Rebels (3) 3 / Stormers (16) 40 (Final Score)
The Melbourne Rebels hosted the DHL Stormers at AAMI Stadium, Melbourne at 11:40 SA Time (19:40 Melbourne 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.
Mission accomplished for the Stormers, leaving the 4th try very late, but importantly getting it when it mattered.
Scorers:
Rebels: 1 Penalty Julian Huxley
Stormers: 3 Penalties & 2 Conversions & 1 Try Kurt Coleman, 1 Conversion Earl Rose, 1 Try Bryan Habana, 1 Try Jaque Fourie, 1 Try Nick Koster, 1 Try Jean de Villiers
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Teams:
Rebels: 15 Richard Kingi, 14 Lachlan Mitchell, 13 Mark Gerrard, 12 Stirling Mortlock (captain), 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Julian Huxley, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Jarrod Saffy, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Alister Campbell, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Adam Freier, 17 Greg Somerville, 18 Kevin O’Neill, 19 Tim Davidson, 20 Sam Cordingley, 21 Peter Betham, 22 Afusipa Taumoepeau.
Stormers: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Kurt Coleman, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (captain), 5 Anton van Zyl, 4 Rynhardt Elstadt, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Andries Bekker, 19 Nick Koster, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Earl Rose, 22 Juan de Jongh.
Referee: Chris Pollock
Assistant referees: Stuart Dickinson, Angus Gardner
TMO: George Ayoub
Penalty Stormers… could go for goal
Stormers 5m out
Rubbles will be happy with the score so far and will grow in confidence if this carries on like this for longer!
59@ grootblousmile:
Oh for the good old days of Napster!
Handbags…
64@ Scrumdown:
I should be able to get it from my usual hacker sites….
I will put the song on here at the end of the game, found a Youtube Link to it….
66@ grootblousmile:
Hehe. The only hacking I do is around the golf course.
Silver Lakes killed me on Sunday and I lost my knockout 2 & 1 as well. At least the sun shone and the wind stayed away.
How was the paintball?
Stormers now pushing hard….. try Kurt Coleman
Woo hoot STOMPIES!! Coleman is having a good game, thank jebus!
68@ Scrumdown:
The Paintball was FUN!!
Shot the shit out of the youngsters… took one good shot in the neck myself as well.
Hehehe
Stormers 23 / 3
Try Jaque Fourie…. bloody good try, Jean doing the initial break, then to Gio, then to Jaque
Stormers 28 / 3
That was the 3rd try
3 tries down, 1 to go! Go Stormpoppies!!!
Sounds like the Stormers are running rampant now…
76@ Blouste:
Only 1 team on the field now
Rebels just too error-prone
14 Minutes to go in the match
For farks sake, why did they have to bring on Rosie now! There was absolutely no need. They haven’t scored their bonus point yet!!
@ grootblousmile:
GBS, its going lekker here. haha, Im starting a rugby team/english program at my school next semester. haha, thats gonna be fun.
CMON REBELS, hahaha.
Cheers, im off to dinner
Elastoplast ET-Look-alike Rosie…. eishhhhhhhhhh
8 minutes left, the game going nowhere at the moment.
Hard rugby, solid defence.
5 Minutes left, Rebels lineout near halfway
Koster gets the 4th try
Stompies unable to score their 4th
Stormers 35 / 3 as Rose converts an easy one
Having just said that, Stormpoppies finally do – 4 tries and they have climbed their mountain!
Try to Jean de Villiers…. Rebels wheels now off
Stormers 40 / 3
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