Steyn slays Stormers

Steyn slays Stormers

22 Feb 2013

Morne Steyn kicked the Bulls to a winning Super Rugby start as the hosts easily beat the Stormers.

The Bulls won 25-17 after leading 9-0 at half time.

A Loftus crowd of 44 272 watched the opening match to the South African season.

The match was poor in quality with both teams a mess in the line outs and ineffective on attack among the backs.

Defence was good and the physicality was, as always, prominent, but neither side threatened with ball in hand. The backs on both sides moved it too lateral and this was a match won in the trenches by the more dominant and composed pack.

The Bulls at scrum and in the collisions were the stronger and superior team, especially in the first 40 minutes. The go forward and momentum was with the Bulls for the majority of the match and despite a brief rally from the Stormers after half time the visitors offered little.

Stormers captain Jean de Villiers admitted afterwards the better team on the night had won and that the Stormers had been forced into too many mistakes.

Steyn, man of the match, kicked seven from seven, and impressed with a composed and mature tactical kicking game. Steyn, with his forwards in charge, controlled the game and the Bulls played the match in the right areas of the field.

There was very little flow to the game and it wasn’t helped because of periods in which there were uncontested scrums. This favoured the Stormers whose pack took a beating.

Elton Jantjies suffered in his debut for the Stormers and one felt for the young Bok flyhalf, who suffered the tragic loss of his father less than a month ago. Jantjies is an outstanding goal kicker with a Super Rugby career average of 80 percent, but his radar never functioned and he missed four successive penalty kicks. Joe Petersen was introduced for Gio Aplon and kicked all three efforts, but the match was one influenced by the Bulls forward effort and sealed by Steyn’s flawless goal kicking.

Steyn and Pierre Spies excelled for the hosts, and predictably Victor Matfield’s planning in combating Andries Bekker and the Stormers line out paid dividend. It was also aided by Deon Fourie’s experiencing a night at hooker the equal of Jantjies’s goal kicking.

Jean de Villiers was a strong presence for the Stormers and Bryan Habana’s night did not lack for effort. Siya Kolisi was the best of the Stormers loose-forwards but with the Bulls, as a unit, the more cohesive and impressive up front, Steyn was good enough to slay the Stormers.

By Mark Keohane


613 Comments

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  • 101.polaris: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:15 pm

    Sheesh. Kinks can’t be worse than ex-Lions, can they?

  • 102.Fern: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:15 pm

    Boring game
    Hope the Bulls win.
    Sharks to show everyone a attacking winning brand of rugby tomorrow.
    Boom!

  • 103.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:17 pm

    Quotas are here to stay
    Sit back and enjoy the farce

  • 104.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:17 pm

    @Transformation-94:
    :mrgreen:

  • 105.lightie: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:18 pm

    There no pace and too much depth. Play a bit flatter and fix some defenders. Almost every contact situation in the Chiefs v Highlanders game the first reaction is to free the arms and get the head up, here it is head down moer hulle and recycle. It’s like watching 2nd XV club rugby but with more muscles.

  • 106.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:18 pm

    Jantjes losing this game on his own.

    WHO The fcks bIg idea was it to buy Jantjes and lose Pollard and Du Plessis and whoever else through that absolutely idiotic decision ?

  • 107.polaris: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:18 pm

    Both teams look like drugged, at least Morne scores. 4-0 vs Elton John’s 0-4.

    Stormers simply diabolical. Bulls – no need to be even good to beat that bunch today.

  • 108.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:19 pm

    @Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-100: calm down lambie se pa…

  • 109.polaris: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:19 pm

    Give Elton the 5th chance, cmon :)

  • 110.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:20 pm

    NOW GO FOR LINE OUT DO NOT GIVE JANTJES ANOTHER KICK AT GOAL !!

  • 111.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:20 pm

    Min 47
    Chiliboi faked tackle om Vemulen, Mapoa actually had stopped him

  • 112.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:22 pm

    Haban a spent force can’t make the half yard to the line

  • 113.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:23 pm

    b.ullshit

  • 114.ET.: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:24 pm

    @88

    Since you are the new guru on the molecule IGF-1 can you enlighten me whether you are talking IGF-1 — receptor, insulin, signalling, brain, prostate, muscle, diabetes, bone, breast, exercise or more?

    What does the I refer to? Inhibitory, intrinsic, Insulin, Insult, Indecent?

    And the F?

    Hope you know the difference between matter, molecule, element, atom, compound, mixture, isotope, and more before you attempt an answer.

  • 115.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:26 pm

    Didn’t I tell you we don’t need Jantjes should have started Joe Pietersen at 10 and we’d be creaming this game by now.

  • 116.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:29 pm

    Soon as Stormers run the ball they fck the one dimensional Bulls off the park. We should never have been behind in this game if we’d trusted our possession running game from kick off.

  • 117.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:31 pm

    should have been a scrum penalty to the Bulls

  • 118.W.P: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:31 pm

    That’s better

  • 119.RL: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:32 pm

    Why do these bloody brokebacks destroy every single Lion player that they poach. Always turning a very good player into mediocrity.

  • 120.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:35 pm

    @RL-119:
    Keep him there, where he belongs

  • 121.ET.: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:35 pm

    Look at this growing list of sportsmen with Italian connections; Armstrong, Spies, Pisto-lrius.
    They must love the outgoing Popo.

  • 122.Spiesisworthless1: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:35 pm

    Good players love “the bomb”.

  • 123.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:36 pm

    JDV behaving like a Kiwi

  • 124.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:37 pm

    Min 60
    Kolisi gifted a penalty in front of the posts although JdV got the call
    Hehehe

  • 125.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:37 pm

    jean should get a YELLOW!

  • 126.RL: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:38 pm

    @Hondo-120: that is the one sensible thing you said so far. :win:

    Lionel Cronje the jersey is yours.

  • 127.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:38 pm

    @Hondo-124:
    He dyes his hair Like a Brokback though

  • 128.W.P: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:38 pm

    Fark Stormers are giving away soft penalties.

  • 129.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:39 pm

    @ET.-114: msunuwakho is the receptor :D

  • 130.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:39 pm

    Jantjes should never have been bought by Stormers never in a thousand years. Shoulda stayed at Lions of gone to those fckup mercenary arseholes the Sharkishits.

  • 131.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:40 pm

    @RL-126:
    I make money off that game, the ultimate proof
    Keep him there, the blond brothers each is a far better FH and there is Lionel too who is big and strong

  • 132.ET.: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:40 pm

    @Transform-125:

    No answers to the questions on your @88 post, Guru?

    Name just one macro-molecule.

  • 133.RL: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:41 pm

    @i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-123: :grin:

  • 134.ET.: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:42 pm

    @Transformation-129:

    What about the other questions?

  • 135.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:42 pm

    @RL-133: RL, aint it nice to be a Sharkie?? :wink: :lol:

  • 136.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:43 pm

    @Hondo-131: ja we know you make “leaving interpreting numbers” :D

  • 137.garth: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:43 pm

    Time to switch Swiel to 10. No point in having 4 fullbacks and no FHs.

  • 138.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:44 pm

    @ET.-132: are you suur?

  • 139.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:44 pm

    :lol: The Stormer savior is suddenly being wished away by the Stormer supporters??? :lol: now we hear he is KAK :lol:

  • 140.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:46 pm

    Chilliboy may have scored

  • 141.RL: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:48 pm

    @Sharks_are_gonna_get_you-135: :wink: SL

    Game over brokebackS the overwhelming favourites denied a losing bonus point.

    Bullies I knew you could do it – CONGRATULATIONS.

  • 142.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:49 pm

    Try Bulls

  • 143.Sharks_are_gonna_get_you: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:50 pm

    @RL-141: Hehehe, yup well done to the Bulls

  • 144.silent_shadow: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:51 pm

    Terrible decision.
    How on Earth can this TMO say the boot touched the ball. All you can see from that angle is the ball in front of the boot. no way to tell how close the ball is to the boot there

  • 145.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:52 pm

    look, i’m going to put it out there

    for the record

    i’m not convinced by the tmo’s call regarding that try

  • 146.ET.: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:53 pm

    And now the cries will reach wailing proportions for the next week, at least.

    And then watch the doubts creep in and the attacks on Rich, Tom and Harry with emphasis on the well tanned ones.

    Still a K a K game.

  • 147.Atlas: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:53 pm

    Let’s just say Sckalk and De Jong don’t look too happy

  • 148.RL: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:53 pm

    @i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-145: cheating took place by crooked TMOs?

  • 149.W.P: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:54 pm

    Stormers piss poor. Steyn’s penalties put them in an unassailable lead. Well played

  • 150.Ho3n3r: Reply to this comment
    22 Feb 2013, 20:55 pm

    So what about Habana holding the ball on the ground before the Stormers scored? And that boot by 17 was no less clear than Kirchner’s alleged touch on the ball from 45 metres out to cause a 5 metre scrum.

    Nobody cost you anything, so stop bitching. The better team by FAR is winning at the moment.

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