After last week's impressive performance by the New Zealand Sides, and the ever grafting Aussies, followed by the disastrous South African side, the Super 14 has an all too familiar look about it. Ok maybe I am generalizing and a team like the Sharks is actually a cut above the rest, but have really bee tested yet? We will see how the Stormers do against hot favourites Crusaders but it has to be said the SA Rugby have got a hard year ahead of them is the first two weeks is anything to go by.
The Aussies are working hard and as far as rebuilding goes they are on the right course and with a man like Robbie Deans on their side the Bledisloe Cup and the Tri-Nations this year is surely going to be a thriller. The Super 14 team to watch from Australia are the Waratahs, who are back from a slump in 2007 but the others are full of exciting youngsters and can always pull a shock on any day.
In saying all the there is no doubt who has adapted to the new rules the quickest and that is the New Zealanders. They are playing the game with the new rules like they have been playing with them for years and they have not missed a step at all. It is looking very much like the All Blacks three year backlash has just started.
The man I feel sorry for is Mr Pieter de Villiers the new Springbok coach he has his hands full and I foresee a disaster of a year for the Springboks and the only thing that south African Sides will do well in is the Vodacom Cup and the Currie Cup...so much for being World Champions.
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ahhhhhhhhh my fingers were gettin athritic due to lack of typing. Welcome back fellow blogger and yet another year exhilirating sporting events . Go the ABs!
No doubt! the stage is set for another humdinger of a year on the sporting Front and I am going to be there all the way. I am taking my writing one step further and I will be submitting my blog articles to real publishers. You never know I might have my own column soon. Mos Def - Go the ABs!!
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