Lions (13) 19 / Stormers (23) 33 (Final Score)
The MTN Lions hosted the DHL Stormers at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 17:05 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 Stormers scored 3 tries, the Lions 1.
Scorers:
Lions: 1 Drop Goal & 3 Penalties & 1 Conversion Burton Francis, 1 Try Warren Whitely
Stormers: 1 Penalty Gary van Aswegen, 1 Conversion Dewaldt Duvenage, 3 Penalties & 2 Conversions Lionel Cronje, 1 Try Danie Poolman, 1 Try Jaque Fourie, 1 Try Johann Sadie
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Teams:
Lions: 15 Michael Killian, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Doppies la Grange (captain), 11 Deon van Rensburg, 10 Burton Francis, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Michael Rhodes, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 David de Villiers, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Patric Cilliers, 18 Franco van der Merwe, 19 Dries van Schalkwyk, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Elton Jantjies, 22 Jaco Taute.
Stormers: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Danie Poolman, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Gio Aplon, 10 Gary van Aswegen, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (captain), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 De Kock Steenkamp, 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 Deon Fourie, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Replacements: 16 Ethienne Reynecke, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Anton van Zyl, 19 Nick Koster, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Lionel Cronje, 22 Johann Sadie.
Referee: Marius Jonker
Assistant referees: Stuart Berry, Phillip Bosch
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
April 16th, 2011 at 18:45 SAST
Lions stopped playing! PLAY TO THE WHISTLE YOUNG MAN!
April 16th, 2011 at 18:45 SAST
Try Johann Sadie, under the sticks…. no Lions defence at all
April 16th, 2011 at 18:45 SAST
Stormers 33 / 19
April 16th, 2011 at 18:46 SAST
gaan die rooi see oop daar vir sadie
April 16th, 2011 at 18:47 SAST
Hooter goes, Lions keep the ball
April 16th, 2011 at 18:47 SAST
Lions backs taking everything standing still.
April 16th, 2011 at 18:47 SAST
What a gift try for Sadie….
Super, jy besef dam ook dat Aplon ‘n heel paar games gemis het en ma onlangs ees teruggekommit van besering af, ne?
April 16th, 2011 at 18:48 SAST
Penalty Lions, they WILL run it…
April 16th, 2011 at 18:48 SAST
They knock, game over
April 16th, 2011 at 18:49 SAST
Not pretty, but we’ll take it….
April 16th, 2011 at 18:50 SAST
geluk stormers, net genoeg gedoen om te wen.
April 16th, 2011 at 18:50 SAST
Penalty Lions after the hooter.
Tap ball. 1m out. Lost forwards. Ball game over.
More disappointment at the Coke Tin. No bonus point for the home side or the visitors.
Not a great advert for Rugby I’m afraid.
April 16th, 2011 at 18:50 SAST
Final Score: Stormers 33 / 19 Lions
April 16th, 2011 at 18:50 SAST
@ fender:
impress hy jou nou?
Ek het nie gese hy is sleg nie, en net soos ek Victor se spel tans nie like sien ek duidelik Aplon is af
April 16th, 2011 at 18:51 SAST
14-point margin….
April 16th, 2011 at 18:52 SAST
Match Attendance 17319.
MOTM looks like Bekker.
April 16th, 2011 at 18:52 SAST
Geluk Stormers .
Lyk my ek het 2 heel akurate berigte geplaas die week
1 victor en FDUP moet rus en
2 Stormers kan die jaar een verder gaan
April 16th, 2011 at 18:53 SAST
Well done Stormers. But have to say well done to Lions as well. With so many out injured, thought they were going to get a serious hiding, but they came out fighting the fight the whole way. Kept Stormers from getting the bonus point.
Sharks still in the hunt..
April 16th, 2011 at 18:54 SAST
Stormers doing exactly what the Bulls were always accused of… winning but winning ugly!
April 16th, 2011 at 18:57 SAST
I have all the winners picked so far for the weekend on Bru…
April 16th, 2011 at 18:57 SAST
Leeus het probeer, maar dit is moeilik om uit ‘verloor mode’ te kom.
Stormers het gewen, maar lyk alles behalwe na ‘n span wat kan saampraat met die Saders, Reds en Blues.
Die week se rus sal hul goed doen, daarna wag twee grotes wat sal wys of hul kan gaan vir die titel of nie: Sharks en Saders. En daarna die toer, word nie makliker nie.
Op hierdie stadium sal ek my geld sit op die volgende spanne vir die uitspeel wedstryde:
Saders
Reds
Blues
Sharks
Stormers
Landers
(ou buiteperd, Bulle, uit lojaliteit, nie verdienste nie)
April 16th, 2011 at 18:58 SAST
@ grootblousmile:Not a great game to watch, not great weather either for rugby.
But a seriously depleted Lions side kept Stormers from getting a bonus point.
April 16th, 2011 at 19:00 SAST
Lions seem to be always just that bit outclassed no matter who the opposition is. Lots of injuries, but that’s no excuse.
Were very poor last week, but most games they’re in it until the end.
Will they comne good with this squad, and will Mitchell get a fair shake to develop the youngsters over a season or two?
Problem as I see it is that with big money investors and sponsors they expect instant results and they’re not getting them.
IF they can keep the nucleus of this squad for next season they may do better, but I (still) think they need a couple of world class experienced players to gel this bunch togethor.
April 16th, 2011 at 19:00 SAST
Over to the Cheetahs thread… where my Bru run might just come to a sudden stop
April 16th, 2011 at 19:02 SAST
Super, Aplon het ‘n paar swak decisions gemaak vandag, true. Ma ek kies hom steeds bo enigiemand anners oppie oomblik.
April 16th, 2011 at 19:03 SAST
How come the Stormers have another bye, but the Lions haven’t had any yet?
Maybe I’m too stupid to understand Super Rugby.
April 16th, 2011 at 19:04 SAST
@ bdb:171 – BdB, If Bulls won all the rest of their games from here they could be in the play offs. It is far too early to call. Believe me things could go wrong for many teams still. Bulls tour almost over. They will beat the Force then have 5 home games at Loftus. If your team wins two on the road they have done well.
For me it is still to early to say who will be there. Reds still have to play Blues and Saders. Saders are the only sure team of making it. Landers have to still play Blues twice. As good as Reds are think Saders will beat them. Well I think they will. Blues could beat Saders again. They did beat Saders at the start but SBW never played in that game.
Just have to wait and see how it goes from here. Injuries too could play a huge role whole makes it to the end.
April 16th, 2011 at 19:04 SAST
Time for the Press Conference.
Cheers all.
April 16th, 2011 at 19:05 SAST
178@ Scrumdown:
Tjorts!
April 16th, 2011 at 19:05 SAST
@ Puma:whole = who
April 16th, 2011 at 19:06 SAST
@ Scrumdown:178 – Cheers mate.
April 16th, 2011 at 19:10 SAST
@ Scrumdown:176 – Sharks only just got their bye this weekend. Crazy some teams have to be dead on their feet before their bye comes. Others had theirs in the 3rd and week already. Stormers had a bye the start of the tourney. Not sure if that was a good thing really. Think they should would out that every team gets by the time they have played 6 games. Sharks had to travel the world and play 8 straight games before getting a bye.
April 16th, 2011 at 19:11 SAST
176: as jy so baie verloor, kry jy nie ‘af’ nie !
April 16th, 2011 at 19:11 SAST
@ Puma:saft english up there…hehehe.
Should read = Think they should have
Okay to the Cheetahs thread now.