The Gunners go Top

In a cold and very wet Durbanthe funny thing was I did not get to watch much sport, besides the Natal Vs WP U/19 and U21 which was held at Durban Varsity on Saturday. It was great to see junior rugby when we only watch the senior teams on TV every weekend. The reason you may ask why was the game plated at varsity, well there was soccer final between Chiefs and Sundown to be played. But because it was to wet, it has been postponed to tomorrow night. The Junior Sharkies lost both games to WP province but to be fair the weather did play into Province’s hands.

On the Currie Cup front, the Sharks are still top after a 44-19 win against the Valke in Kempton Park. This Saturday the Sharks will go off to Ellis Park to take on the high flying Lions, in what will be the game of the weekend. The Sharks will have to be top of their game to walk away with a win in Jozi. The Lions are still in 3^rd after a 31-10 win in a Wellingtonagainst Boland. The wine farmers look destined to end bottom with the Valke and more than likely out of the A section. The Bulls mauled the Cheetahs in Bloem 23-5 and WP beat Griquas in Cape Town on Friday 30-18.

Listening to our Afrikaans brothers on Super Rugby, they all seem to have written off the Sharks. Lions Vs Bulls, WP Vs Bulls even WP Vs Lions is all the call. Nobody speaks about the Cheetahs playing in a final or even the Sharks making it. I see a Sharks Vs Cheetahs Semi in Durbanand a Bulls Vs Lions Semi at Loftus and a Sharks Vs Lions Final at Kingspark with the Sharks victorious. Yes, there are still two weeks left before the semi finals, but I think it is time to call it. Let the fun begin and it will be interesting to see your calls as well.

The Gunners are top of the English premiere league with a stunning 3-1 victory away to Bolton. Man Citythumped Pompie 6-0 yesterday in the game of the weekend. Stephen Gerhard was robbed of his 100^th premiere league goal, for reasons only known to the match officials. Liverpool drew 0-0 at home to Stoke City. Hullgot a very good 2-2 draw against Everton. Spurs are still without a win but managed a draw at home against Wigan. Blackburn beat Fulham 1-0 and the Happy Hammers got a very solid 3-1 win against Newcastle. The new Hammers manager - Gainfranco Zola

The big game of the weekend was one of two halves. Man U was the dominant in the 1^st half but the second half belonged to Chelsea and they should have walked away with full points. The sad part of the game was the 8 yellow cards, 7 of them belonging to The Red Devils. I felt some were over the top, but when players react and have a go at a referee and his officials on every call, they can be very glad I was not the referee as Ferdinand, Neville and “Oscar” Ronaldo would have all got Red. Did you see the way that Ronaldo CHEATED by diving and he was not even touched. Now if there was an effective Sighting Commission in football, a player should get an immediate match ban for 3 games and 50K fine. It makes me so angry to see crap like that, from a player that is so skilled and when he does decide to run and dribble is fantastic. Shame on you Ronaldo, you get my vote for clown of the week. Man U will now need to pay at 25 thousand pound fine and if they get seven yellows in a game again this season can face further sanctions over and above a fine.

Thankfully there were no chants of “USA, USA, USA” during the Ryder Cup, but the young home team did have the support of the crowd and played brilliant golf. Team USA beat the Europeans 16.5 to 11.5. There are two young players I would like you to keep an eye on. Anthony Kim and Ian Poulter, these youngsters have got a great future ahead of them and don’t be surprised if one of them takes a major next season.

To the South African Para Olympians, well done on coming 6^thwith Natalie Du Toit getting 5 gold medals and Oscar “The Blade Runner” getting 3 gold of his own. Next Olympics we will send AmaBlingBling instead of our able bodied athletes as we will stand a better chance of winning more medals.

Enjoy National Braai day on Wednesday, no sport, so a good excuse to spend time around the fire talking about it.

Cheers 

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