Wee Stormers vs. Lions, Live Chat & Banter

 Kristh off looking good!

 Stormers up by 5 after 6 mins with kick to come.

 Lions try after 17 minutes, kick to come. Kick is good it is all tied up at 7 after 18 mins.

 Lions on the prowl.

 Good try Stormers, almost looked like a kiwi team. They must have learned something on their tour

 I feel sorry for Coleman, his confidence is obviously completely shot. Not much you can do in that situation.Good game so far.

 JW I trust you realise the Stormers try was scored when Hollenbach was down injured. 
I can only advise all backs not to get in Eben's way.
Heard Mal let referring to how the Bulle were "shafted". Glad Nick calls aspade a spade.

 Coleman and Jantjies both have suspect tempra ments.

 Beeno do the stormers have anyone who can take over goal kicking duties for the rest of this game? Leyds maybe?

 Dumb de jongh fails to send pass out to Senatla then dumb leyds doesnt kick ahead. Two big foul ups.

 I dont think so. Hopefully Coleman will recover hsis mojo. Remem ber jantjes also misseda simple one

 De Jongh knocks on and lions boot upfi eld!

 Fantastic by Kolbe, good finish by Carr

 Brilliant chip ahead by Kolbe and Stormers score!!!

 Happy for Coleman there, good conversion

 Leyds messes up and is held up.Bring on Van Wyk!! Also Huw Jones!! Also Rhodes!!

 Faf de Klerk flattens Kolisi!!

 Faf de Klerk flattens Kolisi!!

 Allende flattens Mnisi. Man what a player Allende is. So powerful. And Another great tac kle by Allende. 

 Mighty Stormers 17 minutes away from winning Sa confernece.Goooo Stormers!

 Mnisi knocks on.Lions missing Mapoe. But Mnisi is a tricky runner.

 Disaster strikes as K itshoff is carded!!!

 19-19
Stormers will finish game with 14 men.B acks to the wall!

 Coleman sends a blatantly forw ard pass. Man this guy lacks a cool head!!

 Well done Stormers for securing draw with a man down for the last ten minutes.Well done also to L ions who fought hard for 80 minutes.

 Really enjoyed watching that game, kudos to both teams

 Knocks Stormers off second spot. That is that big problem now. Not that there is any chance of winning the comp if you have to travel down under and play under a bent down under ref! You have to be about 30 points better!!!

It's unlucky that the Lions will not make the playoffs after seeing some great rugby this season. I hope Johan Ackermann can retain these players in the team for more years to come.  

 Lions were very unlucky. Stormers scored their try when Hollenbach was down and out after colliding with the man mountain Eztebeth. Left a few wobbly knees in nz that did! Bwahhahahahahaha
Lions need to add depth to squad. Whitely has played every game  I hear. But they MUST build on this.Aim has to be 4 SA sides in top 6.Bulls and Stormers need new coach and Gold has to mprove he can set the Sharks ship right.Its absurd how poor the Bulle and Sharks have been this year and the Mighty Stormers also need to get a decent backline in place for next year.
If we have any palyers left is another worry. The parasitic NH, Japan and oz could deci mate our playing resources.

 Congrats to the Lions for battling every game - including this one. I only saw the first half but it had some good plays, the stormers were passing the ball well & looked like they would win it. My grandson took priority so I missed the second half, I will download & watch the whole game tomorrow.
I will also check the nationality of the ref

 ...JW, does sound a bit suspicious having a SA team in the top six doesn't it...good for TV ratings in SA I suppose...not sure who will want to watch it next year in SA with them playing in a conference with Japan and Argentina though???...

 Glad your grandson was watching over you JW. I worry about you!There were no reffing problems so JW you can safely conclude he was a Saffa! No engineering a Stormers win - in fact we got a fatal yellow near the end! 

 Brycy: the SA officials rigged the system so an SA team will qualify no matter if several kiwi teams have more wins . 
Beeno engaged in "brilliant" distraction by raving erroneously about the "bent" refs. 

De Jongh saves the day!!!!!!!!!  

For me Nizaam Carr was man of the match, he got involved in the game, made solid tackles, carried the ball well and scored a decent try.