SupeRugby Round 12 Recap:

There were no real surprises in this past weeks results. The Cheetahs came out and smashed the daylights out of the Lions, I did think the Lions would challenge more and possibly win it. Other than that it was business as usual for most of the teams and for the first time in a while the Highlanders fall out of play off contention.

• The Hurricanes narrowly lost to the Blues in the opening game to Round 12. The Hurricanes looked a lop sharper than the usual rubbish they have been producing. An extremely hard and tough game and I think the Hurricanes might be turning the corner here...Lets see how they fare against the Highlanders in Round 13. Blues winning 17-11
• The Reds took all the points against the Rebels but the latter showed that you could unsettle the Reds team. It was never a cut and dry type of a win for the Reds as you always seemed to think the Rebels could pull one back. 12 kicking points missed by the Rebels changes things a bit. Reds winning 33-18
• The Cheetahs absolutely destroyed the Lions team on Friday night. Five tries scored by the visiting team and fullback Riaan Viljoen with a 3 tries earns him player of the week. The Lions were completely outplayed and looked extremely poor. Coach John Mitchell will no doubt run them into the ground this week. A serious miss on my Round 12 PreJudgement as I took a chance with the Lions. Cheetahs winning 53-19
• The Chiefs won what was always going to be a tough game for both the teams. The Highlanders have however been lacking some impetus in the past few weeks and it seems they are running out of gas for the end part of the season. The Chiefs are still 10 points behind the Highlanders but will no doubt be trying to catch them in the next few weeks. After this coming weekend they have 4 games left and 1 bye. Could they make the play offs? Chiefs winning 20-7 
• Waratahs fought hard for a win against the Force. It was a close game well fought out by both teams. I PreJudged a draw in this game and wasn't far off. The Waratahs needed the win to slip into the Wildcard section of the tournament. Great game to watch and a true derby game. Waratahs winning 20-15
• The game of the weekend was won by the visitors at Newlands on Saturday. The Crusaders won this tough game with some awesome skill from Sonny Bill Williams and 2 tries from prop Wyatt Crockett. Neither the Stormers or the Crusaders are in danger of missing out on qualification for the playoffs but how will this affect the Stormers now that they travel? Crusaders winning 20-14
• The Sharks did not slip up against the Brumbies as most people had predicted. An emphatic bonus point win has given the Durban based side the momentum again to push forward for the next 4 games. They are on a bye this week, then its 4 games on the trot to finish up. Sharks winning 34-16

WTF of the Week: Peter de Villiers stupid comments regarding SBW (Read Here)
Team of the Week: Cheetahs
Player of the Week: Riaan Viljoen (Cheetahs)