Allister Coetzee, head coach of the Vodacom Stormers, today announced his team to play the Reds in Brisbane on Friday 23 April. Kick-off is at 11h40 (SA time). This is the final game of the overseas tour before returning to Cape Town and facing the Crusaders at Newlands on Friday 30 April.
Said Coetzee, “We have opted for continuity to the side, with the only change a jersey swop between JC Kritzinger and JD Moller.”
The Vodacom Stormers team is as follows:
15. Gio Aplon
14. Sireli Naqelevuki
13. Jaque Fourie
12. Juan De Jongh
11. Bryan Habana
10. Peter Grant
9. Dewaldt Duvenage
8. Duane Vermeulen
7 Francois Louw
6. Schalk Burger (c)
5. Andries Bekker
4. Adriaan Fondse
3. Brok Harris
2. Tiaan Liebenberg
1. JC Kritzinger
Reserves
16. Deon Fourie
17. JD Moller
18. Anton Van Zyl
19. Pieter Louw
20. Ricky Januarie
21. Willem De Waal
22. Tim Whitehead
In related News, there was also a media release announcing the WP Vodacom Cup team to face the Blue Bulls at Loftus’s B-Field on Saturday.
Jerome Paarwater, head coach of the Vodacom WP Vodacom Cup team, today announced his team to play the Vodacom Blue Bulls in the Quarter Finals at Loftus on Saturday 24 April 2010. The north-south derby kicks off at 12h30.
Free State held on to beat Vodacom WP 20-12 (halftime 6-6) in their final Vodacom Cup South section match at the Petrusburg showgrounds last Saturday, placing WP fourth on the South Section log with 22 points. The Blue Bulls finished top of the North Section log with 32 points and ended the 2010 Vodacom Cup as the only undefeated team in the competition.
The Vodacom WP team for Saturday is as follows:
15. Jurgen Visser
14. Danie Poolman
13. Dylan Des Fountain
12. Paul Bosch
11. Johann Sadie
10. Lionel Cronje
9. Conrad Hoffmann
8. Nick Koster
7. Yaya Hartzenberg
6. Pieter Myburgh
5. Martin Muller
4. Rynhardt Elstadt
3. Buhle Mxunyelwa
2. Hanyani Shimange (C)
1. Michael De Neuilly-Rice
Reserves:
16. Callie Visagie
17. Ashley Wells
18. Hugo Kloppers
19. Jody Burch
20. Dustin Jinka
21. Morgan Newman
22. Tiger Bax
Once again the Stormers are consistent in Team selection.
This almost exact team has played most of the Super 14 with an injury here or there, surely if the Bulls are worried about resting players the Stormers MUST BE in the same boat… yet they don’t look jaded….
For me this puts a new perspective on the need to rest or not to rest players… or will it bite the Stormers in the arse?
Maybe when we come to round 14 and semi’s…even injuries can play a huge role then.
Time will tell…
Imo players from the Bulls MUST get a rest soon, even if it’s only from a mental perspective…
GBS,
Actualy the Stormers have rotated players constantly due to a combination of injuries and illness (Schalk, Grant, De Jongh, Liebenberg, Fondse immediately spring to mind) and planning (Aplon,Notacolouredoukie,JC, Van Zyl), so maybe they appear fresher at this stage.
Saturday will be a test though…
fender
Care to answer my question on the other thread ?
@ 4
Sorry, saw it and replied there.
3@ Kitaarsnaar – Bulls have done exactly the same…. Kuun and Stegmann, Dewald Potgieter was out for a while and Pedrie played, Jaco Pretorius vs Dippenaar, Flip and Danie Pakslae.
But in both the Stormers and Bulls certain players have played every game…. Bekker & Matfield, Spies & Duane, Wynand Meisiekind and Jaque Fourie, Habana & Francois Hougaard, Brok & Werner Kruger….. ect
#6 GBS
Well in that case, what’s the Bulls’ excuse for being so pap then? 😉
7@ Kitaarsnaar – Bulls need to make that mental shift NOW, for which they have become known in the last few years regarding closing out the Competition.
The strongest muscle sits between the ears….
@ 8
That’s what a lot of men buying certain tablets from our pharmacy also say 😆
Now that the Bulls are home they will be as fresh as anything 🙂
Bulls must use this Lions game as a springboard to get back on track. Theoretically speaking, this could be the last game they will win before the play-offs. Though I doubt it.
But wait… why are we talking about the Bulls on a Stormers thread?
Stormers could very well be in the same position as the Bulls. In fact, they might not win a single game in the last 4 rounds. To hell wit rotation… its the start of a new season and every game could be fatal.
And one more thing… if you have Morgan Newman and Tiger Bax on the bench, how do you still manage to end 4th in the southern league of the VC!?!?!?!??!?!?!
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