35 Responses to Super Rugby: Stormers – Side named for Canes clash

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  MacroBull on 26 February 2014 at 12:41 pm

  I think the gameplan vs the hurricanes is simple. the bulls did it last year and the sharks did it this year… kick the ball in their quarter of the field and let them run at you, they are like cannon fodder. There is no way the stormers can lose this weekend unless they also try to run from inside their own half.
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  nortierd on 26 February 2014 at 1:40 pm

  Gena_ZA wrote:

  We had how many games this far?
  aaah yes one real kak game, but only one
  Let’s dish them to hell and back next week if they play like they did
  Until then I give my team an opportunity to rectify and show us what they are capable off.
  Still say we can beat them convincingly and the Sharks should have put 40 points on them had they used the dominance they had up front properly
  Sorry but I just can’t write my team off on the level that I read here after one game

  Gena, I am not judging the Stromers on last week alone, we are going back some seasons when we speak about this group of players and coaches.
  They have been playing this team and this game plan for as long as AC has taken over from Rassie. We have lost some good players in the interim, but haven’t replaced them or recruited equally good players. The better youngsters are poached and we are stuck with those that the other teams obviously deem not good enough to poach.
  Last week was one of those days where the mistakes were just compounded, but the same mistakes have been made the last few seasons, we just hid it better and lost with smaller margins. Try scoring from anything else but line out mauls are scarce,backline flair and attack is non existent, forwards playing first receiver as soon as we have good quick ball, we can go on and on, yet we see this, the opposition sees this, but our coaches and players think we have the blueprint for success?
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  nortierd on 26 February 2014 at 1:44 pm

  @ Puma
  Although the Canes are not one of the better NZ teams, the Sharks could afford to play poor and still win, the Stormers play poor and get 34 points put past them by what is essentially a CC side.
  Huge difference, and the Canes will also have one game under the belt this weekend. The major difference is that they will at least attempt to score tries and would manage a couple, and from what we know, a couple of scores against a team that doesn’t know how to score can ultimately be the difference.
  You guys don’t have any worries until you run into the Saders, Chiefs or Waratahs, until then you can cruise in 2nd gear and still win comfortably
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  MacroBull on 26 February 2014 at 2:53 pm

  I think you guys need to be patient with Demetri, he is what will be best for the Stormers to win games.
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  Ryecatcher on 27 February 2014 at 7:41 am

  Agree on Demetri.
  GIVE EM HELL STORMERS.
  Agree with Stormersboy.Stormers pack very good but not sure about Elstadt at lock.Tiaan for Fourie
  will improve line out thowing.Fourie at loose forward is sensational but must curb his temper.