There were smiles all round Loftus Versfeld on Thursday when the injury cloud hanging over the Vodacom Bulls finally started to lift.
In a slick session where the Vodacom Super 14 defending champions looked well drilled and organised, coach Frans Ludeke was able to welcome back Wynand Olivier to training for the first time this season.
Olivier had his first full workout with his team-mates after undergoing an operation after last year’s Springbok tour to remove cartilage from his knee, and with his rehab complete, looked hungry for action as he was put through a tough training session by Ludeke and assistant coach Pieter Rossouw.
“Its looking good. I’m really feeling good but now I need to get my fitness levels up,” Olivier told Supersport.com.
“I’m not sure if I’ll make the warm-up game against the Lions – that’s still a bit of a grey area. But I’ll be ready for the first game if I’m selected.”
Olivier, who broke his Springbok try-scoring duck against Italy last year, believes the new blood in the Bulls squad will spur on the older players, but agrees that there is only one goal this season – to ensure the Super 14 trophy stays in South Africa.
“The guys are looking good, there are a few new guys here and that makes it exciting. Competition for places is a good thing and it will be a big challenge for everyone around here. We’re determined to become the first South African side to defend the title, but it won’t be easy.
“Personally I have set myself a few goals for the competition, and I’d like to be selected for the Springboks again this year, but that is all after the competition. For now, I want to do whatever I can to help the team win, and to enjoy this season, playing the best rugby that I can.”
In other news Pierre Spies also returned to training yesterday after a hamstring strain, while winger John Mametsa’s hamstring has healed and he is scheduled to resume training on Monday.
Danie Rossouw is still struggling with a groin injury, but said he didn’t believe it would be too long before he was back in the thick of the action again.
News24, Supersport
If this can stop i will be a happy camper, jeeeez we lost a lot of our best players.
Rather sit with injuries now than in the middle of the S14.
Good night all, bed is calling.
Yes i am out too
Bulls !!!
sooooooooooooooooo
what were they smiling about? 😯
mev-blou @ 5
shouldnt you be cooking or something? 😀
jeez, i hate these bulls!!
A woman was shopping at her local supermarket where she had selected the following items: A half-gallon of 2% milk, A half carton of eggs, A quart of orange juice, A small head of romaine lettuce, A 2-pound can of coffee, And a 1-pound package of bacon. As she was unloading her items on the conveyor belt to check out, a drunk standing behind her watched as she placed the items in front of the cashier.
While the cashier was ringing up her purchases, the drunk calmly stated, “You must be single.”
The woman was a bit startled by this proclamation, but she was intrigued by the derelict’s intuition, since she was indeed single. She looked at her six items on the belt and saw nothing particularly unusual about her selections that could have tipped off the drunk to her marital status. Curiosity getting the better of her, she said “Well, you know what, you’re absolutely correct. But how on earth did you know that?”
The drunk replied, “‘Cause you’re ugly.”
Gatiep and his friend Gammatjie are sitting on death row, to be executed by electric chair.
Gatiep says to the Warder: “‘scuse me Meneer, does this take long and is it painful?”
Warder :”Aikona, they just strap you in and flick the switch and its over”
Gammatjie is called in, moments later Gatiep hears Gammatjie screaming & shouting “Eina!!!”, “Bliksem!!! Ouch!!!” and this carries on for quite a while.
Gatiep says to the Warder: “Jislaaik!!! I thought you said it was quick and painless?”
Warder replies : “Due to load-shedding today, they have to use CANDLES!!”
John O’Reilly hoisted his beer and said, “Here’s to spending the rest of me life!, between the legs of me wife!”
That won him the top prize at the pub for the best toast of the night!
He went home and told his wife, Mary, “I won the prize for the Best toast of the night”.
She said, “Aye, did ye now. And what was your toast?”
John said, “Here’s to spending the rest of me life, sitting in church beside me wife.”
“Oh, that is very nice indeed, John!” Mary said.
The next day, Mary ran into one of John’s drinking buddies on the street corner.
The man chuckled leeringly and said, “John won the prize the other night at the pub with a toast about you, Mary.”
She said, “Aye, he told me, and I was a bit surprised myself. You know, he’s only been there twice in the last four years. Once he fell asleep, and the other time I had to pull him by the ears to make him come.”
An Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walk into a pub together. They each buy a pint of Guinness. Just as they are about to enjoy their creamy beverages, a fly lands in each of their pints and gets stuck in the frothy head.
The Englishman pushes his beer away in disgust.
The Scotsman fishes the fly out and continues drinking as if nothing happened.
The Irishman also picks the fly out of his drink, but then holds it out over the beer and yells, “Spit it out! Spit it out, you little bastard!”
Q: What’s the most successful pickup line ever?
A: “Does this smell like chloroform?” 😉
One morning while making breakfast, a man walked up to his wife, pinched her on the butt, and said, “If you firmed this up, we could get rid of your control top pantyhose.” While this offended her, she kept silent.
The next morning, the man woke his wife with a pinch on each of her breasts and said, “You know, if you firmed these up, we could get rid of your bra.” This, she decided, was beyond a silent response, so she rolled over and grabbed his crotch.
With a death grip in place, she said, “You know, if you firmed this up, we could get rid of the gardener and the poolman.”
….
OUCH!! 😆
GBS, whilst on the beach in the cape, couldn’t even get a second look from any of the girls on the beach. So he headed over to the lifeguard tower to see if the lifeguard had any advice for him.
“Dude, it’s obvious,” said the lifeguard. “You’re wearing those gnarly old swimming trunks that make you look like an old geezer. They’re years outta style. Your best bet is to get yourself a Speedo—say, two sizes too small—and drop a potato inside it. You’ll have all the babes you can handle.”
The following day, GBS hits the beach with his brand-spanking-new tight Speedo and his potato, and it’s not long before he approaches the lifeguard tower once more.
“For cryin’ out loud,” said Brad, “it’s worse than before! Everyone on the beach acts disgusted as I walk by—covering their faces, turning away, laughing! What’s wrong now?”
“Jeez, Brad!” said the lifeguard, “The potato goes in front!”
aaaaaaaaah noooooooooooo, i f*cked it up!!
got busy and forgot to change brad to gbs in the last 2 lines!! 😳
😥 nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
14: jy is ‘n regte aartappel ! Ashappel ! 😉
bdb @ 16
yep, i did end up with the potato in MY speedo, didnt i? 😆
Pasop vir ouens wat speedo’s dra ! 😉
bdb @ 18
ag ons ini kaap weet nou al die snaakse figure met die speedos issi affie kaap affie!!
Cop pulls over a taxi.
Cop says: “License please.”
Taxi driver says: “What for?”
Cop: “You didn’t come to a complete stop at the stop sign.”
Taxi driver: “I slowed down, and no one was coming.”
Cop: “You still didn’t come to a complete stop. License please.”
Taxi driver: “What’s the difference?”
Cop: “The difference is you have to come to a complete stop, that’s the
law .License please!”
Taxi driver: “Heish …. if you can show me the difference between slow
down and stop, I’ll give you my license and you give me the
ticket, if not you let me go and no ticket.”
Cop says: “Exit your vehicle, sir.”
The taxi driver gets out of his taxi, whereupon the cop takes out his
truncheon and starts beating the kak out of the taxi driver
and says:”you want me to stop or just slow down?”
blouste @ 20
ag, just slow down, hehehe
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