Stormers Gets Prepared To Take On Brumbies
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Although some DHL Stormers are hoping for a miraculous set of results that will place their team in the second position and give them an automatic home semi-final but the reality is the league race is done and dusted for the 2015 edition of Vodacom Super Rugby. To have any meaning for Stormers' final league game against the Cell C Sharks, which will hold in Durban, both the Brumbies and the Waratahs have to lose their game. The Crusaders may give the Brumbies a hard time in Canberra, but Waratahs are not expected to struggle with the Reds in Sydney. A fresh team is needed by Allister Coetzee, coach of the Stormers for the first playoff game of the South African conference title which the clinched with their draw against the Emirates Lions. Last year in the Currie Cup he achieved success with Western Province through resting his first choice team in the final league game. He is also expressed to do similar some time ago if the same situation is presented. It is quite sensible too as since their last bye the Stormers have played three games. The first choice players have to face three more to win the overall trophy if they sit down this week.
In Super Rugby, this is not new to rest first-choice players. In 2010, The Vodacom Bulls did it. It's still not sure whether Coetzee will rest players like he did last year's Currie Cup. Maybe this time there will be some mixing and matching, but the completely second string team look good too. Although the Stormers might regret doing such if both the Brumbies and the Waratahs lose this week. The action of the past weekend has made sure teams lower than six have cannot make the Finals Series. Now the Lions are regretting their decision to go for a win than a draw in the first round of the game on February in Johannesburg as extra two points the Stormers coupling with the one Lions lost by not drawing has made the final differences in the log.
As now the only debate that will go over last weeks where the other playoff game will be placed among Chiefs and Highlanders. The Chiefs will host the hurricane, and the Highlanders travel to the Blues. As far now, the Chiefs are only ahead by one point. After securing an automatic home semifinal, the Hurricanes are considering fielding a second string team against the Chiefs. So the orders of the plays are for reminders: Quarterfinals – Chiefs v Highlanders (Venue to be decided); Stormers v Brumbies (Newlands), Semifinals: Waratahs v winner of Stormers/Brumbies, Hurricanes v winner of Chiefs/Highlanders. The Stormers should be inspired to know that in the league phase they beat the Waratahs in Sydney, and they will not travel without any hope. It's definite that the Bulls are not moving anywhere as their rival the Sharks have the horrible disappointments of the South African Super Rugby season. Changing in the coaching structure in Pretoria is also on now.
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