Stomers/Lions

Jantjies wayward already.....Flexing Frans Malherbe totally dominated in first scrum.

Robert Du Preez busts open the Lions and Leyds finishes magnificently.

The run out from the 22 results in turnover....Voster try. When will they learn this tactic has a negative payoff. Dan du Plessis burned.

marais making lots of mistakes

Good call by Peyper on pulling the player beyond breakdown....one of the new bad habits in rugby.

Disgusting late tackle by Kriel...clearly bin

Poor hands by Etzebeth ....Stormers need to exploit the yellow.Lions loosies are dominating. Stephanie finally appears and gives away a penalty. Evolves all the way to a Lions penalty....Lions ahead against the yellow. Dumb!

Finally a good contribution from Marais with the quick take. Etzebeth blows it with another penalty....yellow wasted. Kleintjie gets it down, probably a try. . Stormers playing silly buggers rugby.

Lions playing well, but stormers isn't focusing. Poor decisions and silly mistakes.  

Stats almost dead even....except 6 penalties to 2 in favour of Lions. That's worth 140 metres.

Dreyer being worked by JC. Clear neck roll on Stephanie...not called. And finally the offload blows the chance.....great Lions defence. Stormers badly missing a power loosie close to the line.

Really dumb stuff from the Stormers.....Kolisi blows the turnover, then starts a silly brawl. He needs to lead the team that badly needs a bit of calm.

Ackerman  and then Monstert- got Monstered by Eztebeth 

Malherbe totally monstered again....bring on Wilco for heaven sake.

The Lions Barber should be shot. One stupid hair cut after another. 

Stephanie drops the ball....another momentum crusher.

Wilco dominates immediately.....Kebble too.

Another offload knock on...this time by the Lions....Jantjies is very generous.

Why takeoff du Preez, he is the best Stormers player by a mile. Took a great high ball moments before....SP Marais blunders into the hold up again. . Lions winning the game with defence and discipline.

Not watching game live as I am traveling but according to Mozart's unbiased account Stormers are being monstered in the front row so this confirms his previous position on certain players - coincidence? Lol

Great kick by SP Marais...but then he botches the kickoff......try Lions after a few simple phases. Where are the Stormers loosies. What's the point of giving up physicality without wide coverage. Now the match is won ....Jantjies makes his kick.

Lions fully deserve this win. They have been far more cohesive and disciplined. Their defence was better than the Stormers defence. Their pack reminds me of the old Boland packs who supposedly could have been covered by one blanket in the tight/loose.

The Lions "pods" are the ruck are effective. It is not a clumsy ruck affair of players tripping over each other- instead it is like a mini scrum that protections possession at every ruck

Exactly.

 Congrats Lions. Stormers were poor.

 Good call by Peyper on pulling the player beyond breakdown....one of the new bad habits in rugby.

The bent kiwi teams  do it ALL the time.Stormers will never really dominate with a small hooker and three small loosies. The small back three is also a worry.Elstadt is really missed.That said the Lions also have more coherence in their backline. 

 ...Bean Brain back to reality mate...if you can't win at home then not much hope of winning any away games... i hear the Stormers merchandising is going cheap now and comes with a free rope and stool...

 B rycy my good friend those voices you keep hearing indicate major problems bru!

 I have been thinking exactly the samething about you beeno

 Your delusional Beeno. SA teams and refs are just as if not more bent then kiwis side. The useless Stompies outplayed by a better team. 

 Mozart description of the Stormers try is twisted,   He did not mention the fact that Viljen drew in three defenders and then passed top Du Preez who had space an so did Leyds.   The man is onto his normal useless disinformation campaign again.     

 
Marx, Marx, Marxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Vorster, Vorster, Vorsterrrrrrrrr ...

Kriel, Kriel, Kriellllllllllllllllllllllllll ...

Mostert, Mostert, Mostertttttttttttttttttt

Dreier, Dreier, Dreierrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Mahuza, Mahuza, Mahuzaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Mapoe, Mapoe, Mapoeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Jantjies, Jantjies, Jantjiessssssssssssss

Cro nje, Cronje, Cronjeeeeeeeeeee

and so the list goes on and on.

The Stompies were simply bullied ... out muscled ... out coached ... out thought ... and out played in every part of the game.

Did I mention bullied ... and out muscled ... ?!!

What a bunch of limp wristed wimps.

They have no attack and their defense is in dire need of an overhaul. Hell, perhaps it's best to simply scrap the team and start afresh. Start with your coach. 

I realise Faggot that you were desperate to give us the "why the Lions aren't Bok prospects" lecture ... but sadly you will have to wait for another day to stick it to all those "useless" Lions.

Kriel was superb and so was Marx. Vorster had a cracker ... as was always going to be the case. That must really sit in your craw.

Haaaaaaaahahahahahaaaa!!!

Gooooooooooo Lionssssssssssss!!!

 CC
I am not convinced about Jantjies at all - he was not the reason why the Lions won - my view is that the Lions won despite Jantjies.   I would rather say that there are three really superior players in the lions team - namely Marx, Kriel and Vorster.  
As to the latter - I wonder about whether he is in fact not the top SA center at this stage.   Van Rensburg was in the main good - but in the last full game he played in he was atrociously poor in ball handling.  
I actually prefer the Van Rensburg-Vorster center combination, but that may not materialize. 
What is clear after yesterdays game is that the Lions are till the top team in SA and that they ae better-coached than the Stormers.  
The Stormers beat  the Chiefs - I wonder what the Lions would have done to them????????        

 
Is the hyped up Du Preez the answer?

He looked pretty ordinary to me.

Yes I know it's not always easy to dominate at 10 when your pack's been bullied at ever collision but still one would expect someone of so called class to stand up and be counted.

He doesn't impress me at all.
 

CC
I think Du Preez is still the better option - preferable to Jantjies and Pollard.  Matter of fact Jantjies were poor despite his forwards being dominant and Pollard showed continuous seriously defective decision-making and a nondescript performance record this year.   He was non-descript again yesterday,   He still does not know when to pass and when to kick.  

 
We sure are desperate, Mike when our so called best option at 10 is as average as any club player.

I've never rated Cruden but would chalk him up without a second thought.

Streets ahead of the crud we've got.





 

 
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April 15, 2017, 17:43:33

Disgusting late tackle by Kriel...clearly bin

What you think about this eye gouge from Siya on Ross during 1st minute? Clearly visible on TV @SuperRugby @SARugbymag @rugby365com

 
Funny how Faggot doesn't bother mentioning that?

Perhaps he was allowed to get away with it because of his quota status.

 @CleanCut
Hmmm 'spose there is no point in dissing the future Springbok Captain. Citing him will not look good on his resume.

 Considering what we saw yesterday, how does on pick a tight five for the Boks against France?
Simple. You select all five Lion's players to start. Forget Eben, PSDT, Kitshoff, Mbonambi and all the rest. 
You let guys like Eben and co to come off the Bench with 20 left to go, once the Lion's five have abused France for 60 minutes. 
We need to use our giants as impact players rather than starters for two reasons 1) Eben, Lomp, Kitshoff etc gas too quickly and are innefectual for large parts of the game.  Bringing them on with 20 left will allow them to play at full pace for their entire run. 2) Used properly they could build on the momentum created by the starting 5 and dominate the closing stages of games.
 I'm not saying that this Lion's five should go to the WC in three years.  But FFS we need to build on their momentum.
Never gonna happen is it.
Hopefully Pollard continues to improve and between himself and Du Preez/Jantjies we'll have decent attacking 10s.
There is no player more deserving of the captaincy than Whitely and he'll consistently give you 80 minutes at full pace with a try or two to boot.