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Wow, now this is going to be a big game.
For the Stormers, it represents a brilliant opportunity to cement themselves at the top of the log and also repeat their best-ever performance of three wins on tour. Win this game and one would feel that the Cape side are firmly on track for a semi-final – and probably a home one at that.
The Reds, though, have shown this year that they are real contenders and in beating the Bulls last week, catapulted themselves right into the semi-final reckoning. They’ll know that letting the Stormers leave Brisbane with a win will mean a serious blow to their own title hopes.
Ref: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
ARs: Ian Smith (Australia), Simon Moore (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Kick-off: 11:40 SA Time, 10:40 BST
Reds: 15 Peter Hynes, 14 Brando Va’aulu, 13 Will Chambers, 12 Anthony Faingaa, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia (captain), 8 Leroy Houston, 7 Daniel Braid, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 Adam Byrnes, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 Sean Hardman, 17 Greg Holmes, 18 Jack Kennedy, 19 Ezra Taylor, 20 Jake Schatz, 21 Ben Lucas, 22 Luke Morahan.
Stormers: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Sireli Naqelevuki, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 François Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (captain), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Adriaan Fondse, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 JC Kritzinger.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 JD Moller, 18 Anton van Zyl, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Willem de Waal, 22 Tim Whitehead.
first
Well how is this one going to go
both teams are very good Stormers to go for a S14 win and Reds too so me got Stormers by 5 hope me right 
@Chaz (Comment 1) :
Het tannie nou nog nie geller nie? ;wink:
Ons gee nie om as iemand errste is nie.
So who chose who for this game?
LMS for this game.
Hammerhead QR Reds
Damduikers Vodacom Stormers
Karratera Young Guns Vodacom Stormers
Kwaggies Vodacom Stormers (green)
Wolfpac316 Vodacom Stormers
STOOOOOOOOOORMEEEEEEEEEEEEERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Never gets old. Not for me anyway.
Lets hope we get a proper result for this game for SB.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 3) : just testing
are you all reading for the game 
en om seker te maak ek is nie getroud met u oom nie
STORMERS GO
What happened to REDS captain
Last post played to commemorate ANZAC day tomorrow.
Game on Go Stomers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stormers by 6 for me on SB
Try!!!!!!!!!
BEKKEEEEEEEEEEER
BEKKER TRY!!!!!!!!!!
Commentator: Bekker is 6ft 50 tall
well stormers means business
Till later
Reds 0 – 7 Stormers
7min
De Jongh over but no try called back for a knock.
Reds killed themselves last week?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 18) : After their victory lap last week, one got the sense that was their ‘final’.
@McLovin (Comment 19) : very true.
Commentators have just echoed my thoughts saying that the Reds look flat.
Cooper shoots at goal.
Misses to the left.
so you all migrated to this thread whilst I was still going on cheetahs historical draw
@KSA Shark © (Comment 20) : Also they are not playing the Bulls.
@rekinek (Comment 22) :
I have answered you over there.
@McLovin (Comment 23) :
Cooper picking up where he left off last week with his kicking. 0/2 so far.
20min
Reds 0 – 7 Stormers
Cooper goes 1/3.
Reds 3 – 7 Stormers
23min
Habana has an eina.
Stormers scrum just outside the Reds 22.
Stormers recycle and attack phases after phase
Nice scrum by the Stormers pack
@McLovin (Comment 29) : Looks like both his legs have einas already
Handling Errors 28min
8 Stormers
2 Reds
@Chaz (Comment 16) : byeee
Reds attack from just outside their 22.
10m out fropm the Stromers line now.
Ioane puts a foot in touch 5m out.
Habana still getting the shin iced
Burger warned for a 2nd offence after he threw braid out of the way as they were running to chase a kick by Grant that didn’t find touch.
Cooper slots it.
Reds 6 – 7 Stormers
32min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 37) :
You’d have thought the Stormers watched the Bulls not kicking into touch last week.
yet they still do the same thing the Bulls did.
Penalty count after 32min
Stormers 6
Reds 0
Seems we should not have posted the least penalty stat this week.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 39) :
And as I type that the Stormers get one and set up the LO 35m out.
35min
Reds 6 – 7 Stormers
Penalty Reds
penalties conceded after 35min
Stormers 7
Reds 1
Penalty Stormers as Habana gets a shoulder nudge 7m out after grubbering the ball inside trying to beat the defender.
Grant going at goal.
grant hooks it left
Reds 6 – 7 Stormers
39min
perhaps Grant borrowed Donalds boots today??
Cooper kicks the 22 drop out out on the full.
Ref calls game over.
HALF TIME
Reds 6 – 7 Stormers
The big fade from the Streamers it seems.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 46) :
Ref has screwd up. in March of this year the following protocol was issued.
http://www.irb.com/mm/document/lawsregs/0/law5_9997.pdf
The designated members have ruled that if there has been a score towards the end of the game and there is time for the kick off to take place but time will expire immediately after the kick and the kicker:
* Does not kick the ball 10meters
* Kicks the ball directly into touch
* Kicks the ball dead on or over the opponenets touch-in-goal or dead ball line.
The referee will offer the non offending team the options provided by Law 13.7, 13.8 and 13,9 respectively and the match continues until the ball next becomes dead.
Cooper slots a PK
Reds 9 – 7 Stormers
43min
10 phases and the reds make it into the Stormers 22.
12th phase
Copper puts it on the foot out wide.
Naqelevuki can’t turn around and gets beaten by Chambers who picks it up and scores almost untouched in the corner.
Cooper converts
Reds 16 – 7 Stormers
48min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 52) : and how is cooper’s boot this time.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 52) : I’m getting that sinking feeling for the Streamer…jumped the gun again…..can’t win the S14 in April.
Grant slots a PK
Reds 16 – 10 Stormers
51min
Come on stormers don’t let the Reds win
Fourie gets beaten by a bad bounce of a loose ball that had try written all over it 8m from the Reds line.
Stormers need to cut down on their errors tonight and stop giving the ball back to the Reds.
Too many mistakes.
Penalty Stormers 20m out 15 in from touch.
going at goal
grant slots it
Reds 16 – 13 Stormers
54min
well more than that stormers 16/13 to Reds
of the guys who have had more than 10 kicks at goal this season grant is the most successful.
@FireTheLooser (Comment 55) : let’s not dispair yet. how much time is left?
Too many mistakes!!!!!!!
Cooper going at goal 15 from touch 23m out
Miss
Reds 16 – 13 Stormers
58min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 64) : what’s his ratio?
Maybe we should say oh lay oh lay and they will hear us and win
Laurie Weeks gets interviewd after coming off with an ankle injury. “I’ve got a bent foot”
@rekinek (Comment 70) :
No Idea just heard the commentators mention it twice already.
Stormers on attack 13 phases and bekker is 5m away from the line
Stormers spreading it left and right.
18 phases 5m out
@McLovin (Comment 66) : did they hear you ?
20th phase and the ball is unplayable. Reds lucky to not give away a PK for not rolling away causing the ball to go dead.
Stormers scrum 6m out on attack
@KSA Shark © (Comment 74) : Bekker 5m out, so actualy only 2m….he’s mos 3m tall.
It looks like another draw if you ask me
@FireTheLooser (Comment 78) : eeee
@rekinek (Comment 76) : No one’s listening.
Byrnes tackles Duvenhage 3m out and Duvenhage knocks it on.
@FireTheLooser (Comment 78) :
6ft 50 as Kearns calls it.
Come on Stormers so close yet so far
65min
Reds 16 – 13 Stormers
PK against Stormers at the scrum after the reset.
Ag no Stormers don’t give it away !@it penelty Reds
GOOOOOOO STORMERS GOOOOOO
Stormers LO on the halfway
68min
Well all the other teams one must loose one so Stormers will join the rest i guess
If the Reds win here the Sharks will have just about no chance of making the semi’s
@KSA Shark © (Comment 85) : Will the mighty Streamers (and their big mouth supporters) be making their way back down to planet earth?
Sloppy ball from Stormers
Stormers get the ball grant passes wide onto Naqelevuki’s toes. knock on
Reds scrum on the halfway
@FireTheLooser (Comment 91) :
Io think (hope) they will still win this.
@Pokkel (Comment 90) : You actually believed we could still make it?
Come on Stormers time is running out 11 min left
@McLovin (Comment 81) : eiish – it looks like you should go back to bed then – may get nasty
nice counter attacking by both teams as they each take a turn to turn the ball over
End result is a scrum to the Stormers just inside the reds half
@FireTheLooser (Comment 95) : if the Reds loose yes i think so it’ll will make it so much easy for the sharks
PK on the halfway to Stormers
72min
Captain talk to your team we need more points please help us now
@KSA Shark © (Comment 100) :
Grant sets up the LO 20m from the reds line.
watdefokkykdjy on for Duvenhage.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 94) : Seems the flight back to earth could be almost as fast as the one they took out of here.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 102) :
Reds win the LO and they attack before Cooper puts it out.
72min
30259 attendance
Stormers on attack 8 phases just outside the Reds 22 now
Go Stormers
10 phases and the Stormers knock it in the ruck
Scrum Reds 25m from their line
75min
Reds 16 – 13 Stormers
@KSA Shark © (Comment 105) : and …. don’t keep us in suspense
4 mins left points STORMERS
Oh well.
Well done Reds. Two big wins in a row.
Stormers win Lo on their 22.
up and under
and genia runs at them
Reds 10m out
77min
Stop them Stormers stop them
Cooper grubbers it through and Habana collects and gets stopped 2m outside the goal line.
Stormers clear and Reds have LO 5m out on attack
Reds win the LO
79min
Reds slowing it down at the rucks to keep possesion from the LO.
Genia picks and goes
TRY!!!!
S%it try by Genia going to LMO
@KSA Shark © (Comment 114) :
being refered to the TMO
@KSA Shark © (Comment 116) : can’t see it being grounded.
Hope Habanna stop this try
@KSA Shark © (Comment 117) : perfect angle and the Stormers’ #18′s head is in the way.
Habana intercept try…Stormers win
well the way i see it was in the air and on a arm
NO TRY IMO
eeeaaaahhh 5 m scrum well done stormers well done
TMO “at no time was the ball grounded, held up in goal. 5m scrum Reds
79:19 on the clock
in any case – Stormers down
Hooter goes before the scrum feed.
genia gets it and clears.
FULL TIME
Reds 16 – 13 Stormers
S!@t sorry guys but WPW your team let us down big time
so what does a draw mean on SB do we get a point or not
that’s harsh. Bad luck Stormers
@Chaz (Comment 128) : only if you selected a draw. If you picked a win, but your margin was small enough (3 points?) then you’ll still get a margin point
@robdylan (Comment 130) : pick chiefs by 20
@Chaz (Comment 127) : streamers historically not big on favours for the Sharks (one would have thought that it should have taught the Sharks a lesson not to rely on favours
@KSA Shark © (Comment 126) : gaat je de log opdateren?
top 4 spots on the log
Stormers 10 7 34
Crusaders 9 7 34
Reds 10 7 34
Bulls 9 7 34
@Chaz (Comment 131) : I’m going to go out on a limb and predict 0 points for you on that one
@rekinek (Comment 132) : true so true be we sharks supporters love our guys don’t we
afraid this result has effectively ended the Sharks semi-final hopes.
If there was even the slightest hope of us getting a semi (and face it, the hope was as slight as a pimple on a shrew’s arse) – that’s now history
@robdylan (Comment 135) :
Stormers could still lose out on a semi….Stormers games left
Crusaders,Sharks and Bulls.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 134) : That are tight.
LMS results for this game
LMS for this game.
Hammerhead QR Reds
(Yellow)
Damduikers Vodacom Stormers DEAD
Karratera Young Guns Vodacom Stormers DEAD
Kwaggies Vodacom Stormers (Yellow)
Wolfpac316 Vodacom Stormers DEAD
@robdylan (Comment 137) :
@robdylan (Comment 133) : pssst he understands English
@McLovin (Comment 141) :
Tight like a nuns….tight. very tight
@Pokkel (Comment 140) : They’ll win all three.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 142) : that’s better
@rhineshark (Comment 138) : Stormers could still lose all remaining games and the Sharks could still sneek it but I’m not betting my bicycle on it.
@robdylan (Comment 133) :
Ja, ek sal so maak. Vir die volgende wedstryd ook
@KSA Shark © (Comment 145) : …or like a camel’s arse in a sandstorm.
@rekinek (Comment 147) :
@McLovin (Comment 150) :
The plane has landed….welcome back Streamers, you may join the Nulle for after flight snacks.
@FireTheLooser (Comment 153) :
They will still be minimum 3rd after the weekend.
1st if the Force and Lions win.
@rekinek (Comment 147) : oh gee my friend look at it this way now you not on your own
and me well will join you somewhere in the next 3 games maybe 
So the only Saffa team to beat the Reds was?
THE SHARKS
my little bit of glory for my team and i will clutch it as if it is the most valuable straw ever.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 154) : don’t go there my friend
@KSA Shark © (Comment 156) : well it shows you we can beat if we want to
@KSA Shark © (Comment 149) : good thing you did, cos we just had about a million people looking at it!
@Pokkel (Comment 148) : YIP, a possibility, but I wouldn’t even bet my bicycle bell on it.
Ons kyk maar verder na die rugby vir die liefde van die game
@FireTheLooser (Comment 153) : Thereafter you will be requested to proceed to the foyer where JP “hesitant”Pieterse, Odwa “slow” Ndungane and Jacques ” mall”tail” Botes will be presenting “how to score against the reds
@robdylan (Comment 159) :
I saw that.
@rekinek (Comment 161) : therafter John “Cauldron” Smit will make a general address how to emotionally deal with and recover from Cooper running past your flyhalf.
@rekinek (Comment 161) :
@rekinek (Comment 163) :
@rekinek (Comment 163) :
Not a good result
now all we need is for the snoiL to upset the nulle
@rekinek (Comment 163) : Next flight boarding……tjietas and their supporters, please buckle up for our rather short flight followed by another rather painful crash landing.
@robdylan (Comment 159) :
Just became the 3rd most viewed page today
Must be Stormers and Bulls fans looking to see how they are doing. 
So disappointed in the Stormers. The game was theirs to take but they gave it away.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 168) : that’s excellent – well done guys!
@FireTheLooser (Comment 167) : fortunately the services at Bloemfontein airport expected this and were well prepared. Although Tjietas are bit bruised and we should not expect them to appear for the remainder of the games in 2010 S14 we should see Tjietas in the next year competition.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 154) :
2nd after the Crusaders GREAT loss!
1st if the Lions can actually do something this weekend!
@RugbyGal (Comment 172) : Next weekend looms as a big one for both sides….pressure on !
Sorry Stormers Reds got the better of the game i guess