Cape Town – The Stormers believe the Bulls are clear favourites for Saturday’s Super 14 final at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, but they don’t plan on settling for second. Stormers coach Allister Coetzee likened the challenge awaiting his side to that of an Olympic athlete.
”Some go to compete and are content to run in the finals. Others go to win the finals, to win gold and break records,” Coetzee said. ”This Stormers side have a lot of respect for the Bulls. They are the best team in the southern hemisphere. But you go not just to run the race. We’re going to win.”
Stormers captain Schalk Burger shared Coetzee’s respect for the Bulls, who booked their ticket to the final with a 39-24 win against the Crusaders, also at Orlando Stadium. But he was more subtle in refusing to discount his side’s chances.
Likening the Stormers to a road-racing cyclist in the peloton preparing to launch a winning move, the blindside flanker said: ”The Bulls have been the pacesetters and we have slipped behind them in the slipstream. I think they are arguably the most experienced side in this competition.”
There is no doubt the Bulls and Stormers are the best two teams in the competition this year. And the timing of their qualification for Saturday’s all-South African title decider has been welcomed here as the perfect finale to the Super 14 season before the FIFA World Cup gets under way.
Not that Waratahs captain Phil Waugh shared the joy of the locals. When asked who he thought would win, he said: ”Not that concerned, to be honest.”
There was a brief silence after Waugh replied, but it didn’t take long for banter about the top-billing Bulls-Stormers clash to resume.
This is the first time the Stormers have made a Super final, after they lost the 1999 and 2004 semi-finals, and they realise that the Bulls side they will face in Soweto will be different to the B team they beat in round 14, when coach Frans Ludeke opted to rest 14 of his top players.
”The Bulls have played in a lot of finals and know how to win them,” Burger said. ”They’ve been the pacesetters in both the Super 14 and Currie Cup for some time. They’ve dominated opposing teams, but we are getting there.
”We have a solid set-piece, a fantastic kicking game and there’s something special about our ball-in-hand approach in the back line.
”The decision-making on when to kick and when to run has also impressed. I’ll have to look at why our scrum was reset so many times against the Waratahs. Other than that, I’ve been pleased with the way the guys have handled the pressure.”
Coutesy of sport24
They not all devoted christians . People tend to put on a front for the cameras.
57 @ Wezwp:
If the Bulls manage only 12, then all we know is that the Stormers will get even less 😉
hel een ding wat ek wel weet is as die stormers wen gaan ek moet n week af vat om te herstel van die babelas……
maar nie te min die bulls het een beflokte span en dit gaan n poging en n half vat om hulte klop…. een ding wat ek nie verstaan nie is die faktor wat almal sê hul is nie dieselfde span as by loftus nie want hel saterdag het soweto soos loftus gelyk en die bulls het ook so perform…
Blouste wrote:
DITTO!
61 @ Wezwp:
Wezwp, why does this bother you so much…
You know, even if some of them are’nt, we should not be judging them ,now should we ?
why must you guys use religion to back you up. Bunch of false prophets you are. Don’t discuss religion on a internet chatroom . Its blasphemy
Zane kirschner is a taliban
@weswp eish ou ontspan jou boude
@ Wezwp:
Religion goes hand in hand with ones integrity and this became a discussion on those topics when you made your false claims…
But let’s just leave it at that then.
Bulls will still beat you 😉
Wez, you’re backing yourself further and further into a corner. Please give it up, broer its really not worth it. Let’s rather talk about Saturday’s game and how many tackles VdH is gonna miss on the field.
After all we know he’s a deadly tackler once the ball goes out. Luke told me that himself… 😉
why the stormers will win: # Bekker has been the best lock in the whole of the super14 # bulls look vulnerable in defense # Our so called lightweights are going to run them ragged # the bulls beat a weak and very tired crusaders team and that doesn’t exactly make them invincible# Even a vodacom b side woodv beaten the crusaders.
@ fender:
You spoke to Puke 😯
😆 😆 😆
@ Wezwp:
He he he, back to your funny self…
Keep believing that boet, it will only last the duration of this week…
@fendertelecaster HAHAHAHAHA priceless pel jip hy is nogal dodelik na die kantlyn gewen het maar bygese hy is nogal n blerrie goeie finisher met ball in hand
Reg ouens ek is uit tot more, iemand order net vir wez n paar kalmeer pille voor fight club die week begin asb………….
@ fender:
Did you see the small bottle of “Woollite” in his pocket ?
Apparently he does’nt leave home without it these days, in case he messes up his jersey… 😆
Cheers Scrumsaam
Enjoy !!!
Jis Smallies, nee ek stry nie. Ma as pikkies soos Aplon en Joe goed mettie bal innie hand kan wees en ka tackle, wat is VdH se verskoning?
78 @ fender:
En as hy om hulle hardloop…Wat is hulle verskoning ?
stormers se sterk punte
1bekker
2tiaan
3schalla
4flo
5mossie
6de jong
7aplon
8habs
9pietersen
swak punte
1 verbrokkel usless
2blaaw soos bo
3duaan goed ma nie spies se gehalte nie
4aplon kort
5habs kort
6pietersen kort
7de jong jonk en onervare
Wezwp,
Your comments on this Stormers “We are going to win” Article will land you in trouble..
I do not intend to warn again, open slander and hate speech like that and you’ll rest for a week, after that a repeat offence and you’re permanently gone!
This is NOT a site where we tollerate nonsense like this.
Behave!
bulls sterk punte
1gary
2vic
3danie
4stegman
5potgieter
6spies
7fdp
8steyn
9meisiekind
10hougaard
swak punte
1danie kaart kanidaat
2buite senter is maar woerwaai geen kontinutyd en nog teen mossie
3 vd heefer warm kop en dissepliene swak
4hougaart kort
5 zane nie in pietersen se liga nie
grootblouvuvuzelablaser @ 81
jy’s skaars bru
babelas nog nie oor nie?
aai, aai, die lewe is n lied
martin @ 84
saterdag maak ons daai lied ñ sad song!! 😀
Blouste, dan word hy wee gedisqualify vi uit sy baan uit hardloop.
@ Ashley:
Daai Soweto bier gee ‘n man ‘n ander tipe hoofpyn… 😆
@ Ashley:
for the bully boys….absolutely!
@blouste amper soos die boland se vaalwyn
@ Martin:
Net as jy vir die Bulls of die Stormers skree!
Gooo Buuulllss!!!
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