More upsets as teams vie for top eight

• Published date: 18 April 2024
• Publication title: Star, The

Many of our tipsters got zip from four. Jill Marr from Gore and the Stonelakes from Dunedin, who were sitting last in their respective comps, picked three from four with stunning efforts

Underestimate the Pasifika boys at your peril as they did enough to upset the Reds 17-14 in a titantic struggle. The Reds didn’t help their cause by upsetting the ref as the cards were shelled out like poker in Vegas.

In a thriller, the Crusaders didn’t manage the game and the clock when they needed to and inexplicably handed the Waratahs the points, going down 40-43. Can they still make the eight from here? The odds are certainly stacking up against them.

Predictably the Canes pack were too strong for the Chiefs and they ran away with the game in the second spell, winning 36-23. I’m starting to think the Chiefs are looking more like “flat track bullies” every week.

That brings us to the Landers and do we really want to go there?

First, the Rebels were very good and deserved the 47-31 win. The Landers drifted in and out of the game, brilliant one minute, dire the next.

They need to find consistency very quickly or their season could disappear into the ether.

It’s all about the bottom two placegetters this week. Warren, from Marriner painters, picked up 6 points, but still dropped to last place – cruel!

The Stonelakes, from McDonalds, picked...