Week (Yawn) One

Well were all a weekend older, and the Reddies are mid table, but that's about all there is really to report from Week One of the 2008 Super 14's.

The advent of the ELV's had us all very excited, but as one journalist put it "it seems the teams spent too much time learning the new rules and not enough time on basic skills". The turnovers were atrocious- which sort of killed the spectacle a little bit.

So quickly the good teams appeared to be the Crusaders, The Reds and the Sharks (they will be very hard to beat in South Africa so will make the finals).

The better then expected teams were the Blues and the Tahs - not ready to have the Blues as title contenders yet - but if there games keep unfolding the way theirs did - i.e. running over there opposition in the final 25 then they will beat a lot of teams. Do the lions fit in here? I didn't see there game and can't really say as they were only playing Sth African opposition but maybe they will be mid table.

The worse then expected teams were the Canes and the Chiefs. How bad were the Canes is the question (just like how good are the tahs?) if they had clicked it looked like they could have torn the tahs apart - but Nonu was there only good back... time will tell (I'm picking against them this week).

The terrible teams as expected were the Brumbies - it is going to be an enjoyable year watching those muppets go deep into the depths of a really bad loosing season. Mid year Mortlock will sign onto a Japan team and what's left of the morale in that club will be gone.

Anyways, that's about it in terms of a wrap up. Watch out for the Reds against the Canes will be a good one.