First game of the Neo Africa Tri-Series kicks off now ….. and Andre Pretorious has been pulled from the game.No reasons given..

First game of the Neo Africa Tri-Series kicks off now ….. and Andre Pretorious has been pulled from the game.No reasons given..
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Joe Pieterson scores a try in the 2nd minute of the game and converts his try 7-0
Petoors crocked already. I TOLD reki she was being optimistic given him 4 rounds 🙂
Go Stormers! Go Joe P.
Go Claytie! Is Morne there too?
It is HOT in Newlands
@robdylan (Comment 2) : Nah, apparently he is baby sitting 😈
Tiaan Liebenberg fields the ball on the wing and breaks down the line, makes good ground pops to Vermuelen who gets the ball to Bekker.Try
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 5) : Pop was actually a chip
Tiaan Liebenberg Try
Stormers are on fire…. Bekker in the tries already 🙂
Force pack must be soft enough that it doesn’t matter if he plays wing.
@robdylan (Comment 2) :
Articles during th week were saying that AP would NOT start this game but will probably start against the Sharks.
Pretorius start doubtful
2010-01-21
Stephen Nell
Cape Town – Springbok flyhalf André Pretorius is unlikely to be in the Western Force’s starting line-up for Saturday’s friendly match against the Stormers at Newlands.
While the visitors from Australia have no intention of announcing a starting team before the game, Sport24 has learned that there is a better chance that Pretorius will feature from the start against the Sharks on Tuesday.
Pretorius trained with his Force team-mates on Thursday afternoon. It was noticeable that he used a kicking tee as opposed to sand, with which he kicked over the years.
“It’s nice to be back in the Cape because the people are rugby mad here,” said Pretorius.
“I actually kicked with a tee for the first time against the Force (for the Lions) last year because I struggled with sand against the Chiefs. I now use a tee, but you never know!”
Pretorius, 31, does not even want to discuss a possible Springbok recall.
“My focus is nowhere but the Super14 with the Western Force. You will be ineffective if that is not your approach. The team’s aspirations should come ahead of any individuals,” he said.
“I am completely out of my comfort zone. I was at the Lions for 11 years and everything is now about getting out of my comfort zone and getting my game to the desired level. I have high expectations. We worked hard in the pre-season,” he said.
Pretorius had made a significant lifestyle change after his move to Perth from Johannesburg.
“There was a big change in lifestyle and it’s an improvement,” he said.
“You go to the beach after training and have your recovery sessions in the ocean. I’m not used to anything like that!”
Aplon breaks down the line, Bekker gets ball to Aplon who broke down the line and fed Liebenber for the try.21-0.
Force looking pretty useless.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 9) : His name is on the match programme,anyhoo.No biggy,they are bad so far.
Follow the twitter updates
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 12) :
oh! Seems I wasn’t far off the mark when I said he was in the best form of his life the other night. 🙂
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 13) :
what is twitter?
Stormers wearing white, I see…
24-0
@robdylan (Comment 16) :
It’s that jersey with the signatures on. Say what you like but that IS a good looking jersey.
Joe P, drops a standard issue pass received from the base of the [email protected]KSA Shark © (Comment 15) : 😳
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 19) :
So Joe P is a twit? 😛
Who passed the ball to make Joe P look like a twit, was he the Twitter?
Joe P gets another, decides to not to give Habana any glory just yet, rounds everyone and goes under the sticks
31-0
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 21) :
is there such a word as un-twit? He just un-twitted himself. 😉
Aaaaaaand now its Peter Grants turn, come now, Goodwood 3rds woulda put up more of a fight
Dankie Kleitie, Tyd?
@PaarlBok (Comment 25) :
twintig voor ses. 😛
Ek bedoel wat hulle al speel!
Stormers maul and Habana gets his first try in Stormers jersey, much to the crowd of 18k d’s delight
@PaarlBok (Comment 27) :
One of the players over here and I have been trying to set that scenario up during a match for ages.
He either forgets to ask me the time or I forget to tell him the actual time instead of the time remaining. 😳
Player: Time please ref:
Ref: twenty to six.
@PaarlBok (Comment 27) : 41-0 Oom, 38 minutes
Bliksem maar hulle kook ne! 😯
Half time.Ill b back
Wat het die B span teen Maties gemaak?
@PaarlBok (Comment 31) : Ja nee
EP 3 – 3 Cheetahs after 35 min 😯
@robdylan (Comment 35) : sorry – that’s half time score
Dit is vrek warm hier op Nuweland… Stormers are playing extremely well but then again the opposition has been really poor…
Big shout out to all our new friends from twf.com.au! Sharksworld has a LOT of Stormers support too! We’ll do Sharks-Force updates on Tues.
Guys – lots of Aussie boys following. Can we can the code and stick to red language? 🙂
http://www.twf.com.au = The Whole Force. Seems they’re just like us, expect they support the Force, of course.
Tuesday night could be fun
free advertising? Loving the hits you’re sending, so not really free 🙂
@PaarlBok (Comment 33) : Ook pak gegee, alot alittle
2nd hald Stormers are playing in blue and white hoops also allowed Force to score, coincedence?
@robdylan (Comment 35) :
Bwhahahahhaa.
THAT is giving Cheeky Watson all the ammo he needs. 😳
@robdylan (Comment 39) :
Seems they have a Saffa on there, confusing us for somewhere else. The only thing about this link is, some people might give comments in afrikaans, but I can translate that 😛 😛
No Worries tdevil, our commentators are mostly “souties” 🙂
Stormers ring the changes and Naqelivuki gets a kaaaaak reception
@robdylan (Comment 36) :
Where did you get the Cheetahs score?
I saw quite a few Force supporters earlier, their female fans are quite niiiiiccce hey chinas!! 😎
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 45) :
Was it in slo-mo or has he laid of the greeen stuff?
@robdylan (Comment 35) : i guess this concentrating on defence cheetahs forgot they need to attack 🙄
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 42) :
Claytie the Force guys feel you can up your performance a little by telling us WHO scored for the Force and what the score is. 😛 😉
Hello Oom!
@rekinek (Comment 49) :
Their defence bit has been practiced for two seasons now. 😳
@robdylan (Comment 2) : i was guessing that he would be rested for the first 3
@KSA Shark © (Comment 46) : FaceBook
@RugbyGal (Comment 51) : which one? LOTS of Ooms here 🙂
@KSA Shark © (Comment 48) : Always slo mo
3/4 time, second half a lot slower
Oom PB! 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 44) :
from Tdevil
I was born in Cape Town, but I am Australian and live in Perth
No Worries, we all have our crosses to bear but it seems you have two. 😉
BTW check out our JustRugby.net competitions. Last Man Standing and a Fantasy League. We are giving away a set of His and hers S14/15 Jerseys to the winner.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 44) : or they can speak and write it very well
@robdylan (Comment 54) : oh okay
@Jarson’s (X + V) (Comment 60) :
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 57) :
Score?
Force get a skelme try, Pocock holds Potgieter back from tackling the ball carrier.Poor reffing.
i didnt expect this score 😯 shame on you Force 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 63) : 44-12 35 mins
@KSA Shark © (Comment 52) : they just forget to take it from practice to the game 😳
score, please..
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 66) : must be quite a spectacle
I can translate bullsh!t: ‘bulle’s [email protected] 😳
Who scored all the tries?
@Jarson’s (X + V) (Comment 65) :
And if the result ends like this it will be another “upset” according to the 2009 S14 Log. 😳
En ja die Bulle is [email protected]
@robdylan (Comment 36) :
The Cheetahs game should be almost done as well? Wonder if they woke up in the 2nd half.
@RugbyGal (Comment 72) :
If this is your 1st time here, then welcome 🙂
JJ Engelbrecht glides though a gap and scores under the posts to bring some life into this 2nd half.51-12
Yes 1st time here! I am a Stormers Supporter and when they not playing the Stormers. I support the Sharks!
Lionel Cronje is a big dude, what did his parents feed him?
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 41) :
Think last year Maties rol them.
RG welcome here sussie, here is plenty wyfie sharks, beware of the male versions.
all the WP okes are closet Sharks 😉
@RugbyGal (Comment 76) : Nee toe, moenie verkeerd neuk nie!
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 77) :
Pap en sous!
@Jarson’s (X + V) (Comment 79) :
😎
@PaarlBok (Comment 78) : especially the one that likes to run
MAtt Dunning punches player in front of ref and gets a red, Potgieter also gets red for joining in
Ag toe nou Oom. Jy weet hoe ek skree! Don’t let me all tell you OomPB is a closet Bull!
51-12 3 min left
@PaarlBok (Comment 81) : hyt seker aan sy pa gedrink 😳
@PaarlBok (Comment 78) : i must take exception 😈
I guess well done Stormers is in order
@Jarson’s (X + V) (Comment 87) : 😆
Die Cronjes van Osfontein het yster in hul pype, jy weet mos.
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 84) :
Potgieter the Ex-Bull?
@rekinek (Comment 88) : 😛
And thats the game 54-12 to the Stormers
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 84) :
He can get an extra doughnut or two in before his mates get there now.
the Force shouldve focused on their defence, not the Cheetahs 😈
Ok the mighty Stormers won! How do I change my pic?
night-night all 🙂
@RugbyGal (Comment 96) : go to your profile and load something (at the very bottom of the page)
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 93) :
Thanks for the updates clatie, it is MUCH appreciated.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 91) : ex-Shark.
It’s Jacques Potgieter, aka Chabal
Well I must be blonde! 😯 I cant do it!
Rob/KSA, howcome there is no sharksworld pool for varsity cup 🙄
@RugbyGal (Comment 96) :
@rekinek (Comment 98) :
to go to your profile click on your name above the comment box.
@RugbyGal (Comment 101) : the blondes can
believe me
@rekinek (Comment 102) :
Yes there is.
New pool: Sharksworld
Pool code: cakedads
Well done Stormers – just remember it was a warm -up and you must not get ahead of yourselves.
Thanx guys for commentary.
@rekinek (Comment 104) : Only becasue your blonde is pissed on red wine. 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 105) : thanx
@KSA Shark © (Comment 105) :
okay it is only 2minutes old but it IS there. 😉
Blow-by-blow scoring:
2 min: 7-0 (Pietersen try and conversion)
10 min: 14-0 (Bekker try, Pietersen conversion)
12 min 21-0 (Liebenberg try, Pietersen conversion)
16 min 24-0 (Pietersen penalty)
28 min 31-0 (Pietersen try and conversion)
29 min 36-0 (Grant try)
37 min 41-0 (Habana try)
Half-time:
42 mins 44-0 (Pietersen penalty)
44 mins 44-5 (Rapana try)
63 mins 44-12 (Swanepoel try, O’Conner conversion)
71 mins 51-12 (JJ Engelbrecht try, Grant conversion)
79 mins 54-12 Grant penalty
@KSA Shark © (Comment 105) : pending captain’s approval.
i see you’re also supporting maties 😛
if there are only 2 of us in the pool – i may finally get some Superbru honours
@RugbyGal (Comment 101) :
Send me the pic you want to use and i will load it for you.
My email address is here. http://www.sharksworld.co.za/contact-us/
@rekinek (Comment 111) :
approved.
Yeah they DO give honours for 2nd place. 😛
c’mon faces please load
@KSA Shark © (Comment 107) :
@KSA Shark © (Comment 113) :
i lost my patience in waiting for faces – it was supposed to be “TWISTED”
@rekinek (Comment 115) : you know you can type them in yourself if you want right?
just start and end the smiley with a : so twisted will become “:twisted:” without the “”s
Okay I need to get to bed, had a heavy training session tonight and need some sleep to recharge the batteries.
any news on how far the Cheetahs lost?
@rekinek (Comment 111) : not so fast
btw ive finished 2nd in a public pool for The CC 😛 got my 1st honour
@KSA Shark © (Comment 116) : hmm – this is truly educational site 😛
@Jarson’s (X + V) (Comment 118) : i was 4th 🙁
@KSA Shark © (Comment 117) : cheers
My SB Honours.
Pool Runner-Up, xxxxxxxx, Twenty20 World Cup 2007 [pool size: 15]
Pool Runner-Up, Sharksworld, Guinness Premiership 2008 [pool size: 15]
Pool Runner-Up, Sharksworld, Champions League 2008 [pool size: 9]
Pool Runner-Up, Sharksworld, Six Nations 2009 [pool size: 18] ( I was inline to WIN that and lost it in the LAST game. 🙁
@Jarson’s (X + V) (Comment 118) :
Pool Runner-Up, Pool 228, End of Year Tours 2009 [pool size: 18]
Now I AM going to Bed Facebook tab is closed.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 123) : byyeeee – i’m going to stick around for a while – catching up with all the reading 😆
I see the Force didnt field their best starting 15, guys like Sharpe and ‘O Connor didnt come on until later, the Stormers would probably have won anyway, the margin might have been smaller though
@KSA Shark © (Comment 121) : all that experience and still not a 1st place. Shame on you 😉
Just chatting to Pottie. Reckons he was carded for smacking Dunning. That makes him even more of a legend in my book 🙂
My honours:
SuperBru Honours
Pool Runner-Up, BoerestaatWorld CWC, ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 2007 [pool size: 14]
Pool Runner-Up, BoerestaatWorld.com, Currie Cup 2007 [pool size: 32]
Pool Champion, Sharksworld, Super 14 2009 [pool size: 99]
Pool Champion, QPOOL, Super 14 2009 [pool size: 8]
Pool Champion, Pool 237, Currie Cup 2009 [pool size: 21]
@Jarson’s (X + V) (Comment 125) : and of course andre pretorius was missing
@KSA Shark © (Comment 121) :
@robdylan (Comment 128) :
😈
I bet EP could even beat the Force’s 2nd string side. They were diabolical… When Sheehan, O’Connor and Sharpe came on their play improved dramatically…
@KSA Shark © (Comment 50) : Will do a better job on Tuesday.Promise.
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 132) : Ja en lossie papsak byrie hys 😈
@robdylan (Comment 38) : Don’t you mean the Sharks have a LOT of Stormers support too?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 59) : No Worries, we all have our crosses to bear but it seems you have two.
WAHAHAHAHAH 😆 😆
He must be one of those Jonathan Trott/Kevin Pietersen types…only he falls slightly short given he’s Aussie and not a Pom. 😛
@RugbyGal (Comment 72) : I’m in love again. <3
@KSA Shark © (Comment 112) :
I think I managed it afterall. Now just waiting for approval!
@RugbyGal (Comment 137) :
Welcome fellow WP/Stormers supporter!!! 😈
@RugbyGal (Comment 137) : and one! Welcome!
Are you related to Oom PaarlBok by any chance?
@wpw (Comment 138) : Koep jy alwee gesig
@robdylan (Comment 139) :
Nope! We just at a same forum for a few years!
@wpw (Comment 138) :
Ty Ty
@RugbyGal (Comment 141) : good old PB is an active member of every forum I’ve ever encountered 🙂
@robdylan (Comment 142) :
That will be him. Actually he does not like me very much. Saying I like the souties too much. He gets very upset when I support the Sharks! 😉 And when the S14 is done I will go back to my all time favourtie avator. Mr Kankowski!
@RugbyGal (Comment 143) : he he… you’ll fit in just fine here, then 🙂
@robdylan (Comment 144) :
Well I am just waiting for the day that Mr Kankowski joins the Stormers! 😆
@RugbyGal (Comment 145) : he’ll go overseas when he leaves the Sharks
@robdylan (Comment 146) :
Now please – don’t go breaking my heart. Even my hubby made peace with the fact that I gonna marry him one day.
@RugbyGal (Comment 147) : he is very understanding 🙂
@robdylan (Comment 148) :
I trained him well! 🙄
@RugbyGal (Comment 149) : please don’t ever give my wife any tips 🙂
@RugbyGal (Comment 145) : then you’ll have to wait another 10 years or so. The WP likes the retirement age
@robdylan (Comment 150) :
Oh should have a chat or 2 to her! 😆 He also looking forward to the rugby season! Apparantly I am way friendlier when I see them running around the rugbyfield! He agrees the the off season was way too long!
@RugbyGal (Comment 152) : I dont think my better half likes the rugga to much, she says I get to passionate. She supports the Bulle 🙄
@robdylan (Comment 146) : maybe trying to find his roots 😆
@Jarson’s (X + V) (Comment 153) : that’s tough
Highlights of the match
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaS4hZ-zL3o&feature=player_embedded
@PaarlBok (Comment 156) : there were highlights? 🙂