Next up, Cheetahs v Brumbies at 3pm.
Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Francois Venter (captain), 12 Joubert Engelbrecht, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Niel Marais, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Paul Schoeman, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Boom Prinsloo, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Johan Coetzee, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Ox Nche.
Replacements: 16 Jacques du Toit, 17 Charles Marais, 18 Nicolaas van Dyk, 19 Carl Wegner, 20 Hilton Lobberts, 21 Henco Venter, 22 Tian Meyer, 23 Fred Zeilinga.
Brumbies: 15 Aidan Toua, 14 Joe Tomane, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Matt Toomua, 11 Robbie Coleman, 10 Christian Lealiifano (captain), 9 Tomás Cubelli, 8 Ita Vaea, 7 David Pocock, 6 Scott Fardy, 5 Sam Carter, 4 Rory Arnold, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore (captain), 1 Scott Sio.
Replacements: 16 Robbie Abel, 17 Allan Alaalatoa, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Tom Staniforth. 20 Jordan Smiler, 21 Michael Dowsett, 22 James Dargaville, 23 Nigel Ah Wong.
Much (much) later, from Buenos Aires, it’s Jaguares v Stormers, kicking off at 23h40 South African time.
Jaguares: 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Matías Orlando, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Jerónimo de la Fuente, 11 Lucas González Amorosino, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Martín Landajo, 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Tomás Lezana, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomás Lavanini, 4 Matías Alemanno, 3 Felipe Arregui, 2 Agustín Creevy, 1 Santiago García Botta.
Replacements: 16 Julián Montoya, 17 Roberto Tejerizo, 18 Enrique Pieretto, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Facundo Isa, 21 Gonzalo Bertranou, 22 Santiago González Iglesias, 23 Santiago Cordero.
Stormers: 15 Cheslin Kolbe, 14 Kobus van Wyk, 13 Johnny Kotze, 12 Juan de Jongh (co-captain), 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Kurt Coleman, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Siyamthanda Kolisi, 6 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe (co-captain), 2 Siyabonga Ntubeni, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
Replacements: 16 Mbongeni Mbonambi, 17 Oliver Kebble, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Jan de Klerk, 20 Schalk Burger, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 23 Huw Jones.
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Do I waste my time watching this game, hoping the tsietas can pull off the impossible (we haven’t had an upset yet this weekend)….or do I watch a chick flick with my wife – buying good will for future use?
That’s why South Africans shouldn’t off load, rather go to ground . Really pathetic !!!!!!!
@FireTheLooser (Comment 1) : good will my china always, you might need some for sharks game
@ettas (Comment 2) : dude… that wasn’t an offload. That was a speculative no look behind the back pass nowhere near any tackle point. Just dof.
@ettas (Comment 2) : and I seriously can’t believe you want SA players not to offload and always go to ground. You’re stuck in the past dude! You’re a dinosaur! 🙂
@Sharks_have_Character! (Comment 5) : well when I see SA sides try to offload they often knock it on and the receiver never expects it . Especially if the forwards offload
@ettas (Comment 6) : When you learned how to ride a bicycle, did you give up the first time you fell off?
Coaching needs to change. It is changing, slowly. We adapt or we die.
@Sharks_have_Character! (Comment 7) : Makes sense
@Poisy (Comment 3) : Yeah….I’ve gone with wisdom – can always follow the score on here. 🙂
10 – 3 Brumbies 21 minutes
Try Cheetahs
10 – 8 Brumbies 25 minutes
Ref sounding out of breath
Try Brumbies
15 – 8 Brumbies 37 mins
@Sharks_have_Character! (Comment 13) : thot u fell asleep mate
Brumbies get a yellow 14 against 14,cheetahs take lineout and knock on infront of polls after going wide
Half time 15 – 8 Brumbies
@Poisy (Comment 15) : hopefully the game wakes up a little in the 2nd half 🙂
24 – 0 Impi
23mins.
Yellow card Tut
@Sharks_have_Character! (Comment 18) : I really can’t watch a rugby or soccer match that doesn’t involve my teams sharks and spurs,everything just seems boring
@FireTheLooser (Comment 19) : let’s see 100 this time!
@FireTheLooser (Comment 19) : I thot you were saying impi has 0 yoh! Becareful how you type before I get a heart attack
@Poisy (Comment 22) : Hehe….yeah I can see how that happened.
0 – 32 Impi 😉
31mins.
@Sharks_have_Character! (Comment 21) : 100 should do the trick.
@FireTheLooser (Comment 24) : bonus point yet?
@Poisy (Comment 26) : Yep
Half Time
Tut 0 – 32 Impi
Try to the Brumbies
@FireTheLooser (Comment 1) : @Poisy (Comment 3) : happy wife happy life!!!
0 – 40 Impi
42mins.
@FireTheLooser (Comment 19) : thanx for the updates but like @Poisy (Comment 22) : I had to read it twice before I could breath again!
@FireTheLooser (Comment 31) : well it seems as if they’re awake and going to try to make it as difficult as posible for Wits to finish top!!! Go Impi!!!
@JD (Comment 33) : With a 100 point margin, I’d feel comfortable to celebrate Impi in Varsity Cup 2017….anything less, and we’ll have to hold on with the Champaign.
@FireTheLooser (Comment 34) : well they’re currently -25 points vs Wits. So anything above +75 for the Impi would be great!
40 – 8 tut
53mins
@FireTheLooser (Comment 34) :
They should be able to take Ikeys at the moment
@nortie (Comment 37) : When your head coach is more interested in galavanting on overseas trips, then you shouldn’t wonder why this team has gone this Ikeys team has gone this far backwards.
Any of Impi, Wits and even Uwc would fancy their chances.
8 – 64 Impi
(not sure about the time)
@FireTheLooser (Comment 38) :
Yep.
UCT is leading the stats for portraits burnt and statues toppled….unfortunately that doesn’t count for much on the scoreboard.
Disgraceful how quickly they have fallen from a championship winning team to absolute rabble.
I’m loving the way UJ is playing, those kids have some skills and are fearless
@FireTheLooser (Comment 39) : needs to score another 20 odd points!
Tut 8 – 72 Impi
Full Time
This means, Wits need to beat uwc with a 39 point margin.
@FireTheLooser (Comment 42) : They should manage that… but well done to Impi for giving it a go, that’s a big score.
In their first encounterof the season:
Wits 42 – 2 Uwc
So it should be a real nail biter for the Impi (and us long suffering supporters)
@Sharks_have_Character! (Comment 43) : @FireTheLooser (Comment 44) : really hoping UWC can do Impi a big favour by stopping Wits from scoring a bonus point!!!