[2015 Super Rugby] Stormers vs. Rebels (Round 15) 23/05/2015

[TRF_heineken]

Newlands, Cape Town

19:10 CAT (SA, GMT+2)

Referee - Stuart Berry

AR1 - Quinton Immelman

AR2 - Rodney Boneparte

TMO - Deon van Blommestein​

Teams

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

Substitutes: 16. Bongi Mbonambi, 17. Ali Vermaak, 18. Vincent Koch, 19. Jean Kleyn, 20. Nizaam Carr, 21. Nic Groom, 22. Kurt Coleman, 23. Huw Jones

Rebels: 15. Mike Harris, 14. Cam Crawford, 13. Dom Shipperley, 12. Mitch Inman, 11. Tom English, 10. Jack Debreczeni, 9. Nic Stirzaker, 8. Scott Higginbotham (captain), 7. Scott Fuglistaller, 6. Sean McMahon, 5. Lopeti Timani, 4. Luke Jones, 3. Paul Alo-Emile, 2. Pat Leafa, 1. Cruze Ah-Nau

Substitutes: 16. Tom Sexton, 17. Keita Inagaki, 18. Laurie Weeks, 19. Cadeyrn Neville, 20. Jordy Reid, 21. Colby Fainga'a, 22. Luke Burgess, 23. Bryce Hegarty

 

[InsaneAsylum]

I think we peaked against the Blues. Stormers by a few.

 

[TRF_heineken]

I think we peaked against the Blues. Stormers by a few.

Let's hope so, because the Bulls will be playing them in 2 weeks time...

 

[InsaneAsylum]

Let's hope so, because the Bulls will be playing them in 2 weeks time...

It's harder to beat the Rebels at home, so I hope we can come away with the win. I'll be at that game and looking forward to it.
Last time the Bulls played at AAMI park it was very entertaining, heaps of tries scored.

 

[TRF_heineken]

Seabelo Senatla starts!!

Suddenly that backline of the Stormers looks very dangerous (well apart from Catrakilis).

 

[SomeOke]

SENATLA! Keen to see him back playing for us.

I don't know though ever since we had that good start to the season I feel like AC has once again tightened up, in terms of game plan. We're gonna need to show a lot more if we want the slightest shot at the ***le. Love to see us run the ball with the backline we have, but I'm not hopeful.
I'll take any win though to be honest, Rebels are a good side.

 

[InsaneAsylum]

will be interesting to see how our scrum goes without Toby Smith. also Ellison and Sefa missing, I think the Stormers will target Shipperley in defence. good to see Japanese Inagaki and Cam Crawford named.

I still think the Stormers will win, but there's always hope of a Rebels upset. I'm going to get my Stuart Berry excuse in early

 

[MotherRucker1]

will be interesting to see how our scrum goes without Toby Smith. also Ellison and Sefa missing, I think the Stormers will target Shipperley in defence. good to see Japanese Inagaki and Cam Crawford named.

I still think the Stormers will win, but there's always hope of a Rebels upset. I'm going to get my Stuart Berry excuse in early

Yeah, I did see his name on the schedule and thought you'd be in for an interesting ride lol. I do think the Stormers will have too much class in this encounter though, even though the Rebels can be a banana skin for bigger teams. Wouldn't be surprised if it's a scrappy contest though.

 

[TRF_heineken]

will be interesting to see how our scrum goes without Toby Smith. also Ellison and Sefa missing, I think the Stormers will target Shipperley in defence. good to see Japanese Inagaki and Cam Crawford named.

I still think the Stormers will win, but there's always hope of a Rebels upset. I'm going to get my Stuart Berry excuse in early

Haha! I think he's on notice to shape up, but at least Shaun Veldsman isn't the TMO... so that will help.

I think the Stormers are going to smash the Rebels at scrum time, and this could give the backline some venom to attack and not just kick everything away...