Early counter ruck success for the Bulls.
Early counter ruck success for the Bulls.
Okay first dcrum
Iffy start for Zulu, wayward pass and now a hoist straight into touch.
Amazing how the SA props handle the Bok front rowers
Big hits coming in from the Bulls.
Bunch of the best forwards I Weldon display here...and it shows
Zulu easily beats Kriel.
Jirre Sacha!
Playing against Sacha must destroy one's nerves
What a pass Sacha. And now he kicks straight out again. Been a mixed bag.
Papier down the blind, support too slow to get fatal momentum though.
That backing up and quick offload Nortje just did...those are the things you NEVER see PSDT doing.
The ref just apologized, there’s a furt..er first
Bulls going blind and into touch. Probably not the best option.
Lots of pressure on the Stompies now...this Bulls pack is savage
Seb with a superb take.
Roos trying to be Wiese
Second time Marco had lost the ball in the ruck/tackle
We really should be allowed to play a Bok B team as well….so much talent
Rudolph manhandling Slaapman.
Sacha now with a great take.
Notice Nortje trying hard to make a Jackal….I thought giraffes don’t.
LOL, Gelant hands the ball to the Bulls in the tackle. This guy remains the opposition's best player.
So far neither side able to put much together without dropping the ball. Springbok studded lineups, pretty amateur play.
Papier try? Knee into touch and ball grounded virtually at the same time. Jeez that's tight, no try probably the fair call.
for me, no try
Fat Knees will get you every time…bit of a shame
It's not just actually jacking and winning the ball but the pressure is often enough to create a result.
Something Davie doesn't understand
Oupa Willie bumps off Simelane. Another penalty. Very stop start stuff.
I'm a big Cobus Wiese fan.
He so the real deal
Now Wilco drops the pass. Amateur hour. 20 minutes gone and barely any rugby played.
Yes Plum trying is better than bottling out, something both our Bok flanks do.
Vermaak's injury looks bad. He had a look of "this will take a while to heal" on his face
Great cleanout by Sacha on Kriel keeps the Stormers attack going. Ends with Willemse kicking the worst droppie of 2026 so far. Pollard boots the dropout straight out. Error rate in this game is nuts.
Stompies gaining ground though al then stop start...
Lol Willemse tries a droppie.
Gosh, not a great 1st half
Some pressure there on the Bulls scrum from the Stormers. Reset.
Boy that looked like the Stormers tighthead dominated
Reinach's break ends in an offload going to ground. One must feign surprise at this point.
Big scrim on the Bulls 22 now...
My money is on Wilco
reset
Stomoies get it out but fumble
Stupid kick by Willemse
Stormers need to get reward here...they're getting into the 22 but not converting
Sacha's pass to nowhere, Jacobs just needed to keep his feet and he was home free on the intercept. Now Elrigh drops it. Holy shit boys, is this a kindergarten game?
And now Elrigh drops it like another man's underpants
Lovely touch finder by Pollard from the scrum penalty
Bulls scrum penalty has them with a lineout 5. For god's sake can we see someone put enough together to get some points? Bulls hit back though.
Finally Pollard in off the quick tap.
Nothing in that head contact on Pollard by Slaapman, Oupa Willie loses his shit over nothing as usual.
Pollard shows he is still dangerous
Pollard scores from a quick tap but isn't happy about the head contact.
That was a very Sacha like try, oom Handré haha
5-0 as Pollard can't convert, not surprising for the standard of the game so far.
Moodie with a big hit on Willemse, although he felt it.
5-3 off the Sacha penalty.
Willemse…not looking good at 12 so far.
Papier out playing Reinach thus far.
Sascha having an ineffective game thus far.
Stormers pack tigerish on defence.
It's 5-3 to the hapless boooools.
Willie gets a yellow.
Some poor stepping ability by Zas there, ends up just running straight into the tackler. Kolbe would have ate that chance. Oupa Willie gets yellow.
Moodie off for HIA after that hit on Willemse.
Willie cops an unfortunate yellow.
Moodieb off for an HIA
...tough times for the Bulls
Pretty innocuous hit there, barely worth a penalty.
Bulls did well to immediately halt that maul momentum. Stormers rumble still though. Bulls may get another yellow. Or one more infringement from it.
Stormers wants to lineout without kicking the ball out. It's that kind of game.
Roos over. 8-5 S
I would take the 3 here.
...but the Stomps go to the corner
maul
advantage - Elrigh going up the side
another lineout
another advantage...
Bulls on a warning...
Anorher maul...Roos breaks out and dives over!
Mighty Stormers score!
Well deserved after a period of pressure.
Sascha misses. Poor day with boot.
Roos having a busy afternoon.
So ends a kak first half. Here's to better times in the second.
Roos is having a busy afternoon….what did you see HasBeen?
Think the 2nd half should be calmer.
These guys are so nervous and frantic they can barely string anything together
Roos loses the restart…handling has been bad in both games…heat?
Wilco destroys the Stormer scrum
8-8. Only 24ish celcius in Cape Town? Not sure about humidity.
Straight back to basketball dribbling in the second. Stormers has an attacking lineout.
Slaapman going to bed.
Haha, Reinach holding the tackler's leg against him to try and win a penalty.
Only a 2 point deficit over the 10 minutes for yellow card.
Not a bad result for the Bulls
Seb is at 13...let's see if he's also a better 13 than JJ
Jirre what's going on with Sacha's passing? You'd almost think the ball is a bit slippery? Maybe?
Sacha trying a crazy pass there haha
Morning evrybuddy, missed the 1sthalf ..... WP jou lekker dinge
Sacha and Hozen both seem out of it today
Howzit Blob, missed nothing in the first half unless you like yourself a good knock fest.
Another Bulls scrum penalty.
Bulls with only their 2nd scrum feed...Wilco should walk this...
Yep, Bulls win the penalty...Stompies fading under the hit
Nice play by the Bulls but yet another knock tanks it. Jacobs was well covered anyway.
What a spectacle, watched Ulster v Munster yesterday & it was snowing.
Lovely move from the Bulls there with Rudolf almost clean through
Marco off for Nizam
Bools still using Wessels as a prop…cost them in the URC final
Galant has done nothing in this game and tiny bit he has done has been the usual KAK...now he kicks directly into touch
Ref didn't like Adre Smith telling him "daais 'n fokken knock on". Costs the Stormers nothing as Pollard misses.
Willemse has done nothing in this game as well
Hahahahah Willemse covering his mouth while talking to the ref to prevent lip reading...only, he's talking into a mic
Ref struggling a bit to control the players. Might get interesting as the tension ramps up.
Neither team can complete 2 passes
Game's so dull we're having to find entertainment in the off the ball sideshows, haha.
Roos penalised now on the halfway and Pollard looking to make good on missing a sitter earlier.
Pollard winning no world cups today. Another miss.
Jackal de Villiers with the penalty.
Is Akkerman really doing that badly?
The Stormers of top of the log and the Bulls are pushing them al the way here.
Not bad going really considering how much he is trying to change in Pretoria
No touch from Sacha. Costs the Stormers almost 50 as Willie returns.
And now Sacha fails to kick the penalty out.
Is Akkerman really doing that badly?
It's been such a knock-around-the-clock game it's hard to tell anything from it.
Missing touch unacceptable
Rudolph with some good work again winning the penalty.
Time for golf and tennis to start…this summer rugby is horrible
Now Akker dummies the lineout throw. Jeez Loooweeze, every amateur error in the book is on display here.
Rudolf now jackling successfully and Pollard kicks it into the Stompies half for a lineout
...and then Akker fakes the throw...so dumb
Hell of an open field tackle by Wessels
The Sacha-Reinach axis finally getting some watchable rugby going. Only for fucking Gelant gooing a terrible pass to cost the Stormers their momentum. Not sure if it was knocked down though, no replay. Nah, he was just under pressure and looked to try and tap it on.
Sacha takes a quick tap and almost makes something but the Stompies lose composure and chuck a crap pass...Bulls scrum on their own 22
full house ?
In hell, you are a rugby coach and Galant is all your backline players
Nothing hoist from Papier. Fuck this is hopeless stuff.
I hope you boys know the only reason I'mn still watching is to kuier with you guys a bit.
Bulls 11 knocks on again….
Nortje seems incapable of losing a lineout
LOL, Jacobs drops it cold. Lord above. Where's a streaker when you need one ffs, anything to spice up this mess.
Dankie Pakie
Most entertaining side this weekend...the Lions
Rudolph completely outplaying Roos
Also, can the Stormers please get rid of Galant and play Willemse, the best 15 in the world, at 15!!!??
Oh good the girls!
Haha Moz
Willie may be in decline but he still is full hearted under the high ball and a terrific open field tackler
Well no jokes, I have been saved by a power failure and will not try to fire the game up on my phone, lol.
Unlucky there.
For all Roos faults, he very reliably backs up and keeps up with play.
Pity they use him like a hulk
Unlicky/lucky, Paks
I maintain that Willie is one of the most technical tacklers I've ever watched Moz
I expected more from you Pakie
Game tight...8-8 with 7 mins to go...
Making a difference now is what gets you noticed
Agreed Plum….Aplon was another, not a big bloke but great technique.
Stormers going for touch when they had amicable penalty.
I would have taken the points
So did I Moz, but it's like trying to convince yourself to eat something from the dumpster that's gone squishy already.
Interesting, I got my Seb and Sacha foot race and they looked just about on par...Seb just a touch quicker
Shows how bloody quick Sacha actually is
These laughable advantages kill the game…..they had multiple phases and gained 30metres
The Stormers looking for Al others like they were gonna scores and then...you guessed it...knock on...
they have another kickable penalty and they're going for the corner yet again
silly stuff...TAKE THE POINTS
Jellybear caught Seb as well the other day. Think Seb may be a yard off express pace.
And I regret my words as the Stompies maul it over
Well it wasn't going to be anything other than a maul try in this game I guess. There, I stuck it out even without visuals.
Seriously...Willie!!!????
How does he go for that kick?
Thats super annoying
Thanks for the company chaps
A win is a win is a win
Willie should never be allowed to tactical kick!
For me Roos, Willemse, Paul de Villiers….nothing much. Dacha and Pollard both off their games. These games are often decided by the weakest link, that was the Bools replacement tighthead.
This was a truly stoic experience, lads. Pats on the back all round for making it to the end.
30 penalties ....
What was the split? Some dodgy calls IMO on a few occasions...nervous match...lucky win for Stormers...I'll take it.
16-14
Felt worse...neither team could get momentum...lots of errors...Sacha needs to work on his line kicks from penalties...he's missed touch for the Bokke on a few occasions too...fluffed 2 today.
Now that was a tight affair.
Congrats Ntuthuko Mchunu for standing reasonably strong against Wilco in the scrums, that's a real achievement, and scoring the winning try.
Well done Stormers.
"Congrats Ntuthuko Mchunu for standing reasonably strong against Wilco in the scrums, that's a real achievement, and scoring the winning try."
Good observation...I'm sure it didn't go unnoticed...even Ox struggles against Wilco...can't wait for him to come home.
With Wilco joining soon, don’t know the exact date, Stormers scrum will be formidable. Watch out opposition:)
1. Mchunu 2. AH Venter 3.Wilco
4. Ruben V Heerden 5. Adre' Smith 6. Paul D Villiers 7. Marcel Theunissen/Louw Nel 8. Evan Roos.
Mpower
Wilco will join the Stirmers at the end of the present season and will start with the Stormer afterwards/
I agree with you - but think that the locks should be van Heerden and Schikerling For em the no 7 should be theunissen and not Dixon or Nel - whoos hould be on the ebnch at eest. Ackerman does not fit in with the playing style of the Stormers,
All I know is, stop playing DW at 12! For heaven's sake.
He has so much more impact when he joins the line and also when he has space to run and create from deep. The fact that Galant is preventing the best 15 in SA from playing where he plays best feels really really really bad.
That fact that anybody thinks DW should play at 12 for the Boks just absolutely blows my mind.
I said this about 4 or 5 years ago and it remains true; Willemse is a racehorse, not a bloody carthorse. Stop trying to turn him into one.
And if Roos never stops pretending to be Wiese then I hope he never gets picked for the Boks. Perhaps one day when he's 33 and about to retire it'll dawn on him that he's a better version of Kolisi and a much worse version of Wiese. Damn there is a massive gap between where Jasper is and and where everybody else is. For me, one of Rassie's best early picks since he has been in charge.
Also, are the Stompies fans here not concerned that unless Sacha plays like an alien, you guys look pretty pedestrian? Quite a strange situation because then people complain that he wants to do too much on his own. Yesterday he played very much for the team, making plenty of early and decisive passes, and you guys just scraped past the Bulls, in Cape Town, and while they are in massive transition. So, should you really be complaining when he just does it on his own and you win by bigger margins?
Also, are the Stompies fans here not concerned that unless Sacha plays like an alien, you guys look pretty pedestrian?
The Boks also, Sacha is Brown ball.
Na...Dobson ball...before Sacha Manie did the magic...yesterday was a anomaly...Bools were super motivated...we still won...gonna be a tough couple of weeks ahead....
I disagree, Draaad. There have been a good few games where Sacha plays like a human and you guys struggle.
Ofcoarse...as with the Boks, we also need forward dominance...some twams neutralize that.
Irritated the hell outa me when Gelant was 1st receiver more than only a few times.
I just hate how Galant plays.
Not sure if you watched Lions game but Horn just gets better and better. Solid as hell, plays aggressively but respects the ball and is almost never the reason for loss of territory or possession. He oozes competence
Ja, Gelant was OK before his stint in France, a liability ever since he returned...I prefer DW @15.
Mozart
"Also, are the Stompies fans here not concerned that unless Sacha plays like an alien, you guys look pretty pedestrian?"
For heavens sake grow up and stop being childish, The match testerday the Stormers won 8 IURC matches and 2 European Cup matches in a row.
In those 10 matches Sacha played in only 2 matches - in the other 8 matches they won Matthhee played in 7 maches and Swart one match. So your statemrnt above is BS.
Their main center situation is 2 of their top centers are out and on Satiday they played the wrong loosie combination - the main problem being playing Ackerman at 6 amd that was a disaster for the team ss well.
PLum your raving about Willemse is a joke. If I look at the SA franchse matches on Satirday frinm a center perspective only Milbe of th e Lions had a good match at 12 - the rest look no good pn Saturday,
Actually it wasn’t my statement, that’s why it has those funny little commas floating in air
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Second local daaahby. Stormers probably favourites at home.