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.
@Supa Die Bloubul – 84
Keep a lookout for when I dislodge my booster tanks….. 🙂
@Puma – Im timing my posts with a calender!!! 😯
Back with my coffee.
@K9-MonsterLeeu – 92
😆
89@carol –
Usually when you leave, we mail each other to go and talk on a different thread where you wont notice when you get back…hehehe 🙄 Just kidding! 😉
@carol – 86
Aaaah so thrilled…… 🙂
Top of the world thanks Ducky. How does life find you on this fine spring day?
91@SA Barbarians –
They dont such a long range! Will never hit me…
90@superBul –
Goeienaand bosveldjan!
@SA Barbarians – @Supa Die Bloubul – 😆
You guys jinxed me, my facebook game has gone belly up!
😯
97@Supa Die Bloubul –
dont HAVE a long range
87@Loserer – Kaptein, span die seile !!
Jy moetie stout wees as jy Losflos, ek bedoel Loslappie issie, hoor !!
@carol – 89
Sounds like you read my parting philosophical sketch posted on voldy a few weeks ago…..
@Loserer –
Dont blame us if you are crap at games! 😛
@SA Barbarians – Haha talking of Mach 2 , i was working next to the Airforce base this morning and i heard a noise, opened my window only to get the full brunt of a jets noise straight into my cabin, i nearly overturned my bakkie. It is awesome, must have been one of the Cheetahs going back to Louis Trichard AFB. Or maybe a Grippon.
@carol – 83
By the time you get back Carol we are all off to bed. Make is snappy tonight 😀
87@grootblousmile – 😆
@Supa Die Bloubul – 97
See that speck of light in front of you? That’s me….
Barbarian in orbit….. zero gravity…. approaching mach 10 and still accelerating…
108@SA Barbarians –
Am I lapping you already?! 😯
104@Supa Die Bloubul – That’s why I stick to pissy games, the moment I have to start using more than the mouse or enter key, you have lost me 😆
106@Puma – Speed better with a re-start of the modem?
105@superBul – Cool, when I live on the a Air force base, all we got was the Flossies and Coke Blikkies
Ag nee. SAB bel my as loserer weg is 😉
@superBul – 105
Heard that often when I was at Valhalla Air Force base
Once saw a Sabre crash landing on the landing strip after the under carriage didn’t want to drop. Sparks flying all over the place. Crapped myself, I was 100m away
112@Loserer – What is it with you and “Flossies” tonight ??
Eishhhhhhhhh
@Loserer – sorry for the typo’s , It is all Bachus
@SA Barbarians – You crap yourself very easily. Must be a WP thing. 😆
@grootblousmile – 111
Never turned it off yet as the speed seems to be back to normal. Going great guns now…..hehehe.
@Supa Die Bloubul – 109
bwaaahahaha smart ass…… I am about to take a “small step” on the lunar surface already – you still wallowing in earth’s atmosphere? geez the technologically disadvantaged….
(that was NOT political!) 🙂
Loserer is not the type of person her husband should leave alone…. she’s into the hooligan-juice now…. next we’ll see a strip !!
Oi !!
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