The Blue Bulls hosted the Vodacom Free State Cheetahs in round 2 of the Currie Cup. The Bulls won 30 / 27 in a nail-biter.
The official web site of the Bulls summarises the match as follows:
A workmanlike performance by the Vodacom Blue Bulls saw them beating the courageous Vodacom Free State Cheetahs 30-27 at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday afternoon.
Captain Victor Matfield said during the week that he expects the Blue Bulls to take two or three games to ‘settle in’ after ten players have been involved in the Vodacom Tri-Nations, but they started off pretty well and after 13 minutes the Bulls have built up a neat 10-0 lead thanks to a Gerhard van den Heever try and five points coming from the boot of Morne Steyn.
Shortly after Van den Heever’s try Dewald Potgieter, who was again at his rampant best, charged down a kick to dive over for the Bulls’ second and with the score at 17-3 the Bulls were dominating all aspects of the game.
With Matfield and big Danie Rossouw back in the mix the Bulls had no problems in the lineouts and the set scrums were fairly evenly contested throughout the first 40 minutes although neither of the teams could stamp down their authority at tighthead (but on this point it has to be noted that there isn’t a tighthead in world rugby that consistently dominates the right hand side of the scrum because you scrum in effect against two opponents).
The Bulls’ fetching duo of Potgieter and Deon Stegmann had a titanic battle with Heinrich Brussow and Ashley Johnson in the loose and with Steyn continuing where he left off in the Super 14 the Bulls’ scoreboard were constantly ticking.
Steyn kicked three penalties and converted both tries in the first half to take the Bulls into a 23-10 lead at the break after the Cheetahs’ Fabian Juries scored a brilliant individualistic try shortly before halftime.
As underdogs playing away from home the Cheetahs had absolutely nothing to lose and could therefore afford play high risk rugby and this eventually paid off in the 44th minute when Juries’ partner on the wing Lionel Mapoe scored another five pointer.
With the score at 23-17 the Bulls realized they were in for a game and being one of the world’s most professional outfits they immediately shifted to a higher gear and it wasn’t long before Wynand Olivier cut through the visitors’ midfield for try number three.
Olivier scored a minute after Johnson (Free State’s number 8) had to leave the field following a yellow card for a professional foul, but with Johnson on the sideline the Cheetahs showed that they are NOT going to be pushovers as they succeeded in quickly scoring ten points of their own as a result of another try by Juries and five points via Potgieter’s boot.
During the last 15 minutes the Bulls were clinging to their 30-27 lead and although they could not score the fourth try they did enough at the end to see off the desperate Cheetahs.
Points:
Blue Bulls: 3 Penalties & 2 Conversions Morne Steyn, Try Gerhard van den Heever & Dewalt Potgieter & Wynand Olivier
Cheetahs: 2 Penalties & 3 Conversions Jacques-Louis Potgieter, Try Fabian Juries (2) & Lionel Mapoe
Sat Sep 26 2009 at 17:05 (local time)
Venue: Loftus Versveld, Pretoria, South Africa
Altitude: 1330m / Capacity: 52 000
Teams:
Blue Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 François Hougaard, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Heini Adams, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Derick Kuün, 1 Gürthro Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Ross Geldenhuys, 18 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19 Pedrie Wannenburg, 20 Dean Greyling, 21 François Brummer, 22 John Mametsa.
Free State: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 Corné Uys, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Fabian Juries, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9 JP Joubert, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Frans Viljoen, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 David de Villiers, 4 Nico Breedt, 3 Western Province Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Wian du Preez.
Replacements: 16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Izak van der Westhuizen, 19 Hendro Scholtz, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Louis Strydom, 22 JW Jonker.
Referee: Ian Smith (Australia)
Assistant referees: Dilbert November, Cobus Wessels
TMO: Johann Meuwesen
@Ed_the_Lion – nie naby genoeg nie kwas kort net ‘n bonus pubt vir die semis
@smallies72 – Net nie hul dag nie, maar ek moet se, hulle het die 2de helfte maklik gewen.
@smallies72 – Dit sal Sharks/ Kwas en WP/ Bulls semis wees.
@smallies72 – punt
@Ed_the_Lion – all is not yet lost kwas moet nog daai bp kry en die cheetahs gaan 10 optel oor die volgende twee weke
Ek het nou weer die slomo gekyk jurreis klop NEGE verdedigers dit is beslis die drie van die jaar.ek het lanklaas so iets gesien
Griekwas het 38 punte. Die Cheetahs het 30. Die Cheetahs gaan 10 punte in hulle volgende 2 wedstryde kry. Punte verskil gaan in Chetahs se guns wees.
Die Griekwas moet 3 punte in hulle volgende 2 wedstryde kry.
@smallies72 – As die Leeus kop hou kan hulle vir WP op EP wen, maar om die Sharks in die tank te wen is nie maklik nie.
Hallo super ek sal ma my hoogmoed sluk en se geluk met jou span
ma dis met ‘n swaer gemoed wat ek dit se
@dWeePer – sorry ek is ‘n bietjei stadig :-))
Ek gaan nou iets aanraak teen my beterwete.
Die banning van Stan het al die Bulle se gees gebreek behalwe die grootbaas sn? (dit is n vraag want my aandag was verdeel tussen game , kinders en blog maw is my waarneming reg.) Ek merk maar net op dat die Bul ondersteuners bykans niks geblog het nie of het almal geskadidel, Pietman ? Supa? Super reeds gese hoekom, en natuurlik Stan.
O en dan wil ek verder n party pooper wees ek like nie die nuwe smileys nie, haal af wat my betref. Ek sukkel om die goed te sien en te verstaan.
Klaar gemoan.
@Ed_the_Lion – wp kan nie bokke op sit om hulle te versterk nie hulle is swimming dead en gaan nie verder as die semis kom nie.leeue kan hulle beslis klop
@superBul – super ek dink die bulls manne het so ‘n bietjie stress gehad om te werwerk ek weet ek het skoon van my reekenaar vergeet en op die ref en bulle geskel
@smallies72 – Hierdie ref is van Australie af ne?
Ek het gelike hoe hy die skrums beheer het veral in die begin, nie so trigger happy gewees met penalties nie , en heelwat laat reset. Ek dink dis die regte way.
troos prys vir my.my laaitie het die bulls darrem 86-6 gewen op die ps
@superBul – ek stem saam met jou en hy het die stutte kans gegee om te bind.die ausie het net ‘n blaps gemaak toe hy mapoe gestraf het.Super ek dink dat die irb die reel moet terug bring dat ‘n loskop op die grond mag druk dit sal dan baie beter gaan
@superBul – wp nel het vandag teen guthro baie goed gelyk dit was meer aan kruger se kant wat dit gelol het
mense mense mense ……………………
it will be sharks , bulls final
in semi’s at worst bulls will also have fdup , habana and bakkies back , no doubt they will make a huge difference…
the sharks didnt even train the past week and only had the capt practice on thursday and comming back for them are the following
deysel
muller
beast
smitty
odwa
jpp
swanepoel
wonder wat met mapoe gebeur het dit sal jammer wees as hy ernstig beseer is
@sharky_forever – gotto winit to be innit bra
this could be the sharks team this comming saturday against the lions……….
15 stefan
14 mvovo
13 adi
12 swanepoel
11 jpp
10 hernandez
09 ruan
08 kanko
07 deysel
06 botes
05 muller
04 sykes
03 smitty
02 bismark
01 beast
16 skipper as burden is out for 2 more weeks injured
17 jannie or carstens
18 albert
19 daniel
20 mccleod/cockott
21 murray
22 odwa
also players that could be selected in subs are the following
rhodes
strauss
hargreaves
cilliers
@smallies72 – bruh?? remind me who is ontop ?? 😀
@sharky_forever – Lions to win in the tank.
genoeg rugga ek gaan nou fliek saam met ny vrou. braai en groente by die huis
@smallies72 – Dit klink lekker. Ek kry my plek reg. Mense kom so bietjie partykie hou hier by my.
@smallies72 – Geniet dit. Gee jou vrou ‘n lekker druk.
@Ed_the_Lion – firstly hiyas ed edd and steady eddie , long time no see
2ndly lekker droom . look at the sharks team i posted and i know its gonna be if not at full stregnt it will be close too
leeus kak in the diep waters die kommende naweek
:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: so diep kaka’s :rotfl: :rotfl:
@sharky_forever – Hello Sharky. Ek kan ook nie sien hoe die Leeus in die tank gaan wen nie. Moet net nie oorgerus wees nie.
@Ed_the_Lion – lol nie oorgerus nie boet , maar kyk daai span , and die sharks weet hulle oet ook bonus punte kry
, geen game is maklik nie dit weet ons
die strong word nou weer erg op die ander site …..
wp ouens se arrogansie ken geen perke nie , en natuurlik die slegse van sharks ouens neem toe
verwag binnekort nog meer wat hier gaan aansluit 😉
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