Another rather one sided affair as the Brumbies aim to keep a rampant Stormers team at bay this morning, with the Brumbies having nothing but pride (whatever is left of that) to play for and on the other side of the field a team that are doing their utmost best to finish top of the log.
The Brumbies have never lost to the Stormers at home, but all signs point towards this duck being broken. The Brumbies have had no form in the this Super Rugby season, and will be limping to the end of the season, praying that it ends sooner rather than later.
The Stormers, on the other had, come off a great come from behind victory over the Blues, and with returning Springbok centres to bolster their squad are looking a good bet to take this game, and run away with it.
The match kicks of at 11h40 and I predict a Storming victory by 20 points or so.
Brumbies : 1. Jono Owen , 2. Stephen Moore , 3. Ben Alexander , 4. Ben Hand , 5. Mark Chisholm , 6. Mitchell Chapman , 7. Julian Salvi , 8. Ita Vaea , 9. Josh Valentine , 10. Matt Giteau , 11. Adam Ashley-Cooper , 12. Christian Lealiifano , 13. Tyrone Smith , 14. Henry Speight , 15. Pat McCabe
Replacements:16. Anthony Hegarty , 17. Jerry Yanuyanutawa , 18. Peter Kimlin , 19. Michael Hooper , 20. Patrick Phibbs , 21. Robbie Coleman , 22. Andrew Smith
Stormers : 15. Conrad Jantjes,14. Gio Aplon ,13. Jaque Fourie,12. Juan de Jongh,11. Bryan Habana ,10. Kurt Coleman, 9. Dewaldt Duvenage,8. Nick Koster,7. Francois Louw,6. Schalk Burger (C),5. Andries Bekker,4. Rynhardt Elstadt ,3. Brok Harris,2. Deon Fourie,1. Wicus Blaauw
Reserves: 16. Tiaan Liebenberg,17. Steven Kitshoff,18. Anton Van Zyl,19. Duane Vermeulen,20. Ricky Januarie,21. Jean de Villiers,22. Johann Sadie
Match Officials
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Assistant referees: James Leckie (Australia), Stephen Hill (Australia)
Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)
go upsets weekend go brumbies!
Looking forward to seeing this Coleman oke play..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 2) : what do you know about him?
@Poisy (Comment 3) :
Not much..
But I like young talent coming through, especially at flyhalf..
South Africa needs good depth and good competition amongst the players..
Matt Giteau ruled out of the game..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 5) :
That has made Coleman’s job a bit easier..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 4) : well let’s see how he goes than
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 5) : He must have thought Earl was playing today.
@McLovin (Comment 8) :
Between the two of them, Im not sure who wears more protective clothing?!
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 9) : With Earl you have to wonder why though. It’s not like he makes any tackles.
If the Brumbies win what’s the consequences for the Sharks and Bulls?
@McLovin (Comment 10) :
In case he GETS tackled!!
@Mocho (Comment 11) :
They catch up..
Kick off.. Stormers have the ball..
I got feeling Jakes hand might be playing here.
Coleman with a 50m attempt at goal
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 16) :
Missed it..
Brumbies 3 – 0 Stormers
10 minutes
Stormers’ finishing letting them down a bit..
Bekker stealing Brumbies lineout with such ease!!
Coleman with another shot at goal..
Brumbies 3 – 3 Stormers
21 minutes
Amazing to see de Jongh playing at first receiver..
Stormers defence keeps the Brumbies out in the corner..
Brumbies penalty going at goal..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 25) :
Hits the cross bar!!
19 phases for the Stormers and the Brubies defence holds..
Brumbies don’t even have to put a defender on Coleman..
He stands and passes
What happened to Joe Peterson?
Brumbies 3 – 6 Stormers
36 minutes
@Ben (Comment 29) :
He is in Europe…
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 31) : Thanks. So many players just disappear.
Brumbies 3 – 6 Stormers
HALF TIME
Ben he is playing in bayonne. We had lunch at their stadium the other day.
Cheers
Francois Louw try!!!
Brumbies 3 – 13 Stormers
46 minutes
Where is Bayonne? Which country?
Ben – in France…
Cheers
@Methos (Comment 38) : Cool thanks. Cheers
Boys show some love for the Lions today. Left the door a little open for the Sharks.
@Speed7 (Comment 40) :
Congrats!
Brumbies 3 – 13 Stormers
65 minutes
Sevens rugby score : SA 10 Canada 5
Stormers really battling with injuries..
Duvenhage off hurt as well..
Sadie on now and no recognised flyhalf..
@Speed7 (Comment 40) : lotsa love dude, lotse love
@Mocho (Comment 43) :
Make that 15 – 5
Half time
SA scored. Half time.
Aplon taking over the kicking duties
Brumbies 3 – 16 Stormers
70 minutes
31 phases from the Brumbies and they knock it on..
RSA 27 Canada 5
Brumbies 3 – 16 Stormers
FULL TIME
Phew, that was a bit tedious.
Very weird at the sevens. The whistle blows before the the play. Haha
Suppose a win is a win.
@McLovin (Comment 54) :
Was expecting a bit more.. but a win is certainly a win..
Wins on tour are important..
SA teams on tour so far:
team G W D L PF PA TF TA PD TD TBP LBP Pts
Sharks 4 2 0 2 110 103 13 9 7 4 3 1 12
Stormers 3 2 0 1 67 59 6 5 8 1 0 1 9
Lions 3 2 0 1 67 71 8 8 -4 0 1 0 9
Cheetahs 4 1 0 3 74 97 9 13 -23 -4 0 2 6
Bulls 4 1 0 3 77 106 6 11 -29 -5 0 1 5
@Greg (Comment 56) : OK, didn’t come out as pretty as I had hoped, but you get the picture
A bit off the subjecvt Cleremont has last the semi Joubert is on his way to Durbs
Oh and how rude of me, welldone to the Lions and Sstormer fans.
@Sharksmad – The Blog’s Dudette (Comment 58) : Cool, did Toulouse win last night. Only saw the 1st half.
Yep Toulose won cleremont’s season is over and Joubert is on his way to us
Stttoooorrrmmmeeerrrrsssss!!
Scotland have just beaten Fiji 14 – 12.
@wpw (Comment 62) :
Liiiiiioooooooooonnnnnnnnsssss!!!!
@Sharksmad – The Blog’s Dudette (Comment 61) : Well on the evidence I saw in the 1st half I’m not too excited. Marius were pretty BELOW average!
@Ben (Comment 65) : Actually then he should slot in pretty well.
OH NO I didn’t catch the match just saw the result
so no light at end of tunnel then 
OH NO! I didn’t catch the match just saw the result
so no light at end of tunnel then 