I asked our fellow blogger, Onerb, to do a piece for us, here it is.
(PS! Onerb, jy mag maar skrywe, welgedaan!)
ONERB:
He who controls himself controls the game. An ode to ……….. well no-one really! It definitely didn’t apply to the man wearing this pearl of wisdom tattooed on his arm. Yes fellow bloggers I am referring to the evergreen Steve Walsh.
First I want to say that I don’t think the Canes played badly last night. They saw the gap and took it and stayed competitive with what they were allowed to do on the field of play. The Bulls seemingly did not read the signs and almost lost this one, and could very easily have.
The man from NZ employed by Australians to bolster their depleted(read shockingly low on quality) referee stocks were in a nostalgic mood last night when he ran on the field at Loftus Versveld.
I don’t currently have the PVR slow mo’s and replays to back up my words with fact, but, I did watch the game and saw the ref blowing 2009 interpretations at the breakdown. “By the time they release 2 seconds have already passed” were the words uttered by Victor Matfield. This was because at every ruck instead of showing “daylight” we had one or two Hurricane player preventing the Bulls from placing the ball to ensure quickball as was the directive from SANZAR to be applied to the S14.
We will not see any action or repercussions for Walsh’s total disregard for the laws or inability to let his ego subside, the reason being that he is the only recognised referee from our Australian brethrens.
One thing is for sure, this self serving nincompoop will be there next year and for years to come.
Bulls win and the supporters are blaming the ref? Dik Swak! 😆
Expect this to happen on tour all the time.
Joking Bulls, just joking.
I see the Bulls is thinking to play possible semi and final in Soweto.
I said during the Sharks game that the refs need a refresh course quickly, they all blow their own fiddle now again. Really no consistency.
Hey onerb: employed by Australia to bolster its already depleted refereeing stocks?? Whilst I don’t argue about the depleted ref stocks, I think there is another reason for Walsh’s inclusion.
Primarily, to re-employ one of the better refs in the game, after his hard-fought battle against the bottle. Let’s hope he stays sober, catches up on IRB rule changes (that in itself is enough to wear him out for the season) and performs as well as we all know he can. The kiwis gave him the flick, with good reason, so Aus has picked up a troubled young man with an eye to keeping him in the game.
Superbul, ek dink hulle kort weer ‘n paar snotties! Elke ref blaas nou weer anders. Hulle sal dit moet stopsit want tans is dit net lawrence an kaplan wat nog streng is op die daylight ruling, die scrums is ook baie grys want elke wedstrud sit die manne hulle hande op die vloer en ons sien dalk 1 of 2 strafskoppe vir dit.
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Onerb ek dink ons gaan swaarkry daar oorkant, die refs MOET ons terugbring aarde toe, the market forces verlang dit, die NZlanders mag nuwe goed inoveer dis nie ons reg nie. Blaas ons uit ons game plan uit is die opdragte. Ek weet dit klink nou snaaks dat ek kla terwyl Bulle wen. Maar vra maar die Sharks en die Leeus of hulle dink die blasers is dieselfde.
GBS- was jy by die post match interviews gewees? EK dink die wedstryd was ‘n goeie wake-up call vir die bulls.
Twee dinge wat ek opgemerk het:
1. met heelwat uppies, het beide spanne nie behoorlik ge ‘retreat’ nie, Walsh het nie dit nie geblaas nie.
2. met die uppies het die Canes heelwat balle aangeslaan, en dan het hul eie spelers die bal gespeel. Weereens het Walsh nie geblaas nie.
Maar, ongeag dit alles, as jy ‘n kampioenspan is, wen jy teen ‘n span wat op die dag baie beter as jy speel, jy wen teen ‘n swak ref, en, die beste van alles: jy wen teen jouself ! 😉
Die Kampioene se opmars duur voort !
Ek dink dit is amper tyd om heeltemal onpatrydige skeidsregters te kry. DWS ouens van die NH maar dit sal te veel kos.
As ek die pvr funksie gehad het sou ek screenshots gebruik het om my punt te illustreer met die afbreek interpretasie maar kan ongelukkig nie.
9@ Onerb – Ja, ek was daar…… en ja die Bulle beskou die game as ‘n wake-up call… beide Frans en Vic het dit uidelik so gestel.
10@ BiDiBiDi – Stem 100% saam met altwee punte genoem…. en flok, daai Schwalger het heeltyd sy hand op die grond gesit met skrums… ag maar daar is ander insidente ook…
… en die Bulls kan nie heeltemal kla nie, daar was paar dodgy calls vir ons teen die Canes ook, later in die game.
BDB- Ek dink ma’a nonu het die heeltyd voor die bal gehardloop en gewag vir die ball om gespill te word.
Een positiewe aspek van ons spel is ons scrumwerk. Dit het merkwaardig verbeter en dit le die grondslag vir ons sukses. Wynand is ‘n yster en Dippenaar kort ‘n jaar of 2 Currie Cup hy was direk verantwoordelik vir een van die canes se driee, Petoors word gemis op verdediging en vd heever het verbeter op laas week se verdediging.
8: Toemaar, ek het gehoor die Bulle het ‘n meesterplan vir die refs oorsee: hulle het glo vir ‘Van Zyl’ gekontrakteer vir die oorsese toer. ‘n Bul maak ‘n plan !
Die ergste wat my nou eers byval is schwalger wat onder die rolmaal inbeweeg en ons spelers se bene gryp. Walsh het nie eers ‘n strafskop gegee nie.
Ek lees toe gou die New Zealandse opsomming van die game op Rugby Heaven. Lees bietjie hulle meld nie eens die ref nie of het ek mis gelees. As hulle niks kla nie moet jy weet die ref was 100% in hul guns. 😆
The Bulls rumble on, but only just after the Hurricanes gave them their toughest test of the Super 14 season in a tremendous arm-wrestle in Pretoria.
The Pretoria-based side eventually got home 19-18 over the Canes, inflicting a third straight defeat on the New Zealanders on their ill-fated tour of the republic, but had to work as hard as they have all year.
The Bulls didn’t hit the lead until the 67th minute of an absorbing match when superboot Morne Steyn slotted his third penalty of the second half, but after that they were at their clinical best as they closed the match out efficiently and with little in the way of bells and whistles. The Canes never got a sniff over the run home as they slipped to a 3-3 record, and with plenty still to do if they hope to get back into the semifinal picture.
The win not only extended the Bulls’ home record to 15 straight victories, but marked the 100th Super rugby game by outstanding captain Victor Matfield in style, if not in any sort of spectacular fashion.
It had been a big effort by the Canes who outscored the Bulls two tries to one and absorbed a heap of pressure in the second half, especially when flanker Victor Vito had been dispatched to the sinbin at the 60-minute mark.
But there was also much to admire about the clinical nature of the Bulls’ play in the second half, as they worked their way slowly but surely into the lead, never veering too far from their well-worn game-plan based on the high kick and chase, and that awesome rolling maul that is nigh on unstoppable.
It was in those two phases of play that the Canes struggled the most, with at least 16 handling errors coming as the high ball barrage continued throughout, and the visitors never coming to terms with that rumbling maul that drew a host of penalties, and eventually Vito’s sinbinning.
The Hurricanes will still take plenty out of a huge effort, especially in the second half when they had to make a heap of tackles to stay in the game as the Bulls won a mountain of possession and hammered away with relentless precision.
The Canes — the last team to roll the Bulls at home back in April 2008 – had their chances, but just couldn’t win enough ball in the second half to capitalise on the advantage they’d accrued via an outstanding first half that saw them lead 15-10 at the break.
But a fifth straight win for the new season solidifies the Bulls’ position at the top of the table, and leaves them well placed as they head off on their four-game tour. It wasn’t always pretty from the efficient outfit from Pretoria, but you had to admire the way they took the best shots of a pretty fired up Kiwi outfit, and then still found a way to grab victory out of a slightly muddling performance.
If the previously out-of-sorts Hurricanes had been intimidated by the reputation of their hosts at their Loftus stronghold, they did a good job of disguising it as they burst out of the blocks.
In fact the large turnout of home fans were almost stunned into silence as Colin Cooper’s men made a near perfect start, shaking off a few early anxious moments to cross for two tries, and a 12-0 lead, inside the first 20 minutes.
There was even an early Morne Steyn penalty miss as the Bulls made a surprisingly inefficient start, failing to punish their visitors as the inexperienced Andre Taylor and Alapati Leiua struggled to deal with the first few bombs they faced.
But after a dozen minutes it was the New Zealanders who drew first blood, flanker Karl Lowe crossing wide on the left as the Hurricanes were rewarded for a prolonged – and patient – buildup. Eventually the Bulls’ defence was worn down and good hands found the No 7 as one attacker too many for the home side to deal with.
But the Canes weren’t done. Soon after Leiua made a hash of a promising two-on-one situation on the right, the New Zealanders made the most of a rare lineout take off the Bulls’ throw.
Victor Matfield’s impressive set piece is widely considered the best in the business, but the Hurricanes did well to pinch one from under their noses in the 20th minute, with more excellent continuity work taking them to the shadow of the home posts.
When the under-pressure Bulls eventually infringed, Ma’a Nonu sized up the situation perfectly by taking a quick tap and putting his thundering lock over for a crucial seven-pointer.
Inevitably the Bulls’ response came, with emerging star wing Gerhard van den Heever going within a hair’s breadth of a beautifully taken try when Leiua again couldn’t field a high kick.
The Canes survived that moment, but could do nothing soon after as the Bulls looked to rumble a 5m scrum over, and then off a tapped penalty did well to put fullback Zane Kirchner across wide on the right.
Steyn’s conversion and then a late three-pointer got the Bulls back to within two, but a Ripia penalty on the stroke of halftime extended the visitors’ lead to a tenuous 15-10 with the Bulls no doubt in for some harsh words as they headed into the sheds.
Ripia extended the Hurricanes’ lead to eight points early in the second spell, but three straight Steyn penalties eventually hauled in the visitors, with the Bulls happy to play out the match camped deep in enemy territory.
The Hurricanes forwards competed manfully up front, none more so than Rodney So’oialo, Thrush, Lowe and Michael Paterson, while the All Black midfield of Nonu and Conrad Smith had their best collective performance of the year.
But the Bulls forwards take some stopping at maul time, are led superbly by Matfield and their rigid kick-and-chase game-plan continues to be executed with precision and commitment.
It’s now back to the drawing board for the Hurricanes who return home having well and truly lost the momentum of their three straight wins to open the season. But on the strength of a committed effort tin Pretoria, they’ll at least have some hope they can get things back on track.
Pretty balanced summary of the game. Unusual amount of praise for the Bulls though.
GBS will you be putting the presser up for us sometime?
Ons eie mense like om Bulle af te kraak, maar kyk die respek wat ons daar oorkant kry.
“The win not only extended the Bulls’ home record to 15 straight victories, but marked the 100th Super rugby game by outstanding captain Victor Matfield in style, if not in any sort of spectacular fashion”
Heel aand hoor ons hoe swak VM is.
“The Bulls didn’t hit the lead until the 67th minute of an absorbing match when superboot Morne Steyn slotted his third penalty of the second half, but after that they were at their clinical best as they closed the match out efficiently and with little in the way of bells and whistles”
Onerb how did i miss you lately, somehow in the hectic blogging i never responded to you, sorry friend. Gathering stats all the time.
17@ SuperBul – It’s a good match summary, well written and unbiased enough…. except for the lack of critisism of the Reffing performance
18@ Onerb – Just busy watching some 7’s, then I will PVR the Bulls match properly…. and write a match summary, from my perspective, and give details about the Presser.
Hang in there!
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Old trick of them praise you but kick you in the sensitive place. 😀
SB no-problem, If the sharks can pull of a win against these hurricanes it will be massive as I believe they will become almost unbeatable at home.
I want to ask our supersport commentators not to just talk our teams up because they have to. If there is a weakness be frank about it and if you don’t like the bulls(Kempson) just rather say nothing. Not only does he and Joel sound the same but also share the same sentiments.
He said the canes showed the bulls are not unbeatable, it’s been 10 straight games since they were beaten so they will be unbeatable for now until they get beaten. The Canes LOST mr Kempson.
It’s like saying you almost hit a hole in one. Doesn’t matter squat as you still have to play another shot.
Forgive the bias but I can gloat while my team is on the up.
We are used to it Onerb, they are all waiting for our fall and then they will jump on us. I expect us to lose a few still, it will be awesome if we can stay unbeaten. But we CAN afford a lose now. Some can not and others wonder if they will be able to win 1.
I am glad the Sharks are fire-ing again, Naas reckons you can still make it. I really dont mind it. In fact i would love it. If the Bulls dont win the S14 , the Sharks would be the most deserving SA team to do it.
But this start leaves you with no option, you can not lose another game this season.
GBS
Jou Beeld vriend se in Beeld so,
Dit moes seker kom, sal in Durban gebrom word dat die Bulls ’n slag aan Steve Walsh se verkeerde kant beland.
Wel, gisteraand hier op Loftus Versfeld was dit uiteindelik só toe die verdedigende kampioene hulle in ’n skeidsregter met sy eie stel reëls vasgeloop het.
Desondanks het die Bulls op hul velle deurgeskraap en met 19-18 teen die Hurricanes gewen.
Beeld part2,
Walsh se vertolkings van verskeie fases in die spel was nie net wisselvallig nie, maar soms byna absurd. Veral in die eerste helfte, toe die Bulls met hangskoppe aangeval het, was dit duidelik dat nie net die Hurricanes nie, maar ook Walsh, nie noord van suid geweet het nie.
Die Nieu-Seelanders het talle kere bottervingers gehad, maar nie een keer is iemand gestraf wat voor die bal was en die bal ná die aanslaan hanteer het nie.
Die Hurricanes het dié kans benut en die Bulls aanvanklik stil gespeel.
Part 3,
Die tweede helfte het op dieselfde wyse voortgeduur met Walsh steeds die middelpunt van die aandag.
Wel hopelik word die skeidsregters van die 2de helfde van die reeks op meriete aangewys en voorkeur word gegee waar spanne in die top helfde van die log teen mekaar speel.
Ek is hierdie jaar baie beindruk met Kaplan. Hy is defnetief die beste in die wereld tans. Lawrence is nie ver agter nie. (Mark nie daai kiwi bryce) Wanneer kom Stu Dickenson weer terug? Hy is darem lank siek, dalk die lang verkoue?
Hy lyk soms of hy in sy eie wereld verkeer. Dalk probeer hy te hard om sy lewe en loopbaan terug op koers te kry maar met sulke vertonings gaan hy beslis nie wereldbeker blaas nie. Dit is tog ‘n skeidsregter se doelwit nie waar? Ek ondersteun hom met sy drome maar dit is nie die eerste keer die jaar wat hy sleg gekritiseer word nie.
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