Yet again we have a mouthwatering clash to end off the weekend.
Mentioning a possible Stormers win at Loftus 2 weeks ago would have seen you being called a lunatic. Now that the Bulls’ fortress has been breached it is ready to be breached again. The Stormers will carry on where they left off against the Highlanders last week, only the margin will be bigger this week.
Okay it worked for the Cheetahs this morning let’s see if it works for the Bulls tonight. 😀
Ref: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
ARs: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Phillip Bosch (South Africa)
Venue: Loftus Versveld – Pretoria
Kick-off: 19:10
Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Gary Botha, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Danie Rossouw, 20 Derick Kuün, 21 Francois Hougaard, 22 Francois Brummer.
Stormers: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Danie Poolman, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Pieter Louw, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Rynhardt Elstadt, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Deon Fourie, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Replacements: 16 Ethienne Reynecke, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 De Kock Steenkamp, 19 Nick Koster, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Gary van Aswegen, 22 Juan de Jongh.
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go bulls 😕
Bulls please.
I RRRReally smaak it when the Stormers roll their shoulders like that in the team line-up. 🙄
During the moment of silence.
1) Prooooooovince
2) Shut up
3) Sharrap Jy
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Stormers unsettle the Bulls at the scrum and take their ball off them.
Brok harris is going to be injured. He just flung Bakkies to the ground around the neck from behind.
Grant PK
Bulls 0 – 3 Stormers
3min
Steyn misses a PK
Boys are gonna moer each other soon
Bulls get away with murder a few times while the Stormers are on attack on their line.
Grant slots a PK
Bulls 0 – 6 Stormers
15min
Habana is put ON his arse by Chili
20min
Bulls 0 – 9 Stormers
Steyn slots a PK
Bulls 3 – 9 Stormers
29min
Keith Brown warns Victor that he will have to go to his pocket if things carry on the way they are at the tackle as JdV approaches and asks “Is that a warning”
Brown. “Yes it is but it is none of your business really”
Grant slots the PK
Bulls 3 – 12 Stormers
35min
Habana GIFTS the Bulls a TRY!!!!!!!!!!! as he fumbles a chip and Basson dives on it and scores.
Conversion Over
Bulls 10 – 12 Stormers
39min
Habana is back in top form and assisting the Bulls in scoring tries again.
Habana is a freaking joke!!!
@Ben (Comment 17) : he’s so kak at the moment it’s not a laughing matter, because he is going to the RWC on reputation. 😳
Steyn hits the upright with a PK
Grant slots a PK
Bulls 10 – 15 Stormers
47min
Habana takes a good ball in the air.
Grant’s PK is short
Matfield offside and he is close to throwing his toys. 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 23) :
grant slots the PK
Bulls 10 – 18 Stormers
52min
Steyn Slots a PK
Bulls 13 – 18 Stormers
55min
Bakkies being interviewd on the side of the field and HE says “we have to work on our discipline” 😆 😆 😆
Steyn misses another PK
59min
Bulls 13 – 18 Stormers
@KSA Shark © (Comment 18) : If Habana goes to the world cup with form like this I’ll throw a hissy fit and support NZ in the WC! 🙂
@Ben (Comment 28) :
@KSA Shark © (Comment 29) : He cost the stormers a try and he gave away a try.
EXCELLENT TRY by Habana.
being refered to the TMO
And now he scores one!!! Whoop whoop go stormers.
The Bulls suck! 🙄
@Ben (Comment 30) : and now he scored one. 🙂
conversion missed by Grant
Bulls 13 – 23 Stormers
70min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 31) : Now he’s going to the WC for sure! Habana is back!! Hahahaha 😉
Grant misses a PK
Bulls 13 – 23 Stormers
74min
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Penalties conceded
Bulls 13
Stormers 5
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Bulls 13 – 23 Stormers
1st win at Loftus since 2003. 😯 😯 😯 😯
Bulls 2nd loss at loftus this season 😯
Well Done Stormers.
Stormers top the combined and SA log.
Great stuff Stormers!
Not going to stop smiling for a week. 😀 😀 😀
@KSA Shark © (Comment 42) : I guess a win is a win, but I am not entirely convinced that the Stormers victory was earned or handed to them by one of the crappiest performances I have ever seen from the Bulls. Well done to them, nonetheless, but I have said it before and will say it again, the Bulls just are not cohesive this season. They seem to have lost their famous blue ‘nads and replaced them with wads of girly cotton wool which evidently keep slipping out of their shorts when they run too fast. And Morne Steyn’s kicking made SuperPat look like an absolute Olympian among ants… Could this be the beginning of the end for Morne the machine?
@SharonvanWyk (Comment 45) :
A performance or two more like that and PdV might have to start rethinking his policy of using experienced players. I think the Bulls’ experience is being changed for a rapidly approaching expiry date.
So happy for Habana scoring a try. 😎
@KSA Shark © (Comment 46) : Could not agree with you more. I think there is a large amount of complacency among certain “experienced” players which could end up costing us dearly later on this year unless selectors wake up and smell some newer, perkier roses.
3 from 7 and not a single margin point. This was a bad round 😳
G’night everyone… early to bed tonight… got a (rather damp) Top Gear festival to go to tomorrow so am hitting the old sackerooney to get my beauty sleep. Laters!
Great Victory for The Stormers, but bigger worries for SA rugby…
Many capped boks and current first choice contracted boks in the mix in this game, handling and tactics poor – watch this space…
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I thought it was a cracking game. Brutal and physical.
Definitely there’s evidence of the Bulls playing from last year’s playbook and I do hope they adapt soon.
I also marvel that Pierre Spies got shown up yet again when the game got physical.
Hats off to the Stormers tight five and to young Elstadt. Toe to toe with the colossal Bakkies. Might you be his successor one day?
Happy for Bryan. It doesnt much disguise his other handling errors on the day but it’s moving in the right direction. A magnificent poach from Basson. Habs will be back.
De Jongh is a beaut, isnt he? Could see immediate injection of something when he came on. Thought Fourie and de Villers had solid games, would love to see a few more tackles in the offload from Jean but suppose that’s as much a function of the runners around him.
All in all, wins a win. And against the Bulls at Loftus. And now topping the log. All in all a very good day at the office and it says much that this team is undefeated and where they are and they’re not even really playing good rugby.
@VinChainSaw (Comment 53) : Just a further indication that Spies WAS on juice. He can’t run over players anymore and he he can’t tackle them backwards anymore.
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@McLovin (Comment 55) :
and I’m still smiling because the bulss lost again! Fortress Loftus is falling. 🙂
I am happy that bakkies got cited again.
Looks like Habana has dropped his i-must-intercept-every-ball approach and it’s doing his game good. Not back to his best at all but better than his recent form.
@MysticShark (Comment 58) : I dont agree entirely…thought he had a shocker and scrappy game – but the try was really good…guess that will put oogklappe on PDiv again and he will be in the Starting XV for the boks…something he defnitely does not deserve at present….for the last at least 1,5 years in fact…