Lambie prominent in SupeRugby stats
The classy touches of two of the country’s leading flyhalves made all the difference for the weekend’s Vodacom SupeRugby matches which saw South African teams return to winning ways.
The Toyota Cheetahs, Cell C Sharks and Emirates Lions were victorious in their matches while the DHL Stormers had to work hard to force a stalemate against the Sunwolves in Singapore.
Sharks pivot Pat Lambie made an encouraging return to the line-up after recovering from a shoulder injury topping the Points stats on the All Out Rugby App, powered by Vodacom.
Lambie scored 20 of his side’s points in their narrow 25-22 victory over the Jaguares in Argentina where he slotted a conversion and six penalties including the match-clinching kick at the death.
Although it was a concerted team effort, a few players stood out for the Lions in their impressive 43-5 rout of the Hurricanes in trying conditions in a wet and cold Johannesburg.
Lions flyhalf Elton Jantjies was masterful in his team’s victory displaying the qualities of a potential Springbok flyhalf.
He did not put a foot wrong tactically and had a hand in three of his side’s five tries to top the try-assist statistics over the weekend.
A constant standout in the midfield this season, Lions centre Lionel Mapoe also strengthened calls for his Springbok call-up scoring a hat-track of tries for third place on the weekend’s points category.
Mapoe also topped the Clean Breaks stats sharing the top ranking with Ben Smith (Highlanders) and Matt Faddes (Highlanders) with four each.
Jaco Kriel lead the Lions’ charge up front with the loosie also cracking the top five in terms of Clean Breaks sharing second place with seven players from other teams including Cheetahs flyer Sergeal Petersen with three apiece.
Kriel was also among the top scavengers winning three turnovers with the Kings’ Stefan Willemse, Teboho Mohoje of the Cheetahs and the Reds’ Liam Gill doing the same.
The fleet-footed Cheslin Kolbe of the Stormers shares second spot with Kriel and Joaquin Tuculet of the Jaguares in the Defenders Beaten category where they bamboozled the defence on six occasions.
Towering Stormers lock Pieter-Steph du Toit displayed his attacking ability beating five defenders for a third-placed ranking along with Michael van der Spuy of the Cheetahs.
Bulls centre Jan Serfontein was the top South African defender making 16 tackles along with Luke Jones (Rebels), Elliot Dixon (Highlanders), Callum Gibbins (Hurricanes) and Faatiga Lemalu (Sunwolves).
His teammate Jannes Kirsten made 15 while Lions lock Franco Mostert made the third most tackles along with Bulls flanker Lappies Labuschagne with 14 each.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
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Sharks pivot Pat Lambie made an encouraging return to the line-up after recovering from a shoulder injury topping the Points stats on the All Out Rugby App, powered by Vodacom.
Lambie scored 20 of his side’s points in their narrow 25-22 victory over the Jaguares in Argentina where he slotted a conversion and six penalties including the match-clinching kick at the death.
Although it was a concerted team effort, a few players stood out for the Lions in their impressive 43-5 rout of the Hurricanes in trying conditions in a wet and cold Johannesburg.
Lions flyhalf Elton Jantjies was masterful in his team’s victory displaying the qualities of a potential Springbok flyhalf.
He did not put a foot wrong tactically and had a hand in three of his side’s five tries to top the try-assist statistics over the weekend.
A constant standout in the midfield this season, Lions centre Lionel Mapoe also strengthened calls for his Springbok call-up scoring a hat-track of tries for third place on the weekend’s points category.
Mapoe also topped the Clean Breaks stats sharing the top ranking with Ben Smith (Highlanders) and Matt Faddes (Highlanders) with four each.
Jaco Kriel lead the Lions’ charge up front with the loosie also cracking the top five in terms of Clean Breaks sharing second place with seven players from other teams including Cheetahs flyer Sergeal Petersen with three apiece.
Kriel was also among the top scavengers winning three turnovers with the Kings’ Stefan Willemse, Teboho Mohoje of the Cheetahs and the Reds’ Liam Gill doing the same.
The fleet-footed Cheslin Kolbe of the Stormers shares second spot with Kriel and Joaquin Tuculet of the Jaguares in the Defenders Beaten category where they bamboozled the defence on six occasions.
Towering Stormers lock Pieter-Steph du Toit displayed his attacking ability beating five defenders for a third-placed ranking along with Michael van der Spuy of the Cheetahs.
Bulls centre Jan Serfontein was the top South African defender making 16 tackles along with Luke Jones (Rebels), Elliot Dixon (Highlanders), Callum Gibbins (Hurricanes) and Faatiga Lemalu (Sunwolves).
His teammate Jannes Kirsten made 15 while Lions lock Franco Mostert made the third most tackles along with Bulls flanker Lappies Labuschagne with 14 each.
(File Photo: Gallo Images)
Twitter - @SportswaveAndre