BRUMBIES-WESTERN FORCE 25-0
The scorers:
For the Brumbies:
Tries: Hand, Lealiifano
Pens: Holmes 4, White
For the Western Force:
None
Yellow card: Peter Kimlin (Brumbies, shoulder charge)
Teams:
Brumbies squad: Fotu Auelua, Ben Alexander, Sam Carter, Tom Cox, Robbie Coleman, Ben Hand, Cam Crawford, Ruaidhri Murphy, Michael Hooper, Peter Kimlin, Christian Lealiifano, Pat McCabe, Stephen Moore, Dan Palmer, Jono Owen, Siliva Siliva, Ben Mowen, Jesse Mogg, Andrew Smith, Henry Speight, Matt Toomua, Ita Vaea, Ian Prior, Joseph Tomane, Kimami, Tevita Kuridrani, Anthony Hegarty, Leon Power, Dylan Sigg, Scott Sio, Zack Holmes, Scott Fardy, Colby Faingaa, Nic White, Jerry Yanuyanutawa.
Western Force squad:
Forwards: Jake Ball, Phoenix Battye, Nathan Charles, Angus Cottrell, Pek Cowan, Tetera Faulkner, Matthew Hodgson, Ryan Hodson, Kieran Longbottom, Toby Lynn, Salesi Ma’afu, Ben McCalman, Ben Whittaker, Sam Wykes (captain).
Backs: Chance Bunce, Cam Crowley, Nick Cummins, Alfie Mafi, Napolioni Nalaga, JP Pretorius, Ben Seymour, Brett Sheehan, Rory Sidey, Winston Stanley, James Stannard, Justin Turner, Samu Wara.
Referee: Ian Smith
Assistant referees: Simon Moore, Jake Barlow
STORMERS-CHEETAHS 14-22
The scorers:
For the Stormers:
Try: Fourie
Pens: Catrakilis 3
For the Cheetahs:
Tries: Jansen
Cons: Goosen
Pens: Goosen 3, S E
DG: Goosen
The teams:
Stormers: 15 Gerhard van den Heever, 14 Danie Poolman, 13 JP du Plessis, 12 Marcel Brache, 11 Ederies Arendse, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Siya Kolisi, 6 Schalk Burger (captain), 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Rynhardt Elstadt, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Deon Fourie, 1 Deon Carstens.
Replacements – from: Siyabonga Ntubeni, Steven Kitshoff, Brok Harris, Eben Etzebeth, Don Armand, Nick Fenton-Wells, Rohan Kitshoff, Johannes Conradie, Kurt Coleman, Michael van der Spuy, Berton Klaasen.
Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Dusty Noble, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Rocco Jansen, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Davon Raubenheimer, 7 Philip van der Walt, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Marcel van der Merwe.
Replacements – from: Ryno Barnes, Lourens Adriaanse, George Earle, Ashley Johnson, Marnus Hugo, Sias Ebersohn, Willie le Roux, Philip Snyman, Ryno Benjamin, François Uys.
Referee: Craig Joubert
Assistant referees: Matt Kemp, Marc van Zyl
Sabato gli Stormers affronteranno i Southern Kings nel loro ultimo test prima dell’inizio del Super Rugby 2012. A sorpresa la franchigia sudafricana ha annunciato che (l’ex?) ala più veloce e letale del mondo verrà schierata tra i centri, con la maglia numero 13. Il tempo ci dirà se si tratta di un esperimento o di qualcosa di più profondo e duraturo.
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