Crusaders (14) 27 / Bulls (0) 0 (Final Score)

The Crusaders hosted the Bulls at Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru at 09:35 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.

The Crusaders methodically dismantled an error-ridden and lacklustre Bulls effort, keeping them scoreless.

Scorers:

Crusaders: 4 Penalties Matt Berquist, 1 Try Sonny Bill Williams, 1 Try Israel Dagg, 1 Try Tom Marshall

Bulls: No score yet

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Teams:

Crusaders: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Robbie Fruean, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Matt Berquist, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read (captain), 7 Matt Todd, 6 George Whitelock, 5 Chris Jack, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Ben Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Replacements: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Owen Franks, 18 Luke Romano, 19 Jonathan Poff/Joe Wheeler, 20 Kahn Fotuali’i, 21 Tom Marshall, 22 Adam Whitelock.

Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Bjorn Basson, 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 (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Danie Rossouw, 20 Francois Brummer, 21 Gerhard van den Heever, 22 Derick Kuün.

Referee: Jonathon White (New Zealand)
Assistant referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand), Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

182 Responses to Super Rugby: Crusaders vs Bulls – Game Thread

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  • 1

    OK you Blue Bulls, have you got what it takes to beat the Saders this morning?
    Lets hope so, although I confess, I have Saders to win by 10 !! 🙁

    Hope I am wrong…..However it will help my superBru!!

    Catch you all later

  • 2

    gooooooooooooodmorning everyone
    and
    gooooooooooo bulls!!
    …..
    got the bulls to win by 9 on superbru!!

  • 3

    bluebird @ 1
    i think the crusaders, even without carter AND mccaw, should still be slight favourates for this game
    but
    i do believe (and i may be completely wrong) that without carter there, it might be easier to defend against sb-williams.
    1. what i’d like to see is the bulls attacking his (sbw’s)channel though … not sure, but that might turn out as his weakness … dont think any teams thus far has tested him there!!
    2. of course it goes without saying that the bulls need to keep ball in hand, and do so for long periods of time
    3. when they need to kick, that they should rather make sure that they kick the ball into the stands rather than go for distance.
    they need to prevent the crusaders from trying to speed up the game!!

  • 4

    this is far to early to drink so what do you take for nerves.

    I think the easiest is to make peace with the fact that the Bulls are total underdogs and look at the game like any good Italian guy, just hope.
    Good luck Bulls , you will need a lot.

    Hugh Bladen in studio today, he will tell us how to.

  • 5

    hmmmm,
    seems like all the bluebull supporters are already cowering behind their sofas
    and
    the game havent even started!!

    stiek yt julle banggoet!!

  • 6

    Ashley wrote:

    3. when they need to kick, that they should rather make sure that they kick the ball into the stands rather than go for distance.

    just heard the field is small and the crowd is near the touchline. So any kick might go into the crowd.

  • 7

    @ Ashley:
    Ja Ash ons le maar laag daar agter die sofas, maar as ons so 10-15 kan voorkom sal jy sien hulle peul oral uit soos erdwurms wat geskok word.

  • 8

    super @ 4
    NEVER too early to drink bru
    ..
    vat ma’ net enetjie
    gevolg deur nog enetjie
    gevolg deur nog enetjie
    gevolg deur nog enetjie ens ens ens
    ..
    dan kan jy ten minste sê jy suip nie al vroegoggend nie,
    jy
    drink maar net een biertjie op ñ slag!!

  • 9

    Bulls captain said in a interview they still expect Carter to play. Hope they did focus on SBW too. You can not ignore that man.

  • 10

    @ Ashley:
    Hahaha klink reg as jy dit so stel.

    Ek raak net te slim man jy weet mos die tong raak geolie.

  • 11

    super @ 6
    lets hope so, super, lets hope so

  • 12

    super @ 10
    😆

  • 13

    ok, for anyone unfortunate enough to be at work (like i am),
    heres a link to the rugby:
    http://www.veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4d7fa1a507048
    ..
    quality is quite good!!

  • 14

    Hellooooooooooo

    Goooooooooooo Bulls!

    Game ON!

  • 15

    ok, we’re ready
    mo*r hulle bulle!!

  • 16

    Bulls starting well….

  • 17

    Good morning all looks like just about made it for kick off, GO BULLS!!!!

  • 18

    Ahhhhh, great steal by the Bulls in the lineout!

  • 19

    come-on bulls
    you HAVE to go through the phases … comeon, stop playing into the crusaders’ hands!!

  • 20

    Bulls need to defend bloody well today!!

  • 21

    And the Saders hit early at the first scrum, free kick Bulls

  • 22

    Penalty Saders ON halfway

  • 23

    gbs @ 20
    bulls need to stop that aimless kicking!!
    ..

  • 25

    Good Morning Boys…

    Ashley, thanks for the link but I am hopeless at downloading things I seem to somehow go wrong, do you know the vip stand rugby link, you do not have to download those??

  • 26

    Penalty Saders again

  • 27

    ok, so crusaders missed their first oppertunity to get points
    ..
    hmmm, that said,
    another penalty … crusaders!!

  • 28

    @ grootblousmile24:
    Great good let off

  • 30

    3 – 0 crusaders

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