Force (19) 30 / Crusaders (22) 42 (Final Score)
The Western Force hosted the Crusaders 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 put up a brave fight but the Crusaders were just too powerful at the end.
Scorers:
Force: 5 Penalties James O’Connor, 1 Conversion Willie Ripia, 1 Penalty, 2 Tries Cameron Shepherd
Crusaders: 4 Conversions & 3 Penalties Matt Berquist, 2 Tries Israel Dagg, 1 Try Sonny Bill Williams 1 try Corey Flynn, 1 Try Kahn Fotuali’i
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Teams:
Western Force: 15 Cameron Shepherd, 14 Nick Cummins, 13 Patrick Dellit, 12 James O’Connor, 11 David Smith, 10 Willie Ripia, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 David Pocock, 6 Richard Brown, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Matt Dunning, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Kieran Longbottom, 18 Matt Hodgson, 19 Tevita Metuisela, 20 James Stannard, 21 Rory Sidey, 22 Alfie Mafi.
Crusaders: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Robbie Fruean, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Matt Berquist, 9 Kahn Fotuali’i, 8 Richie McCaw (captain), 7 Matt Todd, 6 George Whitelock, 5 Chris Jack, 4 Luke Romano, 3 Ben Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Replacements: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Owen Franks, 18 Joe Wheeler/Reuben Thorne, 19 Jonathan Poff, 20 Willi Heinz, 21 Tom Marshall, 22 Adam Whitelock.
Referee: Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Nathan Pearce (Australia), Julian Pritchard (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
@ bdb:
Hello Rooibul
Penalty Matt Berquist
McCaw gets a yellow card
Unbelievably mr untouchable has been punished at last. Being out of the game for a while means you lose your immunity, i suppose.
@ The_Young_Turk:
Hope this is the start of refs showing some guts
Try Force Cameron Shepard
Surprising to see the Saders scrum under pressure. Great try by Farce. Just shows you all these teams are vulnerable. There’s still hope for the Boks!
Force leads 27-25
@ superBul:
Lets hope so. Just realised that the saders scrum was a man short tho…
Force speel goed.
VC: Leeus 5 Bulle 7
You know how it goes Super, if the trend changes everyone follows. When Richie was immune, nobody had the guts to punish him, but once the pattern gets broken then everyone’s going to be on him.
Force 30-25 Crusaders
@ The_Young_Turk:
SBW must be the next guy that is exposed
Penalty to Crusaders
Matt Berquist goes for poles – over
Om kampioen te wees, gaan dit nie net oor ‘n paar supersterre in jou span nie, dit gaan oor hoe die span as ‘n eenheid saamspeel.
super @ 43
i was about to say that they should start penalising sonny i-do-not-need-to-use-my-arms-in-the-tackles williams and
it will go a long way to ensuring that they (the ab) get that choking feeling again!!
Matt Berquist miss a dropgoal
Saders look vulnerable. Not confident enough to run. more interested in taking the points. Unforced errors now creeping in too…
@ Ashley:
hoop hulle cite hom oor die tackle op O’Conner
ben d blik-uhm-sem
how goes, broetsie?
Die ref het nou n mind change , nou nail hy die Force
Leeus 11 Bulle 10 halftyd
super @ 49
moenie te veel daarop bank nie!!
Yip Sonnyboy is the new media darling and can do no wrong.
This game is reminding me of the bulls game against the farce. When the Farce refused to concede, their more fancied opponents started to lose composure…
Big scrum by the saders there.
What happend to releasing the ball when tackled…
All Black scrum are going to be dangerous.
Hoekom die dubbel standaarde ref ?
Netnou blaas jy die Force speler wat opgestaan het met die bal, maar nou los jy SBW en driedrukker om terwyl hul geduik is, op te staan met die bal ?
Die ref het hierdie game geswaai
Pity, through ref not wanting to punish sonnyboy, the Farce have lost.
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