I'm here haha.
Holiday time seller, I can watch all the sports.
I see SFM is at 12 and Manie the calamity crusader is at 10.
Vissies gat hul op'vok
I'm here haha.
Holiday time seller, I can watch all the sports.
I see SFM is at 12 and Manie the calamity crusader is at 10.
Vissies gat hul op'vok
Howzit Plum. Certainly would expect the Sharks to win this one.
I'm guessing Jordan will be outplaying Manie again today.
Did you see that smile Jordan gave the ref, Pakie?
Laaitjie can't help but flirt, even with the uglies.
SFM injured already?
FFS...that was 10 seconds.
Okay, no he's fine
Fassi with a good kick for the corner. Penxe looked hella slow chasing that.
Sacha already creaking.
Horror lineout Stormers and the Sharks have a scrum 5.
Sacha still in trouble. Is this guy match fit or is there some serious bullshitting going on in the Stormers camp?
Looking forward to seeing the AE and Julius centre combo today.
Come on Sharks!
Penalty Sharks. Take the scrum!
Sharks penalty from the scrum. Lineout 5.
Julius already looking dangerous as he busts a feeble tackle from SFM. Another penalty bang in front. Poles.
Julius beats a few as the Sharks rumble close to the line. Another penalty.
All Vissies so far
3-0 Sharks
Penalty Stompies. They're also going for poles, no. . . they tap and go . . . was interested to see which of Manie or SFM has kicking duties. Hope it's Manie!
Stompies score a try. Now we'll see . . .
Stormers score. Delicious chip by Gelant for Senatla.
It's Manie . . . and he misses. 5-3 to the Stompies.
Penxe again a bit slow there.
Deon Fourie holds up and then rips Ox.
Sharks scrum collapsing. Same issue as last week against the Bulls.
I agree Penxe looked cumbersome again for the Senatla try.
Stompies penalty and Manie has another shot . . . he misses again.
Libbok with another shot. Hooks it. 0/2
Manie already leaving 5 points on the field.
Commentators talking about how many he missed against the Lions.
A kicker that can't kick ;)
Knock Stormers. Another forced offload that wasn't necessary.
Julius bouncing out of a tackle before being carried over the touchline.
Great take in the air by Senatla.
Great disruptive work at the breakdown by Esterhuizen.
SFM steps inside his man and then throws a chicken wing pass directly out to touch.
Sacha past one and then another forced offload that flies into touch.
Lots of handling errors, no flow to the game.
Sharks again conceding a penalty at the scrum. Sacha drops a pass cold as the Stormers try to use the advantage.
The ref may as well be wearing a Stompies jersey. Another penalty agains the Sharks. Manie goes for the corner.
Why isn't Sacha taking the kicks?
Hershel hesitating before passing.
Manie for touch, Stormers lineout 10 or 15 out.
Finally the Sharks get a penalty and Jordan makes good ground.
Sharks take the lineout. Poor kick by Jayden but the Sharks get a penalty for obstruction.
Sharks score but it did look like a forward pass . . .
Julius looking very sharp and offloads to Jaden to score, but the pass to Julius looked forward.
Sharks now with a chance, Julius through the half gap and offloads to Jayden to score. Sacha again with barely an effort of a tackle on Pepsi.
Forward pass confirmed. No try.
Eh, that looks kinda flat but it might be marginally forward.
No try. Hard luck to the very frot vis! .
Julius looks mean as hell.
A few more years at pro level and this guy will be a real killer.
Scrum straight down.
Jantjies drops Fassi's kick ahead, good gain for the Sharks.
Penalty Sharks. Jordan going for poles from inside his own half . . . pulls it left.
Stormers defense does well to trap the Sharks behind the advantage line but Sharks get a penalty.
There must be a breeze!
Sacha intercepts and kicks ahead, Fassi is quick enough to get back and stop the try.
Very poor forward pass from Gelant.
Apologies, it was Senatla.
Oaks this is not good rugby thus far.
Sacha intercepts, beautiful read, footrace between Jantjies and Fassi, both kinda lose but Fassi kinda wins.
Again forcing passes that aren't on. Settle the fuck down.
Good attack from the Sharks leads to a penalty. Jordan should slot this . . .
Haha, beautiful little interplay between Andre and Julius.
Herschelle Jantjies looks out cold. Must admit he's been good so far, looks like the player of a few years ago.
Hershel came in high. He can't complain.
Yikes...Jaintjies seeing stars.
Haha that looked a bit hectic.
Man that was a lovely fend on Jantjies by Hooker. He'll get trouble for that which he doesn't deserve. Where's the onus on the tackler to go low?
Try Sharks! Penxe in the corner from a very flat Fassi pass.
No sanction? There's hope for the game yet.
Jordan misses the conversion. 8-5 to the Sharks.
Better from Penxe. Esterhuizen's dummy run again keeping two defenders away from the wide channels.
Nice score Vissies.
Fassi's pace just creates so much time and space.
...and I submit that his distribution is better than Manie's too.
Scoreboard showing 10-5. Did Jordan's conversion fade to the rightt after it was through?
Esterhuizen through Manie.
I didn't check the conversion too closely.
Haha, Ox nails Manie.
Sacha crocked yet again. He has all the talent but he's becoming very injury prone. Was it his finger or thumb this time?
Get Sacha off the field, have him recover properly, then play him again.
FFS...
SFM injured
I hate this
It's madness to play him at 12.
Du Plessis on for Sacha.
Esterhuizen flattens Manie yet again.
South Africans love thinking 10 and 12 are interchangeable.
Esterhuizen blazes through again. Was it Manie again?
Man the level of play has been bad.
There's the hooter . . . ball goes out but it's a penalty advantage to the Stompies. Go for poles Manie!
Good scrambling back by Penxe after his failed intercept had the Sharks in trouble. Seems like he's woken up.
Man the level of play has been bad.
The play will be better if the dudes stop throwing impossible offloads and passes. Hang on to the ball, set it up again.
You felt like Gelant could have released his wing there.
Manie for touch, last chance before the half.
Stormers think they've scored from the maul.
Nah that's touching the touchline as it is grounded surely.
No, they go for the corner . . . Sharks defend the maul well but there's a conversation between the officials. Not sure what they're checking, the ball was clearly out.
It's a yellow for Ethan Hooker for coming in from the side. Manie sets up the maul again.
Lovely maul defence by the Sharks at the end of the half here.
Sharks defend well and will take a 5 point lead into half time . . . but they will be down a man for the 1st 10 minutes of the second half.
Lol AE crocks Galant
Great spot tackle Penxe, Esterhuizen writes off Gelant. End of half.
I flicked to the cricket and wished I hadn't. Proteas 27/3.
I wonder if Dave still thinks Manie can tackle. If you have a big guy, run him at Manie for free meters.
To be fair, Sacha's tackling wasn't much better.
Penxe saves a certain try.
Great defence from the Sharks. Another try saved thanks to Rahl and Siya.
Sharks under huge pressure here.
I think Sacha is carrying an injury to be honest, he looked tentative to commit.
Fassi looks crocked. Sharks effectively playing with 13 and the Stompies are over. Is it down? Yes, try given. Scores tied. Manie converts from bang in front and Stompies lead 12-10.
Manie finally nails one from primary school practice range.
The injury to Fassi looks bad. He could be out for a while. Esterhuizen also limping.
Siya Masuku comes on. Jordan will go to fullback.
Fassi is very eina.
All the best players being injured now.
Can we just stop this game?
Esterhuizen also off.
Du Plessis hitting right at Esterhuizen's leg in that cleanout.
Officials checking a dangerous clean out. The try could be chalked off.
No try, Jean Luc du Plessis yellow carded for a dangerous clean out.
Nasty fuckin cleanout on AE.
Correction, no yellow card, not sure why.
Try being cancelled.
What a dickhead hit on AE by JLDP.
Seriously, he deserves to get his shit kicked in for that one.
Absurd decision.
Seriously, that could be career ending.
I hope cops a ban for that
Well this has evened the field a bit now.
What a dickhead hit on AE by JLDP.
Proper tappet shit, he's got the hair down already.
Get on with it!
AE off and suddenly Manie is starting to appear.
Gelant with shenanigans and another kak offload once he got himself into trouble. Stormers had an advantage though.
Stompies get a penalty in range but wisely ask Manie to go for the corner.
Still can't understand why JLdP is still on the pitch. What he did was far worse than Ethan Hooker's trangression.
Stompies score from the maul. 10-10.
Manie misses another one. What is he now, 0/4?
Stormers absolutely demolishes the Sharks with a maul to score.
Stormers could be in a comfy lead by now if Manie didn't kick like a retarded paraplegic
Libbok!
Still can't understand why JLdP is still on the pitch.
The old World Rugby player safety coin toss. Some days you get heads, some days tails.
This "loyal to my players" nonsense is more about ego than logic.
Manie sucks.
If a kicker can't kick then what is he!!!???
Welcome, Moz
And another move breaks down.
I've realised that Saffex actually doesn't watch any rugby.
It's why he keeps telling us what "class" Manie is
Stormers dominating possession and territory.
Dave never changes his mind about a player once he makes it up. One good game, the guy is a class act forever until he retires.
Kak passing Sharks.
Julius makes a break and Hooker does well to keep it in but he had a foot on the line. Defensive lineout to the Stompies.
Great break Julius but not enough support.
Saffex-bashing time I see. Well, Saffex did pick Jurenzo Julius as a future star and so far that's looking like a pretty good call.
The ref has been looking to ping the Sharks at every scrum and it's yet another scrum penalty to the Stompies.
Saffex thinks everybody is a star.
Have you not seen his 80 squad member lists?
Kolisi now off. Summer rugby baby, see the Boks fall.
Sharks again concede a scrum penalty.
Gelant kicks away attacking ball, thanks says the Sharks.
Another player down with cramp.
"Saffex thinks everybody is a star."
Not if it's a lock or a centre who weighs less than his prescribed minimum.
Jokes aside, Saffex is a very valuable contributor on this board and has more rugby cred than most.
As if to reinforce that, Manie scores a great individual try . . . and converts. 17-10 to the Stompies.
Lol of course Manie would score
Manie dances through. Amazing how prominent he has become after AE went off. No more fear factor.
Libbok and Gelant the Twin Towenaars. Shouts of Manie echo round the ground
Try Manie on the wing?
Stormers fluff the lineout and Sharks can rumble.
Brilliant try.
Jayden to Jordan.
Gotta love that pass.
Excellent commentary too
Jordan with a terrific line and the Sharks score.
Jayden and Jordan combine brilliantly for the Sharks to score.
That looked like something they used to practice in the back garden.
Jordan converts. Scores tied at 17-17.
And they run right over Manie for the try.
And who else did Jordan run through but Libbok 
Yes! Penalty Sharks. It's in range. Jordan steps up . . .
Great take by Jordan. Good to see someone stepping up.
Maine you pleb!!!
Why does he try to pass that?
He had support. Go to ground, reset...get into the sharks half.
It's over. Sharks lead 20-17 with 5 minutes to go.
Jordan slots it.
Hendrikse…so much more solid than Towenaar Libbok
20-17 Sharks
Jeez these penalties are bullshit. How the fuck is Hooker supposed to get out of the way there?
"Oh a guy flew into me while catching a ball, somehow it's my fault"
JLdP scores what will probably be the winner. Stompies steal it at the death.
What a crazy maul that was...
Stormers maul is a weapon.
Stormers win the battle of the bench.
Well one more kickoff.
I feel a bit hard done by. All the ref's decisions went the Stompies way and the winning try came from someone who shouldn't have been on the pitch.
Oh well, well done Stompies.
The quality of rugby was crap but it was a nailbiter.
Well done Stompies.
Pity about all the injuries
LOL, Manie almost knocks it.
Mighty Stormers stomp out the challenge of da frot vis.
It shouldn't have been this close.
Thankfully Manie did better in the second half.
Stats show Mighty Stormers were the better side.
Oh Rooitwitterbug whining about the ref again. Hahahahaha.
The guppies were outplayed plain and simple.
All we need now is for ou Maaik to come tell us how much better the Sharks backline functioned once Esterhuizen went off and then we can conclude today's activities.
Congrats to Malherbe who neutralized Ox. Vital contribution.
AE never did much. He was up against an injured Sascha as well.
No our resident dreamers will imagine AE going off was a big turning point. They have become victims of their own propaganda.
Thanks ou Jinxer!!!...Lekke Manie...sorry I missed the game...Eben did not play?
"Oh Rooitwitterbug whining about the ref again. Hahahahaha."
Yes, funny indeed...hilarious...I'm sure the joke is lost on him.
Check JLDP's cleanout on AE, Draad. He wasn't targeting anything but the leg. It caused a match ending injury and should have been carded.
One incident...or a few..doesn't matter...Yes Pakie, I've under no illusion. There might have been some bad calls, even some biased calls, but given Rooi's history, it's FAF that he even dares to mention it...glad my team won...Snarks is a valuable scalp.
That hit on AE wasn't just a game ending one. It could easily have been a career ending one.
Absolute scumbag shot.
To target a Bok's knee like that. He knew exactly what he was doing too. He had plenty of time but he knew AE wouldn't be moved so he tried to break his knee/leg instead.
I hope somebody breaks his damn knee.
WP jou lekker ding .................. suck it up guppies
Fuck waiting a year or two, play Jurenzo now
This kid oozes test player - the next Danie Gerber / BOD at 13
His explosive pace and power off the mark is gold dust
Good to see Manie having the last laugh and silencing the circus crew
I want to see this under 30 backline soon
15. Fassi
14. Moodie
13. Julius
12. Willemse
11. Arendse
10. Sacha
9. Williams
With Jayden Hendrikse, vd Bergh, Nohamba, Libbok, Masuku, Ethan Hooker, David Kriel, Henco v Wyk, Rickus Pretorious, Hartzenberg, Tyrone Green, Tambwe and Jordan Hendrikse pushing
We have so much talent to burn
Good to see Manie having the last laugh and silencing the circus crew
After not being able to put anything between the uprights from more than 15m away and his channel being a saloon door for anyone who ran at him all game long? Even Jordan ran through him for the Sharks' last try.
Dave, you actually need to watch entire games once in a while and not just highlights packages.
Julius is a good, but he's not ready.
Julius is no Danie Gerber. Not even close.
Manie did better in the second half but confirmed once again he is no Bok flyhalf. His goal kicking is just too erratic. His defence is too weak for flyhalf where a player has to make tackles against big forwards, He does not control a game like a Pollard. Try the Manie on the wing?
Sascha should be the Stormers flyhalf.
Bye the way Pakster everyone cares when the Stormers are playing.
"Bye the way Pakster everyone cares when the Stormers are playing."
This is why I love you, Beeno!
Ja, Manie had his chance. It's time to invest in someone who is actually showing all the sings of being a superstar and has the personality, and brain, to captain the Boks from 10 for a long time.
I despise the fact that Dob played him at 12 the last couple of weeks. He has to sit on the side and watch Manie miss tackles and kicks. As i mentioned earlier, it's an ego thing..."Look at what a nice coach I am to keep showing faith in Manie." It's actually a bit cringe, if I'm honest.
I'm still thinking Moodie for Bok 13 because he's shown both at the Bulls and the Boks that he has the quality and composure. Julius has some evolving and a bit of hardening up to do before I'd want him tarting important games for the Boks.
It's the forwards I'm worried about. Nobody other than Hannekom seems to be really holding their hand up in the forwards the way that Fassie, SFM, Henco and few others are in the backs.
Fassi has easily been the best SA player this year. It's not even close. He's gonna be offered a lot of money from France soon.
Rassie did a lot of experimenting this year. More than anybody else. Come 2025, which is gonna be a much tougher year, he's gonna have to do a lot less tinkering and actually put whatever he learned from 2024 into action. The ABs are on the up and up, and apparently so are Australia, so the RC won't be a cakewalk like it was in 2024. They're likely gonna play both Ireland and France away from home too...
Only Dobbo will know why he persist on playing SFM at 12??
When he is clearly a magnificent Flyhalf. Surely it benefits Sacha and the Boks when he plays as much as what he can at Flyhalf?!
Stormers scrum was not as good as the Bulls scrum against the sharks. Also Wilco was far more Dominant against OX, compared to Frans.
Wilco is our leading TH by a country mile.
Andre Hugo Venter is a excellent hooker and really good in the loose.
A star in the making and I don’t know if you guys know this, but Andre Hugo Venter is dating Rassie,s Daughter:)
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