Super Rugby 2011 - week 11

Week 11 of Super Rugby 2011 sees some appetising top of the table/top of the conference clashes.


First up on Friday morning the Highlanders and Blues go head to head in a match that could see either of them top the log and their conference.


Then on Saturday evening the Sharks travel to Cape Town to try and eat into the Stormers lead at the top of the South African conference in what promises to be a hard fought and feisty affair which should turn up the heat in a very chilly Mother City!


Sandwiched in between these two epic encounters are five more Super Rugby matches to whet your appetite.


Friday night sees the Brumbies travel to Bloemfontein to take on the Cheetahs, the only real news worth talking about in this one from a Springbok perspective is that Brussouw returns for the Cheetahs and that Jake White has signed as Brumbies coach for four years from next season.


Saturday sees the Rebels travel from Melbourne to take on an injury ravaged Waratahs, for whom the season promised so much when they decimated the Rebels 40-0 in week one, but now threatens to unravel as they lose star player after star player.


The impressive Reds then travel to Wellington to take on the Hurricanes, the first time the table toppers play a Kiwi side this season! Surely that’s skewed the table a wee bit? And the woeful ‘Canes aren’t exactly the Kiwi side to provide us of any real indication if that is the case.


The Crusaders will still be smarting from their reversal to the Highlanders last week and stop off in Perth, where a Force side brimming with confidence after defeating the reigning champs last week awaits them.


Just after 5pm Saturday sees the infection that has spread through Australia in recent seasons jump across the Indian Ocean. It rears its ugly head in Pretoria. The Bulls will be wearing RED on Saturday as part of a marketing gimmick related to their headline sponsors changing their corporate identity earlier this year! Quite apt when you consider they’ve been playing like the Lions in recent weeks!


Tune in to www.2OV.fm just before 5pm on Saturday as Ryan @planetpi Scott and Kyle @TheChuckSays Leigh bring you all the action and details of the epic wardrobe failure from Pretoria.


And just after 7pm Don @ThatmanDon Johnstone and Kai @KapteinKai Linder will jump onto the couch with Kyle to bring you the epic Coastal Derby as the Stormers go head to head for the second time in just over a month – IT’S GOING TO BE HUGE!


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