Twitter Blanket Drive (#TBD) events ran as planned countrywide in Joburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Knysna and the Overberg on Saturday, 29 May 2010. Various charities will benefit from these events; Kids Haven, Roundtable, Rotary, Animal Welfare, P.E.N., and PASSOP.
Over 100 ‘Tweeters’ braved the cold on Saturday evening to join in the events around the country.
So we were beaten, by the team that adopted the best strategy for the day. Congratulations to all my fellow bloggers who happen to be Bulls. Be sure that this isn’t the end of the rivalry, and the Stormers will come again, stronger, better prepared, and more experienced.
Rugby-Talk hosted it’s own premium competitions for the Super 14, one at SportsPool Club and one at SuperBru.
The winner of our SportsPool Club is Scrumsaam.
The winner of our Rugby-Talk SuperBru is Durban Bulle, with the exceptional qualification that he also managed to achieve NO 3 position Overall on SuperBru, amongst 73 208 participants.
On Saturday evening, during halftime, I went to go smoke a Traditional GBS little Camel, and I ran into a facinating story.. a typical supporter to the last story…
The story of Brenda & Kevin from Lonehill in Johannesburg, who took a little Bulls Mascot Doll with them to Orlando….
After weeks of romours the Lions finaly anounced it. John Mitchell will join the Lions coaching staff for the Currie Cup. Expect many more player anouncements as the Lions tries to buy a team to get them to some silverware.
So the S14 is done and dusted. Congratulations to the champs – The Bulls. Also well done to the Stormers on a very good season. Continue reading
Do you realize what this means for Bulls rugby? This was another step up. And be afraid we will go even higher.
Bulls (16) 25 / Stormers (3) 17 (Final Score)
The Vodacom Bulls hosted the Vodacom Stormers in an EPIC Final at the Orlando Stadium, Soweto, South Africa at 17:00 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
The Bulls won a thriller in Soweto….
Bulls retain the much sought after trophy, what a champion team!
Final score Bulls 25 / 17.
Steyn sent an SMS to the coach earlier this week to withdraw from the Bok side that will play Wales in Cardiff on June 5, but work is being done behind the scenes to resolve their differences.
Article from News24 Written by Hendrik Cronjé
(A New development and update appears at the bottom of this Atricle)
One day to go before the Super 14 Final… and all rugby News is bland compared to the expectations we all hold for the Final.
One feels that tension is mounting but that many are too closed-lipped for fear of having too much egg on their faces after the Final.
The New Zealand Prime Minister, John Keys, was questioned today by media in Auckland about the growing controversy over former All Black Haden’s claims that the Crusaders have a policy of limiting the number of Polynesian players in their teams to just three. Continue reading
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers and captain John Smit have presented their soccer counterparts, Carlos Alberto Perreira and Aaron Mokoena, with a special jersey to wish them luck for the forthcoming FIFA 2010 World Cup. The global soccer showpiece kicks off on June 11.
The Bok duo met with the Bafana Bafana coach and captain at a jersey-swapping ceremony in Johannesburg on Thursday. Mokoena reciprocated by handing Smit a Bafana Bafana shirt and wishing the Boks well for the coming international season.
Fans are reaching out to Soweto…. Morné sent me a link to a web site http://www.melanie-minnaar.blogspot.com
Since then, it appears that Orlando Stadium have approved the initiative. Victor Matfield also added a TWEET on TWITTER, as follows:
“Hi everyone. Let’s support the bring a blanket campaign to Soweto on Saturday”
Here’s the contents of the above link:
Finally, the EPIC Final South Africans have been waiting for! North vs South, Good vs Evil, Bulls vs Stormers!
To make predictions for this final is not easy, here’s how I approach the subject….
The Daily Telegraph reports as follows:
COACH Robbie Deans has chosen five uncapped frontrowers in his 30-man Wallabies squad for next month’s inbound Tests against Fiji, England and Ireland.
The squad includes Queensland Reds props Laurie Weeks and Ben Daley and Brumbies prop Salesi Ma’afu, all yet to play a Test.
You just knew I had to get my two cents worth before arguably the greatest North / South Derby to ever hit the world. But the Final isn’t all that’s weighing on my mind, I have quite a bit of other matters that need to be unearthed. So, keeping that in mind, this article will take no prisoners, if you are squeamish, don’t read it…this article is entirely my own view, and not necessarily that of anyone involved with Rugby-Talk.com.
Supersport dot com Teams of the season and Awards
The Media spoke to Beast Tendai Mtawarira earlier today and spoke to him regarding the Immigrations issues that surrounded him. Continue reading
These are the historic two teams who will contest the battle royal, for the last crown of the Super 14, as we know it.
Allister Coetzee, head coach of the Vodacom Stormers, today announced his team to play the Vodacom Bulls in the Vodacom Super 14 Final at Orlando Stadium, Soweto, on Saturday 29 May. Kick-off is at 17h00.
Top South African referee Craig Joubert has been rewarded with his first Vodacom Super 14 final, and the Bulls, of all people are rather happy with this. Continue reading
We can argue till the cows or is that the Bulls come home. Here is a small survey to play with. If you want more questions to be asked suggest them in the comments. I know that all Bulls supporters will vote for the Bulls and so will the Stormers vote for their team. So please put in your name in the appropriate box.
Voting Closed
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Springbok flanker Juan Smith will probably only play for South Africa in August.
As a handy alternative travel arrangement, why not take the train to Orlando in Soweto for the Super 14 Final?
Here are the Official arrangements…
Leading Vodacom Bulls try scorer, Gerhard van den Heever, is back in the side that will take on the Stormers in the final of the Super 14 competition in Soweto on Saturday.
Van den Heever served a two week suspension due to a dangerous tackle and missed the semi-final clash against the Crusaders at the same venue last week and is the only change in the team from that game.
These are scenes from the Bulls vs Crusaders semi-final match held at Orlando Stadium, Soweto.
Click on any of the pictures to enlarge it, then scroll by means of right and left arrows:
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The Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd would like to announce that the tickets for the Vodacom Super 14 final at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on 29 May 2010 at 17:00 will be available on 25 May 2010. The cost per ticket will be R 350.
For years the Sharks have lead South African rugby, if not world rugby, in the way they market their brand and team oozing success at all levels, but it seems to me that lately they are doing their level best to destroy all this. Continue reading
“It’s a Super 14 final between South African teams and whatever comes with that – vuvuzelas and the excitement – has to be embraced,” said Stormers coach Allister Coetzee.
‘Gore Them!” The legend was in Afrikaans but for those unable to decipher the language, the caricature of a raging bull was a dead giveaway. This was not a message of goodwill.
Impressive. Awesome. And just a little foreboding. Watching the Bulls pick apart the crumbling Crusaders with ruthless efficiency in the early hours of Sunday, it was hard not to feel humbled and slightly horrified.
Order in the rugby world has been restored, and thank goodness for that! Continue reading
So for the first time this year the Bulls find themselves in a different position than the number 1 spot they have become accustomed to… Continue reading
Cape Town – The Stormers believe the Bulls are clear favourites for Saturday’s Super 14 final at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, but they don’t plan on settling for second. Stormers coach Allister Coetzee likened the challenge awaiting his side to that of an Olympic athlete.
”Some go to compete and are content to run in the finals. Others go to win the finals, to win gold and break records,” Coetzee said. ”This Stormers side have a lot of respect for the Bulls. They are the best team in the southern hemisphere. But you go not just to run the race. We’re going to win.”