Crusaders (14) 27 / Bulls (0) 0 (Final Score)
The Crusaders hosted the Bulls at Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru at 09:35 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Crusaders methodically dismantled an error-ridden and lacklustre Bulls effort, keeping them scoreless.
Scorers:
Crusaders: 4 Penalties Matt Berquist, 1 Try Sonny Bill Williams, 1 Try Israel Dagg, 1 Try Tom Marshall
Bulls: No score yet
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Teams:
Crusaders: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Robbie Fruean, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Matt Berquist, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read (captain), 7 Matt Todd, 6 George Whitelock, 5 Chris Jack, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Ben Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Replacements: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Owen Franks, 18 Luke Romano, 19 Jonathan Poff/Joe Wheeler, 20 Kahn Fotuali’i, 21 Tom Marshall, 22 Adam Whitelock.
Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Bjorn Basson, 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 (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Danie Rossouw, 20 Francois Brummer, 21 Gerhard van den Heever, 22 Derick Kuün.
Referee: Jonathon White (New Zealand)
Assistant referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand), Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
Final Score: Crusaders 27 / 0 Bulls
I think the Bulls were lucky to get 0
cheers
at least reg met my superbru……
wys jou watter vertroue die bulls kweek deesdae by hu supporters
PS your not one of those Stormer supporters who only chirp when your side is winning are you?
OK, will be back just now, just need to go buy BonzaiGBS a sketchpad.
I watched it all, i just dont have any words accept that we must look at the management, Ludeke is stuborn, with Jaco, Victor and a few other players. We must be able to play without VM. He has become too big in the Bulls setup. I am so gatvol of his standing in the Union. TOO BIG>
Wel, die Bulle is of hondsleg, of wen 3 Supertitels. Sal nou maar moet vasbyt totdat HM weer afrigter word, want FL en Slaptjips probeer nou een seisoen te lank met ‘n wedstrydplan volhard wat effektief was op sy tyd, maar heeltema uitgedien geraak het.
ok, missed the last part of the game
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just dont know what happened to the bulls!!
jeez, you have problems if you cant even run a crusaders side
without carter and mccaw close!!
Maak die Bok bulle almal Blou Bulle !
die bulls sukkel op die oomlik maar ek is seker hulle sal binnekort weer aan die wenkant wees.ludeke moet bietjie vir olivier en spies laat vodacom cup speel,hulle is uit vorm uit.vasbyt bulls fans.dit kan net beter gaan.
O my flok!!!!!
Game gemis, net gou score kom kyk, wat de moer het gebeur?
Het die Bulle al ooit so n pak gekry? Nie in my leeftyd wat ek kan onthou nie…..en Carter was nie eens daar nie.
Groot probleme vir WB as ons snr spelers SO kuk speel…..
Hoekom sou ek lekkerkry? Ek het die Bulls geback op superbru. Hou op om julself jammer te kry, flokken erken bietjie dat julle NIE onoorwinlik is nie, hou op om die ref te blameer, hou op om Meisiekind en Spies en Matfield en Bakkies en fokken ervaring in almal se kele af te druk, ervaring kom saam met iets anders, ouderdom. Ek haat nie die bulle nie, dis hulle ondersteuners wat my afpis.
Well done Saders. Bulls will have to go and think hard about this game. Reds won’t be easy either next week. Though they have to travel from Cape Town back to Brisbane.
Jeez, thought Bulls might have had a chance without Carter. I got that very wrong. This Sader side is top class. Hope Stormers can stop them.
161@ The Saint:
Man, ek het nooit die ref blameer nie… en ek weet duidelik die Bulls is nie onoorwinbaar nie, selfs op Bru die Saders gepick.
… maar jy hou daarvan om slegs Bulle spelers te kritiseer, of sal ek liewer sê alle nie-Stormers spelers, jy is plein vol kak!
Jy is sooo eenogig, as jy doodgaan eendag kan hulle die ander oog hersirkuleer, want hy het nooit gewerk nie!
Saint, gaan speel op ‘n ander plek en leer by ander Stormers/WP ouens op hierdie blog om ordentlik rugby te gesels.
Jy weet nie waarvan jy praat nie. Nie een Bul hier het nog ooit gesê die Bulle span is HIERDIE JAAR op vorm of goed nie of HIERDIE JAAR onoorwinlik nie, ons stem almal saam dat die bok bulle hondsleg speel, en ja, op huidige vorm nie ‘n plek in die bokgroep verdien nie.
So ek weet nie hoekom jy so kerm en kla nie, jy raak afgesaag.
Wat die verlede betref, die vorige seisoene (veral 2007, 2009, 2010) was manne soos Bakkies, Matfield, Spies, FDP, MS en WO die beste gewees in die Super 15 en baie van hulle selfs die bestes in hul posisie in die wereld.
Daarom dat daar soveel bekers in die Loftus trofeekas was tot 2010.
So hou op tantrums hier gooi teen die Bulle en praat ordentlike rugby.
@ Pietman:160 – Howzit Piet. Bulls hardly had any possession. Saders could have beaten Bulls by even more had they got their kicks over. Also Robbie ran clean away from his support. That should have been a try as well.
Anyhow I am now worried for our Boks. VERY worried. We have to adapt and play with more possession if we have any chance of making the quarters in the wc let alone the semi or final. For now can’t see us doing it. Most of our Boks are in this Bulls side. For me we have to be looking at Lambie or P. Grant as our fh. Need Alberst at 8 or Vermeulen. The Stormers centres are top class we fine there. Brussow for 6 or Flo. Otherwise Burger. Eish!! We don’t select right we in the poo. Think also Bekker is playing right now better than Matfield. Matfield too loses his cool as a captain. Not good that. We need cool heads.
Plenty work for our Boks. We have the players need to select the best and jeez, we need some help with our Bok Coaches. Heard E. Jones was gonna help. But not sure about him. Need someone working in SuperRugby I feel.
Anyhow early days. We could have so many injuries after this S15. Have to see who is left at the end of this tourney.
Puma wrote:
that is so true , we won a few squeekers and that just postponed the look in the mirror.
Puma wrote:
what did i tell you , we know how to play him, and the motivation is higher when he plays.
That off course is a big indictment on the mental attitude of the team.
This is sore but i hope they stop the buzz words now and start to look at their strategy.
@ Puma:
Hello bru, yes, true. All of a sudden the core of our Bok team is stuttering, ominous signs here…also for the Sharks.
PdeV has his work cut out now, on present form our senior players are way off tune.
167@ Pietman:
Yip, worrying times indeed.
@ superBul:Howzit Super. Yeah thought Bulls could have had a chance without Carter there. But heck those Saders are a superb team. Not many will beat them. Hoping Stormers can stop them in Cape Town. Blues came back and beat them but they never had SBW for that game.
I know how you feel Super. It hurts boet. But never count your Bulls out. They have very good players. Will be far better once back at Loftus. On tour another hard game for them against the Reds, though Reds will have travelled back from Cape Town and that after facing Stormers. Stormers will soften em up…….hehehehehe. Bulls should be the Force. Your team comes home with 2 wins on tour they have done well.
The worrying thing here today is Bulls hardly had any possession.
Anyhow don’t let this game worry you Super. It has happened gone and done. Think of the rest of the tourney. Still a very long way to go.
2-0 vir NZ met die oog op die WB. Saders het beide Sharks en Bulle gemaklik gewen. Stormers speel Saders op Nuweland, so mens sal nie veel daarin kan lees nie. Volgende belangrike wedstryd is Stormers teen Blues in Wellington. As Stormers beide Saders en Blues wen, sal Snorre baie mooi moet dink voor hy ‘n bokspan kies.
Bulle sal volgende 2 wedstryde moet wen om nog in die prentjie te bly vir die uitspeelwedstryde. Die vet tannie het nog glad nie gesing nie, maar ek sien sy begin al aanstaltes maak om te begin opstaan.
170: Skuus, dit is Auckland, nie Wellington nie.
Ok R-T’s, gotta pack some stuff here, on my way to ‘Durbs-by-the Red Sea'(Jeddah) for two weeks, but I’ll be in touch.
Tjeers.
@ Pietman:167 – Yes my Sharks have struggled the past few weeks as well. But we did get over for 4 tries against this Saders team and they had Carter that day. Also remember a huge forward pass the ref missed and had we got our kicks over it would have been 37 a piece at Twickers. Sharks are missing their most key player in Lambie. We get him back after the bye. But still our handling errors/lineouts are a massive worry.
Stormers are the best side in our conference this year. Good players in all positions and playing some good rugby. BUT not really scoring enough tries. Which you need in this tourney. But really if they keep winning they don’t have to worry about that.
How you Piet? You still in Saudi?
169@ Puma:
Thanks for your positive thoughts here, man… hope the Bulls rally.
As a Sharkie, you at least have a positive outlook about this.. and yeah us Bullies are hurting, but we see where things are wrong… and maybe it’s fixable.
I think your Tjarkies will also feel hurt after having lost 3 in a row and I expect them to beat the Lions well later.
@ Pietman:172 – Enjoy Jeddah Piet. Jeez it is humid there this time of year. I was in Riyadh. Far better with the dry heat there than Jeddah.
Cheers Piet keep well boet.
Puma wrote:
the fact is it is not only this game , it is ALL games this season.
The handling is substandard. everything is substandard. Victor will come out with something like we must be more accurate, that wont help Vic, that will make it just more easy to read US. We must come out and say we are going to try something new, something radical. Then we must vary our game. The rest of the world knows our game and game plan. We are not superhuman strong and can not bully the rest of the world, they beefed up and take us on right there.
@ grootblousmile:174 – gbs, I hope we beat the Lions. Lions are a far better team than most think. Had they had a kicker they could have had another 2 wins by now. Nervous for that game. Then always nervous when my Sharks play no matter who they play.
Yes feel bad about my team losing 3 on the trot gbs, but hey they humuan, that happens. We have to stand by our teams and just support them no matter what. Bulls will be hurting today, so just keep supporting your boys. Once they back home they will be very hard to beat at Loftus. Should pick up another win agains the Force. Your team picks up two wins on the road they have done well. They could even beat the Reds. Remember Reds play Stormers today. Stormers will soften em up for Bulls….hehehe. They also have to travel from Cape Town. So who knows Bulls could pick up a win there too. Then they will be looking far better.
We all hurt bad when our teams lose. We all very passionate about our teams. But we live another day. The sun will always come up here in Africa. 🙂 Chin up boet.
@ Puma:meant – human
177@ Puma:
Chin is up, what is done, is done!
It’s the basic errors, like SuperBees says, which hurts the Bulls… and the inability to switch totally to a possession type of game.
Anyway, mosey on over to the Brumbies / Canes game thread…
@ superBul:176 – Sharks too have a massive problem with handling errors Super. We too have to look at that and hope we have worked on it this week. I worry for the game tonight. As a night game in Durban even this time of year will make the ball slippery.
Think in NZ the night games the ball is always a bit wet there. Bulls might not be used to that coming from a very dry hot place like Pretoria. They will be better once back home. Next week they play in Brisbane. Speaking on the phone to guys in the Brisbane office this week. They have had plenty rain this past week. So hope it is drier for Bulls/Reds game next week.
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