This will be my last article about the downgraded North vs South clash we all looked forward to. At one stage i hoped that we came second in the Super14 to give us a chance of playing the Super 14 final at Newlands versus our arch-rivals the Stormers. Only time will tell whether the Bulls played a masterstroke or made the biggest cock-up this decade.
Coaches of Australian and New Zealand teams still in contention warned that the Bulls might use their unassailable position in the standings to hand a lifeline to the Stormers, who could miss the playoffs if they lose on Saturday.
The New South Wales Rugby Union, whose Waratahs must beat the Hurricanes on Friday to have any chance of making the semis, said it would complain to tournament organizers SANZAR if the Bulls named a weakened team but later withdrew that threat.
Even Australia coach Robbie Deans, who coached the Crusaders to five Super rugby titles, joined the debate, saying the Bulls were within their rights to name a weaker team but took a risk if they meddled too much with established lineups.
“They have earned the right to choose their own path,” Deans told The Australian newspaper. “When you sit that far ahead of everybody else, you are entitled to make your own selection choices as you do week-to-week. Personally, I think it’s probably not in their best interests, to be honest.”
Waratahs coach Chris Hickey, whose team could miss the playoffs if the Stormers beat the Bulls, said it was for the Bulls to decide on selection.
“That’s their issue,” Hickey said. “History will show that sometimes these things backfire on you anyhow.
“But, look, all we’re focused on is Friday. If we take care of what we need to there, we’ll be in the finals series.”
Bulls coach Frans Ludeke defended his selection which leaves top players such as Victor Matfield, Fourie du Preez, Morne Steyn, Gurthro Steenkamp, Gary Botha, Wynand Olivier and Pierre Spies out of the starting side. Only Jacques-Louis Potgieter remains from the starting 15 which beat the Crusaders last week.
“This is not a B-team,” Ludeke said. “There are seven national players in this team and we have a lot of respect for our opponents. But we are here to run our own race and we are doing nobody favours.”
The Hurricanes have lost backrower Victor Vito to a calf injury but have regained All Blacks center Conrad Smith after an injury break. Coach Colin Cooper had no concerns that the Bulls’ selection might impinge on his team’s playoff hopes.
“It’s a tough competition. You have to do what you have to do,” he said. “Certainly there’s no need for us to worry about it or comment on that because we are just focused on the Waratahs.”
Dis reg ja, my so aan jou laat dink 😉
Hier is een van my gunstelinge…
Daar het ‘n doringboompie
vlak by die pad gestaan,
waar lange ossespanne
met sware vragte gaan.
En eendag kom daarlanges
‘n osseswa verby,
wat met sy sware wiele
dwars-oor die boompie ry.
“Jy het mos, doringstruikie,
my ander dag gekrap;
en daarom het my wiele
jou kroontjie plat getrap.”
Die ossewa verdwyn weer
agter ‘n heuweltop,
en langsaam buig die boompie
sy stammetjie weer op.
Sy skoonheid was geskonde;
sy bassies was geskeur;
op een plek was die stammetjie
so amper middeldeur.
Maar tog het daardie boompie
weer stadig reggekom,
op een plek was die stammetjie
so amper middeldeur.
Maar tog het daardie boompie
weer stadig reggekom,
want oor sy wonde druppel
die salf van eie gom.
Ook het die loop van jare
die wonde weggewis-
net een plek bly ‘n teken
wat onuitwisbaar is.
Die wonde word gesond weer
as jare kom en gaan,
maar daardie merk word groter
en groei maar aldeur aan.
…. Maar dood sal hy, sowaar, ek sweer -. my naam is Van der Merwe !
Lyk my nou is die NZers ook kwaad vir die Bulle (wat is nuut?):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/opinion/3692228/Shame-on-Bulls-shame-for-Super-14
My gunsteling gediggie van Boerneef…
By Pramberg blêr ‘n moflam
van hongerte en dors
by Pramberg vrek ‘n moflam
dit is vanjaar die stryk
sny keelaf wat nog lewe
dis hoeka sukke tyd
by Pramberg blêr geen moflam
maar die jakkals hou jolyt
#122
Smaak my jy’s ‘n Totius fan, Blouste? 🙂
Ek begin hierie Saterdag record anne EP wat drie Kaapse songs sal insluit. Ja, ek gannie Running of the Bulls mis, but so what? Die lyrics is nou nie innie selle klas as Totius, Smal, Watermeyer et al nie, ma dis dam hopelik beter as baie vannie braai-songs wat ek deesdae moet anhoor.
Sal vi jou party vannie lyrics stuur as jy sou wou loer…
fender
Mos nou die dag gepraat van “History channel” toe dag ek jy sal dalk in die een belangstel
….Die ooreenkoms tussen Stormers rugby en Robbin Eiland
Jy lees so nou en dan van hulle in die geskiedenis boeke 😉
@ 126
Maak so
Blouste, jy moet genuine nou vi jouself ‘n groter bouquet kry. Ou kannie heeltyd History Channel vangie. Die Bulle speel deesdae hulle anskoulikste rugby SS201.
OK, hulle’t moes nou wel die blue print vi hulle nuwe style innie Kaap ko haal, ma nevertheless…. 😉
OK, ek’s uit. Die ding se naam is deadline….
…moes nou wel die blue print vi hulle nuwe style innie Kaap ko haal, ma nevertheless….
BWAHAHAHAHA !!!!
Ek moet dit vir jou gee, JY IS FUNNY !!! 😆
fender
Cheers…
Letter to Bank Manager
Dear Sirs,
In view of current developments in the banking market,
if one of my cheques is returned marked “insufficient funds”,
does that refer to me or to you?
Yours Faithfully.
Bob
dis die blond
dis die blou
dis die bul wat snuif van die hoer af
en dis al!!
#134
😯 haai, ek was soe lanklaas op skool
eks nou skoon deurmekaar
dink ekt daai gedig verkeerd gehad, ek dink dit was
…
dis die blond
dis die blou
dis die bul in die spieël
wat staar na sy pi*l
en snuif van die hoer af
en dis al!! 😀
135
hey watch it, hierdie plek is nice moenie jou stress hier die oorhand laat kry nie.
Daai man was n SA held gee hom so bietjie rope. Almal maak n fout.
super @ 136
😀 all is fair in love and war
and
its
WAR!!
yeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaa!!
anyway, dit was nie ñ persoonlike aanval op joost nie
dis maar net bulle vs stormers
en
ja, ekt miskien vroeër overboard gegaan, maar dis hoekom ek rustiger probeer wees!!
Ash vergeef my as ek soos n sensor klink, maar met julle WP mannetjies moet ons a gewete vir die site he.
So by the way het julle gesien hoe min word Tutu deesdae aangehaal?
superbul @ 138
no problem bru
het dalk iemand nodig gehad om my in die bek te ruk en te herinner dat ek verniet stress
ons ontmoet mekaar dan weer oor 2 weke nê? 😀
#136 Superbul
True – ammal maak ‘n fout.
Ma se gou hoe werk die: jy maak ‘n fout (wel, by al accounts maak jy dieselle fout herhaaldelik, ne?) en dan as jy sien da issie meer uitkomkans nie, dan confess jy en skryf jy ‘n boek en maak lekker geld uit daai fout. En jou vrou verkoop ha kant vannie storie anne magazine of twee.
Mammon, bly ma ‘n bliksem.
140
Ja jong duisende ander se stories word nie met soveel ophaal vertel nie. Ons nasie is siek jong. 😀
Ashley
Moegoe !!! 😆
blouste @ 142
jy ken my mos
ek probeer my bes!! 😀
SuperBul en Blouste
“disillusioned words like bullets bark
as human gods aim for their marks
make everything from toy guns that spark
to flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
it’s easy to see without looking too far
that not much is really sacred”
– Bob Dylan
144
nou wie is hy
confucious se
Die WP is kaaaaaak
This is a story about a couple who had been happily married for
years. The only friction in their marriage was the husband’s habit of farting loudly every morning when he awoke.
The noise would wake his wife and the smell would make her eyes water and make her gasp for air.
Every morning she would plead with him to stop ripping them off because it was making her sick. He told her he couldn’t stop
and that it was perfectly natural. She told him to see a
doctor. She was concerned that one day he would blow his guts out.
The years went by and he continued to rip them out! Then one Thanksgiving morning as she was preparing the turkey for dinner and he was upstairs sound asleep, she looked at the bowl where she had put the turkey innards and neck, gizzard, liver and all the spare parts and a malicious thought came to her.
She took the bowl and went upstairs where her husband was sound asleep and, gently pulling back the bed covers, she pulled
back the elastic waistband of his underpants and emptied the bowl of turkey guts into his shorts.
Some time later she heard her husband waken with his usual trumpeting which was followed by a blood curdling scream and
the sound of frantic footsteps as he ran into the bathroom.
The wife could hardly control herself as she rolled on the floor
laughing, tears in her eyes! After years of torture she reckoned she had got him back pretty good.
About twenty minutes later, her husband came downstairs in his
bloodstained underpants with a look of horror on his face.
She bit her lip as she asked him what was the matter. He said, “Honey, you were right. All these years you have warned me
and I didn’t listen to you.
“What do you mean?” asked his wife.
“Well, you always told me that one day I would end up farting my guts out, and today it finally happened. But by the grace of God, some Vaseline, and these two fingers, I think I got most of them back in.
superbul @ 145
confusious was confused!!
“I don’t expect to punch through the wall and the guys to follow,” Botha said, “I’ll take the whole wall down with me. I’m blessed to be part of a team of great players who know what their job is and I’m going to enjoy the game. All we need to do is our best this weekend and it will be fine. If I use the talent that the Lord gave me and give it all, and we all do that it will be a great game.”
Bakkies die Bul !
146
Haahhahahahahaha 😆 hehehe.
Amper soos die ou watt vodde gery is toe hy uit die slaghuis oor die pad loop en getrap word. Chirurge het ure gesukkel om alles weer terug in plek te kry.
Sis, ons het Rugby nodig die ledigheid maak ons BAR
148 – 😆 Bakkies must remember we need him too for the Boks. Now no more injuries.
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