Blue Bulls coach Frans Ludeke has named an unchanged side, from the one who lost to WP, to face the Table-topping Sharks on the weekend in their Currie Cup clash at Loftus.
The Blue Bulls were assisted by Balie Swart today, to rectify some of their scrumming woes, following a very disjointed scrumming performance against Western Province last weekend.
Blue Bulls Captain and hooker, Derick Kuun, was confident that the Bulls scrumming will improve and has vowed that they will work hard at improving this facet of play.
The Bulls come up against a Sharks Team who are without their Bokke front row and who has’nt exactly set the world on fire in the scrums during this Currie Cup season yet.
This match is going to be very interesting and it is very difficult to predict a favourite or a winner for this match.
The Blue Bulls need to win this match to strenghten their bid for a semi-position and a possible home simi-final. Apart from the Sharks, the Bulls will still face the strong-scrumming Cheetahs, so there is no let-up for the Bulls in sight.
The Team is:
15 Zane Kirchner
14 Gerhard van den Heever
13 Jaco Pretorius
12 Stefan Watermeyer
11 Francois Hougaard
10 Burton Francis
9 Heini Adams
8 Dewald Potgieter
7 Pedrie Wannenburg
6 Deon Stegmann
5 Wilhelm Steenkamp
4 Flip van der Merwe
3 Werner Kruger
2 Derick Kuün (captain)
1 Jaco Engels.
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Fudge Mabeta, 19 Jacques Burger, 20 Dean Greyling, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Tiger Mangweni.
Date: Saturday, September 12
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick-off: 17.05 (15.05 GMT)
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Assistant referees: Gareth Lloyd-Jones, Christie du Preez
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
Personally, I would have chosen Dean Greyling ahead of Jaco Engels on loosehead.
The Blue Bulls front 5 also needed to have a complete attitude and mindset change for this coming weekend… only time wil tell whether they can achieve this.
As we all know, a week is a very long time in rugby. We saw how the Wallabies turned their mindset and focus around in a week. For the sake of rugby in SA, and us proud Bulls supporters, we hope the Bulls have taken a leaf out of that book too.
Wees versigtig vir enige iets wat De Klerk is…
Hul voorname is verraad.
Die laaste een wat ek geken het, het n land deur sy gat getrek en toe weggee…
181@Stan – Stem ek nou sommer so saam jou op die mooi aand.
@Stan – Ek gaan daai comment as SPAM sit. Sien jy is nie lus vir rugby praat nie.
@Stan – Update asseblief jou profile. Net jou naam en van bysit.
Ek is undecover…..@Ed_the_Lion –
@Stan – Ek gaan jou nog eenkeer vra. Asseblief geen politiek of rassistiese aanmerkings nie, en gee asseblief jou naam en van.
En wat dan Ed?
Grootblou ken my al jare en weet presies wie ek is.
@Stan – Ek glo nie GBS gaan bly wees oor die woorde wat jy hier gebruik nie. Onthou, ek en GBS het saam die plek begin. Gee asseblief jou naam en van of ek gaan jou in die koelkas sit vir 7 dae. Jy kan dan vir Grootblou vra om jou uit die koelkas uit te kry.
@Stan –
Naand Stan. Jarre laas van jou op keo gehoor! Hoe gaan dit? Gebruik jou energie om die WP gas te gee…hehe
Wat gaan aan met ons span deesdae? Die jong ouens moet Saterdag wen!
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