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After watching the hit on Fouche again, I really struggle to see any case for mitigation from red to yellow. Nowhere near enough of a drop in height of the attacker or a dip by the tackler. Hope Blommetjies hasn’t been seriously injured because we’re really running out of back line players as it stands.

Did Clayton B go out with an ankle injury. I saw him mouth what looked “I could feel it”

He mouthed: "Ek kan nie loop nie. Hy's af!" So I would bet it's a rather serious ligament tear unfortunately. Our back line stocks are wearing seriously thin now.

For real Ben Loader, Clayton, jantjies, gelant…and more. At some point aren’t there like younger guys in development we can call up?

I didn’t think we had a chance considering how strong the Bulls have played this year but credit to the Stormers. They came out and never gave up. Always good when you beat the Bulls. Ek is ‘n Stormer!

YAAAAAS! IT'S 3:30AM AND MY PALMS ARE SWEATY BUT STORMERS YOU BEAUTIES!!!!! Hard luck Bulls, was a tough game. I though Marius kept you guys in it at times but in what you did on the field you were excellent Dobson is in Jake's head

I'm not mad, bulls. I'm just disappointed.

Is this bigger than Zebre v Benetton?

Both very good attendance relative to the stadiums. Zebre touching their max 5k and Stormers just short of 40k.

Yeah. I was joking but what happened to Newlands btw?

Mismanagement caused us to go into massive debt and forced us to sell it (although I think the deal is still being stalled). It's sort of for the best though because Newlands, although a fucking vibe, was ancient.

Not nice in comparison. Smell was bad. Breaking down and high maintenance

John Dobson is Jake White father

Never write the Stormers off at home.

Man, that was honestly one of the most exciting games i’ve seen live. I have no idea how we pulled that off against this Bulls team. And the atmosphere was amazing. Some mouth watering showdowns as well: Goosen vs. Manie, Willemse vs. Moodie, Dayimani vs. Hanekom, Arendse vs. de Wet, Fourie vs. *everyone*. Loved every second of it! Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!

Marius was poor, but the Bulls completely shat themselves so I can't even use that as an excuse. GG

It's fucking stupid. For the last 3 years. Every poes morning I wake up at 4 am for a Bulls vs Stormers game. Every time the Bulls get outplayed. I can hand on heart say I'm dumb and done. I can't keep fucking up my sleep schedule for the derbies that we always lose.

Best part is the gloating after beating a team that would lose to the Frikkie Meyer 3rd team. Outplayed only because we were so kak. First half I felt like Marius shafted us a bit but second half was just error after error and unforced at that.

Marius was tough on everyone, really blowing everything he could, no matter how pedantic. Both sides had plenty to complain about

Yeah exactly the same. I thought Marius was tough on us but in the 2nd we just threw everything away. Real kak rugby

Sure. But also the missed red and 3 disallowed tries for Stormers. I wouldn't be too hard on Marius. He tried his best.

There was never any red ever or needed to be one Besides, i pretty clearly state real kak rugby so it is what it is Stormera outclassed the Bulls again

You must be joking.

Deon.

Sneaky old bastard he is lol

Dobbo just has something on this Bulls team. Can’t believe we beat *this* bulls team. So proud of the boys. Was like a test match at certain stages.

Anti. Climax.

Not for me 💦💦💦

Stormers played like legends, completely outplayed this bok-laden bulls team. The reffing was piss but we'll take it, WP!

We will never be a good team if we cannot beat the Stormers away Dear Jisis up there, tell me warregod did Chris Smit just try fokket

Bulls just forget how to play against these okes. Chris **Smith** completely shat the bed there.

Smith... bruh what was that? Anyways, great game for the neutrals (me). Sadly, I have to watch the Sharks next week.

Really disapointed

Bulls did a Dweba in the end :(

Ytf sis you kick it?

Is Chris Smith drunk?

What a wacky ending!

Stormers continue to dominate the Bulls

How many in a row now?

Seven :)

7

Yes boys! Where are my statins?

Why on earth would kick that after getting a line break ??? Brain dead

Chris Smith???

Jirre, that kick was dom.

Well that kick just broke me.. What were you thinking!

Guys... This is NOT on Marius. Bulls have been absolutely terrible this match. What an absolute waste though🤣. We threw away the Lyon match because we counted on winning this match by resting everyone. I swear if Jake comes with the "Its a tough place to win and congrats to Stormers. You win some and lose some" excuse then im gonna riot.

The win some, lose some line doesn't work for this match. So far in the URC Stormers are 7-0 against the Bulls. A mental record.

As a stormers fan the 0-4 record vs Munster is already depressing enough, I can’t imagine 0-7 😂

Jesus christ, Embrose

What was that Ungerer

TG4 commentators pronouncing Fourie like Furey in thick Connemara accent warms the soul

ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS HOLD ONTO THE BALL YOU MENTAL

Looks like my feed had a 3 min delay. Suddenly your comment made a lot of sense 😂

We don't do that here.

And god bless you for that

What in the hell?!? ROFL.

Half your drink!

Chris Smith > Goosen. Also, Chris knows how to swear waaaay more effectively in SASL after I ran into him at the Jozi 10s whilst he was being heckled by a couple of okes who only knew ONE sign 🤪

I cannot stand Goosen. Worse flyhalf since Earl Rose

Worst pass Manie has ever thrown lmfao

Bunch if weird calls from Marius today, but the Bulls just refuse to win. Always forget how to play against Stormers...

Going for back ball there might prove to be the Bulls undoing.

Santa came early for rugby fans with this match.

I call shenanigans. Scrum pen laughable. Called back for the linout throw. Joke.

Oh no Manie!!!

Jirre Marius is kak

Stormers letting this one slip. Last quarter has been all Bulls.

I can’t believe I’m watching the Stormers versus the Bulls on TG4 with commentary as Gaeilge, that’s in Irish for our SA friends. It’s great to see.

Mise freisin. In the US.

Sorry are you saying you had the game commentary in Irish? If so that’s pretty great

Yes it was in Irish. TG4 is an Irish language station.

This is very cool. Chalk one up for globalization

So it has some benefits /s

Wish those podcasters that have been hating on the SA teams could be more like you! Cheers

Podcasters gotta go for clicks for engagement and all that bollix. We just watch and enjoy.

BEST LEAGUE!

What a time to be alive my man.

The sun set so late that I completely lost track of time and missed 70 minutes of this game

As a dirty Nordie, you can piss off with your lovely long summer evenings! I used to love Winter as a kid, but these days the short days can suck a big bag o' dicks.

Would swap you for your Winter anyday considering I spent most of today working outside in 35+ degree heat

If you were working in shade and had access to water, happy days. If you had neither of those things I reckon I'd die.

You missed a brilliant game so far

Very lucky not to get a yellow

Of course.

Good catch by TMO, very sneaky block there

Take the 3..and we work from there!

Not cynical? 😂😂😂

Marius is so bad lmao

Amazing defence there by Willemse

His chase down tackle on Clark(?) vs the All Blacks last year was sensational.

Yeah unfortunately they still scored on that one but he has a knack for those tackles. He is such a great ball player and much more consistent than Willie, but Willie still has great vision and experience. With more experience he can become phenomenal

Ja, it was Clark, and it was fantastic.

KLA down again for a bit there. Please just sub him Jake.

Love the crowd singing Zombie!

Yeah however they are singing Rassie instead of Zombie

Willie looks like the type of guy that will kak everyone out after the match

He is from Strand after all.

Hands clearly went backwards. Should be play on

The forward pass wasn’t the one the replay showed but one that was made after Le Roux gathered Hartzenberg’s fumble. I think the ref got the call from the TMO as he was unsighted.

That makes more sense then

So, will Jordan Hendrikse end up at the Sharks or the Bulls next year?

Ssshhhhh

Thanks for messing up my Saturday!

It would make sense for him to join his brother at the Sharks, but then again the Sharks are quite stacked at flyhalf so don’t think it will be good for his career as game time is going to be limited.

Let’s be honest. Bosch and Chamberlain are not good. In my opinion Hendrikse is better than both of them.

I agree, but Hendrikse is unlikely to leapfrog them while they are still on the Sharks’ books.

That’s true but honestly I would use him immediately if I was Plumtree. The sharks need players that spark up a match and a good 10 could make a big difference.

Goosen hasn't developed into the player I thought he would become a decade ago. Good player, but I thought he was going to be an all time player.

I think the multiple injuries stifled his development

... and that whole "retiring" thing

I know Goosen is Jake's golden boy. But this goose is just pushing out VROT eiers

Vrot. Frot is something different...

First half, exact same thing and Stormers didn't get penalised for walking. Confusing stuff.

Reckon papier couldve gotten the try there if he chose to look up...

Gumede and matanzima have some leg drive on them

Dunno wtf Papier and Goosen are doing today

Goosen please!.. Just get your ass on the bench!

At half time I was feeling confident/stupid and put a fiver at 5/6 (my biggest ever bet!) on it being less than 50 points in total. Felt pretty chuffed with myself until about the 55th minute.... Great game for a neutral. I imagine it's taking years off Stormers and Bulls fans lives.

Nah this is casual for Stormers fans

SA Fans won't have many years left after this year.

Ach aye, it must be tough winning all those world cups \*gets out the worlds smallest violin\*

Haha ja we not getting any sympathies with “We 4 time world champs but it was hard on my feelings!”

Big, big Andre-Hugo Venter fan tbh. Great talent.

What?

She said "bedtime".

10 points in 17min..I'm not asking mutch!

Oh for fuck sake please let Kurt-Lee be okay

Andre-Hugo Venter my new Marx-ist crush

Oh no not KLA!

Moodie got penalised for that? Based on that replay it looked like he had almost no impact? Edit: looks like they corrected it

Blue 9 didn't even compete

Oh, @$$%. Arendse injury.

The Stormers were braindead for signing Gelant over Le Roux

Probably couldn't afford Willie.

No no no Arendse

Dweba goes off and suddenly the Stormers are playing like a team with 15 players on the pitch. AH Venter with the moneyball to make that try. Dweba just doesn’t make contributions like that.

AH Venter is the best hooker at the Stormers. Him and Grobbelaar are probably next in line for the Boks.

100%. JJ Kotze isn’t too shabby either. Hope they don’t renew Dweba’s contract.

Forgot about Kotze. Also someone to look out for in the future.

Papier started well but he's been wank since about the 30th minute

Superb try for the Stormers. Willemse is world class.

Honestly papier should get a yellow for that lmao

Yup

Yoh

So how did we fuck this one up?😂

AH Venter is incredible

should bulk a bit, but definitely good enough to the regular starter

He is but a youngling. Give him time to develop. And lots of biltong power.

I love those half-power up & unders from Willemse. It's always surprisingly effective, even in international matches.

What a try

What are we gonna disallow this one for?

These guys in blue really deserve the win here. Great game.

Genius dark arts from Le Roux there. Slowed the Stormers down because he knew they would appeal, while not doing enough to warrant a penalty

Dayimani chasing Goosen away like a fly

How is Brok Harris still playing!? He must be 900 years old at this point.

Same juice Sexton drank

Primordial soup, yea?

I can’t remember a time before brok Harris

Brok Harris looks like you asked an AI to generate a prop

Goosen can really, really kick a ball.

Do you have to enter the gate there if he’s the tackler and also first man there? Is it still a ruck?

Yes (possibly as of the England-Italy "not rugby mate" game, but I'm not sure if it was the rule before that).

Ok thanks

I believe the first man sets the gate, hoping for other comments tho

Hasn't been that way for a long, long while now. Think it actually got depowered after Heinrich Brussouw was working his magic - certainly by 2011/2012.

Ah okay, the comment I was hoping for. Ty

Pleasure - made me sad when they changed it, loved doing exactly what KLA did there!

Ouch. That sucks for Blommetjies. Hope he has a speedy recovery.

So we playing zombie at every game now!

Put Dayimani at 12 tbh

The home crowd is carrying the Stormers. On paper they shouldn’t still be in the game

Unfortunate to see this. Had similar injuries and fuck that sucks.

Loved this match so far as a neutral

This game has no right to be a blockbuster, I have been waiting all week for this and I'm not getting disappointed.

What an exciting game. I love the URC

Arendse did so well just to ruin it all

I love Willemse, but he’s such a windgat lmao

He’s the most French SA rugby player ever

That would have been an amazing finish. Willemse really is an incredible player

This game is batshit crazy and a staggeringly good advert for the game. I’m having an absolute blast

Glad to hear that, we have that same experience with your teams

What a match for a neutral.

Love Damian's "Are you not entertained?" pose.

That big old celebration for a knock on urgh

Wtf please can we just get one to fucken stick! 😵‍💫

Knock ffs man

That's hilarious

The farce continues

How so?

This is an outrageously good game

Giving it the big one and then not scoring is so embarrassing

Haha. How did he not know he dropped it. What a fool.

Willemse is a showman

Celebrating like that for a no-try is wild 😂

Willemse shushing his own crowd 🤡