My Super 14 Theory

This is probably one of the most controversial opinions out there. You ready? What you are about to read might change the way you look at life. Well, maybe the Super 14.

Tomorrow is the final day of the pool stage of the Vodacom Super 14. The 1st game of the weekend is probably one of the best of the whole competition. The Crusaders are at home to the Brumbies in Christchurch. The Brumbies need to draw or better to secure their spot in the semi-finals of the competition. If they don't, then there is still a chance of both the Sharks and the Bulls from making it into the top 4. More so for the Sharks, as they take on the bottom of the table, Force, while the Bulls go to Cape Town to play the Stormers (Springboks).

That is all background, here comes the thing....

Should the Brumbies draw or better, there is no point, at all, of continuing the rest of the weekend's Super 14 matches. The final four have been decided and that is the reason for the whole competition. Final four, final two, final one.

At first, I wanted to say that the rest of the weekend's matches should be cancelled completely. Now, as I sit here smelling the smell of cut grass, I think that all of those reserves and background players should be given a run over the weekend. Save the bog boys for another time when injuries won't happen. Jake White has already said that the Bok players won't get very involved in the Currie Cup this year, so stop them from playing now already.

Explanation: The last game of the weekend is when the Bulls go to Newlands. Many players from the Bok squad will come from those two sides. Not sure why, but that's the way it is. If the game has no reason to be played and a player or 10 get injured, wouldn't that just have been the biggest waste of time and energy and Jake White will not be happy man.

Of course, all of this depends on the Brumbies winning. It's not going to happen. The Sharks will beat the Force, with 4 tries, and they will have to travel, again, and meet the Crusaders in Christchurch. You have to go back to February 25 to remember the game at Timaru. The Sharks lost by only 2 points in the end. Would they be able to beat them the 2nd time around. I think so. The 'Saders are tired and the Sharks are looking mean and hungry, unlike other Super 14 sides in South Africa.

So the Sharks go onto the final between The Warahtahs and the Hurricanes. Who wants to bet on the 'Canes to win the Super 14? You will get 8/1 odds. Go for it.