The Stormers took on the Sharks tonight in Cape Town in a warm-up game in preparation for the Super 14, which starts in 2 short weeks. This is the match thread for discussion of the game.

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The Stormers continued to impress, as they did in the match against the Western Force last Saturday and won handsomely, 29 / 14.

On the other hand, the Sharks once again looked a shadow of the Team we know they can be, with the backline in particular stuttering badly.

The game was marred by a high penalty count and no less than 3 Yellow Cards were issued. It seems that this year the breakdown point is going to be a real source of concern, so too the scrums which had to be reset time and again. Quite a number of penalties were also issued for high or dangerous tackles… for that, the players can only blame themselves, not the rules or the referee.

Teams:

Stormers

Joe Pietersen, Gio Aplon, Jaque Fourie, Juan de Jongh, Bryan Habana, Peter Grant, Dewaldt Duvenage, Duane Vermeulen, Francois Louw, Schalk Burger (captain), Andries Bekker, De Kock Steenkamp, Brok Harris, Tiaan Liebenberg, Wicus Blaauw.

Reserves: Deon Fourie, JC Kritzinger, Eusebio Guinaza, Anton van Zyl, Pieter Myburgh, Pieter Louw, Bolla Conradie, Lionel Cronje, Sireli Naqelevuki, Frikkie Welsh, Fabian Juries.

Sharks:

Patrick Lambie, Odwa Ndungane, Waylon Murray, Andries Strauss, JP Pietersen, Monty Dumond, Rory Kockott, Willem Alberts, Jean Deysel, Keegan Daniel, Johann Muller, Gerhard Mostert, John Smit (captain), Bismarck du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis.

Reserves: Craig Burden, Tendai Mtawarira, Patric Cilliers, Alistair Hargreaves, Steven Sykes, Ryan Kankowski, Charl McLeod, Steve Meyer, Riaan Swanepoel, Lwazi Mvovo, Luzuko Vulindlu, Stefan Terblanche.

Referee: Craig Joubert.

Kick-off: 7pm

TV: SS 1

Scorers:

Stormers: Petersen Penalty (4) Burger try, Liebenberg try, Naqelevuki try,  Conversions Petersen (2)

Sharks: Kockott Penalty (3) Mvovo try