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The battle for bottom of the ladder…
Both teams have failed to win a game but the Chiefs have a few bonus points that keep them slightly ahead of the Stormers. Thus far it looks to me that the Chiefs have been scoring a few more points though than the Stormers.
But this could be a good chance for the Stormers to get some points and win their first game for the season, the Chiefs will have a long flight and not a lot of time to acclimatise to conditions in the Cape.
So far it has been a surprisingly poor showing from the Stormers who I’m sure will be seeing this game as a great opportunity.
The Chiefs have lost Jono Gibbs and Anesi to injury (Kelleher, Sivivatu and Miliena to the AB’s) so are looking somewhat depleted.
After losing to the Brumbies and the Hurricanes by small margins they will be looking to seal a win and will be looking at the Stormers as their best shot.
For the Chiefs there is a margin of hope as the lose forward combination of Messem, Holar and Bates seem to be doing OK, Willis has been playing well in the front row (although last week he could throw a f&*king ball in straight if he tried) and the locks seem to be holding up there end as well.
The backs have been average but this is due to Stephen ‘wait till we ship you off to Auckland’ Donald has lost all sense of positional play and forgotten what a 1st5 should be doing (I think he may have caught something from Lavea…) but players like Ta'auso and Masaga are playing extremely well and will be a handful for the Stormers defence.
I’m going with the Chiefs but still think this could be the Stormers best chance to seal a victory (same for the Chiefs for that matter).
Sounds like loose forward Joe van Niekerk is out for the Stormers with injury.
Both teams have failed to win a game but the Chiefs have a few bonus points that keep them slightly ahead of the Stormers. Thus far it looks to me that the Chiefs have been scoring a few more points though than the Stormers.
But this could be a good chance for the Stormers to get some points and win their first game for the season, the Chiefs will have a long flight and not a lot of time to acclimatise to conditions in the Cape.
So far it has been a surprisingly poor showing from the Stormers who I’m sure will be seeing this game as a great opportunity.
The Chiefs have lost Jono Gibbs and Anesi to injury (Kelleher, Sivivatu and Miliena to the AB’s) so are looking somewhat depleted.
After losing to the Brumbies and the Hurricanes by small margins they will be looking to seal a win and will be looking at the Stormers as their best shot.
For the Chiefs there is a margin of hope as the lose forward combination of Messem, Holar and Bates seem to be doing OK, Willis has been playing well in the front row (although last week he could throw a f&*king ball in straight if he tried) and the locks seem to be holding up there end as well.
The backs have been average but this is due to Stephen ‘wait till we ship you off to Auckland’ Donald has lost all sense of positional play and forgotten what a 1st5 should be doing (I think he may have caught something from Lavea…) but players like Ta'auso and Masaga are playing extremely well and will be a handful for the Stormers defence.
I’m going with the Chiefs but still think this could be the Stormers best chance to seal a victory (same for the Chiefs for that matter).
Sounds like loose forward Joe van Niekerk is out for the Stormers with injury.