Cheetahs (3) 6 / (3) 13 Stormers (Final Score)
The Toyota Cheetahs and DHL Stormers did battle in Super Rugby at Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein at 15:00 SA Time.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Cheetahs:
- Penalties – Riaan Smit (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Stormers:
- Penalties – Peter Grant (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Gio Aplon (1)
- Conversions – Peter Grant (1)
Teams:
Cheetahs: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Nico Scheepers, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Barry Geel, 11 Cameron Jacobs, 10 Riaan Smit, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Justin Downey, 7 Pieter Labuschagne, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Andries Ferreira (George Earle), 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Trevor Nyakane.
Replacements: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Marcel van der Merwe, 18 George Earle (Waltie Vermeulen), 19 Ashley Johnson, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Philip Snyman.
Stormers: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Jebb Sinclair, 7 Rynhardt Elstadt, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 De Kock Steenkamp, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Deon Fourie, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Replacements: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Deon Carstens, 18 Quinn Roux, 19 Don Armand, 20 Louis Schrueder, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Gerhard van den Heever.
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Sindile Mayende (South Africa), Reuben Rossouw (South Africa),
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee (South Africa)
Gooooooooo Rugby!
Normally I would have wanted the Cheetahs to win, but for SA’s sake.. gooooo Stormpoppies!
Moer them Poppies!
VRYSTAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
Marius Jonker replaces Craig Joubert as Referee for the match…
Marius has a record of blowing in Super Rugby games where an average of 64 per game is scored, so in other words he lets the games flow more and plays the advantage rules well.
This bodes well for an open, running game this afternoon, which might just suit the Cheethas.
@ Loosehead:
Listen, you can do what you want with Smiles and Ash, but leave me out of the man love
@ grootblousmile:
Does he know that the Stompies are supposed to win? That’s the only relevant question 😉
Oops, Blingfontein had winter rain a bit earlier…. strange but true.
The field and ball could be a bit slippery
6 @ The_Young_Turk:
One never knows with Jonker… the Plonker
Raining heavily again, 10 Degrees C outside there in Bloemmies
The rain, on the other hand, will slow the game down, suiting the ponderous Stormpoppies
Cheetahs side on paper seems a bit iffy…. in certain positions
Stormers coming out onto the pitch
Cheetahs also now taking the field
Game ON!
@ grootblousmile:
The rain has made the Stompies slim chance of scoring 4 tries disappear down the drain…
Riaan Smit kicks straight into touch
Massive Stormers driving maul
Dewaldt Duvenage’s turn to kick straight into touch
Stormers steal the Staat ground ball
Staat penalty on their own 10m line
Not kicked out, big mistake
Drop attempt by Riaan Smit…. bad one
Almost the perfect intercept by Habana…. knocked
Geez if Habs could have hung onto that one!
Had I known it would be wet I would have backed the States on Superbru….
I have seen a number of these derbies, both in OB and CA, and the Blikore have won them all when rainy.
Strong Staat scrum
So moet ‘n Stormers scrum kak.
My Bru pick for this one is Stormers by 12
Stormers lineout, 5m from the Staat line
Can the Stormpoppies maul it over… no they lose their own lineout
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