Bulls (10) 13 / Stormers (12) 23 (Final Score)
The Bulls hosted the DHL Stormers at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria at 19:10 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD and M-Net on TV in SA.
The Stormers were deserved winners, not so much for their attack but for keeping better dicipline and dogged defence.
Scorers:
Bulls: 2 Penalties & 1 Conversion Morné Steyn, 1 Try Bjorn Basson
Stormers: 6 Penalties Peter Grant, 1 Try Bryan Habana
Teams:
Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Gary Botha, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Danie Rossouw, 20 Derick Kuün, 21 Francois Hougaard, 22 Francois Brummer.
Stormers: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Danie Poolman, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Pieter Louw, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Rynhardt Elstadt, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Deon Fourie, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Replacements: 16 Ethienne Reynecke, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 De Kock Steenkamp, 19 Nick Koster, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Gary van Aswegen, 22 Juan de Jongh.
Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Phillip Bosch (South Africa)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Bakkies off early?
This is a rock-hard game…. relentless
Victor Matfield ruled offside on the Bulls 10m line
Stormers 18 / 10
flippen goeie ref
Ag nee kom nou Bulle
Wikus Blaauw off, CJ van der Linde on
Penalty Bulls, Morne takes aim… MUST get this… must, must!
…and does!
Stormers 18 / 13
Stormers lineout on halfway
Skew throw, Bulls scrum
Penalty Bulls… on halfway and the 15m line… Morne goes for posts
Damn, Morne misses to the left
England penalty they go for touch, great kick in corner – England lineout
Ireland steal the ball and get relief from touch kick still in their 22 though and England lineout
Habana almost through and then knocks…. hehehe
69 min Ire 24 Eng 8 – o Gara on now, pouring with rain
Habana knocks again with an open try line…
Irish scrum deep in Eng 22 – all from a great kick out by o Gara
Stormers now hard on attack, Bulls 5m line… but they give a penalty away.
Relieving penalty Bulls
Bulls lineout on halfway
Gee, the handling is swak tonite. I know the ball’s wet but really….
Stormers De Jongh knocks on halfway and Bulls can’t capitalise, scrum Bulls
I see Hougie is on for Zane…. he’s gone to left wing and Bjorn to fullback
Forward pass out to the Bulls left wing…. but that’s the idea, they must attack THAT channel
Verbrokkel Harris off injured, Blaauw back on
Try Habana… good chase by him from a kick
Wat is dan nou mooier asse Habana drie op Loftus! 😉
Stormers 23 / 13
habana jou doring!
Rats, England have not managed the Grand Slam……
Ireland have beaten them 24 – 8
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