Vodacom Blue Bulls loose forwards Deon Stegmann and Pierre Spies will know on Tuesday whether they will be given the green light to play in Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup semifinal against the Sharks in Durban.
Official Blue Bulls Media release
According to team doctor, Org Strauss, a final decision on their fitness will be taken then. “It looks better for Deon to make it to Durban than it does for Pierre, but let us wait till Tuesday, when we will asses them and make the final call, “ Strauss said on Monday.
Dewald Potgieter (ankle) was the only casualty after the weekend’s match against Griquas, but he will be fit to play in Durban.
I’d play Danie Rossouw at No 8 anyway, no matter if Pierre is ready, he could go to the bench.
I’d also play Kuun at openside and get Stegmann to come on from the bench… he’s been out for a while.
I’m glad Francois Hougaard’s slight knee injury during the Kwas game is not a problem.
Tough semi awaits the Blue Bulls, but then again they’ve been there and done it… and you have to beat the best to lift the trophy.
Goooooooo Bullsssssssss!
@ grootblousmile:
Hi GBS.
I thought there were two things outside of the fact that the Sharks did not HAVE to win at Newlands that were bad for the Sharks.
Firstly in hindsight they should have played Mcleod and Lambie at half back.
Kockott cost them big time.
Secondly without a Deysel or Alberts they had no forward who could carry the ball across he advantage line and get them onto the front foot.
As a result they played all their rugby with ball in hand behind the advantage line and could not break the good WP defence.
If the Bulls are able to stop the Sharks from getting onto the front foot then I think the Bulls have a good chance even in Durban.
The Sharks have got massive home work this week.
There were some problems in the scrums against Griquas early on, but this was rather down to the Bulls’ inability to adapt to referee Jonathan Kaplan’s instructions rather than anything Griquas did.
Kaplan went as far as tapping the props on the shoulders before they went in for the hit.
Bulls prop Werner Kruger admitted that it was frustrating at first.
“In previous games that he refereed us there was a lengthy “pause” and this time even a “wait” before we could hit. We have to train to be able to adapt to different calls,” said Kruger.
@ tight head:
What do you think of the refs calls at scrum time?
@ superBul:
Hi Super.
Sorry very busy yesterday.
Yes, I think the refs calls at scrum time is a major problem.
Penalties are being awarded at scrum time that are a direct result of refs not being consistent and not understanding the issues around advantage at the hit.
A close semi final or final can be determined by one of these bad penalty decisions.
tighthead @ 4
agree (o fok nou moet ek weer my hanne met êcid gaan was 😯 )
anyway
one of the commentators on the bulls game (i think) made the observation that its almost as if the refs are trying (or the laws for that matter) to take the hit at the scrum out of the game. whats your opinion around that and if everything else is done correcly (binding etc), doesnt the hit become the most crucial part of the scrum?
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