.

South Africa will stage a Tri-Nations match in the Eastern Cape for the first time with the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth hosting the Springboks v All Blacks encounter on August 20. The Boks will launch their title challenge against the Wallabies in Durban on August 13.

The All Blacks open their campaign against South Africa in Wellington on July 30 and host the Wallabies a week later at Auckland's Eden Park. The re-vamped stadium in the New Zealand capital will host the opening game of the World Cup among four pool games, as well as both semi-finals, the third/fourth play-offs and the tournament finale.

In Australia, the tournament opens at ANZ Stadium in Sydney while Brisbane will again host a Bledisloe Cup clash as the Wallabies play host to the All Blacks at Suncorp Stadium for the first time since 2006.

2011 Tri-Nations schedule (kick off times to be confirmed):

Saturday, July 23 - Australia v South Africa, Sydney
Saturday, July 30 - New Zealand v South Africa, Wellington
Saturday, August 6 - New Zealand v Australia, Auckland
Saturday, August 13 - South Africa v Australia, Durban
Saturday, August 20 - South Africa v New Zealand, Port Elizabeth
Saturday, August 27 - Australia v New Zealand, Brisbane

the tri nation will start in june and finish in july all three teams will only play eachother twice insted of three times to make it more hard and intresting the team for 2011 tri nation has not yet been decide but 50 players have been picked out to do training and are been closely watched.

Thursday, 12 May 2011

Jacques-Louis Potgieter has replaced Patrick Lambie in the Sharks team to face the Crusaders at Twickenham on Sunday.
The Sharks have added Eugene van Staden and Gerhard Mostert to their touring squad headed to London while JP Pietersen has also passed a fitness test and will fly out together with the team.
The Sharks are taking just 22 players to London with no back up players as they feel they can fly out an emergency replacement quickly if needed.
John Smit will again captain an almost unchanged side for possibly their toughest clash of the season and the only change is that of Potgieter replacing Lambie while Eugene van Staden adds front row depth off the bench with Craig Burden and Anton Bresler remaining behind.
Gerhard Mostert is named amongst the reserves along with fit-again JP Pietersen.
Looking ahead to the game, captain John Smit is enthusiastic at the prospect of this history-making event. "I hope we get a good crowd for this match because there are hundreds of thousands South African and New Zealand ex-pats living in the UK.
"Hopefully we'll see more Black and White than Black and Red in the crowd." he said on the Sharks site.
"There has been a huge amount of excitement about this game and people over there are hungry for Super Rugby and this is a wonderful opportunity for them to be able to support their teams in real life.
" I'm pretty sure it will be well-supported, not only because there are two good Super Rugby teams playing each other, but because it's for a good cause."
The Sharks
1. John Smit (Capt) , 2. Bismarck du Plessis , 3. Jannie du Plessis , 4. Steven Sykes , 5. Alistair Hargreaves , 6. Keegan Daniel , 7. Willem Alberts , 8. Ryan Kankowski , 9. Charl McLeod , 10. Jacques-Louis Potgieter , 11. Lwazi Mvovo , 12. Meyer Bosman , 13. Stefan Terblanche , 14. Odwa Ndungane , 15. Louis Ludik
Replacements , 16. Eugene van Staden , 17. Tendai Mtawarira , 18. Gerhard Mostert , 19. Jacques Botes , 20. Conrad Hoffmann , 21. Adrian Jacobs , 22. JP Pietersen