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)
WP Lawrence, wat van 10 tree nie terug geval nie ?
@ The_Young_Turk:
True, that’s a fact, they are playing rubbish rugby…
6 minutes left of frustration
Just a comedy of errors.
O’Connor slots another penalty
Force 26 / 18
Now saffas will just have to throw all our hopes and support on the Sharks and stormpoppies
Penalty Bulls, to get a losing bonus point….
Force 26 / 21
This is an almighty mess for the Boks……..
How can we take any of these players to the world cup, besides Pakslae and Basson
Seconds left, Force scrum
Appears to be going rather ‘Tits Up’…. 🙁
Like my bru selections today!!
I feel gutted
En daar sing die tannie uit volle bors: die blou bul weet van verloor ja !
Final Score: Force 26 / 21 Bulls
Eishhhhhhh, such a stupid, stupid Bulls performance!
ja…cheers julle
Only Basson, Danie and Chili looked like world cup prospects, but so many other good players in those positions anyway….
Now for the Great Whites to savage the canes to take the sting out of this. Bullys are out of the comp…
Too true Peterman
Well now I am very worried about our wc hopes. Most of the Boks are coming from this Bulls side. PdV will never change his selections now.
Bulls should have put this very ordinary Force side away easy.
Now watch the Bulls will beat the saffa sides. But that goes for nothing really we need our top players beating the overseas sides. Just not good enough.
Now Sharks coming home with 12 points from their tour don’t look to shabby. So GO STORMERS for their overseas tour. We seriously must get behind Stormers to take a few overseas sides on the tour. WE need our boys to be doing that. Whether we support another team or not.
Good luck Stormers on their away tour. Still two more home games for them then they off.
Heck we in trouble for our wc that is for sure. PdV had better start looking at the inform players.
Bonuspunt, hoera !
Well said Puma. Saffas have to get behind the players that can bring the cup home again and move on from the has beens.
107: kan ongelukkig nie vir die Stormers of Sharks ondersteun nie, hulle skree mos vir al die spanne wat teen die Bulle gespeel het. Plumtree was mos bly dat die Bulle teen Reds en Saders verloor het, seker nog blyer oor die Force nou seker gemaak het die Bulle is uit.
Nouja toe… flok!
… and it was good that I had a client here during the whole match, took my attention off from screaming and running around like a rabid dog!
as die bulle so aangaan gaan die cheetahs die bulle nog vang op die punte leer
It doesn’t matter what anyone said or will say about another team. The team is not about any particular individual. It represents something bigger. So support the other teams for the sake of South African pride which comes before any petty provicialism
114: ja, ons wag vir julle daar in die middel van die log, toe kom, opskud, ons kan nie heeltyd afskruif nie, julle moet julle kant bring en opskuif ! 😉
Sorry forgot my manners to the Aussies supporters here.
Well done to the Force.
@ bdb:
Hey hey hey ons het al 15 punte ons is op pad da na julle toe 😉
Ek sal met graagte die Stormers en Sharks ondersteun as hul verskoning vra vir hul ‘petty provincialism’ toe hul die oorsese spanne teen die die Bulle ondersteun het.
Maar ek neem hul nie kwalik nie, ek het in die begin van die seisoen gesê hierdie nuwe formaat is ‘n gemors, want nou moet jy vir oorsese spanne skree teen SA spanne.
So, as die stormers en sharks dit uitdeel, moet hul dit kan vat ook. Alles deel van die stryd in in die superreeks wat oor ‘provinsialisme’ gaan. As die Bokke weer speel, dan staan ons almal weer saam … en verloor lekker saam !
bdb, ek dink jou naat steek nou uit…
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