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Greyling takes the title

It is official! Johan Greyling is the new prediction champion. With one week to go and only four points on offer in the Final – between the Crusaders and Waratahs – on Saturday, nobody can catch him anymore in our ‘readers versus staff’ prediction game.

In a weekend of predictable semifinals, not if you look at some of the wild guesses some of us took, nobody managed to make any real progress.

The top four stayed unchanged – Greyling leading comfortably ahead of 95 – Rudolf Mehl, Phil Coetzer and Steve Farrell.

Hennie van Staden managed to move clear of Rob Peters, who managed the first zero of the season – but that is only in fifth place.

Standings after semifinals:
103 – Johan Greyling
95 – Rudolf Mehl
94 – Phil Coetzer
92 – Steve Farrell
88 – John Granger
84 – Hennie van Staden
78 – Rob Peters
75 – Jan de Koning

Semifinal predictions:

Johan Greyling:
C’saders v H’canes – Saders by 10 = 4
Waratahs v Sharks – Sharks by 7 = 0
Total for the week = 4
Total after semifinals = 103

Rudolf Mehl:
C’saders v H’canes – Saders by 10 = 4
Waratahs v Sharks – Sharks by 9 = 0
Total for the week = 4
Total after semifinals = 95

Phil Coetzer (rugby365):
Crusaders v Hurricanes – Crusaders by 11 = 4
Waratahs v Sharks – Sharks by 6 = 0
Total for the week = 4
Total after the semifinals = 94

Steve Farrell (rugby365):
Crusaders v Hurricanes – Crusaders by 6 = 4
Waratahs v Sharks – Sharks by 4 = 0
Total for the week = 4
Total after the semifinals = 92

John Granger:
Crusaders v Hurricanes – Crusaders by 10 points = 4
Waratahs v Sharks – Sharks by 5 points = 0
Total for the week = 4
Total after the semifinals = 88

Rob Peters (iafrica):
Waratahs v Sharks – Sharks by 10 = 0
Crusaders v Hurricanes – Hurricanes by 5 = 0
Total for the week = 0
Total after the semifinals = 78

Hennie van Staden:
Crusaders v Hurricanes – Crusaders by 10 = 4
Waratahs v Sharks – Waratahs by 7 = 2
Total for the week = 6
Total after the semifinals = 84

Jan de Koning (rugby365):
Crusaders v Hurricanes – Crusaders by 20 = 2
Waratahs v Sharks – Sharks by 15 = 0
Total for the week = 2
Total after semifinals = 75

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