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Transvaal
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Posted: 11-Feb-2020 at 10:06am |
https://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/stormers-out-to-trouble-lions-scrum-at-ellis-park-20200211
The Stormers will be looking to dominate the Lions at scrum time in their Super Rugby derby in Johannesburg on Saturday. That is the view of the Cape side's hooker Scarra Ntubeni, who addressed reporters at the team's High Performance Centre in Bellville on Monday. The Lions conceded several scrum penalties in their 27-20 win over the Reds last weekend, with South African loosehead prop JP Smith giving Springbok tighthead Jannie du Plessis a hard time. "We've done our homework on the Lions. It (the scrum) is definitely an aspect of their game we'd like to target, but we don't want to get ahead of ourselves, because we've also spotted lots of good things in their game," Ntubeni said, as quoted by Netwerk24. Ntubeni is currently the Stormers' starting hooker with Bongi Mbonambi sidelined with a hamstring injury. After beating the Bulls 13-0 in a bruising battle at Newlands, the Stormers are expecting another fierce South African derby. "They (the Lions) also have Carlu Sadie who knows our structures. We'll have to work hard." Ntubeni's deputy, Chad Solomon, has struggled somewhat at the set-pieces and the former could be required to play for a long period at altitude on Saturday. "If it's required for me to stay on the field for long, then I'll do my best. The Lions may try lift the tempo, but we'll be out to slow things down." The Stormers will be eager to break their losing duck at Ellis Park - they havent won there since a 22-19 triumph in 2015. Since then, the Lions have notched three straight wins over their Cape rivals - 29-22 (2016), 52-31 (2018) and 41-22 (2019). Saturday's clash is scheduled for 15:05. |
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In ander nuus: Water is nat
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Goue Leeu
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Goeie motivering vir ons voorry-manne! Plak dit teen die muur in die kleedkamer!
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Lion4ever
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Just an FYI for Scarra: Do you think the Lions will have as bad a day at the office as they did this last Saturday? Both Dylan and Dr Jannie will want to show that they are better than they delivered against the Reds. Even Sadie scrummed below his best levels. I think our only prop that delivered a decent performance was Sti. And I must say that Sti has come on in leaps and bounds over the last couple years.
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Look, what is also true is that if we don't fix the issues in the scum this week, we are in deep trouble and the Stormers will give us a hiding. Lets hope we know what went wrong and what is needed to fix it
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Lion4ever
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I agree. Up until Saturday, we were very good in our scrums. We had a bit of a struggle against the Jags, but were never dominated to the extent that we were.
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valie
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Ons was beter in die skrums as waarvoor ons krediet gekry het. Daar was ten minste 2 skrums waar eers hulle loskop, en toe hulle vaskop omgestap het, waar ons verkeerdelik gestraf is. Ja ons het in n stadium gesukkel, maar ons was nie so sleg soos wat dit gelyk het nie.
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TunaLion
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Go LIONS!!!!!
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Niela
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ek reken ons gaan hulle pap skrum, daai "bok front row"
Sien baie uit na die game!
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TunaLion
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Ek hoop jy is reg!
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Go LIONS!!!!!
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