This is one to read. Written by JJ Harmse, take the good, take the bad its up to you. Put it in your pipe and smoke it.
News24
There are lies, old wives’ tales … and then there are statistics.
The statistics tell you that the Bulls produced one of their best Super 14 performances to date when they beat the Western Force in Perth last weekend.
One of their assistant coaches, Johann van Graan, said that the ball had been in play for 38 minutes and 21 seconds.
“That shows how high the quality of the rugby was. We carried the ball 118 times and they carried it 98 times. Both teams were successful with just over 90% of their tackles. That gives you an idea of how hard both teams had to work for their points,” Van Graan told Sport24 from Auckland.
“We created a lot of opportunities, but did not finish as well as we could have. That is definitely something we’ll focus on this week. We were very direct with our attacks and it worked. Three tries against zero on tour is not to be scoffed at,” Van Graan added.
The Bulls’ forwards coach said that it gave them hope for the weekend’s game against the Blues, even though the Bulls can only start preparing on Tuesday.
(vi) Western Force vs Bulls
Penalties conceded: 24
Western Force: 14
Bulls: 10
Reasons for the penalties:
Western Force:
Tackle: 8 (Sharpe* 2, Sharpe & McCalman, McCalman, Hodgson 2, Stanford, Fairbrother*)
Offside: 5 (O’Connor, Cross 2, Hodgson, Hill)
Discipline: 1 (Cummins – dangerous tackle)
Bulls:
Tackle: 5 (Hougaard*, Rossouw, Stegmann*, Roux, Wannenburg)
Offside: 3 (Steenkamp*, Flip van der Merwe, Wannenburg)
Scrums: 1 (Steenkamp)
Discipline: 1 (Steyn – high tackle)
The Bulls missed three penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Western Force: 0
Bulls: 0
Line-outs
Western Force: 5 (1 quick)
Bulls: 12 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums
Western Force: 8 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 lost)
Bulls: 9 (3 resets, 2 collapses)
Drop-outs
Western Force: 4
Bulls: 0
Stoppages: 68
Some Match Totals
Stoppages per match
Western Force vs Brumbies: 73
Sharks vs Chiefs: 88
Crusaders vs Highlanders: 65
Cheetahs vs Bulls: 60
Blues vs Hurricanes: 69
Lions vs Stormers: 77
Reds vs Waratahs: 74
Bulls vs Brumbies: 55
Highlanders vs Blues: 77
Lions vs Chiefs: 74
Sharks vs Cheetahs: 76
Hurricanes vs Western Force: 68
Reds vs Crusaders: 62
Stormers vs Waratahs: 91
Stormers vs Brumbies: 81
Bulls vs Waratahs: 58
Reds vs Blues: 68
Western Force vs Chiefs: 73
Crusaders vs Sharks: 80
Cheetahs vs Highlanders: 69
Hurricanes vs Lions: 81
Brumbies vs Sharks: 78
Bulls vs Highlanders: 71
Crusaders vs Chiefs: 65
Reds vs Western Force: 84
Stormers vs Hurricanes: 67
Waratahs vs Lions: 71\
Blues vs Brumbies: 65
Bulls vs Hurricanes: 71
Crusaders vs Lions: 70
Highlanders vs Sharks: 69
Western Force vs Waratahs: 70
Stormers vs Cheetahs: 72
Highlanders vs Lions: 84
Brumbies vs Chiefs: 79
Cheetahs vs Reds: 80
Hurricanes vs Sharks: 66
Waratahs vs Blues: 65
Western Force vs Bulls: 68
Fewest stoppages: Bulls vs Brumbies – 55
Most stoppages: Stormers vs Waratahs – 91
The team arrived in two different planes from Perth, with the second group only arriving at the hotel at 05:00 New Zealand time.
“The Blues are very experienced and their entire front row consists of All Blacks that have played 100 or so Super Rugby games. They have one of the strongest scrums in the competition and in Jerome Kaino one of the best ball-carriers,” Van Graan warned.
Van Graan said that the Bulls would like to use their driving play as an attacking weapon again, even though they had mixed results with it against the Force.
“Yes, we had to adapt to another interpretation by the referee, but when we got it right one of our driving mauls led to Morné Steyn’s try.”
The Bulls were delighted at not conceding a try for the first time in this campaign against the Force, but realise the Blues will pose different questions in attack.
“They have a lot of gamebreakers and Rene Ranger will probably be their danger man. Last week’s good defence won’t help this week if we are not as committed as we were. But we also want to play our own game and know what works for us,” said Van Graan.
Bulls unchanged for Blues challenge
15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van der Heever, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp. Substitutes: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Bees Roux, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Derick Kuün/Jaco Engels, 20 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 21 Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 22 Pedrie Wannenburg.
27@ Blouste – Net wanneer ek en SuperBul van JOU skinner… hahahaha
@ 31 gbs – Dan’s dit goed so ,ek wil my nie ontstel nie 😆
Wat se jy van die resensie idee, dink net hoe kan ons berigte uitmekaar skeur en analiseer. Gaan so paar tone trap maar dit stimuleer die gesprek. Soos The Saint se posts. Hy is seker besig met n riller, die dat hy so stil is.
Resensie idee ?
Of moes jy dit eintlik per mail gestuur het ? 😆
29@ Blouste – Ek sien jy lees nogal wyd vir rugbynuus en kom met so paar interessanthede, so nou en dan…. wil jy nie Author wees hier oppie blog nie?
Kyk, ek is reguit, so ek vra sommer hier, oop en bloot…. ek dink jy sal nogal kan help om die las op ons ander klompie skrywers minder te maak….
En ek bedoel dit opreg….. seriaaaaas!
Blouste wat se jy is jou Kapama trip nou gefinaliseer?
33@ SuperBul – Man, ek dink hulle pee in hulle panties…. die resensie-idee kan werk, kry net dit wat jy wil resenseer van ‘n beter web site….. hehehe
Ja jong miskien moet ek daai ouens n gap gee
Gbs ,ek het nie ‘n pyn nie, is maar so nou en dan ook nie hier nie 😆
Sal my maar net moet vertel hoe werk die dinge. maar jy het mos my mail ,tel nr, trui size ens… 😉
Dit sit ons op as intro tot n fight club, maar eers wag tot die vegter ver terug is. Netnou spoor hy ons op.
39
Ek ook dis waaroor ons skinner. 😆 joke net het nog niks daarvan nie.
39@ Blouste – Ek sê jou wat, ek gee jou NOU status as Author en mail jou my selnommer, met die 1ste Artikel wat jy wil doen bel jy my, en ek help jou gou deur die proses…
As SuperBul dit kan doen, kan jy ook…. hehehe
superBul
So 95%..’n Moesa lot kontraktuele dinge wat net gefinaliseer moet word met die oorsese ouens maar dis meestals formaliteite.
Als is in prinsiep goedgekeur ,maar selfs al sou dit nie gebeur nie kom ek definitief Julie.
@ 42
Ek maak so.
superBul
Daar was sprake dat Pietman ook gaan daai tyd, enige nuus ?
Blouste jy gaan my in my habitat sien, selfs Pietman ken nie my wild side nie
39@ Blouste – Woeps, waps… en jy is ‘n flokken Author gemaak…
O, en nou het jy ook toegang tot die Author Bladsy, bo, net onder die Header Graphics…
45
Ek moet daai maat van my wegkry van die vis en garnale en krewe , hy gaan die see leeg eet en die Wynkelders leegdrink. Hier is mampoer en wildsvleis die ding.
Manne, ek gaan gou in die huis in beweeg, Handbriekie het netnou al gebrom dat ek moet inkom huis toe… SuperBul, wanneer jy my bel slaan ek gou die Notebookie oop en ons gesels oor die SURVEYS….
super
He he he, kan nie wag nie 😉
Gbs
Bel jou dan later.
Ek is ook uit vir ‘n rukkie…
moepels en poephole 😆
the refs are being promised farms in the NTVL thats why they helping da bulls 😆 😆
< handbriekie gaan hom goed moer 😆
die Shjarks is verneuk so die stats tel nie 😆
eish this place is deader then a straight sex orgy in broke back cape town
eks nog hier nou by julle
blouste jy moet nou nie dat ek en jy dieselfde Bulls artikels plaas nie die ouens gaan dit nie like om the maal per post te hoor hoe goed ons is nie.
54 – Yip…I’m off…see you about.
Have a good evening Rugby Talkers..
guys we must seriously think of keeping thing in english
i have seen so many foreigners say they dont come here because its not foreigner friendly
i know its hard but just a thought
good night BB tc mate catch you 2morrow
@ 56 SuperBul – Ja nee, hulle sal seker nie, al is die Bulle so goed dis die moeite werd om als te herhaal… 😯
@ 53 sharkyforever – Die engelse woord vir jou toestand is “denial”… 😯
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