Force (7) 16 / Stormers (6) 15 (Final Score)
The Western Force hosted the Stormers in Perth at 12:05 SA Time. This is the match Thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Force won the match 16 / 15 with a drop goal from David Hill well after the hooter had gone. This was a scrappy and dour game of rugby to suffer through.
Scores;
Force: 1 Conversion & 2 Penalties James O’Connor, 1 Try David Pocock, 1 Drop Goal David Hill
Stormers: 5 Penalties Peter Grant
Teams:
Western Force: 5 James O’Connor, 14 Scott Staniforth, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Ryan Cross, 11 Mark Bartholomeusz, 10 David Hill, 9 Chris O’Young, 8 Matt Hodgson, 7 David Pocock, 6 Ben McCalman, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 Tom Hockings, 3 Tim Fairbrother, 2 Ben Whittaker, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Charles, 17 Matt Dunning, 18 Richard Stanford, 19 Richard Brown, 20 Justin Turner, 21 Sam Harris, 22 Haig Sare.
Stormers: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Sireli Naqelevuki, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 François Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (captain), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 De Kock Steenkamp, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 JC Kritzinger.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Eusebio Guinazu, 18 Anton van Zyl, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Dewaldt Duvenage, 21 Willem de Waal, 22 Frikkie Welsh
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Assistant referees: Ian Smith (Australia), Julian Pritchard (Australia)
TMO: Matthew Goddard (Australia)
Well well well, go read my post 22, and take note i saw this coming.
My Bru pick was Force by 7, need i say more.
Shall i now entertain Saint with a post on Monday?
Nie maklik om oorsee te wen nie, veral nie die eerste wedstryd nie !
Now my bru goes down the shoot 🙄
yes GBS, en hierdie heel week wou almal die Bulls kruisig, gaan my kop te bowe hoe die manne altyd grootbek hier in die Kaap aangaan
i mean SERIOUSLY!
wen eers jul bleddie games dan praat jul groot, puleaze!
moet se die hele storie van non biased refs werk baie goed BUITE Australie
211@ SuperBul – YIP, for sure…. stick it to him…. hehehehe
211 – Super, Well done there. I would never ever have thought it. Really shocked to see Stormers lose this one.
210
This was poorer by the Stormer than the score suggests. The Force gave them 6 points by running from inside their 22. And to add they kicked very badly.
This was a totally pathetic display by the Stormers
… and they are way better than this… we know it, they know it….
The only good thing is Stormers pick up a bonus point.
After this not sure about them against the Blues in kiwi land it is far more difficult to win.
Louw het goed gespeel, en Bekker het ‘n paar keer goed gelyk op senter, verder was daar niks.
Soos die log nou lyk, behoort Tahs more in 2de plek in te skuif, maar hul het wel een wedstryd meer gespeel as Bulle, Saders en Stormers.
My Stormers friends are not answering their phones….
guys i dont want to sound clever now, but read trough the week, i almost said nothing bad about the Stormers. I had a lot to say about the Force, i said they were robbed against the Waratahs and the Bulls had to play their A+ game to overcome them.
The problem with the type of game the Stormers play its almost the Jake White game. They need EJ now to teach them how to score again.
well i called this and my super bru marches on lol
sorry but i could see this comming
222
And their website closed down
223: super, dit is feite, ek kyk nou net op die log: Stormers is los voor wat verdediging betref (net 6 driee teen hulle), maar wat driee vir hulle betref, is hul in die 10de plek (net 17). Leeus het meer driee as Stormers gedruk.
Ek verkies eerder 28 driee vir en 17 teen. 😉
225: die tolhekke is ook glo toe.
If (and I say that very carefully) the Bulls win tomorrow they will be on either 33 or 32 Log points, with the gap opening up wide below them.
Please Cheetahs…. beat the Waratahs!
Was Habana afgehaal, hy was baie min sigbaar in tweede helfte, en Mossie was ook stil. Ja nee regtig die groot manne het nie gespeel nie. 11, wereld se beste 13 stil en nie effektief nie. Bekker woelig maar lastig, sy pass was goor.
Puma
The reason i am not admitting to the team i support is because i do not unlike a lot of that team’s supporters gloat about them.
They are performing, pure and simple. U should guess by now.
Thing is that they are also prefessional enough to know when to keep ball in hand to shut down a game, they do it well and at least three of the teams i saw playing today have not done so.
So, without gloating about the Stormers poorer performance compared to the Bulls last week, methinks the Stormers coach need to look seriously at their technical play and strategical play during gametime
Wonder wat gaan aan daar by die ‘dark side’, dalk het hul ook nou toegemaak ?
leaving now for some golf…. enjoy the day mates!
GBS, dink jy moet sommer nou al die Blues vs Bulle draad opsit, dat ons kan begin rugby gesels !
230 – ps in CT, Then you support the best team in the S14 right now 😉
Good luck for tomorrow. Just a win will do. Never mind the bonus. Bulls just need to win and they will stay top.
Will be a tough game against the Blues but Bulls have the players and gameplan to win.
232 – ps in CT, Enjoy it mate.
bdb 220. Any other ref would’ve pinged Louw at every tackle ball for competing with his chest on the tackled player. You have to support your own body weight, so while he did well getting to the breakdown, he undid all the good by playing illegally. Believe me a better ref will fry him and then you okes will blame the ref.
‘n Wen deur Sharks oor Reds word nou nog belangriker, want as die Reds wen, is hul op die Stormers. Die week daarna speel Reds die Leeus en die Stormers die Blues.
More se wedstryd tussen Bulle en Blues gaan ‘n riller soos min wees, ook in die konteks van die reeks. As die Blues wen, gaan dit hul baie momentum gee vir die res van die reeks.
224 – Sharky, Who would have thought????? I am gobsmacked by them losing to this team. Really thought the Stormers would win this one. Was a really awful scrappy game have to admit.
My bru must be down the shoot. Got a half point for the draw this morning.
bdb
Jis jong die Blues hou nooit op hardloop nie, al is ons met 10 minute oor 13 voor kan jy jou maar regmaak vir n nervous laaste 10.
Streamers was useless.
The long hard fall back to earth.
They shouldn’t have left traveling for that late.
So much for SB.
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