Who's Going to Stop Chelsea?

OK, so I don’t know what to call that what we saw on Saturday. How poor was the referee? The Scotts did not know what he wanted. John Smit has to tell him how to call a scrum engagement. We tried very hard 14,000 km away in Durban, but nothing seemed to work. He was diabolical.

To be fair, he was crap on both sides, but so poor that nobody could gain an advantage out of his game.

Yes, the game did change by having Bismarck leave the field with a grade 2 hamstring tear and Ricky Januaries starting to the Boks. The same problem happened again when he is on the field. He takes three steps before he release—no wonder our backs got the ball on the back foot. Let's just hope and pray that Fourie Du Preez will be fit for Saturday!

New Zealand thumped Ireland 22-3, Argentina beat Italy 22-14, Wales beat Canada 34-13 and France beat the Pacific Islands 42-17.

The game of the weekend was undoubtedly England vs. Australia. Although the score was well in the favour of Australia at 28-14, England could count themselves very unlucky. England were stronger at the breakdown point and had more flair in the back three, but Australia had one secret weapon—their coach.

Robbie Deans was able to read the game plan and get his charges to play accordingly. Now imagine if our brains trust had this talent.

“Rugby for Dummies” Saturday will be the biggest game for the Boks this year. The revenge game, the try that was not a try, for the simple fact the ID10T put his foot on the line. Let’s just hope that we pull it off and do the job, even if it is a win by one point.

The draw for the Super 14 came out today. Once again the Cheetahs have been screwed over with their draw. The Sharks will play the Stormers on the 14th of February, so I guess the restaurant will be quiet on Saturday, but the sports bar will be rocking.

The first game will be played in Ellis Park with the Lions and Cheetahs taking on each other on the 13th. Freaky Friday!

On Saturday the biggest derby in Africa took place when Orlando Pirates took on Kaiser Chiefs at the Mmabatho Stadium. Two stunning first half strikes by Gilbert Mushangazike put the game beyond reach for Chiefs. It is the second win in a row for the Buccaneers over the Amakozi and a very timely one as well. The win takes them to seventh, only six points behind the league leaders Golden Arrows on 18.

Arrows beat Swallows 1-0 to take top spot. Wits is in second spot on 17 points and defending champions Super Sport United in third on 14 points.

In England, if you are a Gunners fan, you must be feeling like a yoyo. How can a team play so well on Wednesday and then fall apart on the Saturday? Inconsistency was their downfall last season, and I think it will be again this year.

Liverpool were lucky again on Saturday, but that is how the cookie crumbles—ride your luck while you can. However, can they keep it up?

Chelsea are still in sublime form and still scoring goals like crazy. Man U were devastating against Stoke and thumped them properly 5-0. Spurs could not make it six in a row, going down 2-1 to Fulham, and the sooner they get rid of Gomez, the better. He is the worst goalkeeper in the EPL.

Ernie Els missed out by one stroke in Singapore. The title was claimed by up and coming Indian superstar Jeev Mikha Singh. This was his third victory on the Asian Open and looks like it is enough for him to take the order of merit title.

I am on my way to the Sun City Million Dollar and can’t wait to see some of the world’s top golfers in action. I am hoping to get to meet some of them and have some interesting stories for you.

On the cricket front, India dished out their second hiding in a row against England. Varsity 4th lost their second game in a row, losing to Delta on a goat track against Delta.

Batting first, Varsity managed to scrape together 78 all out. This was never going to be an easy target to chase as the wicket never allowed the batsmen to be in. They managed to pass the Varsity score with six wickets down on our Skipper AJ with 3 for 26 off 6 over and yours truly 3 for 11 off 3 overs managed to get any wickets.

Had we been able to support Calvin “Hobbs” with 21 and extras with 19, we might have been able to change the result. Nothing like scoring runs to put your opposition under pressure.

We until next week enjoy the sport, England vs. Springboks, the Proteas take on Bangladesh in the first for two tests on Thursday, and in the EPL, Man City host Arsenal, Villa host Man U, Liverpool host Fulham, and Spurs take on Rovers on Sunday.

Cheers

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