The final match of the weekend, and what is expected to be the best game of the seven, the Bulls take on the Stormers in Cape Town, in a match between the two top South African franchises in the campaign so far.
The Stormers named a changed team to the team that beat the Blues last weekend, with Rynhardt Elstadt coming into the side of the scrum in place of nick Koster, who falls to the bench. The battle up front should be a good one, as the Stormers showed in their last match that they are no slouches come scrum time.
The Bulls are unchanged from the team that routed the Reds last weekend, and after scoring 8 tries against the defending champions, will take a lot of confidence into this match, as they take on the unbeaten Stormers outfit.
Stormers: 15. Johan Pietersen, 14. Gio Aplon, 13. Juan de Jongh, 12. Jean de Villiers (Captain), 11. Bryan Habana, 10. Peter Grant, 9. Dewaldt Duvenage, 8. Duane Vermeulen, 7. Rynhardt Elstadt, 6. Siya Kolisi, 5. Andries Bekker, 4. Eben Etzebeth, 3. Brok Harris, 2. Tiaan Liebenberg, 1. Steven Kitshoff
Replacements: 16. Deon Fourie, 17. Frans Malherbe, 18. De Kock Steenkamp, 19. Nick Koster, 20. Louis Schreuder, 21. Burton Francis, 22. Gerhard van den Heever
Bulls: 15. Zane Kirchner, 14. Akona Ndungane, 13. Johann Sadie, 12. Wynand Olivier, 11. Bjorn Basson, 10. Morné Steyn, 9. Francois Hougaard, 8. Pierre Spies (Captain), 7. Jacques Potgieter, 6. CJ Stander, 5. Juandre Kruger, 4. Flip van der Merwe, 3. Werner Kruger, 2. Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1. Dean Greyling
Replacements: 16. Mbongeni Mbonambi, 17. Frik Kirsten, 18. Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19. Arno Botha, 20. Jano Vermaak, 21. Louis Fouche, 22. JJ Engelbrecht
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A draw i guess would be best for us..
Go Stormers!
Got 5 from 6 so far. Went with the Bulls here.
Storm Saam !!!
@Ben (Comment 2) : Anti bull, no matter what 😉
🙂 Die Pienk Bulle 🙂
@Franshark (Comment 6) : its just not rugby
How many tries does Aplon have so far this season?
Think I`ve got a little wager on Sportsbet . . . Geo Aplon top Try Scorer during the season for the Stormers!
Fok maar daai pink outfit is vieslik!
Morne kicks off, out on the full
First penalty goes to the bull, line out to the bull
Up and under from bulls goes too far
@RuckingFun (Comment 1) : Yip, goalless draw would be great!
@RuckingFun (Comment 1) : @vanmartin (Comment 13) : I agree
Province scrum, pienk knocked
Penalty to Stormers, pienk holding on
Stormers 5 meters out, Stormers penalized for sealing the ball
Hougaard base kick, Zane claims, tackled out
`Roll away pink!` just doesn´t sound right!
Hougaard caught with the ball in pienk 22, penalty for holding on
Joe PK
Stormers 3 – 0 Bulls
11 min
Stormers are all over these Strawberry Supermoos!
Habana with a hack down field and the ball goes out, between the bulls 10 and 22
@rhineshark (Comment 22) : 😆
@Franshark (Comment 23) : Jy geniet jou tablet. 😉
Kitshoff hand on the ground @scrum, penalty to Stormers
@rhineshark (Comment 25) : Jap, love it 🙂
Bulls running at will at Stormers line but Stormers withe great defense, clearing
Liebenberg penalized for interfering and bulls opt for line out
Bulls 1 meter out
Stormers penalty, side entry from the bulls, Joe clears to their 10 meter line
Pushing and shuffing, Stormers love the boys in pink
Stormers into bulls 22
And a knock ends the move,
5 blue handling errors to 1 for pink
Penalty to the Stormers, Pink 5 not rolling away….
Joe PK, 48 meters
Stormers 6 – 0 Bulls
26 min
Bulls have possession and territory advantage and the Stormers have the points
High tackle, Morne for goal
And miss to the left
Bulls claim the kick off and again attacking in the Stormers half, kick it away
Zane penalized for tackling Aplon in the air, Joe miss the side line
Joe gets another chance as the bull gets penalized again
Stormers with possession just into Bulls half, penalty against Sadie for playing the ball on the ground. Kruger gets a talk for dangerous play
Joe PK,
Stormers 9 – 0 Bulls
34 min
Another penalty against the bulls for dangerous play, warned that the next one gets yellow
Joe drop goal attempt, just to the left
Haha Morne you fool. Useless.
Morne kick off from 22 out on the full
Turn over by bulls, and loosing it forward
Stormers Try, Liebenberg awarded the try
Liebenberg try!
Joe conversion not over
Stormers 14 – 0 Bulls
Half Time
JdJ is having a great game. He’s a great modern day 13.
A Sakkie Droe Bokkoms en a Samoosa, A serp en a hoedjie met a rooi Disa!
What result are Sharks fans looking for here?
@klempie (Comment 56) : Score should stay like this. Stormers get 4 points and Bulls 0.
@klempie (Comment 56) : Well Stormers are at home so I`m thinking a home victory without a bonus point should suit us?
@klempie (Comment 56) : idealic a draw
and its a yellow to Flip
Playing a Stormers players in the air in a line out
Stormers posting for line out
Shit. Basson try.
Basson try….. against the play
Morne converts
Stormers 14 – 7 Bulls
46 min
The Bulls should ask Strawberry SteriStumpie to sponsor them.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 66) : I guess the Bulls endeavor to be cool has backfired horribly 😆
Bulls on Stormers 10, penalty for not releasing, bulls on fire with 14 players
Morne PK
Stormers 14 – 10 Bulls
50 min
@lostfish (Comment 67) : They shoulda gone for Dayglo green, 🙂
@KSA Shark © (Comment 66) : 😆
bulls gets another penalty kick, Stormers holding on
Line out opted, Flip back on
Bulls on Stormers 22
@KSA Shark © (Comment 70) : Some guys at gym were saying they should have gone bright orange if they wanted to be daring.
Forward and the Stormers breath
@KSA Shark © (Comment 70) : At least Stade Francais went for a baby pink rather than 80’s dayglo pink the Bulls are wearing. They should kno better than to try to be cool in Pretoria. I can’t believe some of the Bulls players are also wearing dayglo pink boots.
Hougaard over but called back for a knock
Stormers get a penalty and they get a chance to clear
Stormers try here would be nice.
Stormers 14 – 10 Bulls
58 min
Stormers on attack
Stormers gets a penalty, bulls hands in
Greyling is rocking the voortrekker look in pink.
Joe with a fairly easy kick
Stormers 17 – 10 Bulls
61 min
Penalty for the bulls, Morne to kick for goal
Becker not rolling away
And Morne miss
Vemaak on
Bulls on stormers 10
Meisiekind’s form is in the pink since he started wearing…well…you get the drift.
Meisiekind in pink in the corner
All square 17 all, 12 min to go
Morne drop goal, moer close
@Franshark (Comment 95) : 😳 did I say that
9 min to go
6 min, keep this score
Penalty Stormers……. 44 meters out, Grant to kick
In the middel
Come on Bulls!! DG time!
Stormers 20 – 17 Bulls
77 min
Well done Stormers!
Damn.
Stormers 20 – 17 Bulls
Full Time
@klempie (Comment 104) : I’m spot on with the score, stompies met 3
Well Done Stormers. Made me proud! 😎
OKAY DON’T FORGET THE NEXT GAME IS ON THURSDAY MORNING AND NOT FRIDAY.
DON’T BE CAUGHT SHORT WITH YOUR LMS PICKS AND FL TEAM SELECTIONS.
Damnit, so close to a draw!! 🙁
@KSA Shark © (Comment 108) : Thanks!
Thank you Stormers for helping my superbru.
Ugh Victoria is flying the Pretoria flag with a lilac tie. Seriously, a lilac tie?
@Pokkel (Comment 9) : en anglais svp 😉
I`ve got the Yellow Cap in one of my pools! 😎
First time I get it for rugby this year.
@lostfish (Comment 112) : It does have a certain je ne sais quoi, oui? 😛
So I am bitching a bit but what is it with Supersport and commentators who sound awful?
@lostfish (Comment 116) : You mean all of them? 😈
@klempie (Comment 115) : Oui, mais je ne comprend pas Afrikaans. Mon français est meilleur 😉
@klempie (Comment 117) : Listening to Bobbie, Victoria and Breyton all at once. It’s making me want to hurt myself.
@lostfish (Comment 118) : 😛
@lostfish (Comment 119) : Don’t do that. You have so much to live for. The ankle biter for starters…
@klempie (Comment 121) : I had to close the browser to prevent any stupidity on my part 😉
@lostfish (Comment 122) : 😀
@Original Pierre (Comment 107) : Jou blixemse traitor!
@Ice (Comment 124) : 😆
@Ice (Comment 124) : 😯 😆
So where is all the JdJ haters today? How good was he yesterday?