Cheetahs (11) 23 / Bulls (8) 25 (Final Score)
The Toyota Cheetahs hosted the Vodacom Bulls at Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein at 19:10 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 and CSN on TV in SA.
Once again a game of two halves for the Bulls, this time extremely lacklustre in the first half and on fire after the break, when they decided to keep more possession.
It was hard, it was brutal, it was close… it was a derby!
Scorers:
Cheetahs: 2 Penalties & 1 Conversion Naas Olivier, 1 Try Andries Strauss, 1 Try Robert Ebersohn, 1 Try Ashley Johnson
Bulls: 2 Penalties & 2 Conversions Morné Steyn, 1 Try Bakkies Botha, 1 Try Danie Rossouw, 1 Try Fourie du Preez
Teams:
Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Philip Snyman, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Ryno Benjamin, 10 Naas Olivier (vice-captain), 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Kabamba Floors, 7 Juan Smith (captain), 6 Frans Viljoen, 5 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 4 Waltie Vermeulen, 3 WP Nel, 2 Rayno Barnes, 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Skipper Badenhorst, 17 Kobus Calldo, 18 Francois Uys, 19 Ashley Johnson, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Riaan Viljoen.
Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 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 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Derick Kuün, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Danie Rossouw, 20 Ruan Snyman, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Stephan Dippenaar.
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Marius Jonker (South Africa), Christie du Preez (South Africa)
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee (South Africa)
238@ sharky_forever:
Damn, it was a hard game….
Hope your Tjarkies do it tomorrow!
@ grootblousmile:
Jy sien GBS , dit is hoekom ons meer wen deesdae , ons is nooit tevrede nie , nog lank nie genoeg gewen nie. Ons wou nie net die beker eendag vashou nie ons wil die Crusaders ontroon as die beste.
@ grootblousmile:
thanks bro , yeah it was and it takes a lot of heart to come back like that
again i thought the ref was good,
@ grootblousmile:
JA nou sit ons met so lekker smug face en geniet die rugby.
Hierdie jaar word nie baie driee gedruk nie, die verdedigings coaches het hard gewerk. Dink daar is in net een game 4 of meer driee gedruk deur n span.
243@ sharky_forever:
I don’t have complaints about the ref… he called it as he saw it.
242@ superBul:
Ja, dis gewis….. ons MOET aanhou wen!
236: bulle se voorspeler reserwes is goed, maar die agterlyn reserwes is so bietjie dun. As MS seer kry is daar moeilikheid.
242: solank ons net slegte verloorders bly, behoort dit goed te gaan ! 🙂
244@ superBul:
Ek gaan eers in die oggend die volgende game threads doen….
Nou gaan ek pis en rus
@ sharky_forever:
The only thing about the ref is the sniping comments towards captains. It is after all the right of the captain to clear up decisions. Look they take ages to look at the TMO decisions, why not call the captain one side and tell him what is wrong.
Ja jong, al die onnodige gekerm oor die refs is maar soos ‘n slegte gewoonte, soos rook, jy weet jy moet dit af leer, maar dit is moeilik ! hhehehe
@ grootblousmile:
Die eerste game is mos nou heelwat later
249@ bdb:
Neewat, ek willie ophou rook nie, dis vir my lekker.
Meeste rokers wil ophou maar kannie, ek weet ek kan ophou maar ek wil nie….
@ bdb:
die mode woord was mos komunikasie, dit lyk of die refs nou meer hardegat wil word en nie meer wil komunikeer nie.
Brenden Nel – SuperSport
Bloemfontein – It may have been another Lazarus act, but the Vodacom Bulls returned from the dead to storm back and beat the Toyota Cheetahs 25-23 in a nailbiting game at the Free State Stadium on Friday night.
After a mammoth performance both on attack and defence for the home side, they couldn’t sustain a 23-8 lead over the defending Vodacom Super Rugby champions, and eventually ran out of steam to a Bulls side that looked fitter and stronger at the end.
OK manne… groente van deur tot deur.
Goooooooooooi Mieliesssssssssss
Gooooooooooooo Bullsssssssssssss !
254: Lekker slaap GrootBlouSmielies wat nie kan ophou rook nie !
super maybe the comments by some captains and players is the reason refs are like that , remember we seldom hear whats being said , there is and always will be 2 sides to a storie
As Juan nie 100 persent reg was nie, dan is Naka in groot kaka, want dit is ‘n speler wat reg bestuur moet word vir die WB.
256: issie, daar is ook ‘n derde kant: die blou kant.
@ sharky_forever:
Yes that is true, but we heard how he handled VM today.
@ bdb:
😆
Lekker slaap.
bulle !
@ sharky_forever:
256
i have more a issue with the pre game talk that is allowed to the Ref. Nake made a big issue of it during the week, he even insinuated that Os knows better. (I dont doubt it for one moment) But that turned the ref to be anti talk on the field. So by the way i reckon he wont complain again, the Bulls scrum was more organised than the Cheetah scrum.
OVER and OUT
Fark, so close!
Well done Bulls.
@ Loosehead:
Die bulle moet dankie se naas het daai maklike skoppe gemis net een en hulle het getjank vandag
@ smallies72:
Dis verseker ou pel, man kan nie daai kanse laat verbygaan in so n wedstryd nie, Cheetahs het regtig verdien om hierdie een te wen…hoe goed was Pretorius en Johnstone net nie…wie was MOTM, een van daai twee sekerlik? Jammer De Villiers het Fourie du Preez laat loswikkel vir daai laaste drie, hy moes hom geloop het daar…..
266@ Pietman:
Ashley Johnson MOTM.
@ Pietman:
Ashleigh johnson man of the match
Morning fellas…. going to prepare a game thread for us quickly for the next match… it will be up in 5 min
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