The most important fixture of the weekend in terms of the greater South African picture is also the last match of the weekend.
The Stormers host what the Hurricanes consider a home game in Cape Town.
Will the Stormers continue to entertain in the manner they have been so far this season?
Or will the expected large support base lift the Hurricanes to victory?
Kick-off in Cape town at 17:00 SA time.
Ref: James Leckie (Australia)
TJs: Ian Smith (Australia), JC Fortuin (South Africa)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Stormers:
Starting XV: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Tonderai Chavhanga, 13 Gcobani Bobo, 12 Jean De Villiers (captain), 11 Sireli Naqelevuki, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Luke Watson, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Adriaan Fondse, 3 Brian Mujati, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 JD Moller.
Replacements: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Ross Skeate, 19 Robbie Diack, 20 Bolla Conradie, 22 Tony Brown 22 Gio Aplon.
Hurricanes:
Starting XV:15 Cory Jane, 14 Hosea Gear, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Shannon Paku, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Rodney So’oialo (captain), 7 Chris Masoe, 6 Jerry Collins, 5 Jason Eaton, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16 Hikawera Elliot, 17 Tim Fairbrother, 18 Bernie Upton, 19 Scott Waldrom, 20 Willie Ripia, 21 Tane Tu’ipulotu, 22 Zac Guildford.
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Want Stormers to win but have picked Canes on SB.
Go Stormers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah baby! Please Stormers, make us happy. 😀
SB picks for this game
Expected more guys to pick the Canes though.
PaarlGimmie Stormers 14
Bru-El Stormers 12
Ollie Stormers 11
sharkboy Stormers 11
Whindy Stormers 10
KSA Kette Stormers 10
Dive Pass Stormers 8
Hmmm Stormers 8
Western Sauce Stormers 7
bryce_in_oz Stormers 7
Sharkie Stormers 7
shark-tank Stormers 6
blackshark Stormers 6
the_finman Stormers 6
Ghost10 Stormers 5
PJLD Stormers 5
King Shark Stormers 5
shark_time Stormers 5
Kandas Stormers 5
fattmann Stormers 4
Lylmik Stormers 4
Sinbinners Stormers 4
Nita Stormers 3
IceBabe Stormers 3
robdylan Stormers 3
SeaShark Stormers 3
namboer Stormers 2
Debs Stormers 2
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Wehan Draw 0
Salmo Draw 0
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PostmanPat Hurricanes 2
Villie Hurricanes 5
SauronShark Hurricanes 8
Pissant Hurricanes 10
Sandshark Hurricanes 14
Fatality Hurricanes 16
Okie dokie. I’m gonna sit back and watch. Will pop in every nou en dan.
Toks vd Linde getting ahead of himslef. 😆 ” if the Stormers win they go 3rd on the log”
Sounds like math wasn’t a strongpoint of his. 🙄
Voice over on Supersport. ” The Highly rated Leckie………” Didn’t catch the end i was laughing to loud. 🙄
Enjoy Racheltjie
Stormers have a 21 PD and the Chiefs have a 16 PD so even ANY 4 point win will take them level with the Chiefs on points but above because of PD.
A 5 point win will put them clear in 4th.
GO STORMERS!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Stormers! Come on, guys.
I’m still SO, SO cross that we lost today
Only positive thing that could come from a Canes win is that it will piss Admin off
a four point win for the Canes will see them go 4th and a 5 point win will see them level with the Tahs on 31. Canes already have a better PD so they will be 3rd with tahs 4th
Has it started?
Rob 😆
Matt pierce makes the same mistake as Toks and says the Stormers will go 3rd if they win. 🙄
Time on.
Do you need commentary?
At least our point today means we can’t lose second this week. Still, would rather not have TWO teams one point behind us
Na. I’m at a kids party. Maybe an sms with half and fulltime score?
FK to Stormers.
Opt for scrum. 5m out from Canes line 6m in from touch
will do
Any of our other guests need commentary or are you going to see it on your site? 😉
I actually am starting to get a little bit excited at the prospect of the Bulls beating the Tahs. No doubt they won’t, though
Possesion
72% Stormers
28% Canes
6min
One win doesn’t make them a good team just as one win won’t make us a bad team.
Do they actually post commentary there? Suprised there’s room between all the hate speech. 🙂
You mean one loss doesn’t make us a bad team? 🙂
Would love to see territory stats here.
Must be pretty even. Good game so far
😆 😳 yeah that’s what i meant 😆
11 min
0-0
Thought so
Weepu chips and collects and goes over but he knocked as he collected.
Defencive scrum Stormers
Canes are about 70kg heavier in the scrum and they got SHOVED off the last scrum let’s see this one
Stormers will implode at home. They are overachieving!! 😆
That mujati is a hell of a prop
JD Moller down seems to be serious to his shoulder.
YIP he goes off
Mujati has been one of the signings of the season. Tighthead is such a vital position and the Stormers have been weak there for a number of seasons!
Villie
i don’t think so. 😛
Snap Rob…I must have been typing at the same time as you
Let’s hope not, Villie. We need them to take the Canes and the Tahs
No with Moller off Mujati moves to Loosehead 😉
Do you have commetators Jinx Villie 😉
You can’t play this game without a tighthead
Have they brought Harris on? Game over
16 min
0 – 0
It is extremely painful for me to shout for the Stormers…just don’t know if I have it in me! 😆
The Stormers tighthead IS going back in the scrums now. 🙄
Handling errors
Stormers 4
Canes 1
Kallie Woekie gets a forward pass.
If not forward it woulda been great
Villie, if it makes it easier, shout for the team playing AGAINST the Hurricanes
Chavanga chips and as he chases he pulls up heavily.
I hope he has not done damage.
They are not showing it but Chanvanga has gone off.
Penalty Stormers
riight in front going at goal
peter grant puts it over
3-0 Stormers
24min
leckie reverts to form and blows a pedantic players in front of the kicker at the kick-off.
scrum on the half for the Stormers
That’s another big blow. Stormers are losing too many stars early
Jdv puts in a great tackle on his 22.
Burger cover defence saves the Stormers 4m out.
Lucky to get away with holding the player on the ground.
Okay Rob will shout for the team playing against the Highlanders. Actually I always shout for the SA teams when they play against Oz/NZ teams…but Stormers are my worst SA team by a country mile!
I hope Brad’s shoulder is ok
Weepu takes offence to something that Januarie does and January just looks at him with that. ja i’m guilty look 🙂
Sorry that should have been Hurricanes!
Brad who? 😉
Now Harris is down 🙁
I’m like that with the bulls
Stormers doing well here in the last few passages of play.
Stormers knock as they go over in the corner.
Ref comes back for offside by the canes.
Grant sets up 5m LO
hahaha…there is a horse in the next race called “STAN”…wonder if I should back it?? 😛
Brad defensive lynchpin
Canes Canes Canes
Stormers maul over but held up.
Comeback for Penalty again.
Grant sets up another LO
Stormers TRY!!!!!!!!!!!! Bekker
That was real good by Bekker….
Jinne
Grant converts
10 – 0 Stormers
36min
Starts to rain at Newlands
Weepu fumbles a quick tap in his 22.
Scrum Stormers
I think this may be the game that Robs PA of his Grandslam point in the SB
Januarie playing well….
Penalty for high tackle on Aplon.
1m inside the Canes half on the 15m.
Going at goal.
Time is up in this half
Not over
Half time
Stormers 10 – 0 Canes
Hmmm
He is, so is JdV
Yeah baby!!
😀
Please Stormers keep up the good work. We need this.
Yeh….KSA…
I think they should bring on Brown and drop Bobo….
Penalty Stormers
Going at goal
Good call by JdV….
OVER!!!!!!!!
13 – 0 Stormers
42min
So’ialo seems to be a dumb captain….
masoe goes left and Aplon and Mujati both miss tackles.
Stormers make a mistake by taking it into their 22 and then putting it out on the full
Stormers struggling with Masoe…
Canes been in the Stormers half for a while now.
Is the tide turning?
I hope not
Nanu takes quick tap while Bobo does a Sunday afternoon jog!?!?
Tialata pushed into touch 1m out.
JC Fortuin gets involved.
Penalty Canes. Kallie Woekie didn;’t use his arms
Another penalty Canes on the 5m line.
Ref tells Jdv to talk to his players.
JDv: it was marginal
Ref: No NOT marginal.
😆
Stormers turn it over and Januarie clears all the way to the 10m line
I think Januarie has always been left footed he just never knew it!?!?
😀
Kallie Woekie on the foot Watson chases and collects and gives to bekker. And brits gets and goes Over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was a really good try…
And all forwards…..WoW
Ok except the tap by Kallie Woekie
Great work by Watson there
And Brits can turn on the pace hey!?!?!?
And Andries Bekker..he was isolated…bumped off the first…stood tall and got a perfect pass away to Watson…
Conversion Over
20 – 0 Stormers
54min
44,000 Attendance tonight
Ok that was poor by Watson….
Canes should not be able to take the ball of that easy in a tackle….especially not outside Watsons own 22….
Gear Goes over in the corner.
Being refered.
I was about to say the NIL is the concerning factor for the Canes
it’s an EXCELLENT try and the TMO awards it.
Gopperth’s kick is as good as the try.
20 – 7 Stormers
56min
Gea just bumping of Jantjties as if he is a primary school player….
Bobo def is poor…
Stormers defence is good.
Canes have so much ball. Would love to see the tackle stat
Canes getting through tackles to freely….
maybe they heard me.
Tackles made
Stormers 68
Canes 44
75% Possesion canes in the 2nd half
Disagree KSA…
They missing too many first time tackles and they scrambling well in my opinion…
Gopperth kicks at goal from PK.
Misses to the left.
Masoe bumped off JdV as if he is nothing….
Jantjes forced into in goal.
Scrum 5 Canes put in
Agree with that Hmmm
So will then say 2nd line of defence is good 😉
Canes pick and driving around the edge about 10 times now and still stay 3m out
Conrad Smith try
Yet again several first time tackles missed….
Try Canes….
Conversion missed
20 – 12 Stormers
64min
Brown on for Grant
Why is Bobo still on the field when Brown came on….that was a real bad move by Rassie….
Watson forward pass to Diack and the canes can breath.
scrum canes on their 22.
Are they gonna lose?
Hmmm
i tend to agree
Brown
Grant
Jdv
Would be my backline rather than the current
Mujati goes off and Liebenberg comes on.
Uncontested scrums now. Canes not happy
Bobo is like below par compared to the other Stormers backline players….
Time left?
69 on the clock now
20 – 12 Stormers
Come stormers
posession
Hurricanes 58
Stormers 42
12 missed tackles Stormers
That should have been a yellow against Nonu….
Time off for brown appeal for late tackle.
penalty Stormers
TJ F#$K’s UP says it was not late so Stormers get robbed of having the option of taking the kick where the ball landed
Stormers playing for time….driving in close…
Stormers have been doing this for like 5 min….how many phases was that!?!!?
Stormers showing good discipline before finally turning it over to the canes.
That must have been 15 phases or more.
Canes have to score twice in 3 min….
Again the ball was just taken of Watson in a tackle….
He needs to work on that…
Nanu and Gear have had Bobo looking poor in def….
Canes in the Stormers 22 now and then they knock
Stormers get it and Brown clears
78minutes
20-12 Stormers
Come on! Blow the whistle
Through Bobo again and then covered by Burger…
I am sure he has missed like 4/5 today…at least..
Canes knock it again in the Stormers 22
Uncontested scrum…
To Stormers…
With 28 seconds to go….
uncontested scrum Stormers put in
Yee ha!
I donno what JdV was doing there…
Knock on canes
Game over
Well Done Stormers
He like with 15 seconds to go ran out with the ball….
Fantastic! I’m stoked! 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
I am already nervous about the Sharks Tahs game next week
Log Updated
Stormers go 4th
Hurricanes go 6th.
Want to hear what Toks and Piece say when they see the win only took them to 4th. 😉
Big fat zero log points for the Canes.
So NO bonus points for Hurricanes?
Ha-Ha
Stormers by 8 Hmmm….second perfect call for the weekend on SB…
Good work Stormers
Please Sharks, beat the Tahs next week. Pretty please. Fingers crossed, duim vashou, the works.
Congrats Hmmm
So that is 6 from 6 hOme team wins this weekend
I get a margin point
Go Cheetahs!
And the Stormers win Robs PA of his Grand Slam Point.
Sheez i am disappointed for him 🙄 😉
What’s up with the croupier caps?
I get nothing i picked the Hurricanes. 😥
But I think those were my only two correct calls….LoL
Owen Nkumane: “Only the Sharks”
Refering to Darrens comment about this being the weekend for Sa teams.
He obviously forget about the Lions game. 🙂
Bulls and Force have byes this coming weekend
So PA called the Saders and the Reds?!?!?
Balls that worked off…..
Ksa, bulls thread still shows the half time score in the title 🙂
LIONS
What do they play?
Chiefs and reds
Rob
No it doesn’t 😉 😳
Just shows how bonus and margin points help….
I just got 3 from 6 on SB and still got 5 points….
Saders and Reds….
Clever, KSA!
My ultra sweet bonus point helped hugely