The Platinum Leopards hosted the Blue Bulls in the last match for both teams in the play-off rounds for the Currie Cup of 2009. The Bulls won convincingly 61 / 24.
SA Rugby had the following to say about the match:
The Blue Bulls secured a great win in the final round of the Currie Cup when they defeated a game Platinum Leopards side 61-24 on Friday.
The Bulls’ Deon Stegman scored the first points of the night barely six minutes after kick off after the Bulls elected to kick for line outs twice. They secured the ball and the Leopards couldn’t stop the rolling maul.
Six minutes later the Bulls were in the exact same position — they secured the ball but this time the home team were ready and defended heroically to prevent a try millimeters from the goal line. Draad Linde and Thabo Mamojele were dominant in the defence.
With 16 minutes on the clock Wynand Olivier darted through in midfield, popped to Zane Kirchner, caught the whole Leopards back line off guard and planted the ball in the corner for the second try of the night. Morne Steyn converted and the Bulls were leading 14-0.
Just when the Bulls appeared to have settled in, the home side’s Jovan Bowles intercepted, ran through on his own and dotted down under the poles. Cecil Dumond converted and the score was 14-7.
Immediately after that, the Leopards’ Bom Samaai had the Bulls at sixes and sevens when he side stepped a few big names and had them groping for air but Kirchner secured in the back.
The Bulls’ third try came from a scrum in front of the Leopards posts, Heini Adams played quickly, and Morne Steyn bluffed all and galloped through. He converted his own try to help the Bulls to a 21-10 lead.
The home team however never gave up trying and Nicky Kritzinger decided on a short kick into no mans’ land, Kirchner and Steyn couldn’t secure and the ever present Samaai picked up and dotted down for the Leopards’ second try of the evening.
The score was 21-17 at half time.
The Bulls wasted no time in setting up camp on the Leopards goal line at the start of the second half and within five minutes big Bakkies Botha found a huge gap and fell over for the first points of the second half. This was followed by a brilliant try by Olivier.
There had been no play in the Bulls’ half since the break and the Leopards werre struggling to block the gaps. Seconds later Francois Hougaard made sure his name was on the score card when he was driven over by his forwards. Then it was the turn of Gerhard van den Heever, twice and Jaco Pretorius who also took part in the try fest.
In the last five minutes the Leopards came with a charge, but were held up in goal. Their persistence paid off when replacement scrumhalf Theo van Wyk was eventually forced over by his team mates for a late consolation try.
Points:
Leopards: 2 Conversions & 1 Penalty Cecil Dumond, 1 Conversion Clayton Durand, 1 Try Jovan Bowles, 1 Try Shuib Samaai, 1 Try Theo van Wyk
Bulls: 6 Conversions Morne Steyn & 2 Conversions Burton Francis, 1 Try Deo Stegmann, 1 Try Zane Kirchner, 1 Try Morne Steyn, 1 Try Bakkies Botha, 1 Try Wynand Olivier, 1 Try Francois Hougaard, 2 Tries Gerhard van den Heever, 1 Try Jaco Pretorius
Teams:
Leopards: 15 Colin Lloyd, 14 Nicky Kritzinger, 13 Jovan Bowles, 12 Japie Nel, 11 Shuaib Samaai, 10 Cecil Dumont, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Christo van Niekerk, 7 Thabo Mamojele, 6 Wilhelm Koch (captain), 5 Edrich Linde, 4 Bradley Mockford, 3 Barend van der Walt, 2 Gavin Williamson, 1 Nardus Lombard
Replacements: 16 Martinus van der Westhuizen, 17 Philip Lemmer, 18 Bennie Adams, 19 RW Kember, 20 Theo van Wyk, 21 Clayton Durand, 22 Berndt Theissinger
Blue Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Francois Hougaard, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier , 11 Gerhard van den Heever, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Heini Adams, 8 Danie Rossouw, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Derick Kuün, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Pedrie Wannenburg, 19 Flip van der Merwe, 20 Fourie du Preez, 21 Burton Francis, 22 John Mametsa
Referee: Craig Joubert
Assistant referees: Gareth Lloyd-Jones, Reuben Rossouw
TMO: Arrie Schoonwinkel
wo en houg drie, 42-17
Vir ed: 5 strafdriee vir L …
86@K9-MonsterLeeu – Bwahahaha.
Jis Percy is meer nuuswaardig as die bulle game 🙂
91@bdb – Ek glo nie. Marius Jonker is op my lys van mense wie ek die minste like.
Bulls 42 / 17
Francois Hougaard Try
Morne has converted all 6 tries so far
93@Karen – Baie meer.
@Ed_the_Lion – Percy is fine now, I will invite him to stay for a while and the invigorating Cotswold air will help massage his battered reputation and I will smother him with ……..Mmmmmm, let me think….. 🙂
Matfield subbed by Flippie van der Merwe, Fourie du Preez on for Heinie Adams
Manne julle scouts het die gemis…
Junior spelers gekontrakteer deur Leeus vir volgende jaar…
SA Schools players JP du Plessis and Siya Kolisi will play their rugby in Johannesburg from next year.
Du Plessis, who played centre for Paul Roos, was in danger of being lost to South African rugby after he was approached by Australian rugby league side Sydney Roosters in April. He will still go on a trial with the club in December, but it is likely he will return.
‘JP has signed with us as he has an escape clause with the Roosters,’ Lions coach Hans Coetzee told keo.co.za. ‘He’ll go over and make a decision after a month in Sydney.’
Du Plessis’ father Charl played fullback for Transvaal and is a current skills coach at the union – a factor that should see him return to South Africa in 2010.
Kolisi has represented SA Schools for two years and was the standout loose-forward at Craven Week, despite representing an under-performing EP side. Kolisi had originally signed with the Cheetahs, but the Bloemfontein-outfit’s contract was invalid.
‘We had showed an interest in Siya last year already and had approached him before anyone else,’ said Coetzee, the former manager of talent identification at the union before he took up the post of Currie Cup coach. ‘He was always interested in coming to us, but an agent from the Cheetahs asked me if we had contacted Siya, and I told him we had.
‘Then they tried to sign him, but at that stage he was only 17, so it was not valid.’
The Lions have gone beyond their borders to secure some exciting talent, which will be invaluable in future years.
‘In the past, I’m not sure how things were done, but now we are slowly but surely bringing better guys here,’ said Coetzee.
Along with the pair, the Lions have also kept Monument star Jaco Taute – who made his debut for the Lions’ senior side in the Currie Cup while still at school.
Lions’ junior contracts for 2010:
Enzo Venter (Affies)
Van Zyl Botha(Grey Bloem)
Robbie Rawlins (Rustenburg High School)
Jaco Taute( Monument High)
Louis Nel (Grens High)
Johan van der Hooght (Ben Vorster High)
PJ Uys (Monument)
Louis le Roux (Pretoria Boys High)
Lulama Mdozi (Pearson High)
Phumulani Kamanga (Marais Viljoen High)
Jacques van den Berg (Affies)
Vincent Scott (Monument)
Tusi Motoka (St Albans)
Andries Oosthuizen (Monument)
Vincent Jobo (KES)
Bernard Buchner (Marlow Agriultural)
Ulrich van Schalkwyk (EG Jansen)
Janus Jonker (Rustenburg High)
Gareth Topkin (Rondebosch High)
Siya Kolisi (Grey High School)
Jimmy Hughes (Monument)
JP du Plessis (Paul Roos)
Dale Sabbagh (Selborne College)
Nico Kruger (Monument)
Garth April (Florida)
Jacques Genade (Klerksdorp High)
Jason Hofmeyer (Monument)
Siya Mteto (Pearson High)
JR Esterhyse (Paarl Gym)
Morne Erasmus (EG Jansen)
Reynard Heyndenrych (Affies)
Francois de Klerk (Waterkloof)
Pierre Lombard (Waterkloof).
97@carol – I am almost sure he would go for it. He loves a daily massage though. Want me to give you his phone number?
@superBul – A piece of furniture was struck in frustration…..Is the sofa pressing charges too??
Bandise Maku on for Derick Kuun and Rossouw de Klerk on for Werner Kruger
shadow drie, 47-17
@Karen – 93
Die Bulle game is op versoek van WP nie uitgesaai nie. Hulle se die manne in die Kaap is kwaai geneig tot selfmoord die tyd van die seisoen , so hulle het op mediese advies besluit om julle die stres te spaar.
99@Blouste – Nie gemis nie Blouste. Ek gaan net nie op Keo nie. Die nuwe Lionsrugby.co.za website het vandag online gegaan. Van nou af kan ek die nuus daar kry.
GO BULLE !!!!!!!!!
@Ed_the_Lion – Ed, I would actually pay you for Percys phone number!!
A daily massage would be a pleasure not a chore…..I thought in my next life I would come back as a Springbok Massuse!!
John Mametsa on and Burton Francis also on
It appears that the Bulls are leading…..How is Bakkies looking tonight?
LMGA Superbul – ons is altyd op chill pille in die Kaap en die rooiwyn 🙂
107@carol – OK, I will mail you my account number. Once I see the money is in, I will send you his number. I don’t think you want to massage everybody in the Springbok team.
The 2 Bulls players replaced was Meisiekind and Morne Steyn
@superBul –
😆
jaco, 54-17
Bakkies replaced by Pedrie Wannenburg
@Ed_the_Lion –
Ja ja , hoe weet jy dit is van keo?
Gedink dit sal goeie nuus wees vir julle Leeus in elk geval.
@Karen – Karen daai rooi druiwesap help net om die daad makliker te maak, die volgende more as die Kaapenaar wakker word is hy dood.
Flood gates opening…hoeveel tyd oor?
64th minute: Jaco Pretorius holds on to a poor pass to scores a great try.
Bulls are leading 54-17.
The hordes of Blue Bulls supporters are singing along as the listen to the Black Eye Peas’ “I’ve got a feeling” for the 13th time…
“Kaptein span die seile” word ook nou en dan gehoor en dan is “Baby Tjoklits” ook natuurlik ‘n groot gunsteling op die pawiljoen.
10/10 vir die Royal Bafokeng se DJ!
Iemand het respek vir die Bulle en hul musiek.
116@Blouste – Iemand het my op my Leeu site kom vertel vandag.
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