Lions win a penalty from their first scrum in halfway
Lions win a penalty from their first scrum in halfway
Lions looking sharp with early pressure on the Stompies
F Horn showing that 8s can chip and chase too
Early days. Lions are battles so this could be a hard game.
And now Batho don't release before getting up and gets penalised
Sacha trying from 60m on the hughveld
got the legs but not the radar
0-0
Hi Beeno
Leeus cutting the Stmpies open in the middle of the field and getting just short of the line....
Sacha showing some brilliance collecting his own high ball too
Hi there Plumpster. Hope you won't be going on about AE during the match.
Just saying!
I noticed a number of Lions players went to WP schools.
Geez, 17 minutes gone and so many set pieces so far
The Stompies need points here Beeno...second half will be difficult for the soft coastal lover boys
Now Sacha attempts a droppie that might be the worst I've ever seen
Sascha drop goal hardly leaves the ground.
Very physical battle among the forwards.
Try time for the lions...
Great take of the high ball by Davids, Frank Horn kept up, few offloads and its try time Leeus.
Plumpster the words soft can never be applied to the Mighty Stormers!
Reminds me of tbe unhinged Card calling the Boks soft. Too funny for words!
Defence lapse by Stormers allows a Lions try!
Lions with good basic skills keeping them on top at the moment
Stormers backs not reading the play.
Stormers better score next!
Look like another score for the Leeus through VD Berg chipping over the top and Mpheku and Henco chasing, with Henco ultimately scoring
Big pressure on the Stompies now
The Stormers need AE to lead them, Beeno
Reinach again has been a non entity.
MVDB out playing him.
You couldn't resist it Plumpster. Hahahahahaha.
"Reinach again has been a non entity."
Baboon-ou, if you haven't noticed Cobus Reinach it's because . . . ummmm . . . he's not playing.
Just keeping things real.
Hard luck Stormers held up. No try.
Took half an hour but the Stompies finally have some pressure territory inside the Leeus 22 as Sacha kicks to the corner for a lineout...
Batho is damn powerful.
really hope he kicks on...looks such a nice kid.
The Stonpies fluffed their best chance of the game and Henco breaks out
Hi Rooi
van Wyk breaks from the line….Stormers looking a bit soft.
Morne van der Bergh is a competitor, wouldn’t be surprised to see him emerging as the Bok incumbent.
Big scrum just inside the Lions half now...this one will be telling...Stompies out in
...and they win the penalty. Sacha goes to the corner for a lineout...
What is Sacha doing!!!??? Kick the damn ball man
Another great contribution by van der Bergh.
Yes sorry it's Ungerer.. Too busy keeping Plumpster real about AE!!!
Stormers should have a try by now.
Lions forgoing the 3 as they now set up a lineout in the Stompies corner but then then screw up the lineout.
Id have taken the 3 there
Heya Moz
Do you guys know the US and Israel are attacking Iran?
I think Venter might on the bench, Moz.
I wanted to see him carry Roos across the field haha
Great scrum by the Stormers on their own line.
...and then Sacha missed touch
NZ should quake when they see all the African school kids cheering on their teams. Lions tighthead is being owned
Beeno, you know you guys need AE. Every teams needs an AE
Mighty Stormers pump the Lions scrum.
You could use the edit function to sort out your fake news heading Plumpster. Soft my foot!
Yes Plum he is a good number 6.
Indeed Moz. The interest in the game in SA is only growing! Great to see
Smith attempts 3 from halfway on half time...he misses it
14-0 into the break
Hi Plum, HasBeen, Rondha…..I think Venter must be injured, he isn’t in the match line up.
Ruan Venter failed concussion tests.
Sacha having a bit of a 'mare today.
"Ruan Venter failed concussion tests"
Damnit!
Agreed, as it is the Stormers loosies haven’t been able to impose themselves yet.
The Stompies don't seem to want to kick. Sacha should be dropping bombs into the Lions 22.
The amount of times they've lost the ball in contacts is crazy. Lions making almost double the amount of tackles and yet winning the game by two scores after 40.
Early penalty and Sacha opting to get on the scoreboard.
14-3
Softie Stompies trying to reduce the deficit in increments of three while the Lions just carry on scoring tries.
21-3.
Great play by the Lions. You have to love VD Berg and F Horn.
Frank is so underrated. Always there to contribute
Try converted
21-3
Lions just playing easy rugby and doing the basics right.
One of those games where everything Sacha touches turns to mud.
At least we know he's human.
And now Sacha drops one...
'mare indeed
I'm still to watch a Stormers game where Roos is the best loosie on the field.
He's being outdone by quite a few loosies today.
Another scrum penalty against the Lions
Stompies get their first try after the Lions defence disintegrates.
Hang on, looks like there may have been obstruction by Roos. Think this will get chalked off . . . looks good to me.
No, he wasn't wrapped. No try.
Maul try Stompies.
I think that lineout take was Dayimani's first touch since he came on
...but now it looks like Roos obstructed...
damn that's mega deflating for the Stompies
Lol try cancelled
Well at last a great Stormers drive that demolishes the wee Lions!
But no try. We could of had at least two!
I think I am off for a run. Trying to lower my time by doing a new training Regime. Run a klm quick, slow down, run another klm quick etc
I will probably miss a great Stormers comeback!
Geez, what a clearance from Quan
Enjoy the run Beeno
Yeah, the ref is trying his best make it a contest
Nice soft pass by Roos creates the try for Schickerling and Stompies finally have a try. Sacha converts. 21-10.
Stompies finally get a score!
Though, that scrum penalty that gave the the territory was dubious as hell.
P Divvy back on after passing his HIA
Lions escape some pressure after Sacha tries to bring the other guys into it with some nice delayed passes.
20 minutes to go and they need 15 points
Ive missed a few Stompie games this season but it really does seem as though when Sacha plays like a normal 10 the Stormers have nothing else
Great tackle by Sacha!!!
Mistakes creeping in now for the Leeus!
Can't fault the Lions commitment on defence but that pass should have gone to Roos for a simple try.
Phew that was close...Quan Horn with a nice bit of play to hold the Stormers up over the line.
So glad he made it into the Bok alignment camp.
The AHV is falling into that contact and now the Lions will eat a yellow.
This reffing is so damn stupid
So, just fall into the tackle a buy yellows!
That is a penalty only, never a bloody yellow.
Lions survive.
And now the ref is checking another tackle where again the Stormers player has basically gone down to his knees!!!
Jirre another yellow.
Fucking great...just duck into tackles and you win the game.
Honestly, I cannot stand how these stupid bloody refs seem to have no common sense
After all that rubbish, the Lions hold the Stormers up over the line.
9 minutes to go...
24-10
Did Frank just score?
Looked like he dropped it and caught it agajn!?
Knocked on...drop out
Ref totally misses Stormers not back 10
Game sis in the bag for the Lions as the Stormers totally fail to take advantage of playing against 13 men
Ref calls Lions not back 10 and 5 minutes later doesn’t call the Stormers for a worse example of the same thing. Rugby reffing remains irandom
Lions take the game
They won this by doing the basic right and allowing Stormers to make mistakes
"Ref calls Lions not back 10 and 5 minutes later doesn’t call the Stormers for a worse example of the same thing. Rugby reffing remains irandom"
He wants a free house in Cape Town ;)
That’s it…great play by the Lions. I can’t see Erasmus being impressed by de Villiers or Roos based on this game.
Maybe the outhouse based on his reffing today.
Crappies MOTM yet again
Damn, I forgot this was on at 2.
"That’s it…great play by the Lions. I can’t see Erasmus being impressed by de Villiers or Roos based on this game."
F Horn doing the business every week and making a difference. He's way ahead of Roos in my book
Pity that he keeps being overlooked
You can make the Books thread Pakie
Agree regarding Roos he just doesn't have the physicality or the open game skills.
Not quite Bok material.
Looking at De Villiers I think he would make a great scrummie.
But that said he does remind one of Kwagga and may play very well at 6 in a Bok pack.
Slowly, week by week...more people are understanding that Roos isn't the hulk that he thinks he is.
How long have we been saying this for, Moz? Must be two seasons now.
He needs to play on the side of the scrum...or....at.....12 ;)
mwhahaha
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Congrats to the Lions, well played. The Lions are playing positive rugby at the moment.
Morné vd Berg, Franke Horn, Batho Hlekeni, Quan Horn, Henco van Wyk, and Bronson Mills played a good game.
The Stormers were not really at their best today, they have taken a major dip in form as of late. JD, Adre Smith, Marcelle Theunissen and Paul de Villiers were solid, though quiet.
Johnathon Roche and Jurie Matthee again made an impact. Mchunu stood strong in the scrums and was good in loose play.
Evan Roos is not on form, and I don’t really understand why he was picked for the Boks. I Hope Sacha and the Stormers can reclaim there good form.
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Interested to see how this one plays out