The Stormers get their tour underway against the Crusaders at AMI Park in Christchurch this morning.
Kick-off in New Zealand is at 08h35 SA time.
Crusaders: 15 Colin Slade, 14 Johnny McNicholl, 13 Reynold Lee-Lo, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 Israel Dagg, 10 Tom Taylor, 9 Willi Heinz, 8 Kieran Read (captain), 7 Matt Todd, 6 Luke Whitelock, 5 Samuel Whitelock, 4 Luke Romano, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Replacements: 16 Ben Funnell, 17 Tim Perry, 18 Nepo Laulala, 19 Dominic Bird, 20 Jordan Taufua, 21 Andy Ellis, 22 Tyler Bleyendaal, 23 Kieron Fonotia.
DHL Stormers: 15. Jaco Taute, 14. Kobus van Wyk, 13. Jean de Villiers (Captain), 12. Damian de Allende, 11. Gio Aplon, 10. Demetri Catrakilis, 9. Nick Groom, 8. Duane Vermeulen, 7. Schalk Burger, 6. Deon Fourie, 5. De Kock Steenkamp, 4. Michael Rhodes, 3. Frans Malherbe, 2. Siyabonga Ntubeni, 1. Steven Kitshoff
Replacements: 16. Tiaan Liebenberg, 17. Oliver Kebble, 18. Pat Cilliers, 19. Ruan Botha, 20. Nizaam Carr, 21. Louis Schreuder, 22. Peter Grant, 23. Sailosi Tagicakibau
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Tom Pk
Crusaders 3 – 0 Stormers
5 min
Crusaders all over the Stormers scrum…
Weet nie vir wie om te ondersteun nie. Haat die Stormers meer as die Bulls.
Score?
100 meter turn-around for the saders, started by bad passing from JdV
Same score.. 20 min
After a long section of attack by Crusaders the Stormers get some relieve through a penalty..
Tmo for Stormers try
No try, penalty
Demetri Pk
Crusaders 3 – 3 Stormers
35 min
Yawn!
Was hoping for a bigger score from the Saders
Half time, 3all
First half we saw Crusaders attacking an d Stormers defending…
bad through in at line outs, Demetri missing the side line 3 times and JdV two bad passes is putting the Stormers on the back foot….
Taute down,. Sailosi Tagicakibau on
Demetri PK
Crusaders 3 – 6 Stormers
47 min
Come on Stormers! !!
Is this game really as boring as the live updates suggest……
Allende try
Demetri converts
Crusaders 3 – 13 Stormers
53min
@Bayshark (Comment 17) : no nice game. Hard and quality
Tom PK
Crusaders 6 – 13 Stormers
63 min
@Bayshark (Comment 17) :
the game is not boring, it’s hard test rugby stuff..
Reynold Lee-Lo in @ the corner
Tom miss the conversion, Stormers still lead by 2
70min
Is it my imagination or does outside centres score a lot more often this season?
Tom PK
CRUSADERS 14 – 13 Stormers
75 min
Hard luck Stormers. Unlucky.
And That’s it, much closer than I thought
Crusader 14 – 13 Stormers
FT
Michael Rhodes is a real liability when it comes to discipline
What a great match! Have to feel for the Stormers
They defended so well!
Once again the Lions cost them . . .
Rhodes with that penalty, Taute who didn`t / couldn`t off load in time . . .
But they came a lot closer than I think anyone expected!
@vanmartin (Comment 28) : Came here to say that too. Rhodes is such a hot-head. Thank goodness the Sharks offloaded him.
@SeanyJMc (Comment 29) : Defensively they are great, but because they can’t score readily and pull away from other teams, they get overtaken too easily.
Crusaders backline is clearly missing Dan Carter and Robbie Fruen. No-ones providing any punch up the middle and their current flyhalves are a bit clueless. This could be the worst Crusaders team I’ve seen in a decade.
@Original Pierre (Comment 30) : yip. Egos! I hope we shed ours since the Canes game when we should have offloaded more.
@vanmartin (Comment 28) : Some things just never change.
@SeanyJMc (Comment 29) : I feel sorry for the Stormers faithful.
22 LMS players crapped themselves this morning
@Die Kriek (Comment 37) :
