The Force have a date with the Chiefs in Perth.
Will the Force take the vital 5 points from this match and keep their play-off hopes alive mathematically?
Or will the Chiefs end any hopes the Force have of making the play-offs and so doing strengthen their own chances of making it?
Kick-off in Perth at 11:40 SA time.
Ref: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
TJs: Mark Lawrence (South Africa), D Mitchelmore (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
Western Force:
Starting XV: 15 Cameron Shepherd, 14 Nick Cummins, 13 Ryan Cross, 12 James O’Connor, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Matt Giteau (vice-captain), 9 James Stannard, 8 Matt Hodgson, 7 David Pocock, 6 Scott Fava, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 David Pusey, 3 Troy Takiari, 2 Tai McIsaac, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Luke Holmes, 17 Kieran Longbottom, 18 Sitaleki Timani, 19 Richard Brown, 20 Chris O’Young, 21 Scott Daruda, 22 Dane Haylett-Petty.
Chiefs:
Starting XV: 15 Mils Muliaina (captain), 14 Lelia Masaga, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Callum Bruce, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Jamie Nutbrown, 8 Sione Lauaki, 7 Tanerau Latimer, 6 Liam Messam, 5 Kevin O’Neill, 4 Toby Lynn, 3 Ben May, 2 Tom Willis, 1 Simms Davison.
Replacements: 16 Aled de Malmanche, 17 Ben Castle, 18 Jay Williams, 19 Faifili Levave, 20 David Bason, 21 Dwayne Sweeney, 22 Sosene Anesi.
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Here I have picked the team that I WANT to win.
GO FORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SB Picks for this round.
Pissant Force 9
fattmann Force 8
Sandshark Force 8
sharkboy Force 8
bryce_in_oz Force 7
SauronShark Force 6
Wehan Force 4
Lylmik Force 3
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Salmo Chiefs 4
the_finman Chiefs 5
Hmmm Chiefs 5
Debs Chiefs 5
Ghost10 Chiefs 5
Ollie Chiefs 6
Western Sauce Chiefs 6
Sharkie Chiefs 7
Dive Pass Chiefs 7
Sinbinners Chiefs 7
blackshark Chiefs 8
Villie Chiefs 8
robdylan Chiefs 8
Nita Chiefs 10
IceBabe Chiefs 10
shark-tank Chiefs 10
Bru-El Chiefs 10
SeaShark Chiefs 10
PaarlGimmie Chiefs 12
KSA Kette Chiefs 12
Whindy Chiefs 14
Kandas Chiefs 17
namboer Chiefs 18
Fatality Chiefs 19
Not so sure I picked the right team.
I mean PA picked the Force as well and we all know he sucks at this game. 😉
C’mon FORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Giteau gets things going and the Chiefs calmly collect, but then Donald puts it out on the full, lineout Force on the Chiefs 22m. Good take by Sharpe and the Force attack, Giteau puts in a cross kick for Mitchell but he coughs it up, scrum Chiefs.
FORCE TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4
Hodgson charges down a Nutbrown kick and falls on the ball to score the opening try.
Conversion Over
7-0 Force
4min
The Force backline goes offside falling back in defence and Donald will have a shot at goal. The kick is good and the visitors are on the scoreboard.
7-3 Force
9min
come on Force!
Mitchell TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mitchell gets the ball on the touchline with at least four tacklers ahead of him. He breaks the first three and takes the fourth tackler with him over the line to score.
Conversion Over
14 – 3 Force
12min
Ksa – have you seen who’s leading the pool this round?
Donald misses a penalty from right in front. Nothing is going the Chiefs’ way.
yes I have
IT IS ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh and you.
From the other thread
HEY HOLD ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I made a mistake in #76.
If the Force and Brumbies win(without a BP) we might be 4th still. The Chiefs are only 7PD ahead of us at the moment.
If they lose by more than 7 without a BP try then we will still be 4th. GO FORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment 82 of 82, posted at 03.05.08 11:58:33 by KSA Shark © (FJ!ELN!) Edit
24
Donald misses another rather easy shot at goal.
34
A bit of a mix up at the back of the scrum but the Force keep it alive and go wide, Cross makes a break and passes to Mitchell who was not expecting it and he coughs it up. Scrum Chiefs.
37
Solid scrum and its kicked, the Force are more interested in keeping possession and decide to run it and then use the forwards to suck in some defenders. Giteau takes it up but then he loses it and the Chiefs kick it again and then chase, the Force scramble to get back and Mitchell kicks it into touch in goal, the Chiefs have a scrum 5m out
C’MON FORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
40
The Chiefs have been camping on the Force line for the last five minutes, but the homeside’s defence holds out until the halftime whistle recues them
HALF TIME
Force 14 – 3 Chiefs
It would be so sweet if the Force could take this
52
The Force win their ball and go wide stretching the Chiefs again but their cross cover is good and they win a scrum.The scrum is good and its kicked away, the Force return the ball but then lose possession but then are let off the hook by a Sivivatu penalty. Giteau slots it, score 17-8.
17-8 Force
even sweeter would be me leading the round on my own 😎
😆 😆 😆
it seems the scoring site I am using has now decided the kick was not over and the score is still 14-8 Force.
😳 😳 😳
62min
Stannard snipes round the blindide of a ruck and goes over in the corner
conversion missed
19 – 8 Force.
62min
65min
Donald canters over for an easy try to hit back immediately for the Chiefs
Conversion Over
19 – 15 Force
65min
Oh dear. Here it comes
It’s 19-18 now, as per keo
If the chiefs are gonna win, I hope it’s by 8, with no bonus
And now they’re ahead. 21-19
Force steal it 22-21!
Log updated. Chiefs now a point clear of the Sharks, thanks to the losing bonus. This result was good for us, though, cos we can still leapfrog them WHEN we beat them in two weeks’ time.
Let’s just hope the Tahs, Stormers and Canes don’t have the semis sown up by then.
Woulda been better if they didn’t get any points but still good.
and even better now that I should be clear in the lead on my own on SB 😎
23.28% of all players in SuperBru correctly predicted a win by the Force.
Where the other guys to scared to take a gamble? 😉
how do you figure that? Did you pick the Force?
I gambled last week on the Blues beating the Saders… it SO NEARLY WORKED too…
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did
So did morne! And i’m trying to catch him
he is 15 and you’re 18th at the mo. he is 0.83 ahead of you 🙂
And he has picked the bulls to win…
seems he is going to be streaks ahead of you after this round. 😉
Not so sure I picked the right team.
I mean PA picked the Force as well and we all know he sucks at this game.
Comment 3 of 38, posted at 03.05.08 11:24:47 by KSA Shark © (FJ!ELN!)
And after the Bulls game I will pull ahead by quite some margin again… 😈
I should stop picking scores when I had a couple of red wines…
Stormers by 24???
WTF was I thinking?
😆
I also picked the Bulls BTW, so you and i are doing well this round.
BTW if you haven’t heard it already. i am in the lead with the most points so far this round with 5.5 points from 5 games. 😎
You are in 4th with 4.5 points
No worries, my margin points are going to push me way up! 🙂
In the next 2 games of course.
Stormers by 24 😯
I picked the Stormers for a win but in light of the current log positions I am hoping the Brumbies win without a BP tonight
Except for that Stormers game of course 😉
Bulls and Brumbies wins are best for the Sharks cause this evening.
A Sharks win against the Saders would have even been better for their cause…
😳 I suppose. 😆
Stormers to move ahead of the Sharks tonight???
Going to be some congestion at the top their if that happens.
I reckon we are in for one of the most exciting finishes to this comp – up to the last game stuff here I reckon and that game could influence more than just the two teams playing, it will be make or break for quite a couple.
Anycase, I must start the braai.
Chat later.
Yip
The problem is that the wrong teams are facing each other in the coming weeks.
Teams needing to lose have matches against teams that will GIFT them the wins and thus sink both the Sharks and the Stormers.
Enjoy the braai
Good result for Sharks/Stormers. Still bit of a mission impossible.