Stompies vs Cardies

Let's hope it's a good one.

Looks like we have another pizza peddler as a ref.

5 minutes in, nothing has happened.

Some good passing by Manie has Hartzenberg and Willemse making some yards for the Stormers.

Good kick by Willemse finds touch in the 22.

Wide pass by Manie, inside pass to Zas and Stormers score. Manie's distribution has been spot on so far.

Slaapman takes it into contact and concedes the penalty for holding on. Cardiff goes for the lineout.

Stormers scrum under pressure. Another penalty. Looks like Cardiff will tap and go.

And they needed just one phase to get over the line. Should be 5-7 Cardiff.

Stormers making some good progress and they get a penalty just outside the 22. Touch.

Howzit Pakie

I start watching and Manie knocks on

Some good phases for the Stormers until Manie drops Slaapman's offload.

Howzit Plum. Manie's been very good.

Some messy stuff under the high ball ends in a Cardiff scrum on the Stormers 10m.

Stormers now get a scrum penalty. Back up to the Cardiff 22.

Hartzenberg scores just as my feed catch a refresh. Straight through from ruck ball. 12-7

Cardiff getting someone sent off...

Looks like red...

yep it's red...

Southworth might be in trouble for Cardiff, shoulder to head on Fouche.

Bit harsh but I guess there wasn't any mitigation really. Straight in too high.

Cardiff one man down owns the Stormers maul.

Jesus, the chest on that replacement coming on.

Domachowski is his name apparently.

Very few successful scrums so far.

"I'ya willa say'ya justa once'a, respecta da gapp"

Super little kick through by Willemse gets the Stormers close. They're checking whether the ball was grounded dead before the Stormers dotted down.

Nah that's a try, didn't look like Cardiff grounded it.

lol Cardiff under it now as Zas steals a try from a grubber that got toe'd on....

Ha, do you have ref mic on your end Plum?

Zas is awarded the try. Looked like he might have been out of touch but the TMO was pretty adamant.

Willemse converts.

Great conversion from Willemse...but why is he doing the kicking?

...oh, wait, I already know

Great conversion Willemse, 19-7

Manie's distribution has been good, his high kicks not so much.

Slaapman getting bandaged.

And another scrum fails to reach completion. Cardiff penalty.

Cardiff maul going nowhere. They go to the phases.

And a nice little kick pass sees them over.

A good cross kick from Sheedy and Hamer-Webb is in to score. Sheedy converts . . . no, hang on, he took too long. Ref rules it out .

That's a shitter for them. 19-12

The 14 men of Cardiff are putting up a good fight here.