Samurai win sevens jackpot
16 Dec 2012
Samurai beat the Cheetahs 29-14 in the Cup final of the Sevens Premier League in George to win R1 million.
Consisting of up-and-coming talent, Samurai were too good for a Cheetahs side that contained stars like Raymond Rhule, Johann Sadie and Sarel Pretorius.
Samurai scored three quick tries in the decider and while the Cheetahs crossed the line just before half-time, the privately owned franchise scored another two tries in the second half to seal the win.
The All Stars beat the Sharks 29-5 in the third-place play-off.
Day 2 Cup results:
Quarter-finals:
All Stars 31 Kaizer Chiefs 26 (after extra time)
Cheetahs 19 Living Ball 14 (after extra time)
Samurai 12 Blue Bulls 7
Sharks 8 Boland 5
Semi-finals:
Cheetahs 29 All Stars 17
Samurai 22 Sharks 5
Third-place play-off:
All Stars 29 Sharks 5
Final:
Samurai 29 Cheetahs 14
11 Comments
16 Dec 2012, 09:52 am
Millionairre Dragons……….
16 Dec 2012, 11:42 am
Good to see WP’s Justin Geduld performing well. Should be centre for SAU u210 this year.
16 Dec 2012, 13:17 pm
RT @keocoza: Samurai win sevens jackpot: Samurai beat the Cheetahs 29-14 in the Cup final of the Sevens Premier League in … http://t.c …
16 Dec 2012, 21:35 pm
@silent_shadow-2:
Tough call that. Remembering that Tyler Fisher scores tries at about the same rate (U-19 competition Fisher had 13, Geduld 12 tries) and has a better physical make-up. I can’t see how you don’t go with Fisher. Will be a tough call I’m sure.
16 Dec 2012, 21:50 pm
@hendrikp-3:
Gonna put it out there:
1 Not sure? Andrew Beerwinkel favorite with Tshepo Motale injured?
2 Freddie Kirsten
3 Neethling Fouché perhaps?
4 Jacques du Plessis
5 Marvin Orie
6 Ruan Steenkamp
7 Leneve Damens? Or Clyde Davids maybe?
8 Justin Benn
9 Hanco Venter
10 Handrè Pollard
11 JP Lewis
12 Jan Serfontein
13 Tyler Fisher
14 Cheslin Kolbe
15 Timo Swiel
16 Dec 2012, 21:56 pm
@hendrikp-4:
Hey Hendy
Did you watch sky last night about the RWC 2011?
It was called “The weight of a Nation”
Telling you it was an eye opener on what the coaches and players went through.
16 Dec 2012, 23:04 pm
@Hurricane-5:
Yeah I watched it. Actually… the girlfriend watched it while I was reading and looked up every now and then.
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to feel good about what happened in 2011 after what that son-of-a-b1@tch Bryce Lawrence did. Still feels like we were robbed.
But yep, definitely an eye-opener on the pressures of international rugby.
Bit harsh on Robbie Deans, who surely knew that they were planning on re-appointing Henry and co. They would have been seeing it from a different angle as the ones whose jobs were on the line, but I’d say 90% of us knew they were going to get another chance.
16 Dec 2012, 23:17 pm
@hendrikp-6:
Yeah, Deans was not going to get it, i live in Christchurch and believe me down here it was terrible. Bill boards on Deans for AB coach etc and when it didnt happen there was outrage.
Typical cantabs, they all want it there way.
But the programme showed how much the problems and how it affected them during the campaign, like McCaw not training for a over a month due to broken foot, Carter etc. We all knew it had some sort of effect but not until you hear it from coaches and players does it actually sink in.
17 Dec 2012, 02:21 am
“Living Ball”???
Who thought up that name?
17 Dec 2012, 13:55 pm
@Hurricane-5: I hope the role of Joubert in “winning” the Cup was given a thorough analysis, or was it conveniently swept under the carpet?
I bet I can guess which.
17 Dec 2012, 21:34 pm
@TheTackler-8: it’s named after a christian organization that sponsored a team
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