Limp Lions to limp from Newlands
12 Mar 2009
Thank goodness there is always the prospect of playing the Lions to improve one’s mood. And the bones agree.
Having recovered from Week 3′s dismal 2/7 the bones were back in business with 5/6 with the champion Crusaders the only surprise in losing to the Highlanders.
Just how hard is it going to be for the Crusaders without Robbie Deans, Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Scott Hamilton and a few others. Well it isn’t looking particularly good and if they don’t overcome the Force at home then it is goodbye to a successful challenge. Some would call it early days in the competition but a fourth successive defeat for the Saders will turn this season into one of rebuilding.
Of all the match-ups that has been the toughest one to call, although I think the closest game will be in Canberra when the Tahs travel north from Sydney.
Last weekend’s matches, with the exception of the Sharks and Blues, were diabolical in quality of rugby and I can’t see much changing this weekend, as the players generally lack the quality of those who in previous years made Super rugby the best provincial rugby competition in the world.
The Stormers, desperate and boring in Pretoria, will at least get a home win to ease the pain of the tradtional early season torture because the limp Lions are in town. The sooner the Lions get put out of their misery and replaced by Cheeky’s Eastern Cape Kings of Convenience the better. Another defeat will keep them rooted at the bottom of the table, a position they have owned for much of their Super rugby existence.
The Stormers will win but not because they have improved in any shape or form. This one will be down to who they are playing and not because of how they will play.
Bones
Week one: 5/7
Week two: 7/7
Week three: 2/7
Week four: 5/6
Total: 19/27
Week five
BLUES vs CHEETAHS, ALBANY, FRIDAY 08:35
Blues 10-plus
BRUMBIES vs WARATAHS, CANBERRA, FRIDAY 10:40
Tahs 1-10
CRUSADERS vs FORCE, CHRISTCHURCH, SATURDAY 06:30
Saders 1-10
HIGHLANDERS vs CHIEFS, INVERCARGILL, SATURDAY 08:35
Chiefs 10-plus
REDS vs SHARKS, BRISBANE, SATURDAY 11:05
Sharks 10-plus
STORMERS vs LIONS, CAPE TOWN, SATURDAY 17:00
Stormers 10-plus
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12 Mar 2009, 18:36 pm
#47 SpringbokSarah: We better get it right this week as we have tough schedule on tour.
12 Mar 2009, 18:38 pm
#50 blhoo: Thanks, I would say same to you, but I don’t think they’re playing. And they don’t need luck, they need to pass
12 Mar 2009, 18:39 pm
#51 Stormerfan: You know they tour well.
12 Mar 2009, 18:40 pm
Keo, I reckon your only aim is to p#@ss the Lion’s supporters off. Why is that? You keep on forget that the Lion’s supporters also support your website. I hope that the Lions will shut you up!!! Lions by 100!!!!
12 Mar 2009, 18:43 pm
If the Stormers don’t win this one they should not even bother touring.
12 Mar 2009, 18:45 pm
#54 Loyal Lion: I’m sure he has more important things to do, like run his site, make a profit, make sure the mag is ready on time.
Lions are not exactly the strongest team in the competition
12 Mar 2009, 18:45 pm
#53 SpringbokSarah: I know, but we are playing Crusaders, Brumbies, Waratahs and Highlanders with the first and the last teams the ones we can beat.
12 Mar 2009, 18:45 pm
#55 Fandango: Or they should not bother coming back
12 Mar 2009, 18:49 pm
#57 Stormerfan: You forgot the Canes.
But look here: The Saders are doing so badly even the Highlanders beat them (Richie will still be out when we play them), We beat the Brumbies last year at Newlands we should be able to put up a damn good fight, Tahs, we’ve got a bone to pick with them, Highlanders are the Highlanders and I think we’ve beaten the Canes for the past 6 years.. let me just check
12 Mar 2009, 18:50 pm
#56 SpringbokSarah:
neither are the stormers..
12 Mar 2009, 18:50 pm
#59 SpringbokSarah: ok never mind… we’ve only beat the for teh past 2 years
12 Mar 2009, 18:51 pm
#60 gunther: Agreed, but they are stronger than the Lions
12 Mar 2009, 18:52 pm
#61 SpringbokSarah: BUT they can still win
12 Mar 2009, 18:55 pm
Weekend without the Bulls seems pretty dull……
Doesn’t give the Stormers and Lions much to deflect the attention to either!
12 Mar 2009, 18:55 pm
Anyways I’m off. Bye bye
GO STORMERS
12 Mar 2009, 18:59 pm
#63 SpringbokSarah: If all goes according to plan we should come back with 3 wins. I have faith in Rassie to apply the right tactics for each game. I think the use of the 10′s was not only an experiment for the Bulls but he will use the same plan on tour.
12 Mar 2009, 19:07 pm
man this headline is enough to court real disaster.
12 Mar 2009, 19:18 pm
#67 cab: Limp Bone?
12 Mar 2009, 19:23 pm
SuperBru Community Picks
Picks for Stormers 22440 (84.19%)
Picks for Lions 4136 (15.52%)
This could see me leap up the standings like an athletic Lion.
Lions by 4.
I like the Lions team. Front Row is good. Locks Ok, but Franco can jump too.
Goodes is going to be very Goodes.
Awesome.
Luddik better fkn be practicing high balls catching though. That’s all Wimp De Waal can do.
12 Mar 2009, 19:46 pm
Not much to chuckle about or discuss of interest around here now is there. St. Luke has been and gone and conquered Loftus, so what more is there to do besides owning Grobbelaar and Clever and Alberts for 80 mins on Saturday.
Its a fete a compli this one will be just a formality before heading off on the road to discovery. Thereafter should be pretty plain sailing with five wins over the ocean and close it out back home to still clinch a semi spot.
Easy as pie, the jol has just begun, check it out.
12 Mar 2009, 19:48 pm
#70 yliad: Alberts will handle Schalk. Baywatch will handle Luke. And Franco will handle Vermulen.
Easy as a koeksuster.
Lions by 4.
12 Mar 2009, 19:49 pm
earlier the week i got it lions by 5, then de waal chosen and i have it lions by 10…then AP chosen and i feel it may be the stormers again!!!
12 Mar 2009, 19:50 pm
Hellooooooooo,
Where are my rugga buddies ?
I want to discuss some predictions for the weekend…. and SuperBru picks….
Kom, kruip uit…..
12 Mar 2009, 19:51 pm
AP and Willem wikkelspies….jeez , enough to want me to dust off the surfboard and spend the 80 getting dumped!!
12 Mar 2009, 19:53 pm
#73 grootblousmile: GBS….show me yours and i will give mine…a bit piss ed so i cant remember who is playing who…i have lions by 10 and sharks by 11,
12 Mar 2009, 19:54 pm
#71 SodaJoe:
Dream on, the only little glimmer of hope you have is your front row, and unfortunately thats not such a huge advantage as it used to be since they nullified the brawn package deal with ElV’s.
Front row – Lions
Locks – Stormers
Loosies – Stormers
Half backs – Stormers
Centers – Stormers
Full Back – Lions
Wings – evens, perhaps Lions
60/40 split to Stormers, will be equally reflected in the score line at end of play Saturday.
12 Mar 2009, 19:54 pm
blues by 15 and brumbies by 3…and chiefs by 6…the mist clears
12 Mar 2009, 19:55 pm
#72 grant10: Hi,
When I heard that Yo-yo Pretorius was chosen and also that Franco replaced Ernst… it swung the pendulum towards the Stormers….
Stormers by 4….
12 Mar 2009, 19:56 pm
#76 yliad: luke at 8 so baywatch got a yard on schalk…lucky they chose the donkey ap!!
12 Mar 2009, 19:56 pm
#76 yliad:
Front row – Lions
Locks – Stormers
Loosies – Even
Half backs – Even perhaps Lions. Rowdy is kak, and AP Vs Wimpie even.
Centers – Very even, Perhaps Lions. Goodes is wild card, but Jacques is better than Bobo.
Full Back – Even, perhaps Lions.
Wings – evens, perhaps Lions
12 Mar 2009, 19:57 pm
Doesn’t matter who loses, Stormers or Lions – it will be the Bulls fault!!!!!
12 Mar 2009, 19:58 pm
#73 grootblousmile:
les hear it then..
12 Mar 2009, 19:59 pm
#78 grootblousmile: hi my man…just back fronm saying goodbye to my mate who died on a blloody oil rig …bloody cr crunch forced a 47 year old to have to work like a 18 year old and my mans heart caved in…bloody hell man!
12 Mar 2009, 19:59 pm
#77 grant10:
Blues / Cheetahs……. Blues by 10 – 19
Brumbies / Waratahs…….. Tahs by 5 – 14
Crusaders / Force……. Saders by 3 – 8 (Damn they cannot be bad forever)
Highlanders / Chiefs……… Chiefs by 1 – 9
Reds / Sharks…….. Sharks by 18 – 27
Stormers / Lions……… Stormers by 4
12 Mar 2009, 20:00 pm
Bulls can just be grateful they got let off the hook by both of them, game should have gone the other way both times.
Stormers and Lions will have better overseas results than Bulls throughout.
12 Mar 2009, 20:00 pm
#78 grootblousmile:
Not sure. I like Franco as another significant line-out option.
AP – I dunno ’bout dat one either. But when he clicks he clicks big.
Any way here are my underpants:
Game 28: Blues v Cheetahs: Blues by 12
Game 29: Brumbies v Waratahs: Waratahs by 4
Game 30: Crusaders v Force: Crusaders by 6
Game 31: Highlanders v Chiefs: Chiefs by 6
Game 32: Reds v Sharks: Sharks by 6
Game 33: Stormers v Lions: Lions by 4
12 Mar 2009, 20:00 pm
rassie you wally…why the bloody kick…kick…kick!
12 Mar 2009, 20:01 pm
#85 yliad: Dunno ’bout dat one either.
12 Mar 2009, 20:01 pm
i don’t know about these lions being ”limp” when last year they managed to scupper the stompies semi-final delusions…look for henno mentz & yankee todd clever to make a nuisance of themselves…
I don’t forsee any flying sparks, but it should be good watching jdv bamboozle doppies, and on the other hand darren, mossie smashing it up on bobo…
12 Mar 2009, 20:02 pm
#83 grant10: Hell man, my condolences….
I am sad for my friend, the Fly Half…. I will drink a toot on the man I did not know….
Salute !
12 Mar 2009, 20:04 pm
#80 SodaJoe:
I’ll give you centers even, but thats as far as you gonna stretch it. The rest is as previously ordained.
FR – Lions
Locks – Stormers
Loosies – Stormers
Half backs – first half evens, second half Stormers
Centers – evens
Wings and FB – evens / Lions
12 Mar 2009, 20:04 pm
ex fiancee of 18 months ago at funeral….snap,crackle,fizz,pop,electricity so intense……..after a little chat,like lets forgive stuff…then a hug…jeez….HHHEEECCCTTTIIICCC!
12 Mar 2009, 20:06 pm
#90 grootblousmile: he was a good man…bloody bulls supporter too…i finally forgave him today!
12 Mar 2009, 20:07 pm
#91 yliad: Should be sufficient for a 5-10 point Stormers advantage
Brumbies gonna take the Waratahs at home and Sharks better beware of a fired up Reds outfit in Brisbane.
12 Mar 2009, 20:07 pm
#89 Transformation: oppies is not playing. Goodes is in, by all accounts very big and very quick. JdV might have more of a handful.
12 Mar 2009, 20:07 pm
#93 grant10: He died trying to better his life…….. sign of a BIG man !!
12 Mar 2009, 20:08 pm
#91 yliad: at least we know they got a yoyo donkey flyhalf….grant where u my man….he would have murdered AP….
12 Mar 2009, 20:08 pm
#92 grant10:
sucker for punishment, some more fridges on the showroom floor better buy up quick.
12 Mar 2009, 20:10 pm
#91 yliad: Nah boet. Seriously those loosies are even stevens.
Baywatch will get to the ball quicker than Schalk or Luke. Alberts will keep Schalk quiet in the tighter phases (actually with the abundance of loose forward riches we have in SA, Alberts is flying under the radar and he’s bloody good). Franco gives a nice line-out option. But Vermulen I will give you is excellent. So advantage Leeus.
12 Mar 2009, 20:11 pm
#98 yliad: LOL
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