Right, the day has finally arrived! Only minutes… and counting to the kick-off of the 2009 Currie Cup Final between the Blue Bulls and Free State Cheetahs.
The Bulls enter this game as firm favourites, at home with a record this year second to none. Sure, they only finished third on the CC log but they have a shining Super 14 title to show for their efforts thus far and they are playing the team that came fourth…and only because of a points difference! If you want to put the house on it you will be mad to go anything else than the Bulls.
And for the Cheetahs, well they have been there, done that, literally! It is not the first time they will be visiting Loftus as underdogs and we know what happened last time it happened. Will they be good enough again and will Ollie be on the sideline with a few cigars to hand out after 80 minutes? Time will tell but I think it will be a toss between the boot of Morne Steyn and the magic of Heinrich Brussow with a little Kaplan to mix it all up and make it a memorable occasion for all.
And the winner…? Will tell you after 80 minutes of rugby but my money on the team that scores the most points! Enjoy!
Blue Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Francois Hougaard, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Derick Kuün, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Pedrie Wannenburg, 20 Heini Adams, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Gerhard van den Heever.
Free State Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 Corné Uys, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Danwel Demas, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9 JP Joubert, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Frans Viljoen, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 David de Villiers, 4 Nico Breedt, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Wian du Preez.
Replacements: 16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Izak van der Westhuizen, 19 Lukas Floors, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Louis Strydom, 22 Fabian Juries.
Date: Saturday, October 31
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick-off: 17.30 (15.30 GMT)
Predicted weather: Early showers and morning clouds, otherwise mild. High of 25°C and a low of 13°C. The win will be at about 15km/h NE and there’s about a 50 percent chance of precipitation.
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Assistant referees: Pro Legoete, Cobus Wessels
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
Points:
Bulls:
4th minute – try Francois Hougaard
Converted – Morne Steyn
14th minute – try Brian Habana
Converted – Morne Steyn
17th minute – try Brian Habana
Converted – Morne Steyn
25th minute – penalty Morne Steyn
40th minute – drop-kick Morne Steyn
43rd minute – penalty Morne Steyn
54th minute – penalty Morne Steyn
67th minute – penalty Morne Steyn
Cheetahs:
31st minute – try Frans Viljoen
Converted – JL Potgieter
35th minute – try Corne Uys
Converted – JL Potgieter
45th minute – try Nico Breedt
Converted – JL Potgieter
48th minute – drop-kick JL Potgieter
Heini Adams, Hsrgreaves, Rian Viljoen wat ek so vinnig kan noem
Maku ook
Juan de Jong ook in
Heinke ook in, Dewald in
Supa i am nowhere near a expert but this is quite shocking, sorry cant remember all the names, if they stayed on the tv i would have typed them out for you, dont think you will be pleased. Earl Rose one of them and Nokwe and Juan de Jonge, Heini Adams cant remember the rest but was flabbergasted when the names came up, totally missed the forward cos of it 🙂
Springbok touring squad 2009
(Test caps in brackets) Forwards (20) John Smit – Sharks, Captain (90)
Victor Matfield – Vodacom Blue Bulls, Vice-Captain (89)
Andries Bekker – Vodacom Western Province (18)
Bakkies Botha – Vodacom Blue Bulls (63)
Heinrich Brüssow – Vodacom Cheetahs (10)
Schalk Burger – Vodacom Western Province (53)
Bismarck du Plessis – Natal Sharks (30)
Jannie du Plessis – Natal Sharks (12)
+ Alistair Hargreaves – Natal Sharks (-)
+ Ashley Johnson – Vodacom Cheetahs (-)
Ryan Kankowski – Natal Sharks (10)
+ Bandise Maku – Vodacom Blue Bulls (-)
Tendai Mtawarira – Natal Sharks (19)
+ Dewald Potgieter – Vodacom Blue Bulls (-)
Chiliboy Ralepelle – Vodacom Blue Bulls (8)
+ Davon Raubenheimer – GWK Griquas (-)
Danie Rossouw – Vodacom Blue Bulls (43)
Pierre Spies – Vodacom Blue Bulls (28)
Gurthro Steenkamp – Vodacom Blue Bulls (22)
* Heinke van der Merwe – Xerox Lions (1)
Backs (17)
+Heini Adams – Vodacom Blue Bulls (-)
* Meyer Bosman – Vodacom Cheetahs (3)
+ Juan de Jongh – Vodacom Western Province (-)
Fourie du Preez – Vodacom Blue Bulls (52)
Jaque Fourie – Xerox Lions (51)
Bryan Habana – Vodacom Blue Bulls (54)
+ Francois Hougaard – Vodacom Blue Bulls (-)
Adi Jacobs – Natal Sharks (28)
* Zane Kirchner – Vodacom Blue Bulls (1)
Odwa Ndungane – Natal Sharks (6)
* Jongi Nokwe – Vodacom Cheetahs (4)
Wynand Olivier – Vodacom Blue Bulls (24)
Ruan Pienaar – Natal Sharks (35)
JP Pietersen – Natal Sharks (30)
* Earl Rose – Xerox Lions (-)
Morne Steyn – Vodacom Blue Bulls (9)
+ Riaan Viljoen – GWK Griquas (-)
+ Denotes new cap
* Denotes recalled to squad
Springbok Tour Fixtures
Nov 6 vs Leicester at Welford Road @ 19h45 (SA 21h45)
Nov 13 TEST vs France at Municipal Stadium, Toulouse @ 20h45 (SA 21h45)
Nov 17 vs Saracens at Wembley Stadium @ 19h45 (SA 21h45)
Nov 21 TEST vs Italy at Stadio Friuli, Udine @ 15h00 (SA 16h00)
Nov 28 TEST vs Ireland at Croke Park, Dublin @ 14h30 (SA 16h30
330 Zane verdien dit nie.
Raubenheimer ?
337: weet maar hy is darem beter as Rose.
Mapoe moes in Rose se plek daar gewees het
337 Daai Griekwas speler
337 Baie beter, maar nogsteeds nie goed genoeg. Joe P is unlucky.
340 Stem.
Ek is bly vir Dewaldt Potgieter. Toekomsitge Bok kaptein daai. Hy verdien dit.
Die bok span ir n fokken joke die cheetah voorry het die buls en sharks moertoe geskrum daar hang so n halwe poletieke onder rok uit
‘politieke onderrok’ hehehehe
I have put up a tread for the Bok team…
339 BDB
Have to agree. How Rose gets selected ahead of Mapoe is just not right. Mapoe should have got the nod ahead of Rose.
Also where is Vermuelen from WP? Some have missed out bit time.
292 Puma – I had better not start too early, guests here now…
GBS says ‘Life is great’! Die lewe is n Lied!!
Have a great evening all!!
Supa – so was i right to be utterly shocked at the backs ????
Have a fab evening Carol and call me hugs like it a lot lol
Grats to all the Bulls and their supporters for a well deserved win….matigheid voor oe vannaand.
Congrats to the BuLLs players, their Management Team, The Union and LAST BUT LEAST
Their SUPPORTERS!
Played the Klevah game
Deserved the win…
Worthy CC 2009 Champs!
:respek:
StiLL
Except for Sjampyn koLLe aLL over the BuLLs jerseys- also some briekmerke in the blue “oNNerbroeke” to sort out this wEEk!
:whistling:
weLL done chEEtahs!!!
Mission accomplished U19 & U21’s
Senior team
weLL second is stiLL first of the losers!
“the greatest comeback” wasnt that far oFF.
StiLL I enjoyed a gOOde “OranjeOktober”
Much Obliged!
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