/ 23 March 1998

Super-12 results and log

MONDAY, 11.30AM:

RESULTS and points table for the Super 12 rugby competition after the fourth round of matches this weekend:

Friday:

At Dunedin: Otago Highlanders 41 (Isitolo Maka 2, Tony Brown, John Leslie, Pailate Fili tries; Brown 5 con, 2 pen)

Coastal Sharks 35 (Gary Teichmann 2, Andre Joubert 2, Walter Minnaar tries; Joubert 2 con, pen, Henry Honiball pen). Halftime: 24-17.

Saturday:

At Auckland: Auckland Blues 25 (Joeli Vidiri try; Adrian Cashmore 6 pen, 1 con)

Chiefs 23 (Roger Randle, Glen Marsh tries; Matthew Cooper 3 pen, 2 con). Halftime: 6-16.

At Canberra: ACT Brumbies 37 (Marco Caputo, Sam Cordingley, Mitch Hardy, Stephen Larkham tries; David Knox 3 pen, 4 con)

Golden Cats 3 (M J Smith pen). Half time: 24-3.

At Witbank: Northern Bulls 34 (Franco Smith, Marius Goosen, Henry Kemp tries; Smith 5 pen, 2 con)

New South Wales 19 (John Welborn try; Manuel Edmonds 4 pen, 1 con). Halftime: 19-7.

Sunday:

At Wellington: Queensland Reds 41 (Shane Drahm 2, Tim Horan, Jason Little, Toutai Kefu tries; John Eales 2 pen, 5 con)

Wellington Hurricanes 33 (George Leaupepe, Jason O’Halloran, Christian Cullen, Tana Umaga tries; Jon Preston 3 pen, 2 con). Halftime: 6-15.

(Teams scoring four tries or more in a match get a bonus point, added to total, and teams losing by seven or fewer points get one point, also added to total)

Read tables: played, won, lost, pts for, pts against, bonus pts, total pts.

Coastal Sharks 4 3 0 1 132 89 4 16

Wellington 4 3 0 1 137 110 4 16

Blues 4 3 0 1 112 106 2 14

Queensland 4 2 0 2 120 96 4 12

Chiefs 4 2 0 2 95 95 2 10

ACT Brumbies 4 2 0 2 101 102 2 10

New South Wales 4 2 0 2 88 84 1 9

Otago 4 2 0 2 115 131 1 9

Golden Cats 4 1 0 3 89 132 3 7

Canterbury 3 1 0 2 65 72 2 6

Western Stormers 3 1 0 2 83 95 2 6

Northern Bulls 4 1 0 3 103 130 2 6

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