Stormers v Waratahs

[Wally]

Stormers: Joe Pietersen, Gio Aplon, Jaque Fourie, Juan de Jongh, Bryan Habana, Peter Grant, Dewaldt Duvenage; Wicus Blaauw, Tiaan Liebenberg, Brok Harris, Adriaan Fondse, Andries Bekker, Schalk Burger (capt), Francois Louw, Duane Vermeulen. Reserves: Deon Fourie, Eusebio Guinazu, Anton Van Zyl, Pieter Louw, Ricky Januarie, Willem De Waal, Tim Whitehead.

Waratahs: Kurtley Beale, Lachie Turner, Rob Horne, Tom Carter, Drew Mitchell, Berrick Barnes, Luke Burgess; Dan Palmer, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Al Baxter, Dean Mumm, Kane Douglas, Patrick McCutcheon, Phil Waugh (capt), Ben Mowen. Reserves: Damien Fitzpatrick, Jeremy Tilse, Chris Thomson, Dave Dennis, Josh Holmes, Daniel Halangahu, Rory Sidey.

 

[Intercept King JDV]

The Stormers beat the Waratahs 25-6 to set up an all South African final against the Bulls at Orlando Stadium in Soweto next week.

The Stormers will be playing in their first ever Super Rugby final next week.

The Bulls who beat the Crusaders earlier in the first Semi-final were forced to give up their home ground at Loftus Versfeld as it is being used by FIFA for the upcoming football world cup.
The Waratahs had the bulk of possession and looked dangerous at times but the Stormers scored the only try of the match and again their defence held the Waratahs out.

Stormers try scorer Juan De Jongh was awarded man of the match.

The Waratahs constantly found themselves on the wrong side of the South African referee Craig Joubert particularly in the second half when Stormers fly half Peter Grant kicked four of his six penalties.

When the two teams met in the round-robin phase of the Super 14 the Stormers won 27-6.
More to follow.

Final Score Stormers 25 Waratahs 6

Scorers

Stormers
Tries - J.De Jongh
Pen - P Grant 6
Con - P Grant
Drop -
Cards -
Waratahs
Tries -
Pen - B Barnes
Con -
Drop - B Barnes
Cards -

Man of the match - Juan De Jongh

Match Officials.
Referee: Mark Lawrence (ZA)
Assistant referees: Marius Jonker (ZA), Cobus Wessels (ZA)
Assessor: Shaun Veldsman (ZA)
Timekeeper: Paul Ackermann (ZA)

Teams

Stormers

15. Joe Pietersen,14. Gio Aplon,13. Jaque Fourie,12. Juan De Jongh,11. Bryan Habana,10. Peter Grant ,9. Dewaldt Duvenage,8. Duane Vermeulen,7 Francois Louw,6. Schalk Burger (C),5. Andries Bekker ,4. Adriaan Fondse,3. Brok Harris,2. Tiaan Liebenberg ,1. Wicus Blaauw

Reserves:16. Deon Fourie,17. Eusebio Guinazu,18. Anton Van Zyl,19. Pieter Louw,20. Ricky Januarie,21. Willem De Waal,22. Tim Whitehead

Waratahs

15. Kurtley Beale , 14. Lachie Turner , 13. Rob Horne , 12. Tom Carter , 11. Drew Mitchell , 10. Berrick Barnes , 9. Luke Burgess , 8. Ben Mowen , 7. Phil Waugh [c] , 6. Patrick McCutcheon , 5. Kane Douglas , 4. Dean Mumm , 3. Al Baxter , 2. Tatafu Polota-Nau , 1. Dan Palmer

Reserves 16. Damien Fitzpatrick 17. Jeremy Tilse , 18. Chris Thomson , 19. Dave Dennis , 20. Josh Holmes , 21. Daniel Halangahu , 22. Rory Sidey

Source

Well done Stormers!!!That try by Juan de Jongh was just superb, all SA final now!

 

[Boggle]

Hell yes, Unstoppable force meets Immovable object !

So now everyone can finally get the Bulls vs Stormers game they were hoping for.
I think it might be one hell of an interesting final.

This game felt a lot like a test match to me, Waratahs weren't bad at all, the Stormers simply defended them out of the game.

 

[Intercept King JDV]

Stormers will definitely have to work on their scrums for the Bulls game or else they will get murdered at scrum time!Dan Palmer owned Brok Harris in this game, I was very surprised when he didn't play in the 2nd half.

 

[Wally]

Stomers squeezed the life out of the Waratahs. It was always going to be hard beating a team that concedes less than 10 points a game at home. The South African juggernaut rolls on.

Oh and the Tahs surely must have the worst finals record of any team.