Sharks Coach John Plumtree has confirmed the good news that Pat Cilliers has come through a final fitness test on the right side of the knee injury he sustained against Boland last week, naming the tighthead prop in the starting lineup.
The only change sees outside centre Andries Strauss back in the side for Waylon Murray who reverts to the bench. There are two changes amongst the replacements with Under 21 tighthead Julian Redelinghuys looking set to make his senior debut, taking the place of Melusi Mthethwa who was named last week. The final change sees scrumhalf Rory Kockott come in for Ross Cronje.
The Sharks
15. Stefan Terblanche (Capt)
14. Chris Jordaan
13. Andries Strauss
12. Riaan Swanepoel
11. Lwazi Mvovo
10. Juan Hernandez
9. Charl McLeod
8. Keegan Daniel
7. Jean Deysel
6. Jacques Botes
5. Albert van den Berg
4. Steven Sykes
3. Patric Cilliers
2. Craig Burden
1. Deon Carstens
Replacements
16. Skipper Badenhorst
17. Julian Redelinghuys
18. Alistair Hargreaves
19. Michael Rhodes
20. Rory Kockott
21. Monty Dumond
22. Waylon Murray
2 In 2003 the Blue Bulls and the Sharks played in the Currie Cup final. Who started at lock for the Bulls?
1 Bakkies Botha & Victor Matfield
2 Pedrie Wannenburg & Geo Cronje
3 Francois van Schouwenburg & Danie Rossouw
4 Wilhelm Steenkamp & Flip van der Merwe
What position did the Blue Bulls’ manager Wynie Strydom played for the Bulls in the 70’s?
1 Prop
2 Hooker
3 Scrumhalf
4 Fullback
@superBul – 152
Not sure, but let me take a shot at it.
Mimic artist?
Entertainer?
🙂
@superBul – Luggage master? 🙂
@Ed_the_Lion – Groot waarheid gepraat….teer plekke geraak.
Eks nou baaaaaie lus vir daai rugby van Saterdag!!!!!
@K9-MonsterLeeu – Gaan jy nie uit vanaand nie? Ons het paar mense emosioneel sterker gemaak vandag.
@Ed_the_Lion – nee vat dit rustig. Kyk Boets vir Almal. Snorre het nounet daar gesê Spies kry sy laaste kans.
158@K9-MonsterLeeu – Kry hy wragtig nog ‘n kans?? Nee jinne, weet nie meer wat om te dink nie. Word die coaches se IK’s getoets?
@Ed_the_Lion – jammer Monster Alberts is nie daar nie. Daai AB’s sou nou op Valium gewees het.
@K9-MonsterLeeu – Ek dink die AB’s sou onttrek het as Monster Alberts gespeel het. Niemand stop die Alberts masjien nie.
K9, chat AB Leeubok nog hier?
@Ed_the_Lion – Ja hy is nog partykeer hier….maar al hoe minder die afgelope 2 weke 🙄
163@K9-MonsterLeeu – Ek wonder hoekom ❓ Dit maak nie vir my sin nie.
@Ed_the_Lion – mmm…..dink sy span het hom stil gespeel die afgelope 2 weke
@Ed_the_Lion – hulle wys nou daar op boots for all waar die ouens op die strand draf. Dog eers dis JS wat voor draf toe sien ek dis Ricky 😯
Hamilton – The Springboks slipped quietly into New Zealand on Thursday, leaving their hosts to do the trash-talking this time as they finish their preparations for Saturday’s Tri-Nations clash.
Relations between the two teams have always been strained at best but the South Africans upset the New Zealand public this week when they chose to remain in Australia to practice because they considered Hamilton too boring for their liking.
The Springboks were far more diplomatic when they arrived on Thursday, remaining tight-lipped and refusing to speak to local journalists, as they try to rebound from last week’s loss to the Australians which put their title charge on hold.
The code of silence was not shared by their All Black opponents who lit the fuse for a explosive forwards battle at the weekend by poking fun at the Springboks’ scrum and their coach’s suggestion that international referees were all conspiring against the world champions.
The scrum has long been a great source of strength and pride for South African teams but New Zealand’s 21-year-old tighthead prop Owen Franks did not hesitate when asked if he thought it was now their weakest link.
“I think it is,” he told the New Zealand Press Association.
“We’ve seen a couple of things we can exploit and we’ve just been working hard to basically do that.
“We’re going to bring it on Saturday at scrum time. We’ve been working pretty hard just to dominate basically, to really follow the Aussies.”
@K9-MonsterLeeu – bwhahaahha. Ricky is dan vinnig.
@Ed_the_Lion – Gewonder waar het skielik daai spoed vandaan gekry.
@K9-MonsterLeeu – Hulle gaan hom ook toets.
Sien Danie Gerber se seun speel vir Boland die naweek.
Raait…oë nou seer.
Nag aan al die leeus hier en toekomstige leeus. Julle weet wie julle is.
i THINK MY TEAM IS GOING TO….JUST….LOSE.
Uncle 4man have you seen my mail re 5th Dec?
@4man – 173 good news to ‘us’ Bulls Fans!! Hahahah
@Ed_the_Lion – Ed, I keep missing you….how was the holiday weekend? Did you get out on that yacht again?
Naand mense…evening all
Darren seems a bot confused on B&A tonight..keeps saying the WP-OFS game is at Newlands and the weather will have an influence on the game!
@Polla – Good Evening Polla, I keep hoping we will get more English speakers here, you obviously do English but it is probably not your first language!! 🙂
Where are you from?
Ahh that is what GBS is doing, logged in watching ‘Boots and All’ . all what….?
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