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
Guthro Steenkamp is scrumming poorly as he always does. He tries to pop his shoulder out so he scrums into the side of the TH. This means that it is difficult to push him back but it puts a ton of pressure on the hooker. That’s why the other side of the scrum is struggling so much
en nou vir die comeback en da is nie n ausie ref om jul te red nie hoe-haaa
166 – It says ‘Link Broken’!! Technical numpty too!
176 TH
It wasnt a slap. Look carefully and you will see Dewaldt pushed another Cheetah and that player bump with his head into Brussouw!
Out…watching the second half.
Ashley Johnson has been very quiet.
Carol
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169 – T_H
JOKE TEA….WHAT? You as bad as Carol with her mint tea…..hahaha. Get a sparkling wine or what ever. This is the final of the CC. No tea today young lady.
Yellow card to Potgieter, for slapping Brussow.
Forward pass to Habana, for his first try,clearly, I called it before Hugh Bladen even!
Cheetahs a bit unlucky here…..
178, did you not see the punch? Red card.
Loosehead, klop ons met 15 man elk,moenie die ref se hulp soek nie.
Now, hopefully we make them pay!!!
Cheatahhhhhhhhhhhhhs!!!!!!!!!!!
Puma 165 – Difficult call, horns or uncool logo…..I think the uncool logo just gets in ahead of horns in this one!!
I would love to see the Loftus crowd, I bet they look ‘unique’ – do you suppose GBS does the whole horns thing?
187 – Meant Joka
189 No, I didnt. I saw one incident as described in 184. If there was another one, I missed it.
Go BULLS!!!!!!!!!!1
Thanks Supa
188 dankie Pa!
167 Van Straaten
No I don’t agree, drops are a easy 3 points. Should be reduced to one point. Make the team want to get tries. Much more exciting to watch.
190 dbd, the Bulls should be down to 13, no questions. But you kow what, the Cheetahs dont need the ref in their pocket to win.
Geez the Bulls scrum is shit. TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESTATE.
WELL DONE VRYSTAAAAAAT
186 Hi there Supa, Adobe flash player problem this end!! What ever that means, I will give up, sulk a bit and listen to you guys instead!
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssss!
bdb, we will still be mates after the game, ok.
PIETMAN – WELCOME HOME ………..
Try Cheetahs. They just never give up. What I like about them.
Maybe a bit late but you never know. Just want a nail biter here to watch.
You see about those droppies!!! Only 6 points in it now.
What a game !
Bet GBS has started chainsmokeing now. LOL 🙂
And a drop kick.
Why did the whistle go there ?
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