I want to say in advance - my sincerest sympathy to all the Stormers supporters on this Board - but I finally reached a conclusion as to the outcome of todays game. The Storemers will most definitely lose by more than 14 points - no bonus point either. The problems of the Stormers are typified by their continueing with playing Jantjies at flyhalf - he is going to be nailed by Coetzee and Kankowski and run over by both and especially Du Toit once he comes in off the bench - that is if he lasts that long. Poor De Allende will have his hands full covering both the defence of the 10 and the 12.
The problem would have been much bigger if De Jongh was in the team as well - so maybe there would be some relieve by him not be in the team.
I think that the Sharks will score 5 tries - all converted by Lambie - and that the Stormers may get away with two tries - converted only if Joe Pretorius do the kicking at goal. If the latter does the kicking at goal -you can add three penalties to the Stormers scoreline . Final score - probably something like 41 - 25 if the Sharks are clever and attack through the channel. And they will until Jantjies is replaced by Grant.
GO THE SHARKS.
