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The Chiefs won the game 37-29 against the Blues, and wow was it a great game to watch and the Chiefs came back from a 14 point deficit. The blues had a great start and that start made it difficult for the Chiefs to get any momentum going. The Chiefs new coach Warren Gatland early... Continue Reading →
The finalists of last year and the finalists of the year before go head to head in this clash. Both teams have lost some of their international players, but the lions have lost more. The Jaguares will have to improve their set piece if they want to take on some of the forward dominant teams.... Continue Reading →
This will most likely be the game be the game of round one. These two teams are stacked for of experience and talent. If the players on the team sheet all play to their full potential then this would be some heck of a game with the Stormers's huge pack full of springboks to the... Continue Reading →
The Crusaders have left out most of their All-Blacks for their first game and it is hard to know why not. The Waratahs was not even one of the top teams last year and after losing a bunch of their international players there is barely a recognizable name on their team sheet. It is hard... Continue Reading →
The Bulls last year finished one place above the Sharks on the log and that will only fire the Sharks up even more. The Bulls have lost more Springbok players that the Sharks but the Sharks has also lost their fair share of experience players. Both teams have also signed their fare share of players... Continue Reading →
If last year is anything to go on it would not be that fun game to watch. Last year was really hard to sit threw some of the Australian derby's and that can be shown by their placement in the overall log with only the Brumbies making the top 10. But it is a new... Continue Reading →
If this fixture came up a few seasons ago it would have been a one sided contest, but this season the Blues have a new team a new captain and hopefully a new view on their game plan. Their biggest signing will not be playing this game and it may be a blessing in disguise... Continue Reading →
The stormers may have lost their influential lock who helped lead their pack the last couple of seasons, but wow if their team is at full fitness they will match up to anyone. Starting from the front with a springbok front three going to the new hero of South-Africa Siya Kolisi and on to world... Continue Reading →
The Sharks was able to keep most of their backline players from the previous season but the same could not be said for their forwards. They have lost the best prop in the world (the Beast) and the du Preez brothers. They have signed allot of new blood most notably Ox Nché who came over... Continue Reading →
The Lions have been on a downward spiral since Johan Ackermann left and took all his star players with him to England. I believe that it would be the same this year after they lost most of their experienced players. Hopefully the new coach will help turn around their spiral and use the same method... Continue Reading →
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