SuperRugby: Western Force v Stormers. 28/04/2012

[TNT88]

carrrrn force

 

[madflyhalf]

God! David Harvey what a knock!! :|

 

[cyRil]

What I don't really get is how the nations' commentary teams are so ignorant to the other countries and their players. This and last week, the Aussie commentators can't even pronounce Juan de Jongh's name - the guy's a ****ing Springbok!!!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

They just called Habana the "intercept king".
Fairly sure that JdV has that patented.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Worlds....................................slowest.....................................................scrum.......................en.......................gagement

 

[cyRil]

Worlds....................................slowest.....................................................scrum.......................en.......................gagement

That was last week at the Ospreys v Dragons - Crouch ................................................................................................... T-t-tou-touch............................................................................................................................. Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuseeeeeeee.................................... *David Cameron discovers price of milk*..........................................................................................*Venus aligns with Saturn*......................................................................................................................................................*Thatcher dies*..............................................................................................................................................ENGAGEPENALTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[madflyhalf]

Rotfl!!



I found Ma'afu slightly off shape... well wandering sphere is NOT the perfect shape in this case.

Find differences:

 

[TRF_Cymro]

Cracking call for Habana's try by the ref.

 

[madflyhalf]

Are WF players playing with nails sticked on their boots?!?

 

[cyRil]

Cracking call for Habana's try by the ref.

Who would ever go to the TMO for that though?!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Stormers playing some good rugby despite the downpour

 

[madflyhalf]

Crap ref......

Come on! Habana's try not a try (ok no one would have called TMO in that case), then another lost forward by Habana before Grant's try with Kolisi in front of him playing the ball (!!), now not releasing from Pocock?!?!

 

[TRF_Cymro]

Harvey at fly half offers little or nothing for the Force.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Why was Habana's try not a try?
I saw him get the intercept but didn't see the grounding or anything, did he lose it over the line?

 

[TRF_Cymro]

Why was Habana's try not a try?
I saw him get the intercept but didn't see the grounding or anything, did he lose it over the line?

He dropped the ball before the line going for the slide in.

 

[cyRil]

Why was Habana's try not a try?
I saw him get the intercept but didn't see the grounding or anything, did he lose it over the line?

Yeah, he grounded the ball... but before the line. He'd already lost possession forward before he slid over the whitewash.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

What a plonker.

 

[madflyhalf]

Do you think Habana still has a place in Boks 22?


IMO it's about 2 and 1/2 years he shouldn't be there...

 

[Sker]

It's was an okay game under the circumstances, **** did you guys see that rain? Crazy.

 

[SomeOke]

Can't really complain here, with our injuries and a long string of bruising encounters behind us I would have settled for a much narrower win. Time to fly back to SA enjoy our nice break and get back to full strength.

The Good
Habana looking good again, I don't see any reason why he shouldn't be a Bok for at least another year or two.
Grant getting back to where he was, solid and dependable and actually making good yards with his runs.
I thought our kicking game was great, very few wayward kicks even from Duvenage.
Defence solid as always.

The Bad
I thought our set pieces weren't great (possibly attributed to the weather).
Van den Heever was an utter disappointment, every time he got the ball I cringed knowing the knock-on was coming.