The Western Force took on the Brumbies today at 13:05 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The Brumbies won 24 / 15, denying the Force any log points but themselves failing to score a bonus point try.
Scores:
Force: 5 Penalties James O’Connor
Brumbies: 3 Conversions & 1 Penalty Stirling Mortlock, 1 Try Josh Valentine, 1 Try Stephen Moore , 1 Try Huia Edmonds
Teams:
Western Force: 15 James O’Connor, 14 Dane Haylett-Petty, 13 Ryan Cross, 12 Sam Harris, 11 Cameron Shepherd, 10 Mark Bartholomeusz, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Matt Hodgson, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Matt Dunning, 2 Pek Cowan, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Tim Fairbrother, 18 Richard Stanford, 19 Ben McCalman, 20 Chris O’Young, 21 Mitchell Inman, 22 Josh Tatupu.
Brumbies: 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 Pat McCabe, 13 Stirling Mortlock, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Francis Fainifo, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Josh Valentine, 8 Stephen Hoiles (captain), 7 George Smith, 6 Rocky Elsom, 5 Justin Harrison, 4 Mark Chisholm, 3 Guy Shepherdson, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Ben Alexander.
Replacements: 16 Huia Edmonds, 17 Salesi Maafu, 18 Ben Hand, 19 Mitchell Chapman, 20 Patrick Phibbs, 21 Tyrone Smith, 22 Alfi Mafi.
Date: Friday, February 12
Venue: Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Kick-off: 19.05 (11.05 GMT, 13:05 SA Time)
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant referees: Nathan Pearce (Australia), Julian Pritchard (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
17 He bangs it over! PENALTY FORCE! 7-3!
Go Brumbies
Try Brumbies 14-3
Puma did you come right buddy?
19 Immediate retribution! Adam Ashley-Cooper breaks up the left, pops inside to Stephen Moore and the hooker is storming home! TRY BRUMBIES – the Force defence is being opened up far too easily here.
Nice Brumbies. Haven’t lost a game yet – wish I could same about Ireland. This is an easy game 😆
20 Mortlock makes the grand! His conversion means he is the first person to pass 1,000 points in Super Rugby. 14-3 Brumbies!
Are the Bulls quietly confident. Read that Hougaard has withdrawn.
Congrats Morty
looks like it’s going to be a high scoring game..
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No not me i am worried
Scrumsaam – yes one-sided me thinks.
Penalty 14-6
23 Penalty to the Force as they once again build through the phases, and they get another for not retreating ten as the pace is upped a bit. Another chance for O’Connor to narrow the gap…
Super – why? You have been so confident during the week – game time nerves me thinks.
24 He does so! PENALTY FORCE! 14-6!
Super – how are the new laws affecting the guys, now that one game is over and the other now on?
I see that the cheetahs wants kaplan to keep an eye on the scrums, so they got a plan with that frontrow of them..
Irish- atleast i’ll get some points for picking the winning team…
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No mate i am a patient guy, dont talk before a game about how well my team looks, but afterwards….eish then the tongue is lose.
Are these new laws being blown consistently – that is the thing.
27 Three out of three! PENALTY FORCE! 14-9!
Cheetahs have a good scrum Scrumsaam – no doubt. Don’t know if the Bulls have improved from last year. I heard from Puma that hand on ground is a penalty straight away.
Come on Brumbies – too many mistakes.
I heard the Bulls have made de Villiers an offer. Any one know anything about it?
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i will give you my opinion about the laws later. ut after the Bulls game tonight my view might change again. 😆
Depending who gets the stick.
Lots of penalties so far.
A new way where the kick becomes more important than last year, they can chop and change, the Bulls will still in with a great chance.
28 An inexplicable knock-on by George Smith on his own 22 and the Force have another chance to attack – the Brumbies have gone right off the boil.
their are so many new rules these days think the bulls game will be back to school for me…..
30 A Force knock-on at the line-out hands ball back to the visitors, but they win it back at the scrum and squeeze out a penalty at the ruck! O’Connor goes for his fourth…
86 No man. Can’t mess up my superbru so early on.
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No new rule man, dont you read the press.
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