Scrappy Stormers sink Sarries
25 Jan 2009
The Stormers blew hot and cold but were ultimately too good for Saracens in their 43-33 victory on Sunday.
The Newlands faithful were stunned to silence when Saracens winger Richard Haughton rounded the Stormers posts in the opening minutes. A kick behind the defence eluded Gcobani Bobo who could only watch as Haughton claimed the loose ball and scored.
But this was a rare incident where the Stormers defence was found wanting. The attack also took a few minutes to gel after several passes hit the deck, but when they got it right, the tiring Saracens defence battled to keep the Stormers runners in check. Sireli Naqelevuki powered through to record the hosts’ first try, while Bobo weaseled his way past several defenders to score in a similar manner.
Flyhalf Glen Jackson kept the tourists in touch with three penalties, and at the end of the first half the Stormers held a 22-16 advantage. The hosts battled in the scrums with late replacement at tighthead Wicus Blaauw taking a pummeling. Saracens were also very competitive at the tackle point, but the summer heat coupled with the fact that they only arrived in Cape Town on Sunday meant they battled to sustain a fierce breakdown effort.
Percy Montgomery had a solid afternoon at fullback and his first touch-finder was loudly cheered by the home crowd. By contrast, Luke Watson was booed every time he carried the ball. Even when Ricky Januarie broke early in the second period and set up Watson to score, the subsequent reaction was a mixture of cheers and jeers. It seems the South African supporters are not willing to forgive Watson for his comments on Springbok rugby and the jersey made last year.
Januarie and Peter Grant were in good touch, and Naqelevuki was a constant threat out wide, but Schalk Brits produced the best performance of the afternoon. The effervescent hooker carried the ball strongly and was menace on defence.
The game began to lose structure in the second half, and some ordinary defending from both teams resulted in several tries. Joe Pietersen scored a good try when the hosts exploited an overlap, but Saracens hit back right away when former Bok flanker Wikus van Heerden muscled his way over from close range.
Stormers coach Rassie Erasmus gave his bench a run in the final quarter, but Tongan recruit Alipate Fatafehi and Nick Koster didn’t receive many opportunities. Jackson’s boot reduced the deficit and gave the scoreline more respectability, but it could not hide the fact that it was a comfortable win for a Stormers side still in second gear.
Stormers – Tries: Sireli Naqelevuki (2), Gcobani Bobo, Schalk Brits, Luke Watson, Joe Pietersen. Conversions: Peter Grant (5). Penalty: Grant.
Saracens - Tries: Richard Haughton, Kameli Ratuvou, Wikus van Heerden. Conversions: Glen Jackson (3). Penalties: Jackson (4).
By Jon Cardinelli
492 Comments
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25 Jan 2009, 20:13 pm
#443 SodaJoe:
You would be surprised how many afrikaans speaking kids are at Bishops
Recruited early, especially props
25 Jan 2009, 20:13 pm
Perhaps I have made myself guilty of allowing myself to become so heated on this issue.
Cool, calm and collected reasoning will always triumph.
That is probably one of the problems of blogging online – the anonymity brings out the worst in people since they are not personally accountable to someone for what they say.
25 Jan 2009, 20:14 pm
#413 WP Till I Die: yes, I think the quote went something like, you have to get into someone else’s skin and walk around in it. As I say, great book.
#402 yliad: yeah I can imagine Saracens going for the scrums every time, they’ve never played the free-kick sanction before. Not sure about them being less adventurous generally, they had a SH playmakers at 9/10 and 12 and to be honest its become more of a SH club. Ratuvou is Fijian and yes he is a special little talent.
Watson should stay at 8 I think, thats an area where the Boks could do with some intelligence and he’d act as a fetcher too. I’m looking forward to seeing how Grant gets on in the S14
25 Jan 2009, 20:14 pm
This Luke is king boy MUST be a troller….this is really too ridiculous to be any human’s serious viewpoint!
25 Jan 2009, 20:15 pm
Cheers soda
25 Jan 2009, 20:16 pm
#436 Roy: That ended when they boo’ed luke…started it…or are you to dumb to see that.
25 Jan 2009, 20:16 pm
#424 Big Hit: H’mm. Not bad, take it when you can get it I say. As long as he puts in a fair day’s effort.
25 Jan 2009, 20:17 pm
#447 Luke is king: Wat gee jou die reg om mense wat jy nie eers ken nie se ma’s te beledig????????? Jys ‘n swak mens man.
25 Jan 2009, 20:17 pm
Hey JT hows things there in Atlanta?
25 Jan 2009, 20:18 pm
#423 CoachPete: You might be surprised Coach. The KKK appeared in many unexpected places, including the North.
25 Jan 2009, 20:19 pm
#452 WP Till I Die: They dont have the guts to say it to anybody personally…that is the problem. They hide in cyberspace. Now THAT is the biggest coward one gets!!!
25 Jan 2009, 20:20 pm
#458 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Don’t even give him the satisfaction of getting riled up…he’s a horrible little caricature of those pathetic bigots who wave NZ flags at Newlands.
25 Jan 2009, 20:21 pm
#460 JimT: they still exist?
25 Jan 2009, 20:21 pm
#454 Twig: So how is your mom…still has the old flag on the mantle piece???
25 Jan 2009, 20:21 pm
#456 Luke is king: I have two official complaints regarding your comments – off to the banning bin again…. any objections?
25 Jan 2009, 20:22 pm
#460 JimT:
So you been watching the Heineken games
I am disappointed in Setasnta with their delayed times
25 Jan 2009, 20:23 pm
#464 Luke is king: I’m sure you can come up with something better than that.
25 Jan 2009, 20:23 pm
#466 Roy: Roy, sorry vir my comment @463. Please delete and ban me if you want.
25 Jan 2009, 20:24 pm
#467 Twig: Amendment: I’m not actually sure…your cognitive capacity seems to be horribly, horribly limited.
25 Jan 2009, 20:24 pm
#462 Twig: Yeah its better to ignore. Been doing that for months now. This is the sort of thread he enjoys.
25 Jan 2009, 20:24 pm
#465 Luke is king: Jou dag gaan kom, jou ou nikswerd? Jou dag gaan kom…..
25 Jan 2009, 20:25 pm
Can’t ever recall Henry Tromp getting booe’d – go figure.
25 Jan 2009, 20:26 pm
ok, done – Luke is king is banned again.
25 Jan 2009, 20:27 pm
#464 Luke is king: Also, I’d drop the whole “your mother” angle. She’d beat your weedy little *** 7 ways from Sunday.
25 Jan 2009, 20:27 pm
So the holier than thou feel it appropriate to boo an individual for mere words yet only reserved cheers for a murderer.
Lord help us
25 Jan 2009, 20:30 pm
#463 Big Hit: Yep, sadly so. You will find the occasional demonstration & march
25 Jan 2009, 20:32 pm
Aiy yay yay… Sad to see what a bad influence one blogger with huge racial issues can have on this site. It’s depressing that some of our countrymen still harbour such views.
I’m out of here.
Soda, see you through the window.
25 Jan 2009, 20:33 pm
#466 CoachPete: I thought the Biarritz & Harlequins games were pretty good. Yes the delayed broadcasts are still a problem
Went to a coaching clinic yesterday, just to observe. Was run by USA Eagles coaches including a Kiwi for scrummaging skills & drills. Was pretty goood. I had 7 of our players in attendance.
Speaking of that just noticed the clock, gotta to go now, rugga practice calls.
see y’all over on the other side of the hill
25 Jan 2009, 20:36 pm
#473 Roy: My Hero
25 Jan 2009, 20:36 pm
#478 JimT:
Cheers
25 Jan 2009, 21:06 pm
Naaaaand fokkerrrrrrrrrrrssssssss en vriende,
Ek daag netnou hier op, vars vanaf ‘n mooooooooooosa braai saam met ‘n pel wat hier is vanaf Saudi Arabia…. en ek sien toe net vlamme en kuk en hare, toe ek hier instap.
Nouja, dissie my fight nie, ek het vet mooi nokkol begin, gladnie deelgeneem nie……. vir ‘n verandering !
Ek sien die baberbekkie is geban…. gerapporteer deur paar ander…….. vir ‘n verandering……..
Roy, time to ban this Luke is King forever…….. enough temporary bannings, I say……..
Mag julle ‘n wonderlike res van die aand belewe…….
O ja, ek is nie verbaas Lulu is geboo nie… dissie mooi dat enigiemand ooit geboo word nie…. maar dit is ‘n ondubbelsinnige uitting van die mense se absolute renons in die mannetjie en sy uitsprake…
Boodskap aan die mense wat verbaas is dat Lulu geboo is… hoe kinderlik naiief is julle ?? Wat het julle verwag ?? Seersekerlik het julle nie verwag hy gaan geliefkoos word en soos ‘n lammetjie ter slagting hanteer word nie…. die ander stadiums in die land wag nog vir hom, die supporters wat nie die Stormers of WP ondersteun nie… die Nuweland-behandeling is ‘n vulletjie teenoor wat gaan volg…….
Daarmee gee ek nie my goedkeuring daarvoor te kenne nie… ek het reeds hierbo gese dat niemand geboo moet word nie, maar Lukie het self sy eie koekies met kuk gebak………
Dis nou tyd dat Lulu tot die diepe besef kom hoe ernstig hy tweespalt saai met sy uitsprake………..
Met betrekking tot die game… blykbaar toe sukkel die Stormers voorry hulle roes af…. wie sou dit kon raai……….. hehehehe
25 Jan 2009, 21:14 pm
#481 grootblousmile:
Netjiese opsomming ou mater.
25 Jan 2009, 21:51 pm
Anyone know where I can catch the highlights of this match?
25 Jan 2009, 22:04 pm
#483 Crouching Tiger Hidden Bokke: not televised, reading the thread is the closest you’ll get
25 Jan 2009, 22:05 pm
#484 Big Hit: jeez! Why the hell not it sounded like a great match!
25 Jan 2009, 22:10 pm
#483 Crouching Tiger Hidden Bokke: It wasn’t televised. There wasn’t even replays on the big screen!!!
Roy, do you know there is a navigation problem with the WAP site. The links to the comments pages never work the way they should, you always end up back at the main story.
26 Jan 2009, 01:49 am
#452 WP Till I Die:
Listen up, and listen good son.
I wasn’t here when the discussion between you, Grant and the boys took place, tme zones prohibiting.
I have never condoned booing, and I was very disgusted about what happened to John Smit at Loftus and to the Bokke at ABSA Park.
But as far as Luke Watson goes, I can fully understand why.
Not sure if I would get myself to boo though, not in my nature.
And you can still call me Pietman ‘babes’, no need for ‘baas’, lol !
26 Jan 2009, 02:30 am
#374 mettie:
No mettie, not bashing Luke, you boys got it all wrong.
And I don’t condone booing, never partook in either.
Read my posts again.
But I can understand why Luke gets booed, tha’s what I am saying. Not sure I would have done it myself, had I been at Newlands, not my style.
But you are right, I don’t like the man, not as a person and also not as a player.
I think there are whole are a bunch of better players in his position (be it # 6 or # 8) than Luke Watson.
Nothing racist about it.
26 Jan 2009, 05:23 am
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Be careful Roy, where you getting you complaints from. GBS, Pietman and Sheriff clearly have an agenda, so their complaints ought to be taken with a heavy dose of Cerebos salt. I’m glad to see, that unlike in my case, you bothered to notify “Luke is King”. In my case, you simpy informed GBS and notified him about the time frame. I am still wondering why I, WAS NEVER INFORMED ABOUT MY OWN BANNING! ME, THE PERSON INVOVED! Why is it your duty to inform GBS?
#481 grootblousmile: Are you giving Roy, the moderator instructions? Is that what the “REAL” position is here on Keo?
You once said that if other bloggers feel that they ought to report you, they should and that is why the “report comment” option is there. We’ll I’ve never reported a sole on Keo. I always felt that as a South African, its important to hear the other perspective, even when you do not agree with it. If there are hordes of racist in SA who still cannot see beyond my skin, I need to know that that mentality exists, and to what extent it does. BUT. Now that I have carefully looked at the terms and conditions of this site. It’s about time, you and all who sail with you play by the rules also. So yes, GBS. Like you do onto others, I will do unto you and your posse. I am waiting for the slip up and it will come. Look at the Rules again, and read them carefully. I need not intimidate Roy, like you do. I have never sent him private e-mails. I went to the terms and conditions of this site. You have been warned.
26 Jan 2009, 05:34 am
#489 hater:
Wrong, again.
I have never contacted Roy or anybody to get someone banned.
26 Jan 2009, 10:34 am
#489 hater:
Our agenda is as follows:
a. Welcome
b. Acceptance of prev minutes
c. Blogging matters (regions)
d. Closing
e. Date for next meeting
26 Jan 2009, 12:45 pm
#491 Sheriff: Hehehehe
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