Rugby:
The Castle Rugby Championship
Australia 23 – 19 Argentina
New Zealand 21 – 11 South Africa
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BPts Pts
1 New Zealand 4 4 0 0 91 35 56 7 3 0 16
2 Australia 4 2 0 2 68 87 -19 5 6 0 8
3 South Africa 4 1 1 2 73 69 4 6 5 1 7
4 Argentina 4 0 1 3 46 87 -41 4 8 1 3
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ABSA Currie Cup: Premier Division:
The Sharks 43 – 27 DHL Western Province
Toyota Free State Cheetahs 23 – 28 MTN Golden Lions
GWK Griquas 49 – 34 Vodacom Blue Bulls
Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BPts Pts
MTN Golden Lions 6 4 0 2 185 161 24 19 17 4 20
The Sharks 6 4 0 2 178 160 18 18 13 4 20
DHL Western Province 6 3 0 3 169 142 27 16 12 3 15
GWK Griquas 6 3 0 3 169 170 -1 19 18 3 15
Toyota Free State Cheetahs 6 2 0 4 158 178 -20 14 18 3 11
Vodacom Blue Bulls 6 2 0 4 158 206 -48 15 23 1 9
ABSA Currie Cup: 1st Division:
Regent Boland Kavaliers 38 – 42 SWD Eagles
Ford Pumas 41 – 10 Border Bulldogs
Leopards 57 – 22 Valke
Eastern Province Kings 60 – 19 Griffons
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Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BPts Pts
1 Eastern Province Kings 12 11 1 0 466 200 266 58 23 9 55
2 Ford Pumas 12 9 1 2 470 300 170 58 37 9 47
3 Leopards 12 7 0 5 448 386 62 58 44 10 38
4 Griffons 12 7 0 5 387 413 -26 53 58 10 38
5 SWD Eagles 12 7 1 4 379 384 -5 45 48 6 36
6 Regent Boland Kavaliers 12 2 1 9 371 411 -40 48 55 12 22
7 Valke 12 3 0 9 330 501 -171 47 67 8 20
8 Border Bulldogs 12 0 0 12 251 507 -256 32 67 8 8
Absa Currie Cup First Division Log – After Round 9:
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BPts Pts
1 Eastern Province Kings 9 8 1 0 326 138 188 39 17 6 40
2 Ford Pumas 9 6 1 2 330 241 89 38 30 6 32
3 Griffons 9 5 0 4 261 283 -22 35 38 8 28
4 Leopards 9 5 0 4 318 266 52 40 30 7 27
5 SWD Eagles 9 5 1 3 246 242 4 30 29 4 26
6 Valke 9 3 0 6 262 370 -108 39 49 7 19
7 Regent Boland Kavaliers 9 2 1 6 262 276 -14 34 36 7 17
8 Border Bulldogs 9 0 0 9 189 378 -189 25 51 7 7
Football:
ABSA PSL
Bloem Celtic 2 – 1 Ajax Cape Town 1
Chippa United 1 – 1 Bidvest Wits 1
Golden Arrows 1 – 0 Mamelodi Sundowns
Platinum Stars 0 – 1 Orlando Pirates
Supersport United 3 – 0 AmaZulu
Maritzburg United 1 – 1 Free State Stars
Moroka Swallows 2 – 3 University of Pretoria
English Premier League:
Reading 1 – 3 Tottenham
Sunderland 1 – 1 Liverpool
QPR 0 – Chelsea
Stoke 1 – 1 Manchester City
Arsenal 6 – 1 Southampton
Aston Villa 2 – 0 Swansea
Fulham 3 – 0 West Brom
Man United 4 – 0 Wigan
Norwich 0 – 0 West Ham
Newcastle 1 – 1 Aston Villa
Motor Sport:
San Marino MotoGP:
Results:
1 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing 42’49.836
2 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team +4.398
3 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda +6.055
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 +6.058
5 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racin +7.543
6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP +13.272
7 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team +40.907
8 Jonathan REA GBR Repsol Honda Team +43.162
9 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar +1’09.627
10 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini +1’13.605
11 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing +1’16.695
12 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens +1’19.073
13 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport +1’19.408
14 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project 1 Lap
15 David SALOM SPA Avintia Blusens 1 Lap
Not Classified:
Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar 4 Laps
Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 23 Laps
Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master 6 Laps
Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team 0 Lap
Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team 0 Lap
Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 0 Lap
Bible Inspiration:
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. — 2 Cor 12: 9 (NIV)
