Canes aim to outbash Stormers

11 Mar 2010

Piri Weepu believes the more physical team will win the clash between the Hurricanes and Stormers.

‘Tonight’s going to be a good night!’, The Black Eyed Peas hit plays from the team bus in the background as Weepu prepares for the interview. The song sets the mood for what the Canes will be hoping to achieve at Newlands on Saturday night – victory.

After their disappointing performance against the Cheetahs last weekend, Weepu said they’re looking to make a step up.

‘The more physical side will win. The battle up front will be vital, so we will look to make our mark there,’ Weepu told keo.co.za. ‘We also have [centre] Conrad Smith and [wing] Tamati Ellison back. The young guys [Andrew Taylor and Alapati Leiua] did well last weekend, but it we will be stronger in attack and defence now that we are back to full strength. We are feeling confident.’

The Stormers boast the best defensive record in the competition, only conceding two tries in four games, but the Canes will be a major threat to in their red zone.

With Smith and Ellison added to a backline which already includes All Blacks Ma’a Nonu, Cory Jane and in-form wing David Smith, the Kiwis will look to play an expansive game. Those offload passes and the continuity in play has led to most of their tries this season.

‘The Stormers have been impressive in defence and we do expect a full defensive line when we are on attack on Saturday. I can’t say what areas we will target but we do have our plans in place to expose them,’ said Weepu.

‘We will look to take the points whenever the opportunity comes.’

Weepu’s opposite number will be Dewaldt Duvenage. A big debatable point is whether the Stormers should start Duvenage instead of Springbok No 9 Ricky Januarie.

‘In my opinion, it all depends who suits the game plan. I’ve faced Ricky many times before and he is a world-class halfback, but the coach obviously sees Dewaldt as a more suitable pick,’ said Weepu.

‘I’ve done my homework on Dewaldt and look forward to the battle against him.’

Gareth Duncan, in Cape Town


72 Comments

  • 1.SamM: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 12:48 pm

    going to be a cracker of a game , Stormers should edge it .

  • 2.Alfred E Neuman: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 12:52 pm

    weepu will be weeping after the game

  • 3.Storm outta hell: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 12:54 pm

    @SamM: It’s gonna be brutal.. especially if it rains :(

  • 4.Alfred E Neuman: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 12:54 pm

    watch the bulls game for a surprise result after their layoff weekend

  • 5.SamM: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 12:57 pm

    @Alfred E Neuman: no chance the bulls will lose against the Highlanders who is without Thomson, Cowan and Thomson’s drinking buddy . Bulls to violate the landers . ..

  • 6.Alfred E Neuman: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 12:58 pm

    no rain predicted all sunshine

  • 7.SamM: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 12:58 pm

    this game might wreck my Superbru predictions . . .

  • 8.Blouste: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 12:58 pm

    Rain will be to the advantage of the Stormers I believe…

    @Alfred E Neuman:

    Bulls will smash the Landers !!! :evil:

  • 9.Alfred E Neuman: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 12:59 pm

    just eliciting a response this blogs far too quiet :)

  • 10.SpringbokSarah: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 12:59 pm

    @Storm outta hell: if it rains! Funny

  • 11.Alfred E Neuman: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:00 pm

    we dont need rain our tight 5 will demolish them expect a huge game from andries and vermeulen

  • 12.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:00 pm

    @Alfred E Neuman: Good Afternoon Mr Neuman. Long time! Like this nic!

  • 13.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:04 pm

    correct me if Im wrong, werent the bulls overwhelming favourites in the game last season? although Ive tipped the Bulls, the Landers do know how to upset the Bulls…

    and although stormers are looking better, think last weeks scoreline may flatter to deceive…

  • 14.Storm outta hell: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:04 pm

    @SpringbokSarah: :lol: Hey…it’s Newlands under a cold front..!

  • 15.SamM: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:05 pm

    Next week Cheetahs vs Stormers . . . . going to be a great derby . Would have loved to see Brussow vs Schalk . . . .

  • 16.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:05 pm

    @poppa69: Chiefs by 5. Stormers by 8 – Bulls by 58

  • 17.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:06 pm

    @SamM: First get past this weekend.

  • 18.Blouste: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:06 pm

    @poppa69:

    Surely you don’t think the Landers might win…

    Last year is exactly that – history…

  • 19.Storm outta hell: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:07 pm

    @poppa69: Give credit where it’s due dude…best defensive record in comp?..as AC says,when this side comes off theres gonna be no stopping them :D

  • 20.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:07 pm

    @Blouste: You a Blues supporter ;)

  • 21.Blouste: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:07 pm

    @SamM: @ 15

    That game will be huge and a difficult pick on superbru….

  • 22.Storm outta hell: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:08 pm

    @SamM: Juan and Schalk is gonna be Massive..!

  • 23.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:08 pm

    @Blouste: That is an easy pick bro! Come on now.

  • 24.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:09 pm

    @Storm outta hell: Fourie and Meyer is going to be huge.

  • 25.Blouste: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:13 pm

    If the Stormers lose this game they can realisticly start kissing any semi-hopes koebaai… :shock:

    They should take it though…

  • 26.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:14 pm

    @Blouste: agreed, but love all the 3-0 calls I see all the time, wasnt that last year too :lol:

    @Bill Reyts: Crusaders by 12, Canes by 9 and Bulls by 17…

    @Storm outta hell: of course, they have been very miserly, but when they met a team that was just as committed, they stumbled and lost a lot of their structure… Landers game may have them too confident is all Im saying :D

  • 27.Storm outta hell: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:14 pm

    @Bill Reyts: Oh Yeah..!! Bring on the Derby…gonna be Huge for both teams…just gotta concentrate on ‘Canes for now…they wanna get physical..we gotta be harder..!!

  • 28.SamM: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:15 pm

    @Blouste: Viljoen , Smith, Johnson vs Bugger , Louw , Vermeulen- sheesh going to be a cracker – alot will depend on the tight 5 . . . .

  • 29.Blouste: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:17 pm

    @Bill Reyts:

    Just as easy as the Canes/Cheetahs match hey…

  • 30.Storm outta hell: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:17 pm

    @poppa69: Also agree with Blouste,but I’m repeating myself…we started with January against Brumbies and it backfired,coach now knows who his best halfback pairing is…this team is going forward :mrgreen:

  • 31.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:19 pm

    @Blouste: Cheetahs by 9.

  • 32.SamM: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:20 pm

    Wouldn’t mind seeing Lionel Cronje getting some gametime maybe not against the Canes though . .

  • 33.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:20 pm

    @poppa69: Two wrong one right. 33% not too bad.

  • 34.vasteses: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:20 pm

    @poppa69:

    The fact that the landers beat the bulls last year does not in essence mean that they al of a sudden know how to beat them , it merely means that they beat them last year.

    Crusaders by 12, canses by 4, bulls by 23, reds by 9, brumbies by 8, tahs by 12

  • 35.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:21 pm

    @Storm outta hell: the battle between the halfbacks will be very interesting… plus Smith vs Fourie alone is worth the admission price…

  • 36.Karen: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:22 pm

    @Alfred E Neuman: Geez you blogging here today – now it will rain on Saturday lol.

  • 37.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:23 pm

    @Karen: Said something similar earlier. Jeez it has been a long time. Still had his other nic.

  • 38.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:24 pm

    Chiefs going to bring their A game this weekend. Home advantage and will take this one too.

  • 39.vasteses: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:24 pm

    @Storm outta hell:
    i still feel that you need a better flyhalf, main guys in team 1,8,9,10,12,15 i think you lack at 10. Grant struggles to get your backline going and at 12 de jong is good as a individual but as a 12 in team context he has not impressed yet

  • 40.Storm outta hell: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:25 pm

    @SamM: I’m sure we’ll see him in the last 20…if the Stormers are comfortably ahead…

  • 41.Karen: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:26 pm

    @Bill Reyts: Hahaha – geez I know I don’t blog here often anymore but for Alfred to blog today was like a damn lightning bolt :-D

  • 42.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:27 pm

    @Bill Reyts: so youre happy you have 33% correct ? :wink:

    Saders have the better forward pack, hence why I think they will win… Bulls have 4 SA refs, so highlanders have no realistic chance… *twisted*

    Stormer/Canes, think the canes backline is much much better this week, and with parity from the forwards the backline edges it in favour of the Canes IMO plus they havent had to travel lmfao

    @vasteses: can you then apply that same logic to the Boks? because many a fan on here now believes that very thing in regards the ABs… me personally, Im always on edge when our two nations play a test match..

  • 43.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:27 pm

    @Karen: I also almost fell off my chair. I haven’t been here for a while either.

  • 44.Storm outta hell: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:28 pm

    @vasteses: I hear you..we all got our crosses to bear…right now it’s all about defence fronting up and scoring tries when the game opens up,this team is evolving,expect more from Bash against ‘Canes…

  • 45.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:29 pm

    @poppa69: What’s this travel theory of yours lately? Stop blaming travel – you sound like a true Kiwi now! ;)

  • 46.Karen: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:29 pm

    @Bill Reyts: Ok so some of the old crowd should start blogging again today – then we will have a major thunder storm in Cape Town this weekend :-D

  • 47.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:30 pm

    @Karen: Well you back too :shock:

  • 48.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:31 pm

    @Bill Reyts: was just trying to make use of my understanding of a SA euphemism for a poor performance hahaha :mrgreen:

  • 49.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:33 pm

    @poppa69: I know you! I only come on to stur when things get quiet.

  • 50.vasteses: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:34 pm

    @poppa69:
    Well as al supposed rugby gurus on this blog should know what happened in the past is history, stupidity can be mistaken for arrogance.

  • 51.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:35 pm

    Time out

  • 52.Karen: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:37 pm

    Bill – come on here leave one or two comments and then off again. Same old same old inhouse fighting going on lol

  • 53.vasteses: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:39 pm

    @Storm outta hell:

    I am truely looking fwd to the Bulls , Stomers derby, will travel from George to support the Bulls at Newlands with a combi bus full of Strmrs friends( only Bull), was there in 2007 when Roos did us proud for that R50.00 we slipped him.

  • 54.Alfred E Neuman: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:39 pm

    you are all funny, Bill who were you previously?

  • 55.vasteses: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:41 pm

    sorry i meant i was at newlands in 2008 ( prev Post 53)

  • 56.Alfred E Neuman: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:42 pm

    well all half day for me gonna go now see you

  • 57.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:46 pm

    @Karen: No had to get some serious work out.
    @Alfred E Neuman: Glen of the flat hills mate.

  • 58.Karen: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:47 pm

    @Alfred E Neuman: Lol well to survive here one needs to have a sense of humour :-)

  • 59.Karen: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:48 pm

    @Bill Reyts: You need to learn how to multi-task :-)

  • 60.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:48 pm

    @Karen: For sure :lol:

  • 61.Karen: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:49 pm

    Ok Bill and Alfred – I am outa here – have a fun afternoon and play nicely on this site :roll:

  • 62.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:50 pm

    @Karen: Doing it now aint I! Had to go collect the washing and ironing – pay the credit card and apply for an increase on overdraft. Just a small little thing to do. But done now.

  • 63.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:51 pm

    @Karen: Jeez on for two posts and then off again. You little **** stirrer you.

  • 64.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 13:56 pm

    @Alfred E Neuman: Now I am Lam my friend. Can’t believe you would ever forget your best tjommie.

  • 65.Karen: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 14:15 pm

    @Bill Reyts: Hey I aim to please :roll:

  • 66.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 14:17 pm

    @Karen: I’m pleased to aim too! :shock:

  • 67.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 14:18 pm

    @Karen: What happened to all the founder members? The dropping like ‘vrot’ apples.

  • 68.Bill Reyts: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 14:18 pm

    @Karen: Lam is soooo confused it is unbelievable.

  • 69.XhosaKid: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 14:52 pm

    @vasteses: As for Willie Doos, I say thank you Griquas, you did us proud, more brandy and coke for you

  • 70.Robzim: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 14:58 pm

    @XhosaKid:

    I wonder what happened to the spectator who did us that favour. The last time I heard he was in some trouble with the authorities in Kimberley. I was hoping he could perhaps do the same to Plonker Jonker.

  • 71.XhosaKid: Reply to this comment
    11 Mar 2010, 15:09 pm

    @Robzim: @70, No, the security guards had seen how the Bulls were yet again helped to an undeserving 25-24 win, they let the oke free, in fact, they stopped short of thanking him :-) .

    We must find some passionate bloke from the flats to sort out Die Plonker, might need more than klippies and coke to get rid of this sucker :-)

  • 72.Duffman: Reply to this comment
    12 Mar 2010, 10:00 am

    I think the Hurricanes will take this one. Conrad Smith and Ma’a Nonu will bust through the midfield at will while Rodney So’oialo and Scott Waldrom will dominate the ruck situations. At the same time the Stormers have shown little tactical awareness and their defences is brittle.

Keo.co.za has always promoted uncensored views, but has never tolerated racist or crass outbursts. Come on guys and girls. If you can't moderate yourselves or each other then I am going to be forced to regulate the posts and enforce a registration process for comments. The choice is yours.

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