The Western Force took on the Brumbies today at 13:05 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The Brumbies won 24 / 15, denying the Force any log points but themselves failing to score a bonus point try.
Scores:
Force: 5 Penalties James O’Connor
Brumbies: 3 Conversions & 1 Penalty Stirling Mortlock, 1 Try Josh Valentine, 1 Try Stephen Moore , 1 Try Huia Edmonds
Teams:
Western Force: 15 James O’Connor, 14 Dane Haylett-Petty, 13 Ryan Cross, 12 Sam Harris, 11 Cameron Shepherd, 10 Mark Bartholomeusz, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Matt Hodgson, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Matt Dunning, 2 Pek Cowan, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Tim Fairbrother, 18 Richard Stanford, 19 Ben McCalman, 20 Chris O’Young, 21 Mitchell Inman, 22 Josh Tatupu.
Brumbies: 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 Pat McCabe, 13 Stirling Mortlock, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Francis Fainifo, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Josh Valentine, 8 Stephen Hoiles (captain), 7 George Smith, 6 Rocky Elsom, 5 Justin Harrison, 4 Mark Chisholm, 3 Guy Shepherdson, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Ben Alexander.
Replacements: 16 Huia Edmonds, 17 Salesi Maafu, 18 Ben Hand, 19 Mitchell Chapman, 20 Patrick Phibbs, 21 Tyrone Smith, 22 Alfi Mafi.
Date: Friday, February 12
Venue: Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Kick-off: 19.05 (11.05 GMT, 13:05 SA Time)
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant referees: Nathan Pearce (Australia), Julian Pritchard (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
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I sent you all mail… and there’s a thread up with instructions…
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1st game which officially counts in terms of competition points is the Cheetahs / Bulls game… but you only have till about 15:50 to register, I’ll be out from 16:00 till 18:30… so cannot approve registrations then.
Brumbies by 10
Francois Hougaard, has withdrawn from his side’s opening Super 14 fixture against the Vodacom Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Friday. He will be replaced by John Mametsa.
3 nou hoekom het hy onttrek? besering?
Mametsa is ‘n strydos. Hy sal die Bulle nie in die skande steek nie. Bly vir hom.
Wat is fout met Hougaard?
Hougaard strained a ligament in his knee during the final captains run at Vodacom Park on Thursday. Having injured the knee earlier in the season, he passed a fitness test on Monday, but felt discomfort after the final run.
Eish, nog lank voor die game begin, damn. Nou moet mens seker probeer sense praat terwyl mens wag…..
Is dit net hirdie game en die Nulle se game nog vandag?
#5 dit is so waar, hy speel met hart, siel poephol en long….so baie van die jonges kan by hom leer hoe om ALLES te gee
Referee Mark Lawrence has been forced to withdraw from the Super 14 clash between the Lions and Stormers after a freak gym injury.
Lawrence, who was due to referee the opener, will now be replaced by Marius Jonker for the match to take place at Coca-Cola Park on Saturday at 17:05.
Jonker will also be on the touch judge for the Vodacom Bulls v Vodacom Cheetahs clash in Bloemfontein Friday night.
Lawrence, who is down to referee the Six Nations clash between England and Ireland in two weeks time, was forced to withdraw on Friday after the injury failed to heal in time.
“I guess I’m getting old,” Lawrence joked about his injury, “I was in the gym on Tuesday doing lunges and on one of those, I was bringing my leg back over the bar, and it hit the bar and I stumbled. I had weights on my shoulders and hurt my groin muscle.
7 – Fires, Yip Brumbies/Force and Bulls/Cheetahs later tonight. The rest tomorrow. Saders/Landers first up tomorrow morning at 8.30am.
Looking forward to seeing how the Brumbies play with Gits back.
With Lawrence’s one eyed aproach to the Lions, maybe we’ll have a better chance now.
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Howzit Puma, yeah I think Brumbies will be tough this year, probably one of the main contenders for the cup…
The Sharks/Chiefs game the only non-local derby this weekend?
13@ Vuurtjie – Go check die Log nou op ons pool….. Usernames….
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Giftig GrootPienk, baie beter, nou kan ek maar weer rustig voort blog…LOL
Fender & AB… you must register for Rugby-Talk’s own competition…. Do it!
You too Puma, moenie laat ek met jou sukkel nie, oubaas! It’s as private as SuperBru, trust me!
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Op SS1 het hulle nou die Bulle se 2009 tog na die Super14 kroon gewys. Ek is skoon hoendervleis. Dit was n jaar om te onthou. Moer maar dis lekker om n Bul te wees.
grootpienk @ 16
as djy djou g*t gister al geroer het, wassitie nou dorag vi’ djou gewies om met oubaas te sukkelie!!
OUBAAS
het oubaas gesien ek het vir oubaas opgekom?
hoe lykit nou met daai verhoging van oubaas nou al 6 jaar geliede vi’ my beloewe het?
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Ja ja toemar superNul, moet nou nie te veel vas klou aan laas jaar nie, na vanoggend se game lyk dit my dis nou WEER ‘n nuwe game hierdie jaar
Firefly
Ek het darem lekker memories om aan vas te klou, wat het julle.
Week 1 Log Pos: 1
Score Home Team Away Team Score Final Score Avg Points
21 Blues Hurricanes 33, my pick
20 – 34
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Nou kan jy my luck glo, ek dink ek het bleddie goed gepick vanmore op Sportspool. En nou tel dit nie.
I wonder if the “so much more professional than the Lions” Western Force are going to pay Andre Pretorious his full salary while he sits on his ass and tries to fix the tear to his hammy that happened during a jogging session.
Farkin’ players who move and bad mouth their former employers (Mossie as well) should be treated the same way that child molesters are in prison.
Friggin’ unprofesional IMO.
GBS You must send me a quote – do it! ;-)lekker lag ek nou!
Webmonster, is ek al “approved” vir die Super-14 Comp?
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Think he is insured, they sound very co-operative there. He is i their rehab center when i last read about him.
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Flippit ou, wat’s jou pick vir die Sharks?…LOL
Blyk my die is jou naweek.
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I can’t see it helping long term. He has a history of breaking down for long periods of time.
I wonder if he made a “full and honest” declaration to the insurance underwriters? With his history I’m surprised they didn’t slap a bunch of exclusions on him.
Did the Force allow him to bring his own sand bucket, or is that why he started using a Tee at the back end of last year? Perths sand may be too fine to hold a Rugby ball?
23@ Blou Baard Parra – Ja meestertjie…. maak jou picks…. het jy nie my mail gekry nie?
Nee, ek het nie… sal gou gaan…
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You dont want to know. Must say that i dont think the Chiefs will be poor all of a sudden. They were the finalists last year. Think they will still be good.
And the Sharks had so many disruptions, i cant see you guys focussed for 80 minutes. And when you play NZ teams you must be.
Hahaha… GBS, my Username is te lank… kannie inlog
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