Coetzer's Final dash for glory

There we have it, the Super 14 is over and we have a ‘new’ champion – as the Crusaders reclaimed the title from the Bulls. We also have a new champion in our ‘readers versus staff’ prediction game – but we knew that last week already.

There was, however, one last bit of drama, as Phil Coetzer sprinted past Rudolf Mehl in the Final dash for the line to claim second place – saving some face for our resident ‘experts’ at rugby365 and iafrica.

Coetzer has his moment of glory courtesy of getting the margin of victory for the Crusaders inside the five-point mark – he said Crusaders by six and they won by eight. Mehl said Crusaders by 14, leaving him one point outside the five-point margin and one point short of second place.

For the rest there was nothing but pride left and even then some of us got it horribly wrong again, I mean who goes and backs the Waratahs in Christchurch?

Final standings:
107 – Johan Greyling
98 – Phil Coetzer
97 – Rudolf Mehl
94 – Steve Farrell
90 – John Granger
86 – Hennie van Staden
82 – Rob Peters
75 – Jan de Koning

Super 14 Final predictions:

Johan Greyling:
Crusaders v Waratahs: Saders by 12
Points for this week: 4
Final points tally: 107

Rudolf Mehl:
Crusaders v Waratahs: Saders by 14
Points for this week: 2
Final points tally: 97

Phil Coetzer (rugby365):
Crusaders v Waratahs: Crusaders by 6
Points for this week: 4
Final points tally: 98

Steve Farrell (rugby365):
Crusaders v Waratahs: Crusaders by 15
Points for this week: 2
Final points tally: 94

John Granger:
Crusaders v Waratahs: Crusaders by 15
Points for this week: 2
Final points tally: 90

Hennie van Staden:
Crusaders v Waratahs: Crusaders by 15
Points for this week: 2
Final points tally: 86

Rob Peters (iafrica):
Crusaders v Waratahs: Crusaders by 12
Points for this week: 4
Final points tally: 82

Jan de Koning (rugby365):
Crusaders v Waratahs: Waratahs by 7
Points for this week: 0
Final points tally: 75