Force (12) 26 / Bulls (15) 21 (Final Score)
The Western Force hosted the Bulls at NIB Stadium, Perth at 14:05 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Force won against a lacklustre and at most mid-table Bulls side.
Not good enough Bulls… simply aweful!
Scorers:
Force: 6 Penalties James O’Connor, 1 Penalty Willie Ripia, 1 Try Cameron Shepherd
Bulls: 1 Conversion & 3 Penalties Morné Steyn, 1 Try Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Try Bjorn Basson
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Teams:
Western Force: 15 Cameron Shepherd, 14 Nick Cummins, 13 Patrick Dellit, 12 James O’Connor, 11 Rory Sidey, 10 Willie Ripia, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 Jono Jenkins, 6 Richard Brown, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Matt Dunning, 2 Ben Whittaker, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Charles, 17 Kieran Longbottom, 18 Tom Hockings, 19 Tevita Metuisela, 20 Mark Swanepoel, 21 Mark Bartholomeusz, 22 Alfie Mafi.
Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Bjorn Basson, 13 Stephan Dippenaar, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle , 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Gary Botha, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Danie Rossouw, 20 Derick Kuün, 21 Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 22 Francois Brummer.
Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Andrew Lees (Australia), Julian Pritchard (Australia)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)
@ The_Young_Turk:111 – Thanks mate, but now really have no confidence in us for the wc. I always support the saffa side against the overseas side no matter who I support locally. So even though I am a Shark supporter will put all my support behind the Stormers when they tour. Hope they can beat some of the teams over there. They should they a good side and should beat Brumbies, Rebels and Chiefs. Blues might beat them then they may not. Just hope Stormers come home with some good wins. That will get some of our confidence up for the wc.
Now off to the Sharks thread.
118: mooi, oor so twee weke se verloor is ons gelyk, dan speel ons en julle maar ons eie ‘middle of the log’ final op Loftus …. waar dit nie meer rof is nie ….
120: ja, dit moet seker uitkom, ek is net ‘n bul ondersteuner ….
@ bdb:
Net so 🙂
The Bulls will put their hopes on a home run like they have done before, but when this includes visits to Loftus for the Sharks, Cheetahs, Chiefs, Rebels and away trips to Durban and Cape Town, it does not look that easy.
In fact, while other teams have been building momentum, the Bulls will be playing out of desperation. A fabulous motivator, but to play that way for eight weeks may be asking a little too much…
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