Two more local games to get through before the Sharks match.
Bulls v Rebels kicks off at 3pm at Loftus.
Bulls: 15. Warrick Gelant, 14. Travis Ismaiel, 13. Jan Serfontein, 12. Burger Odendaal, 11. Bjorn Basson, 10. Francois Brummer, 9. Rudy Paige, 8. Arno Botha, 7. Jannes Kirsten, 6. Nick de Jager, 5. Grant Hattingh, 4. RG Snyman, 3. Marcel Van Der Merwe, 2. Adriaan Strauss (Captain), 1. Trevor Nyakane
Replacements: 16. Jaco Visagie, 17. Lizo Gqoboka, 18. Hencus van Wyk, 19. Jason Jenkins, 20. Roelof Smit, 21. Piet van Zyl, 22. Tian Schoeman, 23. Dries Swanepoel
Rebels: 15 Reece Hodge, 14 Dom Shipperley, 13 Tamati Ellison, 12 Mitch Inman, 11 Tom English, 10 Jack Debreczeni, 9 Ben Meehan, 8 Lopeti Timani, 7 Sean McMahon (captain), 6 Adam Thompson, 5 Steve Cummins, 4 Luke Jones, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 James Hanson, 1 Toby Smith.
Replacements: 16 Pat Leafa, 17 Cruze Ah Nau, 18 Jamie Hagan, 19 Sam Jeffries, 20 Jordy Reed, 21 Mick Snowden, 22 Jonah Placid, 23 Dan Hawkins
Then it’s off to Bloemfontein, for cheetahs v Stormers at 17h05.
Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Francois Venter (c), 12 William Small-Smith, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Fred Zeilinga, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Niell Jordaan, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Paul Schoeman, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Maks van Dyk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Charles Marais
Bench: 16 Jacques du Toit, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Luan de Bruin, 19 Francois Uys, 20 Boom Prinsloo, 21 Henco Venter, 22 Tian Meyer, 23 Niel Marais
Stormers: 15 Cheslin Kolbe, 14 Dillyn Leyds, 13 Johnny Kotze, 12 Juan de Jongh (co-captain), 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Robert du Preez, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 5 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Oli Kebble.
Replacements: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 JC Janse van Rensburg, 18 Frans Malherbe (co-captain), 19 JD Schickerling, 20 Siya Kolisi, 21 Nic Groom, 22 Kurt Coleman, 23 Huw Jones.
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I’ll watch the bulls game, but the stormers have got another thing coming
Bulls 0 – 3 Rebels
10 minutes.
Basson scores in the corner.
Bulls 7 – 3 Rebels
12 minutes.
Adam Thompson loses the ball over the tryline. Idiot!
Rebels were in for all money but Thompson failed to put the ball down with nobody in his vicinity.
Nick de Jager scores for the Bulls.
Bulls 14 – 3 Rebels
20 minutes.
Wake up Rebels, come on!
The Rebels are awful.
Brummer misses a penalty.
Some more woeful defense leads to another Bulls try. Travis Ismaiel.
Bulls 21 – 3 Rebels
39 minutes.
Jannes Kirsten in for the Bulls. TMO will check first.
Try awarded.
Half Time
Bulls 28 – 3 Rebels
Basson scores his second try.
Bulls 35 – 3 Rebels
43 minutes.
Basson hat-trick from an intercept.
Bulls 43 – 3 Rebels
46 minutes.
@Ben (Comment 19) : this is going to be a hammering for the Rebels
Jonah Placid scores for the Rebels. Finally!
Bulls 42 – 10 Rebels
49 minutes.
@Henkb (Comment 21) : They are awful.
@Ben (Comment 24) : they should rather trow in the towel now, and avoid a bigger score line
Rebels score another through a quick tap by Ben Meehan.
Bulls 42 – 15 Rebels
53 minutes.
Bulls 42 – 20 Rebels
60 minutes.
Bulls 45 – 20 Rebels
62 minutes.
Ben Meehan scores his second try for the Rebels.
Bulls 45 – 25 Rebels
70 minutes.
Bulls won’t get a bonus point if it finishes like this.
FULL TIME
BULLS 45 – 25 REBELS
Bulls fail to get a bonus point.
How to butcher a bonus point 101.
@Seth101 (Comment 35) : it was actually rather comical
GO CHEETAHS
PSdT is going to play two games in a row? 😯
@Kiss_the_Gold (Comment 37) : finally it’s returned to me!!! now for 4 hours of rugby!!!!!
@Ben (Comment 38) : new feeling for him?!?!
Geez stormers look weird in the red!!!! Trying to go for Saders look?!?!
@Ben (Comment 38) : won’t hold my breath that he will actually finish the 2nd one
@Henkb (Comment 42) : Look, I don’t wish him any harm, but I’m certainly not holding my breath.
@Ben (Comment 43) : no me neither, but lets face it, we had his problems, but the Stormers are yet to experience it for themselves….
Zas scores for the Stormers.
So stormers score after 15min.
7-0
Cheetahs 0 – 7 Stormers
16 minutes.
Handling is not very good at the moment! Lots of wayward passes not going to hand.
Fred Z misses a penalty.
RdP jnr not having a really good start to this match. 7-0 as Fred missed a goal kick.
Great try from the Cheetahs. Francois Venter.
Cheetahs 7 – 7 Stormers
22 minutes.
Nice try by Venter for Cheetahs. 7-7
@Ben (Comment 52) : With a surname like that he must be a damn good rugby player. 🙂
SS Coms blaming the stormers scrum on the heat…. It effects both teams no?
@Seth101 (Comment 56) : No, the elements only ever negatively affect the team you fancy. That’s the way it works in Sports spectating/commentating
@Die Kriek (Comment 57) : The upstanding, moral commentators would never be biased, would they? 😀
Cheetahs scrum the Stormers off their feet! 😎
WOW now that was a scrum by the Cheetahs!!!!
Very hard game but must say sloppy handling spoiling it a bit!
Half Time
Cheetahs 7 – 7 Stormers
Kobus Wiese is so annoying!
Cheetahs 7 – 7 Stormers
50 minutes.
Lood de Jager in the bin for a high tackle.
Notshe scores for the Stormers.
Cheetahs 7 – 14 Stormers
56 minutes.
The Cheetahs lineout has been apauling today. Costing them this game.
Cheetahs 10 – 14 Stormers
67 minutes.
Cheetahs 10 – 17 Stormers
71 minutes.
The tide has turned. Cheetahs being scrummed off their feet now.
Cheetahs 10 – 20 Stormers
76 minutes.
And PSdT is still walking on his own two feet. 😎
Can the SA media now calm down a little about the Stormers please.
Another lineout loss by the Cheetahs. Must have lost more than 10 today. 🙄
FULL TIME
CHEETAHS 10 – 20 STORMERS
Eben Etzebeth is the man of the match.
Quiet game from lood.
Jislaaik but or SA okes look dof with those sponsor caps on at the tv interview post match. Especially those ultra dof looking hats with the hole in the head that the Stormers chaps wear.
@Kiss_the_Gold (Comment 79) : usually Ladies tennis players use them but I see the Stormers also like them?!?!
@JD (Comment 80) : hahahaha