Force (7) 16 / Stormers (6) 15 (Final Score)
The Western Force hosted the Stormers in Perth at 12:05 SA Time. This is the match Thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Force won the match 16 / 15 with a drop goal from David Hill well after the hooter had gone. This was a scrappy and dour game of rugby to suffer through.
Scores;
Force: 1 Conversion & 2 Penalties James O’Connor, 1 Try David Pocock, 1 Drop Goal David Hill
Stormers: 5 Penalties Peter Grant
Teams:
Western Force: 5 James O’Connor, 14 Scott Staniforth, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Ryan Cross, 11 Mark Bartholomeusz, 10 David Hill, 9 Chris O’Young, 8 Matt Hodgson, 7 David Pocock, 6 Ben McCalman, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 Tom Hockings, 3 Tim Fairbrother, 2 Ben Whittaker, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Charles, 17 Matt Dunning, 18 Richard Stanford, 19 Richard Brown, 20 Justin Turner, 21 Sam Harris, 22 Haig Sare.
Stormers: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Sireli Naqelevuki, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 François Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (captain), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 De Kock Steenkamp, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 JC Kritzinger.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Eusebio Guinazu, 18 Anton van Zyl, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Dewaldt Duvenage, 21 Willem de Waal, 22 Frikkie Welsh
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Assistant referees: Ian Smith (Australia), Julian Pritchard (Australia)
TMO: Matthew Goddard (Australia)
236: Middag BB, seker ook waar. Maar ek ‘blame’ niemand nie, ek ‘blame’ net apartheid ! 😉
239: Super, die groot vraag is, met watter ‘gameplan’ pak jy die Blues: 10 man of 15 man rugby ?
As jy op 10 man fokus, en hul druk vinnig ‘n paar drieë, dan gaan jy nie opvang met strafskoppe nie. Sal moet slim speel.
Dink ons gaan more baie driee sien, hoop net ons druk een meer, en dat MS sy skopskoen aan het !
Fark, I still cannot believe the result!
Our good friend The Saint and I spoke on the phone just now…. he says I’m going to fall off my chair on Monday about the Article he is going to write about this game…..
238
Puma dont worry about the Bru, a expert like me got only 1,5 points out of boths games. 😆
I picked the Saders by 2, Then the rugby gods turned on me and Carter , missed a normal sitter. Maybe the gods heard that i said he played poorly, then it is good revenge.
Against Stormers i had it Force by 7, look at the poor kicking. Not that it would have helped me much if all the kicks was successful, the webmaster of a rival Stormers site picked against his own team by 8, the most of anyone in our pool.
243: “our” good friend ? 😉
Tie die Stormers vannoggend opdraf was daar vir my iets ontstellends omtrent hil ingesteldheid. Dit het vir my gevoel daar is net te veel glimlagte op die gesigte. Ek het gevoel die ouens is nie behoorlik gefokus nie, en dat hulle gedink het dit is “easy pickings.” Wys net weer- op die dag kan enige span ‘n ander span uitvat as laasgenoemde nie op hul beste is nie. Daar is nie meer easy games nie, dis hoekom die Bulle nie meer sekere games teiken om te wen nie, want dan vat die ouens daai games nie so ernstig nie. Moet se ek hou van die feit dat die Bulle ‘n bietjie katvoet is vir die Blues.
To think Bulls are sitting on 28 points with a game in hand. WOW!!!!!! Just makes you think how good the Bulls are.
GO BULLSSSSSSSSSSSS for tomorrow. Just need the win from here to stay top of the log.
Looking at the log there and teams. I think the Reds are going to sneak into the semi. So hoping Sharks can beat them tomorrow. They looking like a dangerous team. We lose to them they sitting in 4th place then they have the Lions next week by that time they could be sitting in 3rd. If Stormers play like this against the Blues they will drop out of the top 4 teams on the log. Stormers need to up their game for next week.
243 – gbs…..hahahaha. He is ruthless even on his own team. But a funny oke that. Enjoy his articles.
240 – Fires, When did the Stormers arrive in Perth? There is not jet lag to Perth. Well I never ever feel jet lag getting into Perth. Only a 8 and a half our flight from Joburg. Then suppose you add on th 2 hours from Cape Town. So it makes it further.
247: probleem vir Stormers is, het hul ‘n plan B ?
not = no
Bluebeard i know you know lose forward play well. Schalk tried to much on his own, thats my feel. Then again the other 2 try and walk over the tackled player is this legal?
244 – Super, Well they cost me huge……hehehe.
Really though never ever saw that one coming. Stormers are a very good side. Really thought they would have beaten the Force. Force only had Pocock back and he started, Brown was back but first was on the bench.
Bulls actually done damn well now if you look at their game again against the Force. Now hoping to see Bulls get another win tomorrow. If they don’t no train smash they will still stay top of the log. How awesome is that???? Don’t even need to win to stay top of the log? Win and Bulls put day light between them and the other teams.
Puma dont worry the Stormers will learn from this. We also learn out of our narrow wins, so hopefully we will all be cleverer after this weekend.
Just wonder how Habana and JF could be so MIA.
Sien hierdie mooi getuienis van die Bulle spelers:
http://thebulls.co.za/article.aspx?headline=Bulls%20won%20Auckland%20hearts%20with%20visit%20to%20Christian%20centre&id=344750
Trots op die Bulle !
puma seriously i am not surprised , i told gbs a few days ago , and i had them losing on superbru
The truth is that there is no easy games in the Super14.
Sharky they must score more, look next week against the Blues they will need at least 28 points. And the defense better be water tight, the Blues will score a few tries, that i can guarantee you.
But the Bulls must first listen to my advice, tomorrow will be tough, we will have to score score score.
255
bdb, nice man , they are great ambassadors to the game.
Bulls must take EVERY scoring opportunity tomorrow, take EVERY kick for posts…..
…. and the defence better be rock solid!
256 – Sharky, I just never saw it coming. Stormers will have to up their game for next week.
Anyhow forgot to say. Congrats to the Force. They must feel great on picking up a win.
Okay I am off. Catch up later.
I see Walla is hiding in the background…. probably waiting to plant a blow or 2 on behalf of all Ozzies…
Hehehehe
Walla, how are you, numbnuts?
I betya that this week The Saint tipped al the aussie sides to lose again.
He is probably having a gut feel that the cheetahs can sneak one tomorrow…somehow by gut feel!!
😆
GBS
How are you?
I am here but not going to land a blow…my team is sleeping at the moment and they will wake from their slumber next week.
Good luck for your team tomorrow…it is going to be a huge one!!
rudi my maat van yster en plaat
bring vir handbriekie dan eet ons oeters and n bietjie slet sappies 😆
oesters
hiyas walla ^5 how ya been mate ?
Sharky kan ek en netblou ook kom?
266@ Tjarkie – I’ve never been hungry enough to eat “Oesters”…. slimy little farkers, flok, gril ek nou so effe!
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