Stormers v Crusaders

[Stargazer]

Referee: Nic Berry
AR1: Marius van der Westhuizen
AR2: AJ Jacobs
TMO: Marius Jonker

[Machpants]

So neutral ref in SA, thank fuck

[Frank]

@Nevorian
I hope he's a honest as the day is long, safe pair of hands, good team-man and as great a toiler as his father.

[Chris B.]

@Stargazer said in Stormers v Crusaders:

Stormers

15 Damian Willemse, 14 Seabelo Senatla, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Dillyn Leyds, 10 Josh Stander, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Jaco Coetzee, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Cobus Wiese, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff.

Replacements:
16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 Kobus van Dyk, 20 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 21 Justin Phillips, 22 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 23 Dan Kriel.

Strong looking forward pack. How many of those guys are capped Boks?

[Jailbreak7]

Gold from Richie as he and Havili combine beautifully for the 2nd try.

[Stargazer]

@Jailbreak7 That was an awesome try!

[Jailbreak7]

At oranges Saders started slowly, allowing Kolisi through untouched for the try in the first minute, but have gradually settled into their work and take a 10-12 lead into the break. Scrum going better than I thought, Bower pinged a couple of times, but has managed to weather the storm - ahem!
Would like to see Reece more involved, and in the last couple of weeks I have been more impressed with how Crotty contrlos, balances and steadies the backline. He takes a lot of pressure off the first receiver providing another option, allowing Richie to do his thing.

[Jailbreak7]

Jeepers Mo'unga is on fire! What a try!

[MiketheSnow]

@Jailbreak7 said in Stormers v Crusaders:

Jeepers Mo'unga is on fire! What a try!

Great delay, but looked forward on replay.

[MiketheSnow]

Madness from Mounga there.
Kick it long and dead

[Jailbreak7]

C'mon Saders!!

[Jailbreak7]

Sevu Reece scores but of course the TMO wwill call..............forward
Ahem your gold watch is on the counter sir

[Crucial]

What a SA stitch up. That was nota clear and obvious forward pass at all. Call from the crowd and the TMO

[akan004]

Clearly backwards from the hand. Hometown decision.

[Jailbreak7]

Why would you go for the posts? Go hard or go home I say

[Jailbreak7]

Wierd that the SA comms team called it a 19-19 draw with about 20 mins to go.....

[Old Samurai Jack]

Damn..... some home town reffing.....

[Stargazer]

How awful was the officiating in the last 15 minutes? No way that pass from Ennor was forward. Try shouldn't have been disallowed. Then a forward pass from the Stormers' halfback not spotted. And then another undeserved penalty to the Stormers. Geez, esp the South African officials are so biased.

That draw should have been a win for the Crusaders. Geez.

[Stargazer]

@Jailbreak7 Rigged?

[Stargazer]

I just can't believe that try was disallowed. It was so obvious that that pass went backwards. It shouldn't even have gone to the TMO. It's always the same thing in South Africa.