The Cheetahs hosted the Bulls tonight in the 1st South African game of the 2010 Super 14 season. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was televised on SuperSport 1 in South Africa. The Bulls bagged full log points, scoring 5 tries and a penalty try in the process, against the Cheetahs 3 very well worked tries.
from the official Bulls website
The Vodacom Bulls kicked off their Vodacom Super 14 campaign in the best possible way by beating the Vodacom Cheetahs 51-34 in Bloemfontein on Friday night. The Bulls scored five tries and was awarded a penalty try as well, securing a bonus point away from home.
The Bulls had to recover the lead three times in the first half after the furious start by the Cheetahs saw them scoring in the opening minute of the game.
The accurate boot of Morné Steyn, who succeeded with eight of his nine attempts at goal, kept the scoreboard ticking along.
A try by Lionel Mapoe rocked the Bulls, but after Jaco Pretorius scored his first Super 14 try for the Bulls, they edged ahead.
Naas Olivier kept his side in the game with the boot, but a well-taken try by Steyn and a penalty shortly thereafter, saw the Bulls comfortably ahead at the break.
Olivier opened the scoring in the second half, but two tries in quick succession by Gerhard van den Heever and Zane Kirchner had the Bulls in command again.
The home side struck back though with two well taken tries of their own to make it a six point game.
The lights at Vodacom Park then tripped, resulting in an eight minute delay to play, but the Bulls recovered best when Wynand Olivier sliced through the defence to score.
A late penalty try after a strong scrum by the Bulls secured a convincing win.
Coach Frans Ludeke was a happy man afterwards.
“We still have areas to work on, but this is a fine win and the bonus point is a good reward for our play. I was impressed by the step-up in the scrums and it is great to see our hard word in that department paying off.”
Captain Victor Matfield warned that other teams will not find the Cheetahs an easy target this year.
“They really came back at us, but we scored some great tries when it mattered. We need to improve in certain areas, but for now, this was a very rewarding win.”
Scores:
Cheetahs: 1 Try Lionel Mapoe, 5 Penalties & 2 Conversion2 Naas Olivier, 1 Try Juan Smith, 1 Try Jonghi Nokwe
Bulls: 3 Penalties & 5 Conversions & 1 Try Morné Steyn, 1 Try Jaco Pretorius, 1 Try Gerhard van den Heever, 1 try Zane Kirchner, 1 Try Wynand Olivier, 1 Penalty Try, 1 Conversion Jacques-Louis Potgieter
Previous Super 14 results:
2009: Bulls won 29-20 (Pretoria)
2008: Bulls won 60-20 (Bloemfontein)
2007: Bulls won 24-20 (Pretoria)
2006: Bulls won 30-18 (Bloemfontein)
Teams:
Cheetahs: 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 Corné Uys, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Naas Olivier, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Juan Smith (captain), 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 David de Villiers, 4 Nico Breedt, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Wian du Preez.
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Waltie Vermeulen, 19 Frans Viljoen, 20 Sarel Pretorius, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Danwel Demas.
Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Pedrie Wannenburg, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Bees Roux, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Derick Kuün, 20 Heini Adams, 21 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 22 Stephan Dippenaar.
Date: Friday, February 12
Venue: Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
Kick-off: 19.10 (17.10 GMT)
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Assistant referee: Marius Jonker, Reuben Rossouw
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
Die Bull is die KampioenJanne !
1: Bulle
Go Bulls!
Go Bulls for my bru picks 😀
Otherwise neutral here 😉
Hey ouens ek moet van vooraf gewoond raak aan die wag. Dit maak n man na drank soek.
Brussouw
Smith
Johnson
vs
Stegmann
Wannenburg
Spies
wat n stryd wag nie vir ons nie, …
as my pics reg is (bulls wen) sal ek gelukkig wees
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as ek verkeerd, sal ek NOG gelukkiger wees!!
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Ash dis nou soos om jou brood aan beide kante te botter
Nee wat, ek sal maar hoop vir ‘n Nul wen, Nulle is klaar arrogant, dink nou as die tjietas nou vanaand nog wen, dan sit ons met drie unions se suppoerters wat arrogant is, nee blerrie dankie….LOL
6/7: dit is hoekom ek nie aan al die kompetisies en ‘bettings’ deel neem nie, want dan sal ek teen al my beginsels en opvoeding moet ingaan om te wen. 😉
9: sien jou spelling is nie lekker nie, is jy van Durbs ?
Vraag vir die ouens wat statistiek hou: wanneer laas het die Ctahs die Bulle gewen met volsterkte spanne ? CB finaal in 2005 ?
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Wat’s dit met julle mense en julle spelling….LOL
Google is nie so goed met afrikaanse spelling nie …LOL
9
Firevlieg, soek jy lekker nuus van die Sharks, daar kom mos net slegte nuus van Durbs af?
13: ek sien jy spel Bulle verkeerd ! 😉
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Het jy lekker nuus vannie Sharks?
Ja die nuus tot dusver is net sleg.
Meyer se pappie reken nou dat sy seuntjie af getree het a.g.v knie besering (wat hom nooit by Perpignan gepla het nie) en hy was bang om die Sharks te disapoint….groot hope bok poef!
net vir jou vuurhoudkie
Sharks Milestones
A number of Sharks players have reached significant milestones, amongst them, Albert van den Berg who tomorrow will give away a signed Absa Currie Cup jersey he wore in last year’s campaign as a thank you to the fans for their loyal support during his time with The Sharks before he heads off to Japan.
Deon Carstens with 165 and Stefan Terblanche who has 164 (but will make it 165 when he runs out onto the park tomorrow) both join a select few, including Hugh Reece-Edwards and Steve Atherton, also on 165 caps.
Meanwhile, with 98 caps, captain John Smit looks set to become the first South African player to reach the magical 100 mark in Super Rugby representing just one province. Others are Ollie le Roux, Albert van den Berg and AJ Venter who accumulated over 100 caps, but having represented both The Sharks and Cats in the tournament.
15
HAHAHAHHA….skerp…..LOLOLOLOL
18: jou span reg vir more ?
17
Ja dis maar seker so goed as wat die nuus gaan wees.
Wat die heng is die oponthoud met nuus van die Alberts/Ludik saga.
Slegte week vir ons Sharks jong, baie slegte week…gelukkig gaan more beter wees…LOL
19
Kan seker nie nog slegter gaan nie, so ek glo hulle sal maar seker so reg as moontlik wees onder die omstandighede…
Ons sal wel nou finaal kan sien of my Sharks karakter het.
21: wie speel julle in 2de rondte ?
22
Cheaters, so ek hoop maar julle ouens maak hulle sag, ons kort al die hulp wat ons kan kry…LOL
23: OOPS ! Julle sal moet wen more !
Ek is bly dat John Mametsa sy kans kry vanaand, hy is regtig n great span speler. Miskien kan hy hom meer permanent in die span inspeel.
Daar op die Bulle se site is 99% bly vir sy part.
20. Hello everybody,
This article says that john has only played 3 S14 games for the Bulls, with this being his 4th. Because i live in NZ and don’t get to see the currie cup games, so the only times I have ever seen John play was those 3 games in 2008. And he impressed me A LOT back then, I am so glad he is on the team.
Well done John!!
Posted by bloubul in NZ (Auckland) Friday, February 12, 2010 – 16:33
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Wat se jy van daai storie wat Meyer se pappie ge-spin het….?
dbd
Ek het toe uiteindelik van ED n mail gekry, hy het bevestig dat ek geban is , kan jy glo in die kakbyt thread van ons het ek glo goed aangehaal van sy site en hier hulle gas gegee. Is dit nie presies wat almal maar doen nie.
Regtig n kleinlike storie. Wat doen die Stormers dan daar.
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Ek kan nie wag vir die Sondag koerante nie, hulle sal die storie oopvlek.
27: jammer om dit te hoor, ek gesels nou met hom op WTR. Nee man, julle moet almal vrede maak dat ons weer lekker kan ‘banter’, of dit nou hier of daar op WTR is.
7. Daar is meer fighting spirit in John as in die hele cheaters span saam.
Posted by Jimmy (Altyd Blou) Friday, February 12, 2010 – 10:37
10. @7: Nes jy daar sê Jimmy. Met ou John kan jy seker wees jy gaan 100% plus effort kry en hy het al die ervaring.
Posted by RuggaFanToo (Warmbad) Friday, February 12, 2010 – 12:07
As dit so is het John meer in hom as wat selfs ek hom toegee.
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