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)
Aussie commentators are ridiculous.
Hoor daardie poepol Aussie kommentators, dit was ‘n deeglike boorvat.
Tryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Bjorn Basson!
This Aussie commentator is soooo biased, he just annoys me no end. Egage your brain, Kersy.
Try Basson! Who needs Habs when we’ve got a newer better model!
Bulls 12 / 6
@ bdb:
Ek stem en het ek nou ‘n poepol met die ou vlag gesien. Gee ouens soos Malema skietgoed
Bulls looking better but just need to tighten up on defence
These scrums are just a lottery these days
36: dit kon erger gewees het, hy kon met die nuwe vlag daar gestaan het !
Penalty by Willie Ripia
Bulls 12 / 9
We need a bonus point win so its good to see two tries already in the bag, but why all the penalties for the Force?
Bulls are just trying to many things.
Morné Steyn slots a penalty
Bulls 15 / 9
Greetings from the Haga Haga Hotel, Wild Coast. Go Bulls!!!
These Oz commentators should just run on the field and play for their team directly instead of pretending to commentate
Flippin Ozzie kommentators is n pyn innie gat, nog erger as die Poms….
Fourie du Preez’ days are over….
What a pathetic player Spies has become. Is there no other player in the squad who can play 8 Bigblue?
Amazing the commentators accept the decision. Wonders will never cease
48: Pakslae !
O’Connors slots a penalty due to a high tackle
Bulls 15 / 12
Come on Bullys, we need a 3rd try qickly
Kom ons wees maar eerlik, teen ‘n beter span was die Bulle al ver agter.
Yip, Pakslae would be miles better at 8, but we need him at lock too! O’Connor probably the best rugby player in the world at the moment….pure genius
When a team battles to put the Farce away… then you know your team is in trouble
0/9 f spannetjies het beter hande as die miljoen dollar bulle.
Just too many mistakes by bullys. But if they can just get a good win here, the confidence may return…
Time for Flip and Danie Pakslae to come on.. and replace Spies and Bakkies…
Lemoenetyd
Bulls losing far too much ball in contact situations.
Farce are looking very Shite, fortunately for bullys. Otherwise…. who knows! Just too many handling errors from too many out of form players
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