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
@carol – Tight for time for the Sarries game, but maybe the others are keen
@grootblousmile – What a coincidence both semi finals score was 31-18
Pumas is my Fav.
@grootblousmile – 😳 Moving swiftly on…..What time do the games start tomorrow, who starts first?
@JL1 – Are there any good pubs round Wembley?
213@carol – Times are on the Currie Cup Preview Thread
@superBul – Another happy Bulls fan here tonight….I was wearing my Bulls jersey earlier, no one has a clue what it is about!!
@carol – The nice part about this weekend is this.
We won , now we can sit back and see how the others are destroying each other, the extra day to rest is great and we came trough this game without any injuries as far as i know.
Go Lions , GO Giquas give the log leaders a hard time.
@carol – It should be really festive around and at the grounds, so check it out. Pubs would be filled to the brim
I am out of here, cheers all. Go WP!!!!!
@grootblousmile – Well if its raining I’ll be here!!
@superBul – Yeah, go Griquas to make my superbru slip up worthwile!!
So many Province fans here now….I did put Province to win, but would be nice for Ed and K9 and his staples if the Lions won tomorrow!
@JL1 – Cheers JL1, look forward to December!!
@carol – Maybe K9 must go to that wrap machine at Johannesburg Int to make sure his staples does not pop. Because the Lions will give him a great workout, witch ever way the game goes.
@superBul – Perish the thought!!!
I am moving away from the Blog , good night all. Thanks GBS and BDB for the scores.
Fark! Fark Fark!
I had a massive barney with our web host in the USA now…. they’ve been unilaterally throttling our service due to our high volume of traffic…. the DOOOOOOOOOOOSES !
Said to the freegin little help consultant that I want to deal with a superior member of personnel, not a mere pawn…. and then I let rip at the manager, telling him I wanted to speak to his superior, not a little line-manager…. they started shitting their pants as I was just heating up….
We are officially off THROTTLING !
Let there be a lesson in it for them… don’t fark with GBS !
@grootblousmile – You can be a bit scary!! 😯
@superBul – See ya Superbul
Now the sharks need to get the bonus point and the lions need to keep wp from the ponus point
@rmeyer087 – Hi New Blogger…
227@carol – I did not sign up with throttling…. so I was within my rights.
I do not take kak Karlientjie…. they will learn…
@rmeyer087 – Hi Welcome here, hope you keep your sanity here, this can be addictive. Who do you support so by the way , before i am too friendly. 😆
229@rmeyer087 – Hello en welkom…
Waar lê jou rugby lojaliteite ?
@grootblousmile – When you calm down *** FB 5 mins?
@carol – GBS is now at his best all fired up. Well done webmaster.
234@carol – Sorry… I can be like a bear with a sore tooth…
OK…
@superBul – He does get a manic gleam in his eyes!! Heheheheh
237@carol – Hehehe
Maybe that’s why I have received death threats before, when I practised Law…. like the proverbial Bull in a China shop….
Ek vattie kak van kabouters nie…. hehehe
(literally translated = I do not take shit from dwarfs)
N24 Poll
The Currie Cup is shaping up as a five-way battle for local bragging rights. Who will emerge victorious?
35 %
Sharks
27 %
Western Province
1 %
Griquas
8 %
Free State Cheetahs
29 %
Blue Bulls
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