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Stormers vs Brumbies @ Newlands.

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galumay

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I think the Bush Donkeys have a bit too much in attack for the Stormers to handle.
 

PaarlBok

Rod McCall (65)
Opposite of what Larkham say
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Cape Town - The Brumbies had two Super Rugby trips to Cape Town in 2015 - losing in the groups stages while winning the one that counted in the play-offs.
Back then Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham was up against the tried and tested Allister Coetzee, while this Saturday at Newlands he will take on Robbie Fleck for the first time.
Fleck, named as interim Stormers coach at the start of the season after the Eddie Jones fiasco, has been vocal in his side's ambitions to be more expansive in 2016.
It is something that Larkham is aware of, and the former Wallabies flyhalf says he has already seen a difference in the Stormers under Fleck.
"That’s pretty evident. They’re certainly throwing the ball around a bit more," Larkham said from Cape Town on Tuesday.
"Their defence is still fairly strong. I guess that’s what you want to do as the coach of a team … you want to make sure that what was strong in the past remains strong and if you can tinker with stuff and get a better outcome then you certainly want to do that.
"What we’ve seen so far is that they are being a little bit more expansive with their play."
Larkham added that he was not surprised at all when the Stormers opted to appoint Fleck following the disappointment of losing out on current England coach Jones.
"It’s been a pretty good start to the season for them. I wouldn’t say Robbie is inexperienced," said Larkham.
"He’s been a professional rugby player for as long as I was and he was brilliant in his own right as a rugby player.
"He’s been coaching for a number of years now so I think it was always going to be a natural progression for him to get to this position at some stage.
"Maybe it’s a little bit quicker than he would have expected or other people would have expected but I’m sure he’s doing a great job."
The Brumbies are undefeated so far this season.
Kick-off on Saturday is at 19:15.

Fleck is a coach that don't learn from mistakes.
1 Coleman cost us so many mathes in the past, Fleck will stick with him.
2. Schalk Burger is a has been, he will keep playing him. We lost our best CC player in Cloete who is a specialist nr 6 flanker.
3. Kebble. He rate him high.

Players need to have pressure to perform. Fleck have his favourates come better or worse.

Brumbies by 60.
 

RebelYell

Arch Winning (36)
Stormers vs. Brumbies (#STOvBRU), 4:15 (AEDT) Sunday March 20th:
Fast fact: The Brumbies have ‘5 Super Subs’: Nigel Ah-Wong, Michael Dowsett, Les Makin, Josh Mann-Rea & Jordan Smiler have come on to the field after starting as reserves in all three of their matches in 2016. The Rebels have only called upon 1 player off the bench in each of their three games (Pat Leafa), the Force 2 (Chris Heiberg & Peter Grant) and the Reds 2 as well (Ben Matwijow &Sam Talakai).
The Brumbies’ two-game South African tour (they play the Cheetahs in Round Five) comes on the back of a solid win over the Force in Round Three which sees them retain their 100% record. It’s a case of one the competition’s best attacking sides coming up against the competition’s best defensive team; while the Brumbies & Chiefs have scored the equal most tries of any team in the competition (15) thus far, the Stormers’ 3 tries conceded is the fewest of any team.
The Brumbies will look to target the Stormers’ scrum, third worst in the competition as it operates at 77%, but against the best tackling team in the competition (91%) they’ll need to ensure Tomas Cubelli, Christian Leali’ifano & Matt To'omua turn on their best creative talents to secure territory and advance the attack. Getting into a kicking competition with the Stormers is dangerous; they kick more than any other team (26.7 times per match)!
The Brumbies have utilised their bench very effectively so far in 2016 with a try to a reserve in every game so far (2 to Mann-Rea and 1 to Ah-Wong). Tom Staniforth won two important turnovers last week while both he and Smiler made a crucial lineout steal apiece; championship-winning teams traditionally call upon a full match day squad regularly on the way to success, and if the Brumbies’ replacements can again make an impact here and help them retain that perfect start they’ll be travelling very nicely indeed!
(http://www.rupa.com.au/news/the-players/stat-attack-round-four-2016)
 

Brumby Jack

Steve Williams (59)
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Stormers
15 Cheslin Kolbe, 14 Kobus van Wyk, 13 Johnny Kotze, 12 Juan de Jongh (co-captain), 11 Dillyn Leyds, 10 Kurt Coleman, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Schalk Burger, 7 Siya Kolisi, 6 Nizaam Carr, 5 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe (co-captain), 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.

Replacements: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 JD Schickerling, 20 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 23 Leolin Zas.
 

Groucho

Greg Davis (50)
They have a good record at Newlands too...

I think they'll need to put in a better 80min performance than they did against the Tahs and Force though.

Yeah, but it's early days. The rout against the Canes was misleading, but they can get back to that quality easily, having shown it once.
 

mudskipper

Colin Windon (37)
Stormers at Newlands will show up. Ive heard theyre not so strong this season but I dont buy it they will fight for a win at home... Will be a tough one for the brumbies... If the Brumbies apply the slow pressure game they can win... By 10
Or so...
 

Tomikin

Simon Poidevin (60)
So its on in prime time for Australian viewers ..ill be up whos with me

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