What am i missing?

[Lament]

http://www.supersport.co.za/rugby/super-rugby/news/130707/Belief_the_reason_for_Cheetahs_success
Obviously I’m missing something, Apparently the cheetahs are through to the playoffs, playing all 16 their games, on the log they have 50 points,
Now my confusion comes in, Stormers have played 15 games with a game in hand, they are standing on 46, so if my calculations are correct, should they beat the bulls, and score 4 tries that would move them to 51points, ahead of the cheetahs?
or what am i missing?

 

[MickeyD]

Cheetahs have their bye this weekend and score another 4 points ...

 

[Lament]

Cheetahs have their bye this weekend and score another 4 points ...

Ooo okay, that makes sense, knew it was something small

 

[GreGorGy]

Ooo okay, that makes sense, knew it was something small

It is the silly system. The log leader is never the log leader. The log is never the log. Because 8 free points are dished out at some arbitrary moment for some arbitrary reason.

 

[Badprop_za]

And you can be 4th on the overall log, but have scored more log points than the conference leader in 3rd place.

 

[Creag]

It is the silly system. The log leader is never the log leader. The log is never the log. Because 8 free points are dished out at some arbitrary moment for some arbitrary reason.

Free points just makes a mockery of the scoring system. Anyhow, McD put Lament out of his almost grief.