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Chilli wrote: Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:53 amStormers by 15.
Hope so !

I looked at the remaining fixtures last week, & Connacht need to win three of their remaining games, & pick up a couple of bonus points, to stand a decent chance of 8th place.

The big downer is that apparently, the cap on three sides per Nation is still in place :wtf; so despite the Welsh being dog shit, they can edge us out, so we're relying on Leinster doing the business in Europe, & winning, & then they automatically qualify, & Connacht become the 3rd Irish side, & the cashola rolls into Galway :grin:

This is the way it happened before, so I assuming that nothing else has changed.
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Cell C Sharks

Dian Bleuler
Fez Mbatha
Hanro Jacobs
Emile van Heerden
Gerbrandt Grobler
Henco Venter
Vincent Tshituka
Sikhumbuzo Notshe
Grant Williams
Curwin Bosch (c)
Aphelele Fassi
Rohan Janse van Rensburg
Marnus Potgieter
Werner Kok
Boeta Chamberlain
Replacements

Kerron van Vuuren
Ntuthuko Mchunu
Carlü Sadie
Jeandre Labuschagne
James Venter
Phepsi Buthelezi
Cameron Wright
Yaw Penxe


Pepsi on the bench , Notsche starting...... :thumbup:
Fassi to the wing... :thumbup:
Marnus to centre... :silent:
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Stormers C

Stormers – 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Angelo Davids, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Marcel Theunissen, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Deon Fourie (captain), 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Ernst van Rhyn, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Ali Vermaak.
Subs: 16 JJ Kotze, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Willie Engelbrecht, 21 Herschel Jantjies, 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23 Suleiman Hartzenberg.
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Munster tearing Scarlets a new one down in Cork

21 - 0 with 24 mins gone.

Welsh rugby is in a dire state, they really need to give players some certainty, so they can get their heads back into the game.

In other news RJ stood up from the bench in the first few minutes, & got a round of applause from the crowd for completing the act without injuring himself again :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

And now its 28 - 0 with 27 mins gone
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35 - 7 HT, Scarlets waking up a bit, but Munster have so much of the ball & look really fluent in attack
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Scarlets a completely different team in the 2nd half

49 - 42 FT

Neither defense coach will be happy
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fishfoodie wrote: Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:20 pm Scarlets a completely different team in the 2nd half

49 - 42 FT

Neither defense coach will be happy
Some comeback!!!
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Sandstorm wrote: Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:22 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:20 pm Scarlets a completely different team in the 2nd half

49 - 42 FT

Neither defense coach will be happy
Some comeback!!!
Their PI players showed the Welsh guys how it's done at the start of the 2nd half, with Fifita, Kalamafoni, & Lousi scoring to turn the game on it's head.
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fishfoodie wrote: Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:20 pm Scarlets a completely different team in the 2nd half

49 - 42 FT

Neither defense coach will be happy
Bloody hell 😂
All the money you made will never buy back your soul
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Lads fell off a cliff.

Kudos Scarlets. Rocket up the arse, showed off the movez and turned into the perfect game for them near the end.
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Slick wrote: Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:26 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:20 pm Scarlets a completely different team in the 2nd half

49 - 42 FT

Neither defense coach will be happy
Bloody hell 😂
a long way from the 3 - 3 games we've probably both endured, & apparently the highest scoring game in the league !
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How did RG go?
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fishfoodie wrote: Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:48 pm
Chilli wrote: Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:53 amStormers by 15.
Hope so !

I looked at the remaining fixtures last week, & Connacht need to win three of their remaining games, & pick up a couple of bonus points, to stand a decent chance of 8th place.

The big downer is that apparently, the cap on three sides per Nation is still in place :wtf; so despite the Welsh being dog shit, they can edge us out, so we're relying on Leinster doing the business in Europe, & winning, & then they automatically qualify, & Connacht become the 3rd Irish side, & the cashola rolls into Galway :grin:

This is the way it happened before, so I assuming that nothing else has changed.
Cardiff got the Welsh spot last season when Glasgow were 8th. The Amlin Challenge Park Pen is a dogshit comp in the early phase, even worse than the muck they've made the initial rounds of the Heiny.
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OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:12 am How did RG go?
Clink of several thousand rosary beads beneath all the applause when he came on but his legs haven't exploded yet.

Got about 15-20mins and looked happy to be back. Threw himself about, stole a lineout and is still a monumentally huge man with a killer offload. Good to have him on field again.
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lemonhead wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 8:23 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:12 am How did RG go?
Clink of several thousand rosary beads beneath all the applause when he came on but his legs haven't exploded yet.

Got about 15-20mins and looked happy to be back. Threw himself about, stole a lineout and is still a monumentally huge man with a killer offload. Good to have him on field again.
Good news
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fishfoodie wrote: Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:20 pm Scarlets a completely different team in the 2nd half

49 - 42 FT

Neither defense coach will be happy
13 out of 13 successful conversions?
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GogLais wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 9:50 am
fishfoodie wrote: Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:20 pm Scarlets a completely different team in the 2nd half

49 - 42 FT

Neither defense coach will be happy
13 out of 13 successful conversions?
Yep, a nice dry, calm night in Cork, & most tries seemed to get scored under the sticks.
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fishfoodie wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 10:05 am
GogLais wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 9:50 am
fishfoodie wrote: Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:20 pm Scarlets a completely different team in the 2nd half

49 - 42 FT

Neither defense coach will be happy
13 out of 13 successful conversions?
Yep, a nice dry, calm night in Cork, & most tries seemed to get scored under the sticks.
Could be a record? I realise Munster may well have eased off but at least the Scarlets kept trying.
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30,000 expect in CT. It is a bit rainy.
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Stormers going for the line out rather than pens under somewhat reasonable assumption they can steam roll this Sharks side, unless Sharks really buckle up going to be another long week. Lots of pens to start
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"it's the way they play, boot of Bosch and size of Rensburg"

We barely use JvR. To be honest it would be preferable to endless box kicks.
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Stormers line-out reading Sharks very well, Stomps need to calm down as a bit frantic otherwise. Not going to really run the Sharks off their feet.


And surprise surprise, shitty box kick from Williams concedes yet another try.
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Oh dear ..... that's very poor
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"that wasn't quite a wayward kick, just about 15 metres short"

It went fucking 5 metres you dribbling moron.
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Sharks so disorganised, Stormers are getting easy gains every time.
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Can the stormers get on with it so I can get back to studying, this is utter trash from the Sharks. Absolutely brainless, if they aren't doing any training all week at least they could make some social media videos.
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Yes Blommetjies✓
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19-6 Stormers
33 mins
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What happened to sards?
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Bosch panicking?
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Surprised the ref isn't hoarse from all the times he told 9 to use it.

The restarts today seem to have been reasonably good from both teams.



At the very least this is objectively hilarious from the Sharks
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Still close enough for the lion of Westville to swagger on and turn the match around.
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The Stormers will have to step up. $hark$ won't play kakker then the first half.
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handyman wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 1:06 pm What happened to sards?
He was suppose to go with me to the match.
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How often does Fourier get away with balancing with hands on the floor.

No interest in the Stormers sending the golf cart around when being summoned, poor form from hosts :thumbdown:
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Dwebe keeping the Sharks in the game. Useless fat clown.
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Think ref is getting quite a few of the scrum calls wrong today.

Both sides general handling and panicking :sick:
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TheNatalShark wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 1:39 pm Think ref is getting quite a few of the scrum calls wrong today.

Both sides general handling and panicking :sick:
Scrums are awful, pitch cutting up not helping.
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Fear the fin...................................................or don't.
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Sandstorm wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 1:40 pm
Scrums are awful, pitch cutting up not helping.
That's fair

Still so disappointing that Dweba hasn't pushed on
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