David Hill is mobbed by his force team-mates after his winning drop-goal against the Stormers
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Gavin Rich reviews a bad week for South Africa's Super 14 franchises after losses for the Bulls, Stormers and Cheetahs on Supersport.
"Okay, so there goes the theme of my previous column, leaving a whole lot of Easter egg all over my face. Maybe one day a South African team will go overseas in the Super 14 and win all four or five matches. But it won’t be happening this year. That dream was ended just seven days after the members of the top two South African teams, the Bulls and the Stormers, opened the overseas leg with the Bulls playing the Western Force in Perth.
"The Bulls managed to scrape home in Perth, but the Stormers were made to pay for their lethargy and their continued inability to come out on the right side of Stuart Dickinson’s whistle when they visited the same venue six days later.
"Then on Easter Saturday came the big implosion, with the previously unbeaten Bulls getting smashed by the Blues. I had predicted a Bulls defeat in my preview to the weekend’s fixtures – but by less than five points."
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