Greyling stretches his lead

Johan Greyling has opened a handy three-point lead at the top of our Super 14 ‘readers versus staff prediction game’ at the halfway stage of the tournament.

In a weekend of very impressive predictions – with three of the ‘experts’ getting a six-out-of-six for the round – Greyling collected eight points to move further ahead of defending champion John Granger, who managed just seven points this week.

However, the most impressive performances came from Rob Peters, Phil Coetzer and Steve Farrell – who predicted the correct winners in all six games, with just their margins letting them down in some games.

Peters was the top scorer for the week with nine points and now share third place with Rudolf Mehl (eight points for the week) – just five points behind Granger.

Standings after Week Seven:
54 – Johan Greyling
51 – John Granger
46 – Rudolf Mehl, Rob Peters
45 – Phil Coetzer
44 – Steve Farrell
36 – Hennie van Staden
35 – Jan de Koning

Results for Week Seven:

Johan Greyling:
Hurricanes v Crusaders: Crusaders by 10 = 2
Waratahs v Cheetahs: Waratahs by 12 = 1
Force v Stormers: Force by 7 = 0
Chiefs v Highlanders: Chiefs by 10 = 2
Blues v Bulls: Blues by 12 = 1
Sharks v Reds: Sharks by 15 = 2
Total for the week = 8
Total after seven weeks = 54

John Granger:
H’canes v C’saders – Saders by 17 = 1
NSW v Cheetahs – Tahs by 20 = 1
Force v Stormers – Force by 10 = 0
Chiefs v Highlanders – Chiefs by 10 = 2
Blues v Bulls – Blues by 25 = 1
Sharks v Reds – Sharks by 14 = 2
Total for the week = 7
Total after seven weeks = 51

Rudolf Mehl:
H’canes v C’saders – Saders by 10 = 2
NSW v Cheetahs – Tahs by 8 = 2
Force v Stormers – Stormers by 6 = 1
Chiefs v Highlanders – Chiefs by 5 = 1
Blues v Bulls – Bulls by 6 = 0
Sharks v Reds – Sharks by 12 = 2
Total for the week = 8
Total after seven weeks = 46

Phil Coetzer (rugby365):
Hurricanes v Crusaders – Crusaders by 15 = 1
Waratahs v Cheetahs – Waratahs by 17 = 1
Force v Stormers – Stormers by 6 = 1
Chiefs v Highlanders – Chiefs by 15 = 2
Blues v Bulls – Blues by 20 = 1
Sharks v Reds – Sharks by 15 = 2
Total for the week = 8
Total after seven weeks = 45

Rob Peters (iafrica):
H’canes v C’saders – Crusaders by 20 = 1
NSW v Cheetahs – Tahs by 12 = 1
Force v Stormers – Stormers by 15 = 2
Chiefs v Highlanders – Chiefs by 15 = 2
Blues v Bulls – Blues by 25 = 1
Sharks v Reds – Sharks by 15 = 2
Total for the week = 9
Total after seven weeks = 46

Steve Farrell (rugby365):
H’canes v C’saders – Saders by 10 = 2
Waratahs v Cheetahs – Tahs by 20 = 1
Force v Stormers – Stormers by 3 = 1
Chiefs v Highlanders – Chiefs by 15 = 2
Blues v Bulls – Blues by 16 = 1
Sharks v Reds – Sharks by 18 = 1
Total for the week = 8
Total after seven weeks = 44

Hennie van Staden:
H’canes v C’saders – C’saders by 15 = 1
Waratahs v Cheetahs – Waratahs by 10 = 1
Force v Stormers – Force by 7 = 0
Chiefs v Highlanders – Highlanders by 3 = 0
Blues v Bulls – Blues by 20 = 1
Sharks v Reds – Sharks by 15 = 2
Total for the week = 5
Total after seven weeks = 36

Jan de Koning (rugby365):
H’canes v C’saders – Crusaders by 15 = 1
NSW v Cheetahs – Waratahs by 10 = 1
Force v Stormers – Force by 15 = 0
Chiefs v Highlanders – Chiefs by 10 = 2
Blues v Bulls – Blues by 15 = 1
Sharks v Reds – Sharks by 20 = 1
Total for the week = 6
Total after seven weeks = 35