Lions (6) 22 / 18 (9)Ā Bulls (Final Score)
The Emirates Lions and Vodacom Bulls did battle in Super Rugby at
Emirates Airline park, Johannesburg at 17:05 SA Time (15:05 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:
Lions:
- Penalties – Elton Jantjies (5)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Akker van der Merwe (1)
- Conversions – Elton Jantjies (1)
Bulls:
- Penalties – Jacques-Louis Potgieter (6)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
Emirates Lions |
Vodacom Bulls |
| 4 April at 17:05 SA Time | |
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Referee: Jaco van Heerden
Assistant Referees: Jason Jaftha, Stephan Geldenhuys
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
Well played Lions. Congratulations.
Against the Stormers the tap penalty in the last minute did not pay off. This time it did…against the “mighty” Bulls nogal.
Hoe laag sal die Bulle daal om ‘n oorwinning te kry? Potgieter…hahaha…’n rol in 7de Laan wag op hom. Miskien kan hy Oubaas se kleinseun gaan speel.
@ Hondo:
Hi Hondo. Good to see you’re back.
How are you?
Kolbe cannot tackle anybody around the neck. He cannot reach that high. š
150 @ Hondo:
Don’t worry Hondo…..Kolbe gets plenty of flak here, when defending, and even when he is attacking and gets hit late and illegal, it’s still his fault.
De Allende gets flak for his defense as well…..but I have yet to see any comments made about that human turnstile called Burger Odendal.
Kolbe gets called for “diving” when he gets hit off the ball…..yet to see any reference to that Robert de Niro wannabe called JLP.
I won’t be holding my breathe though…..until they play for a team other than the Bulls they are safe š
@Hondo
In a few years time people will refer to this period in our rugby as a “great period” and blame “quotas” as the reason for our crap rugby when 4 NZ sides are ahead of our teams on the S16 log.
As if…
@ Nama:
Have a look at these “pearls of wisdom” from Gary Glitter…
Sharks coach Gary Gold has said there is no ill-discipline rot in Durban, and that the multiple red cards this season have been isolated incidents.
The Sharks have now seen three red card in three game, starting with captain Bismarck du Plessis being sent off for lashing out against the Chiefs, and Frans Steyn joining him on the sidelines for a tip tackle in the same game.
This week, another one of the Sharks’ senior players in Jean Deysel, was handed a red card for a deliberate knee to a Crusaders player’s head.
“It is isolated incidents,” Gold said of the offences that have been committed by Sharks players this season.
“By and large, our discipline is good,
“We are just on the wrong end of some pretty severe offences – and they are not acceptable.
“The other two incidents [Du Plessis’ kick and Deysel’s knee] were silly incidents.” said the coach.
“If the knee was to the buttock instead of the head, he would have got a yellow card.
“If Bismarck lashed out and kicked the guy on his thigh, it would have been a yellow card too.
http://www.rugby365.com/article/65446-gold-no-discipline-issue-at-sharks
So basically Gold is saying to his players “rather kick the guy in the thigh or knee him on the buttocks”
What a joke this bunch is
@ nortie:
āWe are just on the wrong end of some pretty severe offences…”
Hahaha…
As they say in the classics…all that glitters is not Gold.
“Saad, Jake, John Smit…all of them individual winners. Imagine them together.” Was what HG said two years ago. Wonder what he thinks now of the happenings at the Sharks.
Jake has left already. Who’s going next? Saad…to concentrate on his businesses or JS to realize that he is not a CEO’s behind?
@ Nama:
Ha ha….poor HG
His beloved Sharks are crap….his favorite International side, the French, are crap.
The only light point in his rugby life must be that those Mountain Goat moffies from die Visdorpie are just as crap.
Imagine if the Stormers actually were not too bad and that the false dawn was real…..would have been too much for him to handle
Sure the Sharks have hit rock bottom … in all aspects of their rugby (except for {the time being?} log points & log position).
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But those that publicly luxuriate in Schadenfreude because of the shame & implosion of the Sharks (or even {astonishingly} that of their own franchises) should look deep inside their hearts …
Loyal saffa rugby lovers will be distressed about 2015’s shocking quality of rugby dished up by ALL of our franchises & by some of our Bokke … & this in a RWC year!
It is cause for pain & worry, not gloating …
@ Nama:
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Hi there Nama
Spent some time in Germany on a Tech transfer package, the home internet connections there are diabolic, the Irish Pubs only showing UK rugby and the live rugby streams are blocked more often than not, out of question to use the office facilities there to ‘communicate’ on rugby š
Anyway, the video clearly showed a great leap by Kolbe hitting the No 15’s – albeit a Fly Weight strike – neck, did ANZAR granted him an exemption ?
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@ nortie:
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JlP antics were a disgrace,I said it before
@ nortie:
155
Well, I disagree Norti’e, the Sharks retaliated against the Chiefs, a disproportion between what Styen and Bissie copped and what Elliot got
and
Kaplan already stated that the Yellow on Styen against the Stormers was a travesty, they really get the short end of it
@ Nama:
156
@ nortie:
157
Strange no one has found any fault with Brandon Venter yet?
The Stormers got the courage to drop Carr and De Johng, it just that a similar measure may be in order for the Sharks too, they beaten the Chiefs not long ago, they can’t be that bad?
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@ Angostura:
Hi Ango.Hope that you are well.Agree with
every thing you say. As a Sharks supporter,
I am truly shattered.A most inept and embarrassing performance by them.A person whom I regard as a fundi on rugby often says that they play
without enjoyment.Internal problems?An inescapable
conclusion.
Like you,I am concerned about the state of SA rugby.
Regards.Rye
153 @ nortie:
At this stage all nearly of our players should get some flack.
Hopefully the lions showed us that we should NEVER complain about the travel factor… go to NZ and beat the blues, back to the highveld 4 weeks later to beat the bulls… pretty impressive.
I must say the oscar should go to JLP, much more convincing that Kolbe. š
@ Hondo:
Is the internet in Germany really that bad?
Going to Munich for Octoberfest, and I was hoping there would be an irish pub around there somewhere.
@ Angostura:
lol the four years I have been here in the cape, there is always more pleasure in the bulls and sharks losing than in the Stormers actually winning. It is quite astonishing š
Hondo wrote:
What does Brendan Venter even do at the Sharks?
. @ Hondo:
“Strange no one has found any fault with Brandon Venter yet?”
Brendan is untouchable at this stage. Just like Janneman and Pollard are currently at the Bulls and Fransie used to be at the Sharks. It is sacrilege to speak negatively about them.
@ MacroBull:
“…there is always more pleasure in the bulls and sharks losing than in the Stormers actually winning. It is quite astonishing”
It is not as if the supporters of the above mentioned teams don’t derive any pleasure when the Stormers lose. We are in competition against one another other after all.
“What does Brendan Venter even do at the Sharks?
Brendan is in ‘n baie lekker posisie by die Haaie. Hy hoef geen verantwoordelikheid te vat vir gister se strond nie, maar as die Haaie goed doen dan kan hy die eer vir homself toe-eis. Dink maar aan toe die Haaie die CC jaar voor laas gewen het deur die WP in die finaal te klop. Hy was toe blykbaar verantwoordelik vir die “game plan” van die Sharks op daai dag. Ek wonder nou maar net wie was verantwoordelik vir gister se wedstrydplan
Die Blou Bulle het 62 skole rugbyspelers van gr.ā11 en gr.ā12 in die Westelike Provinsie in hul visier.
Dit het aan die lig gekom in ān brief wat die Blou Bulle-maatskappy se hoĆ«prestasiebestuurder, Xander Janse van Rensburg, aan die WP Rugbyunie geskryf het. Ingevolge regulasies is unies verplig om mekaar in kennis te stel indien hulle in die ander se streek op skolespelers jag maak.
Gert Smal, die WP se direkteur van rugby, het ān dwarsklap oor diĆ© kwessie na die Bulle gemik.
āDuidelik het die Bulle nie vertroue in hul eie skoolstelsel of spelers nie. Dit skep die indruk dat daar geen ontwikkeling by hulle plaasvind nie. Ek sal graag wil weet hoe skoolkinders aan hulle kant daaroor voel,ā het hy aan Die Burger gesĆŖ.
Die Bulle het ān lang geskiedenis van oordadige inkopies in die WP se agterplaas.
Nama wrote:
It definitely hits a whole new level when you watch rugby “amongst the people” here. There is seriously MORE hope that the Bulls and Sharks will lose than for the Stormers to win.. Maybe not every single supporter, but for a large portion.
@ MacroBull:
It happens everywhere…..most rugby supporters have their team and the rest is the “enemy”
Has always been and will always be, shouldn’t be considered a big issue, and generally isn’t, unless you don’t support any one team but just sit on the fence.
Actually, NZ have much bigger problems than us….their conference leaders are an “average” team that can’t even be considered as “top class opposition”
It will be a sad day if bloggers all start singing kumba ja and auditioning for a part as Mother Theresa instead of having a go at opposing teams and their supporters.
When the SR dust has settled, the majority bury the hatchet and get behind the Boks, as it has always been.
@ nortie:
No obviously in a competitive environment we need to be competitive, I am just saying it as a common theme that I have experienced. Not telling anyone to change or be different. Just a thing I have noticed, there is more hope put into other teams losing than the stormers actually winning š
nortie wrote:
ol’ nortie with those liberty shots š
MacroBull wrote:
I just returned fire š
Re the other topic…. With the conference system, it stands to reason that every supporter wants his or her team to end at the top of the conference, and for that to happen you must hope that your team wins their games and the other teams in the conference lose theirs.
SANZAR must then be blamed for the conference system spreading Ill will.
@ MacroBull:
Then again, the conference system is the only way SA can get a team in the top 3.
It’s a disgrace that if it wasn’t for that rubbish our “best team” would probably rank at 6th in a combined log.
@ nortie:
No, I am specifically referring to people gaining more pleasure from other teams losing than their own team actually winning.
Definitely don’t expect everyone to support all of the teams.
@ nortie:
The conference system is indeed quite humiliating this year, even for the Brumbies at this stage.
The Quality of the All Blacks seems to be incredibly overwhelming, would be one of the all time great chokes if they do not make a clean sweep this year… Then again they will probably face tougher competition in the European players.
@ MacroBull:
To each his own….stressing about the demise of SA rugby because one has unrealistic expectations of winning a WC is a bit premature.
There are various reasons why people want other sides to win…one is the conference system, another is you support one team, not 5 and lastly, you play SuperBru.
Now, if you don’t do any of the above and don’t support 1 team only, then it won’t make sense and you are a very small minority.
I have however reluctantly mentioned the word SuperBru, as I know I will incur some sort of wrath for even daring to mention that word…..strange that in the last week alone GBS, Nama and IAAS has made reference to their picks and margins without anyone even making a comment against them š
But as we know, it’s not what is said, it’s who says it.
@ nortie:
Definitely not related to superbru or the conference system, some (stormers especially) supporters take more pleasure from other teams losing than their own team winning (imo and a personal observation). Stormer supporters are much happier and more chattie if the bulls and sharks lost whether the stormers lost or not.
well did anyone say after their own team lost,
“well thank goodness i backed the other team on superbru, yay”?
nortie wrote:
Definitely.
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