Greyling sneaks ahead again

It remains extremely close at the top of the standings in our Super 14 ‘readers versus staff prediction game’.

However, the ding-dong battle between defending champion John Granger and new challenger Johan Greyling continues unabated – with Greyling sneaking ahead this week.

The chasing bunch are struggling to close the handy the gap the two have on them, but at the bottom end there are some developments.

The top scorers for Week Four – in which nobody got all seven results right – were Greyling, Phil Coetzer and Jan de Koning. They all collected nine points.

Standings after Week Four:
35 – Johan Greyling
34 – John Granger
27 – Phil Coetzer
26 – Rob Peters, Steve Farrell
25 – Rudolf Mehl
23 – Jan de Koning
22 – Hennie van Staden

Results for Week Four:

John Granger:
Highlanders v Hurricanes – Canes by 9 = 2
W’tahs v Brumbies – Tahs by 8 = 2
Bulls v Lions – Bulls by 12 = 2
Chiefs v Cheetahs – Chiefs by 18 = 1
Reds v Stormers – Reds by 12 = 0
Sharks v Blues – Blues by 13 = 0
Force v Crusaders – saders by 14 = 1
Total for the week = 8
Total after four weeks = 34

Johan Greyling:
Highlanders v Hurricanes: Hurricanes by 10 = 1
Waratahs v Brumbies: Brumbies by 10 = 0
Bulls v Lions: Bulls by 10 = 2
Chiefs v Cheetahs: Chiefs by 5 = 2
Reds v Stormers: Stormers by 7 = 1
Force v Crusaders: Crusaders by 15 = 1
Sharks v Blues: Sharks by 5 = 2
Total for the week = 9
Total after four weeks = 35

Hennie Van Staden:
H’Landers v H’canes – H’landers by 7= 0
Waratahs v Brumbies – Brumbies by 10 = 0
Bulls v Lions – Bulls by 10 = 2
Chiefs v Cheetahs – Cheetahs by 5 = 0
Reds v Stormers – Stormers by 10 = 1
Sharks v Blues – Blues by 5 = 0
Force v Crusaders – Crusaders by 20 = 1
Total for the week = 4
Total after four weeks = 22

Rudolf Mehl:
Highlanders v Hurricanes: Hurricanes by 12 = 1
Waratahs v Brumbies: Tahs by 4 = 2
Bulls v Lions: Bulls by 7 = 1
Chiefs v Cheetahs: Chiefs by 13 = 1
Reds v Stormers: Stormers by 2 = 1
Force v Crusaders: Crusaders by 17 = 1
Sharks v Blues: Blues by 10 = 0
Total for the week = 7
Total after four weeks = 25

Phil Coetzer (rugby365):
Highlanders v Hurricanes: Hurricanes by 15 = 1
Waratahs v Brumbies: Waratahs by 10 = 2
Bulls v Lions: Bulls by 15 = 2
Chiefs v Cheetahs: Chiefs by 20 = 1
Reds v Stormers: Stormers by 5 = 1
Force v Crusaders: Crusaders by 10 = 2
Sharks v Blues: Blues by 5 = 0
Total for the week = 9
Total after four weeks = 27

Rob Peters (iafrica):
Highlanders v Hurricanes: Hurricanes by 15 = 1
Waratahs v Brumbies: Brumbies by 12 = 0
Bulls v Lions: Bulls by 10 = 2
Chiefs v Cheetahs: Chiefs by 12 = 1
Reds v Stormers: Stormers by 5 = 1
Force v Crusaders: Crusaders by 14 = 1
Sharks v Blues: Sharks by 7 = 2
Total for the week = 8
Total after four weeks = 26

Steve Farrell (rugby365):
Highlanders v Hurricanes – ‘Canes by 12 = 1
Waratahs v Brumbies – Brumbies by 5 = 0
Bulls v Lions – Bulls by 10 = 2
Chiefs v Cheetahs – Chiefs by 15 = 1
Reds v Stormers – Stormers by 10 = 1
Sharks v Blues – Sharks by 5 = 2
Force v Crusaders – Crusaders by 15 1
Total for the week = 8
Total after four weeks = 26

Jan de Koning (rugby365):
Highlanders v Hurricanes: Hurricanes by 10 = 1
Waratahs v Brumbies: Waratahs by 10 = 2
Bulls v Lions: Bulls by 10 = 2
Chiefs v Cheetahs: Chiefs by 10 = 1
Reds v Stormers: Reds by 5 = 0
Force v Crusaders: Crusaders by 20 = 1
Sharks v Blues: Sharks by 5 = 2
Total for the week = 9
Total after four weeks = 23