Weekend Sports Review 

Take a look at this weekend’s sporting results and see how your favourite teams faired.

Super Rugby
Its week two of the 2017 Super Rugby season. This week sees the stormers third on the log, after their second win in as many weeks, beating the Jaguars 32 – 25, down at Newlands Stadium. They did however suffer from a few handling errors which is something that they will have to work on if they want to end the season off strong.


The Sharks had a great away game this weekend against the Brumbies, after being defeated last weekend by the Reds. Saturday’s game looked like it would be another repeat as the Brumbies were already leading 15-3 in the first 30 minutes. The game however ended in their favour, with the final score being 27-22.


This weekend also saw the Lions dominating, as Springbok centre Rohan Janse van Rensburg score two great tries in honour of his late mother, whom he had dedicated the game too. The final results were 55-36 against the Waratahs


Results


Cheetahs 34-28 Bulls
Sunwolves 23-37 Kings
Highlanders 27-30 Crusaders
Hurricanes 71–6 Rebels
Chiefs 41-26 Blues
Force 26-19 Reds


Soweto Derby
The Soweto Derby saw Cape Town City topping the log after defeating Mamelodi Sundowns for a second time during the season, with City ending the game with a 1-0 victory over Sundowns, thus moving them a top of the log.


Saturday afternoon saw to another classic between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates with both teams playing in top form however the game resulted in a 1-1 draw between the two, their games have resulted in draws 7 of past 10 matches the teams have played against each other.


Results


Golden Arrows defeat 1-0 Maritzburg United
Super Sport United 0-0 Ajax Cape Town
Polokwane City 0-0 Baroka FC
Highlands Park 1-0 win Free State Stars


La Liga
In international football news, Barcelona had a thrilling performance against Celta de Vigo with Messi scoring two goal and assisting with a further 2 gaols. The match resulted in a one sided 5-0 victory.


Athletic Club 1 - 0 Málaga
Las Palmas 0 - 0 Osasuna
Atlético Madrid 3 - 0 Valencia
Sporting Gijón 0 - 1 Deportivo La Coruña
Villarreal 2 - 0 Espanyol
Eibar 0 - 4 Real Madrid