Stormers v Edinburgh 23 March ko 15:05

[The Feral Goat]

15. Emiliano Boffelli (37)
14. Wes Goosen (23)
13. Mark Bennett (100)
12. Matt Currie (30)
11. Jake Henry*
10. Ben Healy (14)
9. Ben Vellacott (52) CAPTAIN

1. Boan Venter (58)
2. Dave Cherry (84)
3. WP Nel (199)
4. Jamie Hodgson (56)
5. Sam Skinner (17)
6. Ben Muncaster (29)
7. Hamish Watson (151)
8. Viliame Mata (129)

Replacements

16. Patrick Harrison (14)
17. Luan de Bruin (23)
18. Javan Sebastian (10)
19. Marshall Sykes (55)
20. Tom Dodd (8)
21. Charlie Shiel (60)
22. Cammy Scott (6)
23. Chris Dean (144)

Unavailable: Luke Crosbie (shoulder), Darcy Graham (groin), Robin Hislop (knee), Harry Paterson (foot), Scott Steele (hip), Nathan Sweeney (groin), Glen Young (ankle).

[The Feral Goat]

200 up for WP.
1 for jacob henry.

Hopefully take some points away from SA to keep us in the hunt for playoffs/top8 all very close still.

[liveinhope]

Very strong Stormers selection tomorrow.And Sharks also looking much stronger than earlier in the season so two very tough games coming up.
On paper at least pretty good Edinburgh lineup.Surprising Lang not on bench given he can also cover stand off?

[Castlecannon]

Cammy Scott needs to get game time and I would not have expected Lang to cover 10 . Still not convinced by pairing Currie at 12 , Lang or Dean for me. Either playmaker more likely to boss/ balance Healey’s calls .

Good to see Jamie Hodgson back and also Muncaster in an exciting and raring to go back row with Mata and Watson . Jake Henry fit again and of course a more natural winger than stand in Dean . Jake looked an exciting prospect in U20s so hopefully he can kick on in the big time arena .

[bigparahandy]

Match Column for the game.

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[dolf_lundgren]

Didn’t manage to see the second half due to poor connection. We played ok, but tactically we do seem pretty one dimensional, if kicking doesn’t work we kick it again. Our kicking game is ok. But we do need to mix things up more.

It looks like we didn’t use Cammy Scott again, the game was clearly gone so why not give him 10mins to see how he gets on. We are in big trouble if Healy gets injured and if we don’t trust Scott why even have him on the bench?

FWIW I think he is a good player and if he gets a chance will do fine.

[The Feral Goat]

Didn’t manage to see the second half due to poor connection. We played ok, but tactically we do seem pretty one dimensional, if kicking doesn’t work we kick it again. Our kicking game is ok. But we do need to mix things up more.

It looks like we didn’t use Cammy Scott again, the game was clearly gone so why not give him 10mins to see how he gets on. We are in big trouble if Healy gets injured and if we don’t trust Scott why even have him on the bench?

FWIW I think he is a good player and if he gets a chance will do fine.

Only saw bits as well, let in some soft tries and usual inability to be accurate and clinical in the red zone...not a great combo.

[liveinhope]

Scott did get on! He played about 15 mins at 12 replacing Lang (who himself had replaced Bennett after15 mins-though never flagged up and I never even noticed at the time as Healy never passed the ball!)

[dolf_lundgren]

That’s not so bad then. I do think we need to play him more often

[The Chiel]

Scott did get on! He played about 15 mins at 12 replacing Lang (who himself had replaced Bennett after15 mins-though never flagged up and I never even noticed at the time as Healy never passed the ball!)

That's what you get from having the commentary team sitting in a TV studio in Glasgow.

Really poor performance. The half back kicking game was dire - very rarely anything remotely contestable - and very little in the way of running rugby. Henry obviously gets a pass on debut, and Lang as always ran hard. Some gutsy defence, but the Stormers were different class ball in hand.