The Vodacom Bulls will face the Crusaders in Saturday’s semi-final of the Super 14 in Orlando Stadium with their most experienced team yet.
Fourteen of the starting line-up has won the Super 14 competition before, with the locking combination of Danie Rossouw and Victor Matfield who played more than a 100 matches of Super Rugby. Matfield will play in his 100th match for the Bulls.
The suspension of Bakkies Botha gives Matfield and Rossouw another chance to start a match together, with Jaco Pretorius also declared fit and fronting up with Wynand Olivier in the midfield.
Jaco van der Westhuyzen and Gary Botha, stalwarts of the 2007 win, are back for another bite at a final. Van der Westhuyzen, who replaces the suspended Gerrit van den Heever, is the only survivor of the Bulls team that lost to the Stormers in Cape Town last weekend.
The team is: 15. Zane Kirchner, 14. Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 13. Jaco Pretorius, 12. Wynand Olivier, 11. Francois Hougaard, 10. Morné Steyn, 9. Fourie du Preez, 8. Pierre Spies, 7. Dewald Potgieter, 6. Deon Stegmann, 5. Victor Matfield (c), 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. Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 21. Stephan Dippenaar, 22. Pedrie Wannenburg.
sterk span die kan net die pyp rook good luck al is julle my 3e span
Great span……….gaan amazing wees. Dink die Bulle het baie extra goed om te wys wat hulle lank laas gedoen het in n wedstryd!!
@burb bulle soos om ten minste twee spelers te gebruik om te chase en om die timing reg te he en nie so off te wees nie dan is dit net besit weg skop
Very good team this. Bulls should win it. Just keep the discipline, keep possesion and get first time tackles. Don’t allow the Saders to run it from everywhere in the first 30 min. Keep the ball and starve em of it. Saders will want to get as much points while fresh in the first 30min. They do that then it will be tough for Bulls. Bulls keep the ball Saders will be under pressure. Saders going to tire terrible in the last 25min of this game. Wont be the same as the last game at Loftus. The travel by now must have taken its toll.
Hey Puma… how you doing?You missed the action earlier today guys flying at each other on the bakkies thread
@ puma jy se dit reg sir how can you play rugby without the bloody bal!!!!
@ drban bulle 4 weke is heavy ‘n paar jaar terug sou geo gestraf gewees het as hy daar gelehet of die kakkas sou uit hom getrap gewees het wys jou net rugga word nou wel vinniger maar ook maar poefterig
haloo ben die leeu
6 – Smallies 😆 STARVE EM……. 😆 They will want to make a nice lead while fresh, just keep possession. Let em tackle till the drop……….hehehe. 2nd half going to need some oxyen..haha.
5 – Durban, I know I always miss the action here 😀
Out for most of the day. Very hectic.
8: hallo my vrystaat vriend, lewe jy nog ? Ek voel oor vrystaat soos jy oor Bulle voel: my derde span. Julle was eers my 2de span, maar van jul die Bulle begin opdraande gee het, het julle een plek gedrop !
5: hoop GBS ‘cite’ al daai stormers omdat hulle hul nie kon gedra op daai ‘thread’ nie ! hehehe
@ bdb net net benna bulle was altyd een van my top 3 en net die vrystaaaaaaat en griquas wat hulle klop bulle het ook ‘n ryk tradiesie ma wat ek van hulle beny is hoe hulle hulle spelers oppas en hanteer jy hoor selde van een wat ongelukkig is daar but when all is sai and done si daar net een staaaaaaaaat en dis die vrystaaaaaaat
13; ek hou baie van die Vrystaat as hul die Engelse pak gee (Stormers en Sharks) ! 😀
ek laai hulle sommer net oor hulle altyd rugby speel met die bal in die hand daai bol moet gehol word en nie so dem baie geskop word nie
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