Super 14 weekend highlights

Singin' the blues
Further worries for the Blues before Friday's match against the Bulls with Luke McAlister troubled by a shoulder injury.

Stirling stuff
Cometh the hour ... Who else had a six-year flashback to Wallaby skipper John Eales kicking a winning penalty against the All Blacks in Wellington when Brumbies' skipper Stirling Mortlock goaled the sideline conversion to ease ahead of the Chiefs?

Force not with 'em
Home advantage, what home advantage? While every other host team was victorious, the Force were unable to edge out the Bulls for their first Super 14 win.

So sack him!
South African officials declared Linston Manuels, the TMO who made such a blunder in the previous round by not awarding a try to the Bulls, would be sacked. How does that equate with him running touch in Sydney on Friday?

Popular Murray
Do New Zealanders have a well-concealed sense of mischief? A readers' poll on the xtra website has Murray Mexted the runaway winner as favourite TV rugby presenter.

Must be you, Jimmy
How well have the Hurricanes coped without their star injured midfielders Conrad Smith and Tana Umaga, and who is the next best first five-eighths behind Daniel Carter?