Bandise Maku
The Vodacom Bulls will be without Springbok hooker Bandise Maku for the Vodacom Super Rugby season after he tore his pectoral muscle in Saturday’s opening friendly match against the Toyota Cheetahs in Polokwane.
Maku will have surgery on 3 February and will be ruled out of action for between four and six months, Vodacom Bulls team doctor Org Strauss confirmed on Monday.
The Polokwane clash last year saw a season-ending injury to flanker Arno Botha, but the Springbok this time came through the match with only a tight hamstring. He will be able to train on Tuesday, but will not travel to London where the Bulls take on Saracens this weekend.
Akona Ndungane is another who will miss the London trip due to a calf strain. He will be out of action for two weeks. Dean Greyling suffered an ankle sprain and will be out for two weeks at least, Strauss said.
Trevor Nyakane, who was a late withdrawal in the Polokwane clash due to a back spasm, is fit as is Handre Pollard who returned to training today.
Hanro Liebenberg (quad contusion), JJ Engelbrecht (quad / knee contusion) and Lappies Labuschagne (shoulder spasm) will all train on Tuesday.
Maku has been added to the long term injury list, where he joins Flip van der Merwe (pectoral, mid-April), Hencus van Wyk (lisfranc fracture dislocation, end of February), Pierre Schoeman (ACL rupture knee, 15 July), Adriaan Strauss (calf, 9 Feb) and Jason Jenkins (quad, 2 Feb).
Die Bulls is nou lig op haker, dit nadat Callie Visagie reeds ‘n “ROOILIG” vir hulle was met sy onvermoeë om akkuraat in te gooi in lynstane en nie genoeg werk doen op verdediging nie. Die Bulls sal nou ‘n hasie uit ‘n hoed moet trek om nog ‘n kwaliteit haker deur te bring, want Adriaan Strauss sal nie alleen gedurende die hele Super Rugby seisoen kan diens doen nie, en ek dink nie Visagie is voldoende bystand nie!
Ek het so gehoop Arno Botha sal reg wees, maar dit lyk vir my maar of hy “Breekbaar” is, soos Johan Goosen wat by die Cheetahs was en nou in Frankryk speel tussen beserings.
Ek is amper bly dat Dean Greyling en Akona Ndungane so bietjie moet rus, want ek wil graag hê Morné Mellett moet meer kanse kry in 2015 en ek sal graag wil sien dat die Bulls vir Trevor Nyakane gebruik, meestal op loskopstut en baie minder op vaskopstut.
Wat Akona Ndungane aanbetref sal die Bulls buitendien indringend MOET begin kyk na ‘n permanente ander regtervleuel, want Akona raak nou lank in die tand en het reeds baie spoed ingeboet.
Adriaan Strauss se besering is darem lykmy nie ernstig nie, so ek hoop hy is gereed om volle diens te doen van Rondte 1 van Super Rugby af, die Bulls het hom broodnodig!
Callie Visagie is useless
En hulle laat die beste haker na WP toe gaan want hulle het mos vir Kak-lie en Maku-k
Ons lyk nou soos ‘n paar jaar terug toe Gary oorsee is, Adriaan Cheetahs toe, en toe donner Jake the Snake vir Chilliboy op gedurende die EOYT, eindelaaste moes ons van Derek Kuun ‘n haker maak
Miskien moet ons dit weer doen, maak van Dean ‘n haker, hy hoef nie so hard te skrum nie, sy gewig sal help op haker en hy’s besig in die los. Hy het die meeste turnovers in laasjaar se CC gehad so hy kan die werk van ‘n haker verrig met bietjie training
John Smit was ook ‘n stut wat haker geword het
2 @ Victoriabok:
Die Bulls se WEEKLY PROGRAMME wat vir ons gemail word, sê die Bulls vlieg eers Woensdagaand London toe… hulle land 06:25 Donderdagoggend in London, gaan na die Royal Travalgar Hotel en rus die hele dag.
Vrydag het hulle die Captains Run en rus daarna meeste van die dag… en saterdag is dit die game teen Sarries.
Hulle vlieg eers Sondagaand terug en arriveer op OR Tambo om 10:40 Maandagoggend.
> Bandise Maku tore his pectoral muscle
> Flip van der Merwe (pectoral, mid-April
Bosom buddies?
What’s the problem at the Bulls, the players keep tearing their titties?
4 @ Victoriabok:
Too much Gym work, far too little time spent on Creative Game play ideas and practice
Victoriabok wrote:
http://prntscr.com/5xbosa
3 @ grootblousmile:
Thanks for sharing that news with us here GBS, if I got the right hotel it is a four star one quite central and about half an hour bus trip at least, if they are lucky with the traffic, to the stadium which is in the northern side of London. Hopefully they spend some time at the ground before and/or after the game so we can try catch a chat.
7 @ Bullscot:
I’ll forward you the WEEKLY PROGRAMME, then you can see for yourself when they leave for what and where…
grootblousmile wrote:
Rather have some creative play ideas with the Bullls babes?
I’m sure their pecs would stand up to some “creative play ideas and practice”? 😈
8 @ grootblousmile:
Thanks man that will be great, will also send you an email later tonight, take care ou pel.
10 @ Bullscot:
Already sent to you
Victoriabok wrote:
Sometimes you have to wonder what guys really do in the off-season. Injuries happen, yes. But players are supposed to be getting stronger in the off-season and working on their conditioning. I’ve seen t happen at the Stormers as well in previous seasons where players break down early in the tournament. I then have to question what the strength and conditioning coach is doing? Or is it, players going full tilt too early? Players and management/fitness trainers should know by now that this comp is a marathon and not a sprint.
IAAS wrote:
They gym and bulk up to much
They should practice more and play touch rugby to get their skill levels and fitness up
The All Blacks looked skinny against the Boks last year but they were fitter and it counts in the last twenty minutes
This is the same injury that Maku had when at the Lions and kept him out for the season.
Can only be caused by too much gym work.
I said when it happened at the Lions that the management were a bunch of twats for letting it happen, and I say again, the Bulls management AND MAKU are all twats for letting it happen AGAIN.
How does a player who KNOWS that he has had a problem before overwork the same area again in pre-season work.
Prat of the highest order IMO.
Can anyone point me to a site where I can get all the details of the Bulls v Cheetahs match? i.e. starting lineups, minutes played who replaced who and when and maybe even comments about every players game? Of course all us Kiwis and Aussies are crying into our beers about the hooker crisis at the Bulls!!!!
15 @ ozziekiwi:
Normally the Vodacom Stats App would have given you those stats, but seeing as the game was a pre-season warm-up and not even televised, I do not think the stats will be available.
@ ozziekiwi:
Journalism here is pretty bad. It is tough to find stats or in depth analysis on official games. Best for warm up games is to look up the official twitter feed by the teams.
@ ozziekiwi:
Go to the website of the Bulls
Select the Bulls Cheetahs report
Scroll down to the report of the blogger named Dries. Unfortunately it is in Afrikaans. If someone will translate it for you, it is one of the best feedbacks from a person who really knows his rugby.
@ dWeePer:
#18 ahh wondered what the d in front of WeePer stood for now I know – hello Dries 😆
Hello GBS,
I drove up island this weekend and saw “your” signboards again
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A better photo
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20 & 21 @ Victoriabok:
Hahahaha
I wonder how that business of mine is doing… hehehe
Driving on the higway
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Driving on the highway
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A&W
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Timmies and McDonalds
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Hakkel jy?
@ grootblousmile:
Nee nee
28 @ Victoriabok:
Daar’s ‘n paar interessante ouens wat die Bulls setup deeglik ken op die Bulle se site, sal hulle graag hierheen wil lok, sonder om hulle minder te laat BLOG op die Bulls site.
Hopelik kan ons sommer dieselfde doen met van die ander Franchises se ondersteuners ook.
@ grootblousmile:
Jy moet hulle nooi, miskien kom hulle oor
Ek het prober maar ek kan nie vir Heavens Game kontak nie
Ek het nie sy epos adres nie, hy sal ‘n aanwins wees
Jy moet die ou Keolings hier vra of hulle nie sy adres het nie
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