WP (25) 31 / 23 (10) Blue Bulls (Final Score)
DHL Western Province and the Vodacom Blue Bulls did battle in the ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Semi-Final at
Newlands, Cape Town at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
WP:
- Penalties – Demetri Catrakilis (3)
- Drop Goals – Demetri Catrakilis (1)
- Tries – Cheslin Kolbe (2), Nic Groom (1)
- Conversions – Demetri Catrakilis (2)
Blue Bulls:
- Penalties – Jacques-Louis Potgieter (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Dean Greyling (1), Callie Visagie (1)
- Conversions – Jacques-Louis Potgieter (1), Handré Pollard (1)
Teams:
DHL Western Province |
Vodacom Blue Bulls |
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Expected weather: Sunny and clear. High of 25, low of 15. Wind 20 km/h
Referee: Lesego Legoete
Assistant Referees: Marius Jonker, Linston Manuels
TMO: Deon van Blommestein
now its time to relax. Braai time. Rooikranz kole looking lekker. Tjops ready virdi same. Loverly evening hier innie Kaap. Nice little chilled Sauv Blanc innie glasie. PW innie finaal. What more could ‘n oak want? OK. Don’t answer that.
450 @ Victoriabok:
Yip… but we have Flip, Victor, Hattingh!
Always next year boys 😆
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@ MacroBlouBul: 😆
453 @ nortie:
You have next week… we have the whole of next YEAR!
Hehehe
WP were a bit flat today
The fact that 13 of the starting team did not play last week might have something to do with it
Kolbe also played his first game after being injured for a while.. same goes for Kleyn… Senatla played his first 15 man game in months… Elstadt is also still picking up after being out for a long time…
I expect more cohesion and a much better performance from the team next week.
Not sure what they will do if Carr is out though… They cannot play the Lions with Elstadt/Rhodes and Notshe as loosies.. maybe they must move Rhodes to lock, Elstadt to 6 and bring the specialist fetcher Kitshoff in at number 6.
@ grootblousmile:
447 @ Pietman:
Should’ve played Pollard at 10.
Boks before Bulls.
Geluk WP, nie dat julle vandag op jul eie dit gedoen het nie. Maar nou ja tuisveld voordeel het julle verdien. En dit was deurslag gewend.
Nick het alles gese wat ek graag wou.
Pro gaan tel maar jou kaste wyn op, jy het hulle verdien.
Nou kan julle my suurgat noem as jul wil maar weet dit. Nick en Studio is dood reg. Die strafskop vir die ou in die lug speel is totaal belaglik en gaan ons geliefde spel opvlok.
Daai drie van die quick tap is totaal verkeerd, nogals vir verskeie redes.
Die ergste FL het nou verskonings, alles danksy Pro.
456 @ robzim:
We simply played according to how to stop the Bulls juggernaut. Next week we play a side that doesn’t look for contact and want to keep the ball alive.
Will adapt our game plan accordingly and hopefully get some turnover ball as well.
at least we have 1 shark in a final next week.
Sterkte Snoekie 😀
@ Pietman: Naand Piet. Hoe gaan die jong?
@ nortie:
PW has progressively missed more and more tackles as the season went along.
MacroBlouBul wrote:
But at least they keep on winning and that is all that really counts 🙂
@ Tassies:
Ok dankie Tassies, en daar? Verlede week hierdie tyd het ek ook nog wyn gedrink soos jy
Nou moet ek more vroeg op die heilige Sondag gaan werk….tyd dat hierdie sonde end kry.
Einde Januarie skud ek die woestynstof af my broer!
nortie wrote:
Seems AC, Matty and Robbie are good for at least one more season then?
@ robzim:
Indeed it does!
Congratulations WP
And Bulls fans, your team performed beyond expectation (you surely didn’t expect them to win, did you?) – so give them credit.
Had Pollard played at 10, JLP warmed the bench & Pro made less mistakes detrimental to the Bulls cause, the Bulls would’ve won – and that would’ve been a massive upset.
WP fans, on the other hand, should be worried … very, very worried …
Not to forget us Sharksters who are en mass cutting off our fins & exporting it to China & then offering our torsos to those farkin killer Lions as an amuse bouche!
Dis k@k, maar 2015 is tog nog ‘n kansie vir Koning- (verskoon die woordspeling) kraai …
@ robzim:
Looks like it 😀
To be fair, judging by the CC season they have done ok, both we and the Lions (who everyone is rightly raving about) will be nowhere again come SR
Raait julle latte, sien julle by die finaal!
Dankie eers, tjeers vir eers.
Sal selfs vir Pollard ruil vir ‘n goeie afrigter, desperate times need desperate calls. Met Barend en Ludeke aan die stuur gaan dit net slegter gaan, en gaan Pollard skade optel.
My voorspellings vir komende Saterdag
Bulle 0/19
WP 0/21
Leeus
@ Angostura:
As a WP fan I am quite happy and not worried at all.
The way I see it is:
The Lions have peaked today… Province had a bad day but still won and will be much better next week… they are sure as hell not going to lose 2 home finals in succession
The glass is half full 🙂
robzim wrote:
Isnt that what you guys said last year?
The Stormers played kak rugby in 2014… all defence and no attack.
In the Currie Cup WP have reached a much, much better balance between attack and defence.
Gert Smal’s influence, I think!
… it was just a mind shift or 2… small little things!
nortie wrote:
Next year will be the year of the Stormer. Loose trio of Schalk (6), Thormeulen (7) and Carr (8) to dominate all comers and lift the rest of the team into a super rugby winning machine 🙂
@ MacroBlouBul:
I’m happy with WP in the CC Macro, the Lions will play their all out attacking game, we need to be solid on defense, same as during the 1st round at Newlands against them
@ nortie:
Id be worried about your defense, but with homeground advantage I also think Pw will be favorites.
robzim wrote:
Poetic! haha
The Sharks have regressed badly from Super Rugby to what they did and how they played in the Currie Cup.
The Cheetahs & Free State Cheeahs have had a nightmare year!
The Lions did not have a great Super Rugby season but signs of positive things were there in the front row and the overall pattern. In the Currie Cup the Golden Lions game started gelling nicely and they play a lekker brand of rugby now.
The Bulls had a so-so Super Rugby Season… errors and wrong team selections as well as wrong game plan hampering them… and that just continued in the Currie Cup.
robzim wrote:
Unfortunately a glass half full is not enough – not enough to down a Lion … and feel satisfied: 😀
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