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[2018 Super Rugby] Round 13: Bulls vs. Sharks (12/05/2018)
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<blockquote data-quote="unrated" data-source="post: 902104" data-attributes="member: 45773"><p>O would say that this game determines who will be the main challenger to the Lions for top spot in the SA conference. Of course the Jags also come into the reckoning but as far as the SA sides go this is an important game.</p><p></p><p>The matter of revenge also lingers... The Bulls beat the Sharks in Durban and im sure the Sharks would want to return the favour.</p><p> I have lost most of my credibility on this forum over the past weeks with multiple wrong predictions regarding the Sharks. I wholeheartedly supported them in the first few weeks to win every time so they lost most of those, then when the Australian tour came i still had hopes but they lost again. When the NZ tour came i predicted losses and then they won one and came super close against the Hurricanes. So with that context in mind i am very hesitant to make a call on this one.</p><p></p><p>The Sharks will win this one. Why? They know the Bulls are a really good high pressure team. We play better against NZ teams and teams that we are underdogs against.</p><p>We are surely underdogs at Loftus and the Bulls are playing in a NZ style under Mitchell. Weather is getting colder and colder in South Africa as we are approaching Winter so the ball handling should improve.</p><p>The bulls supporters will argue that they are the team that favours a more ball in hand approach when compared to the Sharks and this might be true but the Sharks play a more risky all out offload game.</p><p></p><p>This is where i feel each team has the upper hand:</p><p>15: Gelant (<strong>Bulls)</strong> by a whisker over Bosch</p><p></p><p>14: Nkosi (<strong>Sharks)</strong></p><p></p><p>13: Kriel (<strong>Bulls</strong>) I like Am more but Kriel is a proven Springbok on good form this year. Maybe this is the game for AM to show why he deserves to start ahead of Kriel. Until then it has to be Kriel</p><p></p><p>12: Esterhuizen (<strong>Sharks</strong>)</p><p></p><p>11: Mapimpi (<strong>Sharks</strong>) Future top try scorer, this guy is on fire</p><p></p><p>10: Pollard <strong>(Bulls)</strong> Incumbent Springbok flyhalf and SA rugby prodigy, du Preez comes very close on current form. going to be a great matchup with two flyhalf attacking the line.</p><p></p><p>9: Wright (<strong>Sharks)</strong> he looks like a South African Perenara, feisty.</p><p></p><p>8: D du Preez <strong>(Sharks)</strong></p><p></p><p>7: J du Preez <strong>(Sharks)</strong></p><p></p><p>6: Smit <strong>(Bulls)</strong> If van der Walt was fit then the Sharks would have had a clean sweep on the Bulls in the Loosies, Keeping up the tradition of having the best loosies in SA in modern SA rugby history.</p><p></p><p>5: de Jager <strong>(Bulls),</strong> Botha from the Sharks is playing very well and i was tempted to include him over de Jager but he is also on good form.</p><p></p><p>4: Botha <strong>(Sharks)</strong> I know, he is a 5 but for reasons i felt he needed to be on this list. Rg has been playing well and a Springbok spot has been mentioned but i feel he is some way of Botha at the moment. Tyler Paul is not even in the ball park yet.</p><p></p><p>3: du Toit <strong>(Sharks)</strong></p><p></p><p>2: Strauss <strong>(Bulls)</strong></p><p></p><p>1:Mtawarira <strong>(Sharks) </strong>I think we will dominate the scrums on saturday.</p><p></p><p>Bench: <strong>Sharks</strong> (<strong><strong>21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Marius Louw, 23 Lwazi Mvovo,<strong><strong> 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle) These guys should help quite a bit in the second half.</strong></strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong><strong>9 Sharks </strong></strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong><strong>6 Bulls </strong></strong></strong></strong></p><p>in the head to head although i was being generous to the Bulls with some of the picks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="unrated, post: 902104, member: 45773"] O would say that this game determines who will be the main challenger to the Lions for top spot in the SA conference. Of course the Jags also come into the reckoning but as far as the SA sides go this is an important game. The matter of revenge also lingers... The Bulls beat the Sharks in Durban and im sure the Sharks would want to return the favour. I have lost most of my credibility on this forum over the past weeks with multiple wrong predictions regarding the Sharks. I wholeheartedly supported them in the first few weeks to win every time so they lost most of those, then when the Australian tour came i still had hopes but they lost again. When the NZ tour came i predicted losses and then they won one and came super close against the Hurricanes. So with that context in mind i am very hesitant to make a call on this one. The Sharks will win this one. Why? They know the Bulls are a really good high pressure team. We play better against NZ teams and teams that we are underdogs against. We are surely underdogs at Loftus and the Bulls are playing in a NZ style under Mitchell. Weather is getting colder and colder in South Africa as we are approaching Winter so the ball handling should improve. The bulls supporters will argue that they are the team that favours a more ball in hand approach when compared to the Sharks and this might be true but the Sharks play a more risky all out offload game. This is where i feel each team has the upper hand: 15: Gelant ([B]Bulls)[/B] by a whisker over Bosch 14: Nkosi ([B]Sharks)[/B] 13: Kriel ([B]Bulls[/B]) I like Am more but Kriel is a proven Springbok on good form this year. Maybe this is the game for AM to show why he deserves to start ahead of Kriel. Until then it has to be Kriel 12: Esterhuizen ([B]Sharks[/B]) 11: Mapimpi ([B]Sharks[/B]) Future top try scorer, this guy is on fire 10: Pollard [B](Bulls)[/B] Incumbent Springbok flyhalf and SA rugby prodigy, du Preez comes very close on current form. going to be a great matchup with two flyhalf attacking the line. 9: Wright ([B]Sharks)[/B] he looks like a South African Perenara, feisty. 8: D du Preez [B](Sharks)[/B] 7: J du Preez [B](Sharks)[/B] 6: Smit [B](Bulls)[/B] If van der Walt was fit then the Sharks would have had a clean sweep on the Bulls in the Loosies, Keeping up the tradition of having the best loosies in SA in modern SA rugby history. 5: de Jager [B](Bulls),[/B] Botha from the Sharks is playing very well and i was tempted to include him over de Jager but he is also on good form. 4: Botha [B](Sharks)[/B] I know, he is a 5 but for reasons i felt he needed to be on this list. Rg has been playing well and a Springbok spot has been mentioned but i feel he is some way of Botha at the moment. Tyler Paul is not even in the ball park yet. 3: du Toit [B](Sharks)[/B] 2: Strauss [B](Bulls)[/B] 1:Mtawarira [B](Sharks) [/B]I think we will dominate the scrums on saturday. Bench: [B]Sharks[/B] ([B][B]21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Marius Louw, 23 Lwazi Mvovo,[B][B] 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle) These guys should help quite a bit in the second half. 9 Sharks 6 Bulls [/B][/B][/B][/B] in the head to head although i was being generous to the Bulls with some of the picks. [/QUOTE]
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