[2015 Super Rugby] Stormers vs. Lions (Round 17) 06/06/2015

[TRF_heineken]

Newlands, Cape Town

17:05 CAT (SA, GMT+2)

Referee - Stuart Berry

AR1 - Marius van der Westhuizen

AR2 - Quinton Immelman

TMO - Marius Jonker​

Teams

Stormers: 15 Cheslin Kolbe, 14 Dillyn Leyds, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Duane Vermeulen (captain), 7 Siya Kolisi, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Manuel Carizza, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff

Substitutes: 16 Michael Willemse, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Jean Kleyn, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Kurt Coleman, 23 Jaco Taute

Lions: 15. Andries Coetzee, 14. Ruan Combrinck, 13. Harold Vorster, 12. Alwyn Hollenbach, 11. Courtnall Skosan, 10. Elton Jantjies, 9. Faf de Klerk, 8. Warren Whiteley (captain), 7. Warwick Tecklenburg, 6. Jaco Kriel, 5. Franco Mostert, 4. Martin Muller, 3. Julian Redelinghuys, 2. Armand van der Merwe, 1. Schalk van der Merwe

Substitutes: 16. Malcolm Marx, 17. Corne Fourie, 18. Ruan Dreyer, 19. Robert Kruger, 20. Kwagga Smith, 21. Dillon Smit, 22. Marnitz Boshoff, 23. Howard Mnisi

 

[Kiwi_]

I feel like the Lions might win this one.

 

[TRF_heineken]

Okay so Duane will miss the Sharks game.

The 2 top scrum teams doing battle. Gonna be an awesome game.

My pick for the weekend.

I think Stormers will win, by 3

 

[SomeOke]

Tough to call, Stormers went through a bit of a slump mid season where we basically only won with scrum dominance and polls kicking. Lately we seem to be picking up where we left off at the beginning of the season, with a much more varied game plan. That said our last two games were against bottom 5 teams, so this is a big test, it will be interesting to see how we play it. A conservative approach at home may be enough to get us the win but I feel like it may be a losing strategy in the long run when we face the NZ sides in the play-offs.

Lions are tough, I'd say even odds but it's at home so hopefully we can sneak it.

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

Seems the Lions are at had to spoil a Stormers party every year. At least we are into the knock outs but not playing a QF and home advantage in the semi would've meant we woud actually have a cat's whisker of a chance. Oh, well. Better luck next year.