Power Rankings: SAD v HoS The Final Showdown
ByWith just one week to go in the round robin of Super 14 and it’s time for to once again compare my rankings to those publish by the Herald on Sunday. Once again, I may have to cut the Herald some slack due to publishing deadlines, it’s entirely possible this column was published before the last three games of the round from South Africa. Then again, I suppose that’s one of the disadvantages of traditional media.
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Sports After Dark
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Power Ranking
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Herald on Sunday
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Chiefs
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66.38
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Chiefs
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Hurricanes
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66.25
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Sharks
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Bulls
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65.28
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Hurricanes
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Sharks
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57.94
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Bulls
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Waratahs
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55.72
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Crusaders
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Crusaders
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54.46
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Brumbies
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Brumbies
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52.73
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Waratahs
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Force
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49.5
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Force
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Blues
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36.02
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Lions
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Highlanders
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35.1
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Blues
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Stormers
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34.25
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Stormers
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Lions
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19.63
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Highlanders
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Reds
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13.83
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Reds
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Cheetahs
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11.03
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Cheetahs
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Strangely we agree on the top four, although not in the same order. However, I question the ranking of the Sharks at two, this is a team who seem to be fading fast with just one win from their last four outings and face the table topping Bulls in what is a virtual quarter final in the last week of the round robin. I tend to think fourth, which is where I have them, is a much better spot.
Other than the Sharks, it’s hard to argue with any of the other rankings, but we’ve both had 13 weeks and 84 games to figure it out. Glad to see we both got there in the end.
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The Power Rankings: SAD v HoS The Final Showdown by Hamish McBrearty, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
