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May 21 - If you're regular reader of the news stories that appear in GamblingSA,
you'll no doubt be aware of how this writer feels about the lack of 'match play
temperament' in many of South Africa's sports teams.
However, I am pleased to say that after watching the nail-biting Super 14 rugby
final between the Sharks and the Blue Bulls in Durban this weekend, my faith has
been restored based on the gutsy performance by both teams, but particularly the
Bulls in the game's final minutes.
Much of the credit belongs of course to Bulls' wing Bryan Habana, who edged out
the Sharks by a single point in the final moments of a game that will no doubt
go down in the annals of world rugby as one of the most competitive and
hard-fought matches in recent memory.
With three minutes to go before the final whistle, the Sharks kicked a penalty
inside the Bulls' 22 for a lineout. Van den Berg got the ball down on the line
for the try, but Steyn's missed conversion kept the game within the grasp of the
Bulls.
Habana's try, which was converted by Derick Hougaard, served to give the Bulls their first
Super 14 title by 20 to19, as well as the well-deserved kudos of being the first
South African champions in the Super 14 rugby tournament's 11-year history.
Up until Habana's try, the Sharks looked like the certain victors but in rugby
anything can happen and on this occasion it did as the
stadium packed with Sharks fan looked on in stunned silence.
Said Bulls coach Heyneke Meyer, 'I think we've been blessed. The Sharks were
probably the better team on the day but our guys put their heads down and
managed to pull it through. That's what the Bulls are all about.'
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