WP hosted the BLUE BULLS in their semi-final of the Currie Cup Premier Division today, at Newlands, Cape Town. The Bulls won a nail-biter with 7 Morne Steyn penalties. Bulls won 21 / 19.
If you told me before the game that the game would be this hard and closely contested, I would probably have scoffed at you… it was a humdinger!
Bakkies, Bakkies, Bakkies, there you go again.. getting a yellow card in the 1st minute of the game! The “Enforcer” had a hard and uncompromising game and it did’nt cost the Bulls in the time he was off the field.
The Bulls started on a rampage, racking up penalty after penalty and in less than half of the First Half,were leading 12 / 0, because of the once again faultless boot of More Steyn.
ThenWP fought back and by Half Time they had scored from 2 penalties of their own.. also from the faultless boot of Joe Petersen.
After Half Time, WP came out with purpose and Gio Aplon showed jet-shoes to follow up a brilliant kick from Frikkie Welsch and beat Wynand Olivier and Pedrie Wannenburg to the Try Line, scoring the only try of the match.
Penaties decided the rest of the match, with Morne Steyn slotting a 53m Kick for the winning margin of 2 points with 2 minutes left on the clock.
It is difficult to single out star performers for this match because both from the Bulls and WP all players played their hearts out, all players and substitutions played like Springboks.
For the Bulls, the calmness of Victor Matfield, Fourie Du Preez and Morne Steyn stood out, for WP Joe Petersen, Gio Aplon and the war horse, Schalk Burger stood out. Schalk Burger also probably put in the tackle of the century when he monstered Fourie du Preez as he was about to put a kick through, near halfway.
What a game…. SA Rugby is alive and well!
In 2 weeks time we’ll see the Final at Loftus in Pretoria.
Hope you also enjoy our photo’s below!
Photo’s from the First Half:
Photo’s from the Second Half:
After-match TV Interviews – Victor Matfield, the winning Captain
Morne Steyn – Awarded Man of the match
Match Statistics
Tackle of the Match, Schalk Burger absolutely flattens Fourie du Preez
Points:
WP: 4 Penalties Joe Petersen, 1 Conversion, 1 Try Gio Aplon
Bulls: 7 Penalties Morne Steyn
Teams:
Vodacom 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.
Vodacom Western Province: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Paul Bosch, 11 Frikkie Welsh, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenhage, 8 Luke Watson (captain), 7 Duane Vermeulen, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Anton van Zyl, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 JC Kritzinger, 18 De Kock Steenkamp, 19 Schalk Burger, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Matt To’omua, 22 Sireli Naqelevuki.
Date: Saturday, October 17
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Kick-off: 17.00 (15.00 GMT)
Expected weather: Sunny and mild, with virtually no chance of rain. High 21°C, low 14°C. Wind 33km/h S
Referee: Mark Lawrence
Assistant referees: Jaco Peyper, Reuben Rossouw
TMO: Michael Cupido
Bulls get a penalty. COME MORNE GET IT OVER AND WIN IT FOR THE BULLS………YES.
Penalty for Bulls… long one for Morne
Okaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!
At last….
Come on Morne… please
YOU BEAUTY MORNE GETS THAT DIFFICULT KICK OVER……….GO BULLS.
Yessssssssss
Bulls 21 / 19
One min to go. WP have lost it forward. Scrum
1 min left
Thx, end of the game….fat lady has just sung her last accords…..but it was faaaaaaaarkin close!
Only 20sec left. Hang in there Bulls.
Bulls winnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Well done Bulls!
Trying to give me heart attack or something?
Heeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Pukie has had his last game and will not lift the Currie Cup !!
GAME OVER. Bulls win.
WELL DONE BULLS. Well done to all my Bull mates here. That was just too close for me. Not sure about how your hearts are beating…..haha.
Loftus has a final.
yeeeeeeeah haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Congratulations Bulls. Well played Province
Geluk aan Bulle, julle het BMT.
Amper WP, julle het baie goed gespeel.
Beste spelers
MS en Joe P
Morne STTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Goeiste flok Groot het jy plek daar by jou , kry kaartjies
Puma, my heart is not working anymore, that was too close, well done wp
Dankie tog…totsiens Luke Watson, laat jy waai uit die Kaap dat ek in vrede kan terugggaan na my dorp toe.
Dankie AmaBulle, baie dankie, die Kaap is nou weer Hollands…..Hoog-Hollands en Dutch met daai klein fokker wat sy laaste wedstryd gespeel het het.
Nou gaan ek terug Kaap toe, en ek gaan daai vliegtuig se kroeg leegsuip en my kitaar speel van hier af tot daar !!!!
Almost two shocks! A win is a win and the score means nothing. Well done! The Bulls should take the final.
Easy game Bulls…knew you would do it…
Loftus Final…….. oh but I’m happy!
Congrats to both teams… hard-fought match
@Pietman –
Stem Pietman! Uiteindelik is ons ontslae van kotsbekkie…en hy het NIKS gewen in SA nie.
@bdb -Is waar, JP is klein maar getrein, gevaarlike outjie daai hoor!
Beter as Conrad Jantjes, hy het WP gedra vanjaar.
54.3meters, what a kick
Baie geluk aan WP ook. Moet se, ek is verras, julle het guts gewys. Respek.
Morne you beeeeeeeeeuty!
207@Onerb –
Is that really how far the kick was???
Two close semi-finals, SA Rugby is healthy!
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