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The Stormers have announced an unchanged starting 15 for this weeks big game against the Tahs.
15 Joe Pietersen
14 Gio Aplon
13 Jaque Fourie
12 Juan de Jongh
11 Bryan Habana
10 Peter Grant
9 Dewaldt Duvenage
8 Duane Vermeulen
7 Francois Louw
6 Schalk Burger (c)
5 Andries Bekker
4 Adriaan Fondse
3 Brok Harris
2 Tiaan Liebenberg
1 Wicus Blaauw.
Subs:
16 Deon Fourie
17 Eusebio Guinazu
18 Anton van Zyl
19 Pieter Louw
20 Ricky Januarie
21 Willem de Waal
22 Tim Whitehead
Good team! Tahs should go down with relative ease
LETS GO STORMERS LETS GO!!!
No surprises there….no kallie wookie in the semi’s??What a shame?
@Pokkel (Comment 3) : Best selection decision ever.
can someone compare this stormers team with any stormers team of about 2-3 years ago? would be nice to see the changes…
@Pokkel (Comment 3) : They’re resting him for the final at Fortlando
@diablo (We’ll battle ALL on the beaches, We’ll battle All in Orlando) (Comment 6) :
Did you guys even fight in the World Wars
@Worcestershire Sauce (Comment 4) : But Kallie Wookie has great BMT…you can’t possibly leave him out of the finals
@Hertford Highlander (Comment 7) : Yes, my Grandfather fought in North Africa
@Hertford Highlander (Comment 7) : Yes, North Africa, and we’ve been known to start a few wars here in sunny SA as well
@Pokkel (Comment 9) :
Is that where the Sa Troops went… the NZ’ers were in Egpyt as well i think !
@diablo (We’ll battle ALL on the beaches, We’ll battle All in Orlando) (Comment 10) : Good Point !
@VanWilder (Comment 5) :
The Stormers squad in 2007:
Here is a complete list of the Stormers squad attending a five day camp in George.
Andries Bekker
Brent Russell
Breyton Paulse
Bolla Conradie
Chumani Booi
Conrad Jantjes
Corne Uys
Dylan Des Fountain
Eddie Andrews
Egon Seconds
Francois Louw
Francois Van Der Merwe
Gerrie Britz
Gio Aplon
Huia Edmonds
JD Moller
Jean De Villiers
Joe Pietersen
Joe Van Niekerk
JP Joubert
Juan Harris
Justin Melck
Naas Olivier
Peter Grant
Pieter Louw
Robbie Diack
Ross Skeate
Sarel Potgieter
Schalk Brits
Schalk Burger
Schalk Ferreira
Selborne Boome
Tiaan Liebenberg
Tonderai Chavhanga
Werner Greeff
The Stormers Side that faced the Sharks in 2007 and lost 32-10.
15 Conrad Jantjes
14 Breyton Paulse
13 Corn?ys
12 De Wet Barry
11 Brent Russell
10 Peter Grant
9 Bolla Conradie
8 Joe van Niekerk
7 Schalk Burger
6 Luke Watson (c)
5 Ross Skeate
4 Gerrie Britz
3 Brok Harris
2 Schalk Brits
1 JD Moller
Replacements:
16 Tiaan Liebenberg
17 Eddie Andrews
18 Schalk Ferreira
19 Francois van der Merwe
20 JP Joubert
21 Naas Olivier
22 Dylan des Fountain
@wpw (Comment 13) :
Huia Edmonds
Eish some shockers in there….
@wpw (Comment 13) : alot of changes since then hey??
Grant, Burger and Harris the only survivors from that game, out of the starting line-up i must add.
@Hertford Highlander (Comment 12) : This time last year they picked him in a semi and he single handely gave it away with a high tackle against the Bulls.
Trust me – this will only help the Stormers
@Pokkel (Comment 8) : if you are looking for experience, why not give Hinyane Shimange a run on?
@VanWilder (Comment 14) :
That team is not that bad. Who was our coach at the time??
Wasn’t it Kobus VD Merwe??
@wpw (Comment 20) : Think it was Rassies first year in charge?
@wpw (Comment 20) : i just wanted to ask you the same thing… Looking through all that names, you guys actually had a few good players. u guys really did under perform a few years in a row. or do you think its the coaches?
@VanWilder (Comment 19) : or Eddie Andrews
BTW when is Jantjies expected to start playing again?
@VanWilder (Comment 22) :
Definitely the coaches!!
And the fact that PUKE Watson was causing divisions in the squad!!
@VanWilder (Comment 22) : Coaches.
@Pokkel (Comment 24) : Seen him training – so i assume he will show up during the Currie Cup at some stage.
@Pokkel (Comment 24) :
He should be ready for the Currie Cup.
I hope he can reach his top form (which excludes the up and unders)
@Worcestershire Sauce (Comment 26) : @wpw (Comment 25) : i must admit to you guys that, even though i`m a BIG sharks fan, the stormers impressed me this season. Allistair Coetzee is making huge strides with the lads down in the cape. or do you guys believe its got something to do with the influential players that you bought in habana and fourie?
@diablo (We’ll battle ALL on the beaches, We’ll battle All in Orlando) (Comment 6) :
Fortlando.
@wpw (Comment 13) : what’s up with Jantjies? still injured?
@VanWilder (Comment 5) : according to Dan Retief : it’s elementary No Watson
@VanWilder (Comment 29) : A combination of the two – Although i don’t think Alistar is getting enough credit – people claim its Rassie doing but in reality Rassie was shite as a coach at WP – i think our highest position was 6th during his tenure.
Last years Currie Cup team and this years Super 14 has been Alistar and his team and he has done wonders – the first time Rassie showed up in the coaches box was against the Sharks and that went well didn’t it
The players we bought certainly helped – but i would put more empahasis on the coaches being the cataylst for the improvement.
@VanWilder (Comment 14) : What a very slap team, yoh yoh yoh
@rekinek (Comment 31) :
He broke his leg last year!!
@wpw (Comment 35) : He snapped his shin.That must have sucked so very much.
@Worcestershire Sauce (Comment 33) : i would have only got one concern if i was a stormers fan, is the fact that your VC side underperformed once again, didnt they? you guys got loads of talent in that team, but then again, who`s the coach?
not that the Sharks side covered themselfs in glory…
@wpw (Comment 35) : i know that much. but I didn’t think that it would take him so long to recover.
@Worcestershire Sauce (Comment 33) :
I think Proudfoot and Fleckie (THE Legend) deserve credit as well!!
What is it with the Northern Suburbs and Stormers players/coaches??
SO far I’ve seen Coetzee, Fijian, Aplon, Moller and Proudfoot in the last few months.
I think all of them live behind the Boerie curtain!!
@VanWilder (Comment 37) :
Jerome Par Water.
There IS no doubt that he IS a useless coach!!
@VanWilder (Comment 37) : Jerome freaging Paarwater.Backling coach under Festers rule, when fester got the chop he got a stay of execution.Family ties.
@wpw (Comment 40) : @provincejoulekkading (Comment 41) : geez, and there u guys have that Roux guy who`s coaching the Maties. who better to coach the VC side?? he knows all the club side players and youngsters in the wp setup… pity, sharks should nip him
@VanWilder (Comment 37) : I didn’t even know we had a Vodacom Cup team
@VanWilder (Comment 42) : His time will come.
@Worcestershire Sauce (Comment 43) :
They’ve certainly not seen the CUP bit.
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 45) : Yea listen its been 10 years since we won anything.
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 45) : what’s up with your nic?
@Worcestershire Sauce (Comment 46) :
I KNOW that feeling
@rekinek (Comment 47) :
Flying the new colours until after the S14 Final.
Will become KSA Bok after that untill the CC gets underway.
@Worcestershire Sauce (Comment 21) : Nah it was still Kobus
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 49) :
Howdy!!
Have you and Rob discussed the format for the CC LMS??
And Tri Nations?? I suppose the Tri Nations will not have LMS but rather FL??
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 49) : naaah – one should have one colours all the time methinx. but hope you enjoy your 6 weeks sabbatical – may be good for one’s battered rugga psyche
@wpw (Comment 51) :
We only ran FL for CC and 3N last year.
LMS should be possible but will discuss with Rob.
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 53) :
Cool!
Once the two of you have discussed it I will be available to approve it before ‘we’ go ahead.
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 53) : no – we ran no competitions for 3N last year and I anticipate it will be the same this year. Setting up a Fantasy League for such a short competition is, IMO, far too much work.
And the way SARU have bollocksed up the draw for this year’s CC, I’m not sure how we can do LMS.
@robdylan (Comment 55) : @wpw (Comment 54) : @KSA Stormer © (Comment 53) :
I have selected my Super 15 FL Team for next year already.
How sad is that….. need something to pass the time between now and then !
I see the Tahs are unchanged as well
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 53) :
OOPS.
CC and S14 NOT 3N.
@robdylan (Comment 55) :
Where can i see the CC draw?
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 59) : everyone mentions the stupid CC setup but I can’t see it anywhere?
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 59) : here
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 60) : now that I look at it, I see they have changed it in the last week!
It’s better now
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 60) :
Okay found it. looking now
@robdylan (Comment 62) :
MSN?
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 63) :
They have 9 teams in their log???????????? What are Boland still doing there????????
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 65) :
No Boland in the fixtures thank goodness
So will there be a CC LMS or not??
@wpw (Comment 67) :
Don’t panic i won’t enter that one !
HH
I’m having withdrawl symptoms!!
@wpw (Comment 67) :
It seems like there will be. Fixtures are straight forward 2 rounds home and away, so you will have to choose each team twice during the comp.
That’s awesome news!!
The firsy fixture list had wp playing the cheetahs a week before all the other teams got started. It was a real mess because the teams would have ended up out of sync with each other
Rob
Check out Skysports for the Premiership Team of the Year! It is dominated by saffas and guess who is at inside centre??
@wpw (Comment 73) :
Please don’t tell me it is Schalk brits?
I can sense a thread coming up!!
@wpw (Comment 73) :
I see brendan venter has been bitching about none of his players being approached as stand ins for the Welsh test.
He should rather worry about his touchline ban.
Ja Venter is a tool!!
He says Brits is a world class hooker!
Is he on drugs or something?
@wpw (Comment 77) :
Brits is a tool as well (even though I suspect you were being sarcastic)
Brits – whose late try against Northampton last weekend helped Saracens into the final – pleaded guilty to making an abusive gesture to the crowd as he was substituted in the same game against Leicester.
@robdylan (Comment 61) : i’ve just had a brief look – Boland topping the table (weren’t they relegated
this is a country of marvels
@wpw (Comment 67) : please please please
I love LW 
S – FL is bit complicated for me 
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 76) : it just installs this bit more confidence in PDV. maybe he’s aint that bad after all
LW?? What is dat?
@wpw (Comment 82) : that would be politically correct LMS
@rekinek (Comment 83) :
No No No. LPS would be politically correct, but I’ll give you 2 comment points for trying
@KSA Stormer © (Comment 84) : i was trying to reddress historical disadvantage at the same time
@rekinek (Comment 85) :