Cape Town - Sport24 chief writer Rob Houwing, in the sixth of his regular South African-focused Super Rugby previews this year, feels the Sharks will just subdue the Chiefs despite the Waikato outfit’s dazzling display at Newlands.
Especially given how disastrous a defeat would be to them in this one, he sees the Bulls continuing their own claw-back by beating the Force by a fairly clear-cut margin at Loftus.
But he finds it difficult to believe either of the overseas-touring Lions (albeit a better chance) or Cheetahs will have any joy in their assignments against the Rebels and Crusaders respectively.