The Stormers nullifying another attack in two weeks was impressive. The Bulls camped out on their line for almost 20 mins and nothing could pass that defence. Stormers looking the real deal so far.
Lions disappointed me, i thought they would run away with it on the Highveld but the Reds almost won it. Reds looks good, not ***le contenders but possible top of the Aussie pile contenders.
I knew i had to go for the Blues but then i thought no Beauden no win, lessons learned, i still have to grasp the strength of the Aussie sides at home vs foreign opposition.
This is fair, was at the stadium and kept waiting for the talking-to to come and it never did.What irked me a bit in the Stormers vs. Bulls game was that the Bulls were in the Stormers 22 for nearly 10 minutes, and in that 10 minutes, the Stormers conced 6 penalties, yet Mr. Van Der Westhuizen didn't give them a warning or anything, nevermind a card. What bothered me more was that Burger Odendaal didn't come and talk to him about it, some of those penalties were cynical, and some were repeated offsides.
This is fair, was at the stadium and kept waiting for the talking-to to come and it never did.
Honestly not a fantastic game, I wonder if the Bulls might not have been better off starting with Libbok, playing Morne, is pretty much saying "we are playing SA style, beat you up front first rugby" and I just don't think the Stormers pack is going to lose that way.
But Morne wasn't the weak link in the Bulls team though. And I honestly don't get why guys are bashing him now for the second week in a row, when he's one of the better performers for the Bulls at the moment.
Gelant has now had 2 poor games at Fullback. Johnny Kotze offers absolutely nothing at 13, and Burger Odendaal appears to be absent as a captain at 12. I mean, 7 penalties in the 22 area of the Stormers, and not 1 kick at goal??? That's just poor captaincy. Our lineouts will take some time with the new locks involved, So I can't really fault them for trying.
Plus that last break we had, Why did Hendricks cut inside, and then also passed the ball inside? We had Kotze outside, waving his arms like a kid waiting for ice-cream with nobody in front of him.
The errors we made were schoolboy errors, and I can't see why Morne is getting the punishment...
I feel you Hein, I'm not bashing Steyn he's really good at what he does, I meant more from a strategic perspective in breaking down this Stormers defense, you guys looked a little more dangerous on attack when Libbok came on.But Morne wasn't the weak link in the Bulls team though. And I honestly don't get why guys are bashing him now for the second week in a row, when he's one of the better performers for the Bulls at the moment.
Gelant has now had 2 poor games at Fullback. Johnny Kotze offers absolutely nothing at 13, and Burger Odendaal appears to be absent as a captain at 12. I mean, 7 penalties in the 22 area of the Stormers, and not 1 kick at goal??? That's just poor captaincy. Our lineouts will take some time with the new locks involved, So I can't really fault them for trying.
Plus that last break we had, Why did Hendricks cut inside, and then also passed the ball inside? We had Kotze outside, waving his arms like a kid waiting for ice-cream with nobody in front of him.
The errors we made were schoolboy errors, and I can't see why Morne is getting the punishment...