Kobus hails sweet victory
1 Apr 2006
Stormers coach Kobus van der Merwe admitted he “almost had a heartattack” when the Force threatened to win their first match of the Vodacom Super 14.
The Cape franchise threw away a 21-13 lead to trail 21-25 with three minutes to go, before man-of-the-match Luke Watson barged his way over for the match-winning try.
“At the time I was so nervous that I couldn’t even sit in the dug-out anymore. I thought was going to have a heartattack,” said Fester afterwards. “We should have wrapped the game up long before the end and should never have been in a position where we could lose it with a few minutes to go. In those last few minutes I had visions of the past four weeks when we lost at the death.”
The embattled coach said it was pleasing to finally win a close game in the competition.
“In doing so we proved a few things to ourselves and also showed that we have learned a few things this season,” he said. “That it was so close does make the win that much sweeter. You could see how pumped the guys were in those last few minutes. It was an important result for us and some of the players said afterwards it was like winning the Currie Cup final.”
Meanwhile, Force captain Nathan Sharpe summed up his team’s defeat after the match.
“The boys are shattered,” he said. “We definitely got ourselves into a position to win but we made mistakes at crucial times and took the pressure off.”
23 Comments
1 Apr 2006, 09:31 am
Kobus is not a Dragon!!!!
1 Apr 2006, 09:36 am
Hooray, for slaying the little guy! Come on Fester use your brain, this team has talent, unlock it!
Well done Stormers, showed a lot of character and welcome to myths of legend young Watson! You played, mind the pun, a stormer of a game!
1 Apr 2006, 09:42 am
maybe the stormers need to sink really low this season, like the sharks did last season.
sometimes you have to hit bottom before you can improve. i am a sharks fan but lived in stellies in the strong days of the stormers. i miss seeing them play like they did.
who wouldnt like to see this team play to their potential, look at how exciting the players are, britz, marius, schalk, watson, jean, joe… imagine if they fired. this coach sucks.
1 Apr 2006, 10:00 am
Ja, Fester… Soiled your pants there for a sec??? But guys, wouldn’t it be better if he lost the game and got his *** fired?? That would have been better than the one point win.
1 Apr 2006, 10:12 am
No, it can never be good to lose a match. His incompetence will catch up with him soon
1 Apr 2006, 10:13 am
Lawrence
But they are so good at it…
1 Apr 2006, 10:46 am
It was like winnig the Currie Cup final??????
Winning an away game against the wooden spooners of the S14?????
This oke is such a plank. I have never heard a coach come up with more ridiculous bullshit than this oke.
1 Apr 2006, 10:48 am
We won against the frigging Farce, get over it. Not only did we beat the lousiest team in the whole super 14 by 1 point but we gave them their first point of the season. And they have been playing at home the whole time, what the hell is going to happen to the Farce when they go overseas.
1 Apr 2006, 10:55 am
GRRRRRRRRRR – i agree, it would have been better if he got fired.
1 Apr 2006, 12:21 pm
robdylan,
Your take on LWatson??????? You were very verbal about his a few days ago??
1 Apr 2006, 12:23 pm
staal,
Robd is suur omdat Watson Natal vir die Kaap verruil het…
1 Apr 2006, 13:43 pm
Fester, you are the weakest link… F*&K OFF!!!
1 Apr 2006, 13:56 pm
I wonder if that there heart attack would’nt have done Fester some good.
1 Apr 2006, 14:16 pm
Shows the state of our rugby
when we are relieved to beat the force.
By a point.
1 Apr 2006, 15:06 pm
Duiwel,
True.
We are acting as if the Stormers has beaten the Crusaders in the final.
1 Apr 2006, 15:21 pm
van der Perde is almost in the samee league as Straueli & BvR for BS.
The Stormers looked like what they are: an inconsistent bunch of talented players with a couple of prima donnas for good measure.
Luckily there was real rugby on with the ‘saders match.
1 Apr 2006, 15:59 pm
If this match was played today, nobody would have believed the Stormers won, it would be a HUGE Aprils fools day lol.
Sarky, i agree Saders match was the standard we should all be watching week in week out.
1 Apr 2006, 21:57 pm
Stan,
thats about right.
Then again the chances of them platbergparras
beating the saders is as remote as
john vorster coming back from the dead.
It seems as if we have now forgotten that we
can win anygame.
Losing most games does that to you.
Time to get the basics right.
And some decent managenment and i don’t mean
just some wit oke.
We need managers with SARugby’s longterm management at heart.
To ***** and lose,god knows we’ve got more
than enough exscuses,justified or not.
Winning the game is not all aggro.
Its about ball skills,developing it
and managing it.
We’re doing neither successfully.
1 Apr 2006, 22:57 pm
***** Big joe,you guys really smashed them!
No mercy ,’ey.
Grootbek doos.
Leave the talk and walk the walk.
2 Apr 2006, 02:32 am
Kobus you are deluded
2 Apr 2006, 12:03 pm
So the Stormers got 5 log points agianst the Farce and the Bulls only got 4 … doesn’t say much for the Bulls either
3 Apr 2006, 09:34 am
dewet barrie is the luckiest player today for not being red carded for his outburst with the referee
following the forces first try
sure as a captain he can ask for an explanation but disputing the refs call insuch an agressive manner is not on
it was a fair try barrie being caught for a sucker
3 Apr 2006, 09:36 am
garth wright with a number of his chummies should refrain from talking hogwash when it comes to the laws
a little bit of knowledge could be dangerous and he is passing on incorrect info
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