Friday games: not much, really

The Crusaders-Sharks game was not exactly a cracker, but in the end, there were tries and Zac Guilford running inside the 10-12 channel is worth to see. Besides, Thomas Waldrom is possibly the in-form number 8 of the competition and only bad luck and a suspicious referee call prevented him from scoring a try.

The game at Newlands, on the other hand, didn't have anything at all. Jacque Fourie was off. And Habana couldn't find his game. 4 penalties and no tries is just the opposite of what you would expect of such a player. Rocky Elsom was nowhere to be seen, and the bloke who saved the day for the Brumbies was the workhorse George Smith. Tackling tackles, winning turnover ball and being virtually everywhere. In the end, he was in the right spot to intercept a Stormers ball and run for the decissive try in the 77th minute.

The game was so bad that the Stormers had a final chance to level up the score with a try in the 81st minute. Joe Pietersen missed the conversion and that was all the difference between two sides that fought hard but without bullets.