Saturday, September 30, 2006

AND THEN- THERE WERE FOUR

So- its the Cheetahs vs the Sharks in Blingfontein and the Tswanepoele Hosts province.

The Hunt for Oranje Oktober has begun.

two teams will face each other on 14 October 2006, first there is the matter of the semi-finals.

as the round robin has finished- given a very close top 5 - its now up to the teams that will handle the pressure of sudden death the best- to contest the final

Will it be braun over brain will it need a mixture of both

Stay tuned to your favourite rugby information conduit- ( and yeah if its OORB- I will be very happy) but most of all- participate in the Hunt for Oranje Oktober-

I must say the domestiCCtiff 2006 is a good one thus far.

I hope the next three games will give us Rugby as it should be played- something to be proud of.

Enjoy!

Saturday, September 23, 2006

CLOSE- BUT THE CIGAR IS STILL OLLIE'S

Blingfontein

Oranje Orakel

Well- in the end a somewhat misdirected kick from the BloemBoyByTheSEA Ruan Pienaar had ruined some happiness in Tswane and VisVoetVille- but I couldnt care less.

The Cheetahs had struggled to retain their composure and had lost the ping pong battle with Frans Steyn - but some fearless defending had ensure that the Sharks did not win the game.

Well I must applaude Kankofski's try- it was awesome.

To the rest of the Sharks game, eyegouging etc I just have the ultimate disrespect!

In my eyes- the Sharks( mentality) sucks!

Cheetahs should just be thankful for the win- and try to sort out the root cause for loosing composure.I will watch the game again and will then post a match report based on that.

Till then

CHEETAHS!!

Monday, September 18, 2006

FOREPLAY- WEEK 13

So this week we start early- as it will be one of the crucial games of the season.

The Cheetahs have the Sharks at home and the Bulls away left to play in the pre semi- round robin and with 45 points- this season can still go both ways on the Cheetahs

Its unlikely that they will not be on the semis- Lions scoring 10 and Cheetahs none and then indeed no place in the semi final.

On the udder hand- two good wins- or just one good win and a favourable loss- and we will be topping the log- ensuring at least a home semi final.

For the Cheetahs its 4 tuff weeks to go

The Bulls have peaked at the right moment - for them obviously- and not one of the other three teams should be looked at with disrespect

All of them are able to take command of a match and clean you out of it.

Guess the team that will manage the intensity the best will be in a good position in the semi-finals.

Enjoy!

I will try to put up all the pre-match spin and foreplay as comments on this thread.

Expects some gems from RobD @ ruggaworld and the usual Sharks Squad at Keo.

RECAP ON WEEK 12

I was a bit AWOL last week.

It seems that the Cheetahs had put the Witbank Heeby jeebies to rest this year.

The CC Log - courtesy of Ruggaworld

Team P W L D PD BP TP
Cheetahs 12 9 3 0 301 9 45
WP 12 9 3 0 103 6 42
Sharks 12 8 4 0 168 9 41
B/Bulls 12 8 4 0 147 8 40
Lions 12 7 5 0 17 8 36
Griquas 12 5 7 0 (63) 5 25
Falcons 12 2 10 0 (228) 5 13
Pumas 12 0 12 0 (445) 3 3


I guess the only real news of the weekend is the Bulls romp by the sea

hehehehe

Well done to the Bulls!!

So week 13 - wonder for whom will it be lucky 13- will see some serious action for the Cheetahs

SHARKS at home!!

Sunday, September 10, 2006

THE RED BARON RETIRES

Well, the news is out

Michael Schumacher- the most succesful grand prix driver ever- will retire after the last grand prix of the 2006 season.

What an eventful career- I still remember that afternoon in 92 when he made his debut in the 7up jordan- and scoring points in his first race- at spa of all places.

love him hate him- you have to admire him

one of the sporting world legends

right there with niclaus dimaggio ruth jordan woods pele

fleck- hehehehe not in your dreams

INTENSITY CARRIES THE DAY

JUST TESTING IF THIS ISP ALLOWS ME TO POST

HEHEHE

IF IT DOES- I WILL POST MY MATCH REPORT HERE

VRY-FO885N-STAAT

The log standing courtesy of www.ruggaworld.com

Team P W L D PD BP TP
Cheetahs 11 8 3 0 245 8 40
Sharks 11 8 3 0 179 8 40
WP 10 8 3 0 60 5 37
B/Bulls 11 7 4 0 129 7 35
Lions 11 6 5 0 7 6 30
Griquas 10 5 5 0 (54) 3 23
Falcons 11 2 8 0 (167) 5 13
Pumas 11 0 10 0 (389) 3 3

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

FOREPLAY WEEK 11





OORB will post in future a thread early in the week - on which all the various posts - building up the Cheetah game in question- will be posted. This will then be followed by a weekly wrap on general Cheetah news- by midweek and a Pre match arti by Thursday/Friday.

The Vodacom Cheetahs face the log leaders Vodacom Western Province at home on Friday night at 1910.

Most likely this game will be broadcasted by Supersport.

Complacency the Reason

This letter was placed by Volksblad in its letter column on 5 September 2006.

OORB did contract Chris Booysen and publish the letter, with his consent.

Cheetahs was oorgerus

SOURCE: www.volksblad.com

Die Cheetahs se verloor Vrydagaand teen die Leeus was uiters onnodig, maar dalk ook voorspelbaar. Die Curriebeker-kompetisie gaan nou ’n fase in waarin Rassie nie meer behoort te “eksperimenteer” nie. ’n Mens kan die veranderde intensiteit in die ander wedstryde begin sien.

Die feit dat die Curriebeker-kampioen en eersteplek-houer op die puntebord teen rustyd met 22-0 agtergeloop het, bewys dat hulle dié wedstryd met oorgerustheid en ’n uiters sorgsame gebrek aan dringendheid benader het.

Die res van die land se rugbyliefhebbers het almal al besef dat dié Leeu-span ’n totale transformasie ondergaan het en hulle nou oor ’n afrigter beskik wat vir Rassie en al die ander afrigters kan troef.

Die Cheetahs wat midde-in hierdie kompetisie staan, moes dit nog meer en duideliker besef het. Die feit dat ’n verloor in die wedstryd nie die Cheetahs se status in die eerste vier plekke op die “log” kon beïnvloed nie, kon ’n rol gespeel het.

Maar al is dit die geval, het dit wel ’n postiewe invloed op opponente se persepsie en vertroue dat die Cheetahs maklik geklop kan word.

Chris Booysen
Kroonstad

The Game at Ellis

Well its old news now but it still hurts.

The Vodacom Cheetahs were the losers at Ellis park last friday Night- and its top spot on the points standing to its rival this Friday night in Bloemfontein- Vodacom Western Province.

The Lions had won quite comfortable- but due to a Willem De Waal led-revival in the second half , the cheetahs did score a bonus point.

Since this game was not televised- I will not write a report on it- but will post all the different media reports under this threat- just to complete the archive.

The log is courtesy of www.ruggaworld.com

Team P W L D PD BP TP
WP 10 8 2 0 75 5 37
Cheetahs 10 7 3 0 230 8 36
Sharks 10 7 3 0 134 7 35
B/Bulls 10 6 4 0 66 6 30
Lions 10 5 5 0 0 6 26
Griquas 10 5 5 0 (9) 3 23
Falcons 10 2 8 0 (160) 4 12
Pumas 10 0 10 0 (326) 3 3

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