Right, the day has finally arrived! Only minutes… and counting to the kick-off of the 2009 Currie Cup Final between the Blue Bulls and Free State Cheetahs.
The Bulls enter this game as firm favourites, at home with a record this year second to none. Sure, they only finished third on the CC log but they have a shining Super 14 title to show for their efforts thus far and they are playing the team that came fourth…and only because of a points difference! If you want to put the house on it you will be mad to go anything else than the Bulls.
And for the Cheetahs, well they have been there, done that, literally! It is not the first time they will be visiting Loftus as underdogs and we know what happened last time it happened. Will they be good enough again and will Ollie be on the sideline with a few cigars to hand out after 80 minutes? Time will tell but I think it will be a toss between the boot of Morne Steyn and the magic of Heinrich Brussow with a little Kaplan to mix it all up and make it a memorable occasion for all.
And the winner…? Will tell you after 80 minutes of rugby but my money on the team that scores the most points! Enjoy!
Blue Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Francois Hougaard, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 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 Danie Rossouw, 19 Pedrie Wannenburg, 20 Heini Adams, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Gerhard van den Heever.
Free State Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 Corné Uys, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Danwel Demas, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9 JP Joubert, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Frans Viljoen, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 David de Villiers, 4 Nico Breedt, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Wian du Preez.
Replacements: 16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Izak van der Westhuizen, 19 Lukas Floors, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Louis Strydom, 22 Fabian Juries.
Date: Saturday, October 31
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick-off: 17.30 (15.30 GMT)
Predicted weather: Early showers and morning clouds, otherwise mild. High of 25°C and a low of 13°C. The win will be at about 15km/h NE and there’s about a 50 percent chance of precipitation.
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Assistant referees: Pro Legoete, Cobus Wessels
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
Points:
Bulls:
4th minute – try Francois Hougaard
Converted – Morne Steyn
14th minute – try Brian Habana
Converted – Morne Steyn
17th minute – try Brian Habana
Converted – Morne Steyn
25th minute – penalty Morne Steyn
40th minute – drop-kick Morne Steyn
43rd minute – penalty Morne Steyn
54th minute – penalty Morne Steyn
67th minute – penalty Morne Steyn
Cheetahs:
31st minute – try Frans Viljoen
Converted – JL Potgieter
35th minute – try Corne Uys
Converted – JL Potgieter
45th minute – try Nico Breedt
Converted – JL Potgieter
48th minute – drop-kick JL Potgieter
296, good on you mate! A great end to a great season for the Bulls.
Two GREAT sides! Congrats BULLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
302, weel done, congrats
Dankie Habs jy is goud werd
Beste span het gewen, end van die storie…..
Congrats Bulls and Cheetahs. One of the best games of rugby I have seen in ages. I just hope there aren’t any injuries. Looking forward to the bok squad announcement
Have to go to work.
Well done Bulls.
Cheetahs, we can hold our heads high!
SA se rugby lyk goed, hoop net nie die bokgroep gaan ons nou weer die ……. in maak nie !
305, AGREED. Phone me whne you get to Cape Town.
Last time that Habana gets to touch the Currie Cup.
Habana, jou legend, dankie dat jy alles gegee het in jou laaste game ! Sal jou kwaai ondersteun … in die groen trui ! 😉
ek sal ma more chat nog te hartseer geluk aan al die bulle jul was die beste op die dag daai eerste 20 minute was net te veel om van te herstel
312
Dankie
Loosie@309
For sure, will do, it’s a date!
Pass to Habana was forward, btw.
Cheetahs could have taken this one, but the Bulls were more ‘streetwise’.
Cheetahs did well this year, well deserved runner-ups.
But they payed the man a bit too much today, I feel.
Still, well done to them, for ending the season the way they did.
See you in CY bru, cheers, need to get some sleep, I am three days out of the time zone here!
CONGRATS TO THE BULLS ON A FANTASTIC VICTORY AND ALSO CONGRATS TO CHEETAHS ON PLAYING A WONDERFUL GAME. BOTH TEAMS DESERVED TO BE IN THE FINAL.
SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY ROCKS !!!!!!!!!
@314 ‘played the man’, I mean…
@315
Thx for the welcome Boompie, talk laters….
Pietman incase you didnt see earlier WELCOME HOME
Boompiedrukker@318
Thx again!!!!
pIETMAN LOL 🙂
310 – Loosehead be nice lol
294 Looshead haha!
297 okay…Buuuuuuuullllllllssssssssss! hehe
301 Loskop
Great sportmanship mate…
Now for the Bok anouncement!
312 Dankie Smallies, Brussouw was weer wild.
Richardt Strauss het julle erg gekos.
What the Feck !!!!!!! The bokke backs
Geen WP Nel of Mapoe nie ?
325 TH
Who did they pick? I cant see.
Dankie tog, Januarie bly by die huis, kan seker nie op parool gaan nie.
326 Wie is nuut?
Geen Joe P of Zane nie, eish !
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