Cheetahs (10) 25 / 30 (17) Bulls (Final Score)
The Toyota Cheetahs and Vodacom Bulls did battle in Super Rugby at Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein at 19:10 SA Time (17:10 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Cheetahs:
- Penalties – Riaan Smit (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Willie le Roux (1), Riaan Smit (1), Trevor Nyakane (1)
- Conversions – Riaan Smit (2)
Bulls:
- Penalties – Morné Steyn (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Werner Kruger (1), Deon Stegmann (1), Jano Vermaak (1)
- Conversions – Morné Steyn (3)
Teams:
Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Raymond Rhule, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Willie le Roux, 10 Riaan Smit, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Pieter Labuschagne, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Adriaan Strauss (Captain), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Rynhardt Landman, 19 Johannes Prinsloo, 20 Sarel Pretorius, 21 Elgar Watts, 22 Rayno Benjamin.
Bulls: 15 Jürgen Visser, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies (Captain), 7 Arno Botha, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Callie Visagie, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Grant Hattingh, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Jano Vermaak, 21 Louis Fouché, 22 Zane Kirchner.
Referee: Jason Jaftha (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Francois de Bruin (South Africa)
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee (South Africa)
JDJ bo Ebersohn ?
The Springbok squad for the Castle Lager Incoming Series 2013: (province and test caps in brackets)
Lourens Adriaanse (GWK Griquas, 0)
Willem Alberts (The Sharks, 20)
Gio Aplon (DHL Western Province, 18)
Bjorn Basson (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 6)
Arno Botha (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 0)
Marcell Coetzee (The Sharks, 12)
Juan de Jongh (DHL Western Province, 14)
Jean de Villiers (captain) (DHL Western Province, 84)
Bismarck du Plessis (The Sharks, 46)
Jannie du Plessis (The Sharks, 42)
Pieter-Steph du Toit (The Sharks, 0)
JJ Engelbrecht (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 1)
Eben Etzebeth (DHL Western Province, 11)
Bryan Habana (DHL Western Province, 83)
Francois Hougaard (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 27)
Zane Kirchner (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 24)
Siya Kolisi (DHL Western Province, 0)
Juandré Kruger (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 8)
Pieter Labuschagne (Toyota FS Cheetahs, 0)
Pat Lambie (The Sharks, 20)
Willie le Roux (GWK Griquas, 0)
Francois Louw (Bath, England, 17)
Tendai Mtawarira (The Sharks, 41)
Lwazi Mvovo (The Sharks, 7)
Trevor Nyakane (Toyota FS Cheetahs, 0)
Coenie Oosthuizen (Toyota FS Cheetahs, 2)
Ruan Pienaar (Ulster, N Ireland, 63)
Chiliboy Ralepelle (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 21)
Jan Serfontein (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 0)
Pierre Spies (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 50)
Morné Steyn (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 42)
Adriaan Strauss (Toyota FS Cheetahs, 21)
Flip van der Merwe (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 23)
Jano Vermaak (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 0)
@ ben-die-bul:
Kannie waar wees nie!
Ek het ‘n Artikel opgesit vir die span… kom ons skuiwe soontoe!
Rhule ook nie daar nie ?
Jammer vir Ebersohn en Visser.
Wonder of Naka Grootbek dalk nou so bietjie respek het vir die Bulle wat hul nou net 11 keer in ‘n ry geklop het. 😉
The gap between the Bulls and the Cheetahs on the Log now looks quite good to me… some daylight at last.
All the Super Rugby Logs and Results which appear under the Menu Bars have now been updated too
Five points in it and the Bulls supporters arrogance knows no bounds? Give credit where it is due.
Well done!
220 @ Loosehead:
Yeah well done Cheetahs for making it a close one and at least coming away with a bonus point. Didn’t watch it Loosehead but it seems your guys did well to claw things back as I see score was 30/13 for the Bulls at one point, was it all great play by Cheetahs or Bulls relaxing too soon or a bit of both?
How much impact did the free 4 pointers have on teams, here is a list of bye,s by each team
Chiefs – Bulls , Brumbies -could have been 0
Bulls – Rebels , Chiefs -could have been 4
Brumbies – Cheetahs , Chiefs -could have been 0
Reds – Kings , Crusaders -could have been 4
Cheetahs – Brumbies , Crusaders
Crusaders – Reds , Cheetahs
Blues – Force , Kings
Waratahs – Highlanders , Sharks
Huricannes – Sharks , Rebels
Sharks – Huricannes , Waratahs
Stormers – Highlanders , Force
Rebels – Bulls , Huricannes
Force – Blues , Stormers
Kings – Blues , Reds
Highlanders – Stormers , Waratahs
The luckiest team is the
(1)Chiefs, they wont play 2 & 3
Bulls would have been able to get 5 from the Rebels
(2)Bulls wont play 12 & 1
Brumbies must be happy with the 8 they got
(3)Brumbies wont play 5 & 1
Reds miss a 5 pointer vs Kings but hat would the bargain for against the Crusaders
(4)Reds wont play 14 & 6
Good ones to miss for the Cheetahs , but they dont have too much bad memories against the Crusaders.
(5)Cheetahs wont play 3 & 6
Good misses, could have been disaster
(6)Crusaders wont play 4 & 5
Work the rest out by yourself
Stormers would have anyway beaten those two that had bye,s so maybe they missed 2 posible bonus points, but then again they dont know where is the other teams try line, they only concentrate on defending theirs.
Blues misse out on 2 bonus points versus the Force and Kings, thats for sure.
220 @ Loosehead:
Was a very difficult match, but I think the Bulls took the foot off the Cheetahs throat a bit at the end. Bulls were leading 30 / 13 (17 point margin) before taking the foot off.
That said, the Cheetahs are full value for their money this season.
My player summary for the game is as follows:
Good scrummaging by the Cheetahs and good reward for 3 Cheetahs props and a hooker in the Bokke squad! Chiliboy had a very good match, was always dangerous and willing. Dean Greyling was the biggest problem for the Bulls in the front row… and the Bulls WILL give 2 to 3 scrum penalties away per game with Dean at loosehead… time to get rid of him and continue onwards with Morné Mellett.
Sublime lineout work by the Bulls (Who are the Cheetahs locks again… anybody… Cheetahs4eva?) and good reward that both Bulls locks are in the Bokke Squad.
The battle of the Loosies was enormous yesterday, but dare I say that Heinrich Brussow was held a bit quiet by the Bulls loosies. There was very little to choose between Heinrich Brussow and Deon Stegmann (apart from the fact that Deon scored a try of course).
Arno Botha played well at blindside for the Bulls and Lappies labuschagne played well on blindside for the Cheetahs.
Pierre Spies certainly had a much better game than his opponent No 8, Philip van der Walt… and showed why he will play No 8 for the Bokke this June. In scrums going backwards the ball was picked up well by Spies under severe pressure on quite a number of occasions, he drove well, took the ball up well, linked well and made some great captain’s decisions.
At scrummie Hougie had a much better day compared to the 2 previous games – great improvement. Piet van Zyl of the Cheetahs was quiet and totally overshadowed by Hougie. Jano Vermaak had another good one for the Bulls and of course another try as well! Jano MUST be the premier scrummie in SA at the moment. Sarel Pretorius was’nt bad at all.
Morné Steyn delivered yet again for the Bulls at flyhalf… a couple too deep uppies spoiling an almost flawless performance. On Cheetahs side Riaan Smit had a very good game, quite surprisingly…. I wondered why Elgar Watts was subbed before the game and now I know why.
Jan Serfontein MUST be the Springbok starting No 12! Robert Eberson did not do badly at No 12 for the Cheetahs, Jan was just better and bust the line better!
At outside centre it was quite a battle between the 2 mates JJ Engelbrecht and Johann Sadie and as Jan Serfontein’s centre partner I think that JJ Engelbrecht now finally deserves his Springbok spot at outside centre, having improved in all facets of play in 2013.
On the wings Willie le Roux was just fantastic… the kid is a Springbok! Bjorn Basson was solid but not spectacular, Jurgen Visser who moved to wing when Mapoe was injured had a much better game compared to the week before. Raymond Rhule had a nothing-match, one did not see much of him.
At fullback Hennie Daniller was solid as usual without being spectacular, when he took the ball on his usual runs he was double tackled very effectively. Daniller won’t let any side down, he is Mr Consistency. I expected Zane Kirchner to be much more rusty than he was (coming back from a lenghty injury) and apart from 1 bad knock he was solid and covered everywhere as can be expected from a Springbok.
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