Blue Bulls (6) 18 / 29 (20) WP (Final Score)
The Vodacom Blue Bulls and DHL Western Province did battle in the Currie Cup Premier Division at
Loftus versfeld, Pretoria at 17:05 SA Time (15:05 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Blue Bulls:
- Penalties – Handré Pollard (1)
- Drop Goals – Handré Pollard (1)
- Tries – Jono Ross (1), David Bullbring (1)
- Conversions – Handré Pollard (1)
WP:
- Penalties – Kurt Coleman (3), Gary van Aswegen (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Gio Aplon (1), Damian de Allende (1)
- Conversions – Kurt Coleman (2)
Teams:
Blue Bulls: 15 Jürgen Visser, 14 Sampie Mastriet, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Akona Ndungane, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Rudi Paige, 8 Jono Ross (Captain), 7 Jacques du Plessis, 6 Wiaan Liebenberg, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 Paul Willemse, 3 Frik Kirsten, 2 Mbongeni Mbonambi, 1 Marcel van der Merwe.
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Dean Greyling, 18 David Bullbring, 19 Jacques Engelbrecht, 20 Lohan Jacobs, 21 William Small-Smith, 22 Clayton Blommetjies.
Western Province: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Cheslin Kolbe, 10 Kurt Coleman, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Michael Rhodes, 6 Rynhardt Elstadt, 5 De Kock Steenkamp (Captain), 4 Mthetheleli Fuzani, 3 Pat Cilliers, 2 Siyabonga Ntubeni, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Replacements: 16 Michael Willemse, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Gerbrandt Grobler, 19 Rohan Kitshoff, 20 Nic Groom, 21 Gary van Aswegen, 22 Michael van der Spuy.
Referee: Marius Jonker
Assistant Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge, Sieg van Staden
TMO: Johan Greeff with Pieter de Bruin in training
4man wrote:
twee weke tyd is ek in die VSA
148 @ 4man:
Umhlanga. Where are you in Nigeria?
Tryyyyyyyyyyyy Francois Venter!
TMO to check the last pass
Gee die bleddie drie man!
Flat pass man!
@ 4man:
Shot Sarge, vertel bietjie later, sal interessant wees.
Arghhh ruled forward pass…
Puma wrote:
Ja.
Game over
hmmm The Bulls left the effort too late.
Mastriet en Blommetjies het amper die wedstryd geswaai.
188 @ 4man:
On contract? How long?
Well done, boytjies!
Final Score: DHL Western Province 29 / 18 Vodacom Blue Bulls
Hierdie tegnologiese verwysings in rugby begin nou op my tiete werk, rugby raak nou soos n computer game.
Well done Province.
OK Boys…julle moet gesond en veilig bly. Marlinspike out!
Geluk WP, Bulle gaan leer dit is n span game en leer ook pass
Funny vir jare het ons net so met die skoen gewen en die WP het gekak en kerm. Bly julle verstaan ook nou n wen is n wen en dis lekker
@ 4man:
Tjeers, tot later.
Ek moet ook waai, hemde gaan stryk
Oh dear, but well done WP, to get this win playing one man short for so long shows there must be quite a gulf between the teams at the moment. Still a way to go but this loss must make it hard if not impossible to get to knockout stages.
Vandag was nou nie n lekker rugbydag nie, ek het erg uitgesien na dit heelweek, maar dit was erg teleurstellend.
Ek wag nou vir Ellispark…
Nou ja wat kan ek se oor die dag
DANKIE REFS julle het gesorg vir n RILLER van epidermiese preporsies
So guys, 14 vs 15 does not necessarily mean that the team with 14 loses or that the game is killed as a spectacle. Maybe it offers all of us the opportunity to take off our green and gold specs and take a close look at the Boks overall performance this morning.
159 @ Pietman:
Pietman the guy is so young (19 years old) in such an important decision making position guys can’t expect these players to just always arrive on the scene and walk on water, this time 2 years ago was he not turning out for WP Craven week and last year still in school? Agree though if he has a problem with his kicking then its only going to get sorted by hours of practice, or maybe just take a genius (aka Naas) to look at his kicking technique and suggest any minor adjustment that could fix the problem.
See on sarugbymag. The All Black Coach said Bissie deserved the red card???????? HOW? What game was he watching? He has to relise that we also lost Alberts once because Bissie was off we had to bring on Struass We lost to of our big men out there today because of bad reffing.
this from sarugbymag.
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Hansen: Bismarck deserved red card
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14 Sep 2013
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says referee Romain Poite was right to eject Bok hooker Bismarck du Plessis for foul play, reports JON CARDINELLI in Auckland.
Du Plessis was yellow-carded in the 17th minute for a shoulder charge on All Blacks flyhalf Dan Carter, and then shown a second yellow for another transgression in the 43rd minute. Du Plessis ran at All Blacks No 6 Liam Messam, leading with the elbow and inadvertently hitting Messam in the throat.
Replays would confirm that neither incident warranted a yellow card and that on both occasions Poite had got it wrong.
Nevertheless, it was because of these decisions that the Boks were forced to play 47 minutes of the game with 14 men. These decisions undoubtedly changed the course of the game and determined the outcome.
However, when Hansen spoke at the post-match press conference, he downplayed the influence of these dubious calls.
While Hansen conceded that Du Plessis was unfortunate to receive a yellow for the first incident, he was adamant that the Bok hooker deserved his marching orders for the second.
It was also clear that Hansen genuinely believed the All Blacks had earned this victory through their own efforts.
‘It’s an intense Test match, and you’re always going to have those moments,’ Hansen said. ‘The referee’s got to make decisions in those moments.
‘Bismarck was probably a wee bit unlucky to get a yellow for tackling Dan, but the ref probably got the other ones right [aside from Du Plessis’s two yellows, the All Blacks conceded two cards of their own in the second half]. We’ve got no complaints. That’s rugby, and you have to get on with it.’
That Hansen would admit Du Plessis did not deserve the first yellow spoke volumes. If Du Plessis had not been sin-binned in the 17th minute, he would not have been in a position to receive a second yellow card, and ultimately a red that would see the Boks finishing the game with 14 men.
In short, if the first yellow wasn’t a yellow, the Boks would not have played 47 minutes without one of their key players.
When it was suggested that the Boks were hard done-by, and that the All Blacks’ victory was not all their own doing, Hansen bristled.
He pointed to the second incident where Du Plessis had caught Messam in the throat. Hansen felt the act demanded immediate ejection.
‘Let’s not go too far with the robbed [concept], he said. ‘I don’t think it’s legal to go around putting your elbow on someone’s throat. The second one may well have been a [straight] red.’
Hansen also took the opportunity to take aim at the critics who had slammed his selections of Dane Coles, Sam Cane, and Messam earlier in the week. It seemed lost on the All Blacks coach that the South African pack had operated for 47 minutes of the game with only seven men.
How the All Blacks proved a point by bullying a seven-man pack only Hansen will know.
‘I think that anybody who watched the game could see the intensity. In the end you pay the price for indiscipline, and we paid it twice. I’d really hate to think that this Test match is remembered for that.
‘There’s a lot of other stuff that makes it a memorable Test match. I mean, take Sam Cane … there were a lot of question marks. To come in and play like that, that’s worth writing about.
‘Brodie Retallick really stood up. Beauden Barrett coming on and replacing Dan and looking like he’d been there all his life; those are the things we should remember about the game. We asked Dane Coles to step up into the big ball park, and I felt he did pretty good. He said he noted the difference in intensity when the the two best teams in the world play.’
@ fender:
203
Fender geluk, maar wees eerlik die Bulle het darem seker minstens 4 driee weg gegooi. Ja eer aan julle ook julle het goed gekeer maar ek dink meeste Hoerskool spanne kan beter hanteer.
Anyway vandag het Rugby verloor teen die Refs
OK boys, that’s me finished and klaar for the day.
Been entertaining you since early morning, always at my post
Puma wrote:
If he had a funny voice and a snor he would have been the joke of the year. But he is from the land where Rugby is ruling World Rugby, so he speaks like a expert.
@ grootblousmile:
You are the Best Rugby Host in the World
Thank you GBS
Puma, you won’t hear me complain that ‘we wuz robbed’ this morning. And the reason for this is because the Boks didn’t look the better side even when we had 15 men.
WP proved what a better side can do with 14 men.
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