All this smoke is BS.
All this smoke is BS.
Finally, I can watch a game again
Howzit, Paks
Howzit Plummie.
LOL, Gelant right into it.
Gelant fouls up.
After a crooked pass Gelant now boots it out on the full. Sharks playing with 16 men, boys.
Andre with a beautiful floater to Fassi.
Fassi had defos lost some pace
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Esterhuizen well marked.
Penalty Sharks after sustained attack on the line. 5m lineout.
Impressive maul Sharks and they're over in the corner. 7-0 as Jordan nails the conversion.
Jenkins scores a good try.
We have the blowhard commentator again…Sharks score early
In terms of the 12 battle, it's all AE thus far.
vissies in early and Jordan slots it
7-0
Marcel making good yards in contact to set up Sacha and Willemse with the score. Might have been Gelant in there with the quick hands to Sacha, who blows the conversion. 7-5
Just like that a stompies hit back...slick with the nice burst of pace from Sacha
See the difference in the backs. Brilliant try Mighty Stormers!
Willems score after Sasha runs into a hole and gets Willemse to have a free run to score
One up for Willemse!
Sacha makes the try ….great line
Haha Sacha missed the conversion
AE showing DDA how to kick through
Nicely weighted kick through by Esterhuizen gets the Sharks a 5m lineout.
Esterhozen shows how Dud Allende should kick
Jordan cross kicks and sharks score
What a cross kick by Jordan, flat and pinpoint for Williams to score. Not easy to kick it that accurately that flat and fast, great stuff. 14-5
Damn that was pinpoint!!!
Great cross kick by Jordan. About as perfect as it gets
Superb cross kick and guppies score!
I'd still rather have Jordan as Sacha's understudy than Manie
Best I've seen Jordan play ever so far. Sasha must have got him to up his game. Converting all his kicks from the touch
Two great tactical kicks make the try….Hendrikse doing some good things.
Great return by Fassi, Sharks in the 22 again.
Everything going very well for da gups!
Nice touchfinder by Fassi
Sharks winning the kick battle, brilliant banana from Fassi kick return for 50/22
Boys are up for it today
Stormers back 3 looks vulnerable at the back and out of position
Vissies all over this game
Should be another 3 for the Sharks. They get down there they score. Can't believe the change in this side from the one we saw a month or two ago. 17-5
3 pointer for Hendriks after good dummy run by hooker to get.a penalty for off the ball tackle
Jaden's boxies suck.
Fassi cross kicks for Zas, he looked in but Esterhuizen hunts him down and gets the try saver. Penxe not switched on out on the right.
Fassi fucks up with poor cross kick, Zas beats the catcher and sprints down the touch. AE runs him down and tackles him 5 meter from the line.
So much for calling AE slow after running the winger down
Hahah WTH Fassi!
Great covering tackle by AE!
Van Heerden catches Reinach behind the ruck. Sharks are on it.
Reinach getting caught while the Stompies were in a good attacking position there. Rookie mistake
What a difference between this game and that horror show between the Stormers and Bulls the other day.
Looks like Amy is having some trouble with Jaden.
Manu off, bro on.
I can't take Jayden seriously with that physique of his.
Guy could really put in some work in the gym.
Dum run by Willemse, loses ball on halfway line
Strange to see some three pointers being taken. Sacha with a clanger, way off.
Zulu boy kicking letting him down once more
Sacha's radar is off today
Sascha misses again.
Willemse holding on too long and the Stormers attack breaks down under advantage. Not going for 3 again, haha.
Sacha pulls out the driver..and he fades the ball.
Another midfield blinder by Willemse, tries to dance through the midfield, forces off load in contact and knocks on
Sasha radar has been off for a few games jow
Lovely ball to Zas by Sacha. Then he forces a cross under pressure that flies into touch. They had advantage but that felt like a waste.
Zulu cross kick forced
Stormers missing Roos today
Lovely quick pass by Sacha.
It almost goes unnoticed how bloody good he is at making quick decisions and then executing
And then he makes a try.
Superstar
Sacha taps and goes and feeds Willemse to score again. Sharkies should know not to take their eyes off the man. 17-12. Lively game.
Sasha does it again. Takes quick tap, runs into a whole and gets Willemse free for another try. Sharks sleeping, expecting a corner kick
Sacha creates another try for Willemse
Would like to see Fassi do more than just kick it, maybe look to link up with his support.
I hope Plum can see how a genuine inside center moves.
Sacha kicked that chip from Fassi out of the air!!??
Seriously!
I mean, why not? If you pull it off they can't tackle you and you can chase it down.
I hope Plum can see how a genuine inside center moves.
Roos isn't playing today.
On comes danger man OX
A fly kick perfectly placed…the only thing Sacha can’t do is get it through the uprights
Sharks monstering the Stormers scrum.
Stompies getting some lenient treatment at the scum here.
Ox creating too much pressure for Koch to hold…so it’s spinning
Nice calm take by Fassi under big pressure.
Commentators talking about how magic Fassi is.
Would be nice if we could start seeing some of that magic again
Penxe is the Sharks Gelant. The Nkosi lookalike was far more impressive last week.
Sacha with a casual 102m in 25 minutes.
Hooker taken out? Apparently not.
Williams just managing to ankle tap Sacha otherwise he was away. So much happening. They're going to penalize the Hooker incident now.
Sacha turns the Sharks around with a perfectly weighted kick, Sahrks quickly clear, Stompies throw in quickly, Sacha runs it up and passes inside to create a break and pressure on Sharks line
The level of influence he has on the game is seriously on another level.
Gups are hanging on.
Hooker and Esterhuizen don't seem to pose much threat on attack so far.
Hooker and Esterhuizen don't seem to pose much threat on attack so far.
Andre hasn't seen a ball on attack in probably 20 minutes. I'd get JJ on, get Penxe off and get Hooker to wing.
Like to Stormers to get in a good finisher like Arendse.
Pakster all he has done on attack is bash into his opposition making no ground either.
Great tackle on Andre by BJD.
See. Esterhuizen stopped dead in his tracks twice in a row.
That man Paul De Villiers makes a great turnovr
Jakkals Viljee gets the penalty on the ground and that will be the half, unless Sacha does something crazy. Oh yeah, they can lineout.
Sharks steal the lineout and Jaden decides he doesn't want to play anymore.
Entertaining half. Sharks started strong but faded.
I would take off Reinach he contributed very little.
Esterhuizen stopped dead in his tracks twice in a row.
Yep, he's being marked well.
Indeed, the Sharks haven't given AE much to play with.
Beeno, open your other eye once in a while
By the same token Beeno, Willemse/Simelane hasn't created anything for the Stormers, it's been all Sacha.
Hi dudes...tight game...hope the Stormers can close it out...Sacha shouldn't be captain...his game is being affected.
The pitch looka like a bog ... sad.
Who is the players excelling in first half.
Hendriks brothers are taking 9 and 10.
AE outplaying Willemse, Willemse being lucky with his tries from Sasha great runs.
Sasha kicking letting him down once again. Trying to make things happen to much. If someone keeps an eyes on Sasha and just shut him down I don't think he will be as effective
Like to Stormers to get in a good finisher like Arendse.
That I agree with, they have no strike power on the wings. Zas being caught by Andre is not a good look.
KC Sacha is not perfect but he's the only one making things happen for the Stormers. I can't think of any other Stormers back that's done anything worth noting apart from Willemse's two tailor made scores.
Zas and Hartsenberg are kak
BJD has been put on Andre duty and he's doing well.
Slaapman coming on for Evans.
Stompies need to hold on here.
Stormers on a warning.
yellow coming for the Stompies here
Yellow Stormers and Slaapman goes off again.
Useless Moerat, yellow card, collapsing maul, what a pap lock
Sharks score from the maul this time, Stormers committed too many in the push to the touchline and once the Sharks got past that thrust there was nothing to stop them.
Sharks in.
Stompies need to turn it around now.
Jordan shanks it, 22-12. Siya on for Phepsi.
Shark’s score a maul try…so far they have very few ideas in the backline
Jesus Jaden's boxies barely goes 10m.
Neither side has much backline ideas if you remove Sacha.
Esterhuizen plants Sacha after the whistle. He seems okay thankfully.
AE giving Dacha done afters haha
Sharks steal the lineout.
Late tackle by Esterhuizen doing all he can to smash Sascha.
Jaden charged down, Esterhuizen gets, breaks out and releases Fassi. Sharks ends up back in the Stormers 22.
Fassi has defos lost some pace
Esterhuizen is best off the bench when the Boks are on top and he can have a go close to the tryline.
There we go again Esterhuizen stopped dead in his tracks. Plumster. We are talking about who should play 12 for the Boks. Ie our starting 12.
Marcel with the lineout steal for the Stormers.
Now Sacha overcooks one
Zulu boy losing the plot and kicks ball away from perfect over turn
Stormers have put BJD on Esterhuizen and he's been brilliant at stopping him. Sharks not adjusting to it. Let Andre run off a loosie to target the backs.
Game getting scrappy now
JJ comes on
Fassi having a respectable game so far. Seems okay pace wise. I think Munster doesn't want Fassi at 15 as then it freescyp Willemse at 12.
Beeno reading Plumpster like as open book.
How useless is Moerat, off again with a sprained toe, for fuck suck. Oxygen thief. Why even bother with him. Needs to be dropped to Currie cup and forgotten there
Stormers scrum now rumbling.
Stormers scrum dominates. Time for a try!
Stompies winning a crucial scrum there...they go to the corner and they need to make something happen now
Sharks steal the lineout again.
Looked like the same wheeled scrums which weren’t called earkier
Williams now with a kak boxie and the Sharks blow all their hard work. Sharks scrummies can't kick it more than 10. Stormers need this lineout now.
Sacha runs another perfect line….poor kick by Williams
More lineout shambles for the Stormers. Sharks scrum.
That wasn't skew.
Stormers old lose two crucialineouts.
Lovely from Sacha with the chip and then the jackal pressure to win a penalty
this came after the Stomers fluffed an attacking lineout...
So now they have another 5m lineout thanks to Sacha but the screw it up again...
What are the Stompies without Sacha!!!???
It seems like the pass back to the flyhalf to clear for touch has completely disappeared from the game.
This chick is nuts.
And then the Stompies give away a free kick from the resultant scrum.
Correct Draad.
Willemse throws a hospital, Sharks get the ball. Penxe spotted it well to make the tackle.
Hospital pass from the most excellent passer, Willemse
Hospital pass by Willemse
Beeno, pakie, looks like the sharks come to play
Great Reinach off.
Terrible game. Totally ineffective.
Hahaha…we seem to be agreed…hospital
REF LOVES BLOWING THAT EFFING WHISTLE
Couple of those spectators look like Al -Queda candidates.
Yes but the Stormers are keeping them in the game. Not taking their chances.
Good to see the gups playing more to their potential.
lol why was AE takin that penalty?
Good gamesmanship by the Snarks.
when's the 2nd half starting
Dont like woman refs, especially their voices, like your mom scolding you
Second time we have seen de Villiers tonight….I’m still waiting for the beef
AE bulldozes Zulu boy, sends him back on his ass
Esterhuizen gets rid of Sacha. That's where they should have him running, not at Dixon.
Should be zrum penalty to Stormers!
Ref beginning to worry me.
Very messy game. Not great advertising game for our Talent
anybody else see the Sharks 18 get lifted by his neck in that scrum?
Holy shit
lol why was AE takin that penalty?
Prolly his left boot better for the angle.
Chick is nuts.
The Snickerling myth defused in the lost lineout count.
But well playd snarks.
Very messy game. Not great advertising game for our Talent
It has unraveled in the second after an excellent first half.
Simelane bamboozles Hooker, Andre gets the turnover but it almost turns bad for the Sharks as the Stormers gets a boot to it.
Stompies with the chance here...this lineout needs to work...
Hooker stood up rather badly there
anybody else see the Sharks 18 get lifted by his neck in that scrum?
Haha no, there's too much going on in this game.
...maul and advantage to the Stompies...
they'll go again
Dank humid primitive conditions in Durban Pakster.
Jurie the GOAT is on.
That card could be the game l.
And they fluff another lineout
Dank humid primitive conditions in Durban Pakster.
They're playing in Cape Town?
Cool of de Villiers supporting the Hozen after he was tipped.
Jurie the GOAT is on.
:)
Kwotalisi cramping already after only being on for 20 min
Seeya Siya.
Kwotalisi can not go to to the next world cup
Lucky no card Stormers.
Simalane lucky not to get yellow
Simelane upends Hooker in the air. Lucky to get away without a card, he was not competing.
Sharks walking up the field on the back of a plethora of Stompie errors
I think Kolisi is about done. Been a long hard career.
A week ago we had a red card for someone making a fair challenge in the air.
Now the Sharks maul from Durban to CT and AE gets up with the ball
Sharks with a thundering maul scores again. Andre powering the maul from the back, lol.
Sharks dominating now. AE should be man of the match
The old faithful rushing for the exit
That's it oaks.
Stormers messed up.
But hopefully this is the beginning of a Sharks run.
Jordan kicking like a bitch now.
Jirre Jordan's radar isn't broken...it's been uninstalled
Esterhozen should be the MOM leadership, huge defense, turnovers, try creating passes and the decisive try.
Jurie with a sensational take.
Well dealt with under pressure by Fassi there
Ox has not made an impression either
Sasha being shown up, lacking BMT
kakkest 2nd half from WP since ma fell off the bus
Willemse has somehow made it to the MOTM nominations. I guess riding Sacha's coat-tails counts for something.
Glad you noticed umster. At least one eye is working. Hahahahaha.
Commentators agree the Hozen dominated this match
Jurie with a sensational touch from the penalty. He's my MOTM already.
Agreed Moz.
Beeno is very jealous of AE.
...but those in the know understand the value he brings.
Cynical gups get a yellow!
Vinnie gets a yellow from the teacher. Jeez I miss Hollie. Penalty try Stormers.
Where is Sacha playing now?
Sacha's at 12 I think.
Beeno is in Durban
Nice hit on Sacha by Jordan.
Beeno is in Durban
Prolly why he's having trouble seeing anything.
Korn...
Sacha lacking BMT!?
You I mean like in a 14 man side against France away from home?
Or against Ireland away from home?
Cumon now haha
JP Pietersen take a bow I guess.
We get one more chance to see Jurie operate and he slams the penalty into touch again.
I must allow him an off game. Pollard is not shooting the lights out either, but Jordan H has made good
Well I did see him make about two or three meters with one run.
But face facts he really showed zero on attack. Allende obviously is a better 12 and so is Willemse.
Esterhuizen is a valuable hybrid player more dangerous when playing 6. Take it from Beeno the one who knows!
Well done Sharkies, dominated that shit. Fun game despite the messy second half.
I must allow him an off game. Pollard is not shooting the lights out either, but Jordan H has made good
Jurie is where it's at, KC.
...the Stinpies fluff the final lineout of the game.
Sharks looking much better now that Plumtree is gone.
Stompies need to figure out to make things happen without Sacha having to do everything for them
How in the F is Fassi MOTM haha!?
The effect of Plumtree leaving for a coach in sync with the players is what NZ should be trying to do…always liked JP I’m glad he is doing well.
How in the F is Fassi MOTM haha!?
His competition were Willemse, Sacha, Jaco Williams and Phepsi. Public can only vote for the candidates that are nailed down by minute 60 already.
The man plumster says has lost pace is MOM. Congrats to Fassi. .
Plumpster having one good eye to watch rugby is not enough. Bwahahahahaha.
I guess Dumpster missed the fact Esterhuizen showed zero on attack. He couldn't even barge his way forward. Has Andre lost his mojo? Perhaps like Ox he is loafing?
Well done Snarks...good win...we'll take it on the snout...till next week.
that 2nd half ........................
well done guppies
Fassi was a darn side more effective than Esterhuizen.
I told you Plumpster that Fassi was having a good game. The advantage of having two good eyes and a functioning brain. Hahahahahahaha.
Well I did see him make about two or three meters with one run.
Check why - they put a big flanker on him and as I said, the Sharks didn't adjust to send him into a different channel. The moment he ran at Sacha late in the game he bumped him off with ease. Sharks don't use Andre nearly as effectively as the Boks do when he plays at 12 for them - you target weak points with your strong man, not where there's parity.
The Stormers are not an international side like the Abs, France, Ireland. They are a club side. Not one starting or regular Bok in the pack.
Apart from Willemse and Sascha no Bok. Reinach was totally sup par as he was last time he payed for the Boks.
Esterhuizen made no impression of attack on a, side below international quality. The truth is you can tie up a basher especially at test level. Your 12 requires skills, acceleration.vision etc.
I grant you Andre has improved his skills but for many years was no more than a basher up of some ability
To me, leaving out Kriel and Allende, the center paring of Willemse and Moodie looks like the way to go. Time will tell.
Congrats, Sharks, well played. The Stormers made too many mistakes and didn’t use their chances when it mattered most.
Playing Gelant at 15 is turning into a shit show. We need Willemse at 15 and to use a Jonathan Roche, Luke Burger, or Joshua Boulle at 12.
Can’t wait to see Markus Muller at 13 soon.
Jurie Matthee is playing very well, as always. Esterhuizen is leading the Sharks extremely well. A better 12 than DDA any day of the week. Not a bad flank either.
Stormers will be licking their wounds tonight, maybe Maraai in die Kaai kan give them the toothless special to soften their spirits.
Just hope the quality improves next week
‘Esterhuizen made no impression of attack on a, side below international quality. The truth is you can tie up a basher especially at test level. Your 12 requires skills, acceleration.vision etc.’
And yet you think Dud Allende is a great center.
Esterhuizen looks like the great white hope to replace DdA if you look at the comments on here...fine player, but he doesn't walk on water just yet...
PS, that little winger of the Snarks looks like an Arendse clone....
The Stormers chucked the game away up front .
Had they just won their own lineouts things could have been different. The amount of 5m lineouts that went wrong...that would properly tick me off if I were Dobbo.
And then there are a bunch of players that just aren't on standard.
But yeah, Andre was immense. He's the rock upon which you can build a team. He's in superb form and doing everything right. Very happy for him.
And I think it's clear that Plumtree was the problem at the Shark. They look a different team. Again, why did it take the Union that long to realise what had been evident for ages!?
One swallow doesn't make a summer...but there's hope...
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Should be fun.