Stormers (28) 38 / Bulls (3) 10 (Final Score)
The Stormers hosted the Bulls at Newlands, Cape Town at 17:05 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
The Stormers won the encounter by 38 / 10 and earned a bonus point in the process, elevating them to No 2 on the Log and also earning them a Home semi-final.
It was clear that the many changes the Bulls made, fielding a B-side made their cohesion less whereas the Stormers appeared to be a well oiled machine.
The Bulls B-side was not disgraced though and showed better form than at least 2 or 3 of the Super 14 teams who occupy the 12th, 13th and 14th spots on the Log.
Scores:
Stormers: 3 Conversions & 4 Penalties Peter Grant, 2 Tries Bryan Habana, 1 Try Andries Bekker, 1 Try Jaque Fourie
Bulls: 1 Penalty Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 1 Conversion Francois Brummer, 1 Try Ruan Snyman
Teams:
Stormers: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gio Aplon, 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 Wicus Blaauw.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Eusebio Guinazu, 18 Anton van Zyl, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Willem de Waal, 22 Tim Whitehead.
Bulls: 15 Tiger Mangweni, 14 Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 13 Stephan Dippenaar, 12 De Wet Barry, 11 Deon Helberg, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9 Heini Adams, 8 Pedrie Wannenburg, 7 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 6 Derick Kuun, 5 Bakkies Botha (c), 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Bees Roux, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 Jaco Engels.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Dean Greyling, 18 Fudge Mabeta, 19 Okkie Kruger, 20 Ruan Snyman, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Stefan Watermeyer.
Match Officials:
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Reuben Rossouw (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Bulls shouldn’t have rested their entire team, just 6 or 7 of the more tired one, like FDP, Morne, Vic, Gurthro, Olivier, Hooker…
Sharky….how long can you hold your breath!!! 😉
A- of B span, in beide geval is dit ‘n kans wat jy moet vat.
Speel die A span, en wen, het jy ‘n sielkundige voorsprong, maar, wat van as sekere ouens beseer word, of jy verloor. Wat het jy dan bereik ?
Watter kant Ludeke ook al besluit het, sou hy kritiek gekry het. Kom ons kyk eers en sien wat volgende week gebeur.
turk , we will never know
if it bites the bulls in the ass , then yes its te choices they made
i think we reading to much into this game
ludicke knew the make shift team would struggle
OK, game on, front grass is lekker (just mowed it) and the sun is shining.
123@ BiDiBiDi – Jawat, ek stress nie nou al nie
ai ai vd westhuizen waarheen de flok paas jy daai bal
Bakkies is making an effort
Kaplan jou …. regtig, die kommentator sê self Louw gets away with murder ! maar kyk hoe vinnig blaas hy die Bulle.
i am not sure why some are stressing??
most called for a b team to give the main players some rest
and surely most didnt expect the b team to beat the stormers>>??
it woulda been funny if it was the case but we all know there was little chance of that
Neither team is throwing in straight, they will get pinged against other teams.
ek gaan gou vir bidibidi calmeds stuur 😆
Tot die vlagman support die Stormpoppies … He he he
ek sien die game is basies in die sak so dis 2 tuis semis
Sharky I think the best team should always be fielded, I’m not stressing about this game…my Sharks are done and dusted and it looks like two home semi’s….I’ve already said the Bulls will take the cup.Now I see the props are getting pinged for talking!!
Schalla seriously injured…. not good news…
TAKE BURGER OFF and save him for the semi Stormers.
as sckalk nou af gaan fou die sormers
That’s true Sharky, but I’m worried about the A-team losing momentum for the saders. Have a hellova lot of respect for the saders, boet.
There will be a super heavyweight boxing match after, between Schalkie and Flippie.
Flippie kort nog 341 strafskoppe, 235 geelkaarte, 403 rooi kaarte en 5102 citings voor hy Bakkies se waardige opvolger word … maar hy werk daaraan.
Bulle se plan duidelik, verloor ma skryf hulle af 😆
bdb jy moet maar praat ek gaan te veel vloek
135 – 4man. Amen to that. I think that too. Bulls should have played their best side here. I am also a great believer in rest. Maybe not rest 13 players. Probably about 4 could have got a rest not he whole team.
Terrible game to watch really.
de Jongh must learn to pass
Kom De Wet waarvoor het ons jou betaal sit een cruncher in man
😆 super
Howzit Puma
So our Sharks saw their rings this year hey….never got over the loss of 3 flyhalves.
Chilliboy on, Maku off
a stormers win gives SA what we know we need
2 home semi finals so i aint sad at all
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