SupeRugby Round 11 Recap:

This SupeRugby Recap has taken longer than usual to get posted purely for ONE reason, I HAVE BEEN SULKING! Well done to the Stormers on beating the Sharks. Honestly, the Sharks were beaten but a Stormers team that would have beaten anyone on the day. If the Stormers carry on like that the SupeRugby Trophy will stay in SA. My second apology goes to the Bulls. I wrote you off and what a turn around you produced. It was great to see a fight back like that.
The one positive thing for SA rugby is that, we as SupeRugby franchises have struggled to finish teams off when dominating them. This was not the case this weekend. The Cheetahs, Bulls and Stormers all went for the jugular when they smelled fear. Extremely professional performance and it will help towards the latter part of the season.
Here is my brief Recap of Round 11:

• The Blues won a typically tough and brutal derby game against the Highlanders. I didn't expect the Highlanders to maintain their top form, but lets hope they can come back against the Chiefs this weekend. Blues winning 15-10
• Take a bow, Cheetahs! What a performance. An awesome display of grit and determination and a will to win. Yet another great performance from scrum half Sarel Pretorius produced a brace of tries. the Brumbies continue to struggle through this seasons SupeRugby tourney and will be desperate and hungry for a win at the Shark Tank next round. Cheetahs winning 47-36
• The Hurricanes beat the much fancied visitors, Queensland Reds, by two points after Aaron Cruden slotted the match winning points from a penalty in the 80th minute. The Reds only lead twice but fought back well in the second half and eventually were leading by 1 with nine minutes to go. Hurricanes winning 28-26
• The Waratahs beat the Rebels convincingly as you would expect. One wonders if the Rebels upsets are all but finished for this season. All the tries were scored by the forwards and the only blemish was the Waratahs not getting a bonus point. Waratahs winning 28-9 
• The Crusaders brushed off their loss last week to the Highlanders by taking it out on the Force. The try count finished at 5-2 in favour of the Crusaders but the lead changed hands a number of times. Even when Richie McCaw spent 10 mins in the bin did they only concede 8 points. Crusaders winning 42-30
• I write this and smile just at the thought of what I wrote about the Bulls in this Round 11 PreJudgement. I applaud the Bulls performance (even if they did whore themselves out for money and play in Red). They trailed 20-3 in the 31st minute and not only scored 4 tries in their victory but kept the Chiefs virtually pointless after that too. In fairness the Chiefs let in 3 tries in 6 minutes which is a serious drop in concentration. Congratulations again to the Bulls. Bulls winning 43-27
• Aah yes, my favorite part of this piece! The review of the Sharks vs Stormers. well done Stormers. There, I said it. The Sharks were extremely disappointing and paid the price for going into this game not completely focussed. The Stormers and specifically the centre pairing destroyed the Sharks and they never recovered. Stormers securing a valuable bonus point win - 32-12

Player of the Week: Jean de Villiers
Team of the Week: Cheetahs
WTF of the Week: Meyer Bosmans performance at Centre