Golden Lions turn to one of their own for Investment

According to the Sunday Times, the Lions Rugby Union have turned to their own vice-president as the new investor in the union since their deal with the Guma Group turned sour.

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Bulls sign Lionel Cronje

In an official press release the Blue Bulls Company Pty (Ltd), have announced the signing from DHL Western Province of promising youngster and flyhalf, Lionel Cronje.

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Bulls to decide Bees’s fate this week

Rugby player Bees Roux, convicted of culpable homicide last week, should know this week if his suspension from the Blue Bulls would be lifted, according to a report on Monday.

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Bulls sign Sadie & Engelbrecht

The Blue Bulls Company Pty (Ltd) is pleased to announce that Johann Sadie and JJ Engelbrecht have signed two year contracts (till 31 October 2013) with the Vodacom Bulls.

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Bulls announce several new additions to its coaching staff

The Blue Bulls Company Pty (Ltd) is pleased to announce several new additions to its current coaching staff, as well as the long term appointment of Heyneke Meyer as Executive: Rugby.

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Search is on for new Bulls captain

The succession battle for the captaincy of the Bulls will begin in earnest in the next few weeks as the former defending Super Rugby champions look for a worthy leader to take over the leadership reins from outgoing Bulls captain, Victor Matfield. [Read More]

SA Franchises – Have we ever seen such a turn around in form?

Halfway through the first Super XV rugby season if you told me we would have three teams in the top half of the Combined Log, I wouldn’t have believed it.

The Stormers started the season well, The Bulls started off and narrowly beat the Lions and Cheetahs, the Sharks looked like they were trudging through thick mud, and well the Cheetahs and Lions looked like they were once gain going to fill the bottom of the Log.

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Super Rugby: Bulls vs Sharks – Game thread

Bulls (13) 23 / Sharks (16) 26 (Final Score)

The Vodacom Bulls hosted the Sharks at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria at 17:05 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.

In a battle royal, the Sharks were victorious, snatching a place in the play-off’s with a 3-point win.

This match was an advertisement for rugby!

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Twilight zone for Super Rugby 2011 – SA Conference

We are reaching the end of the line for nine of the 15 teams in the 2011 Super Rugby season. So many if’s and but’s happened this year and with the last week having so many permutations one can call the new format a success. Some teams made a mess of their draw and other exploited it better. Let me sum up what I enjoyed this year and what I did not.

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Bulls team – Bakkies to play his 100th at Loftus

Bulls lock Bakkies Botha will play in his 100th Super Rugby match for his team when they take on the Sharks at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.

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Hougie is going nowhere!

The Bulls have confirmed that scrum half and winger Francois Hougaard will not be leaving the Bulls before October 2012.

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Backing our boykies

I had to borrow this slogan from the Varsity Cup simply because it best describes why some teams seem to be on the up, and others going down.

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Bulls set to bring back Bakkies & Du Preez for Sharks clash

The Vodacom Bulls are set to bring back two of their big guns – Springboks Bakkies Botha and Fourie du Preez – to face the Sharks in their final Vodacom Super Rugby league match at Loftus on Saturday.

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Super Rugby: DHL Stormers vs Bulls – Game Thread

Stormers (3) 16 / Bulls (6) 19 (Final Score)

The DHL Stormers hosted the Vodacom Bulls at Newlands, Cape Town at 18:10 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.

This game cannot be described as rugby, it was rather trench warfare… and the Bulls won the brutal war, revenging the Stormers win of earlier in the season at Loftus.

The Bulls were just simply better in the set pieces, the rest was all equal.

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Bulls change 1 for Stormers clash

Bulls coach Frans Ludeke made one change to his starting line-up for Saturday’s Super Rugby clash against the Stormers at Newlands in Cape Town.

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