The Bulls are the first South African team taking the field this Saturday and will be playing in an unusual once-off red jersey in conjunction with the new Vodacom colour scheme.
The Chiefs are in their second week of their South African tour after a winning start to it last weekend against the Lions and if reports in the week are to be believed, they are really keen to avenge THAT defeat a few years ago to the Bulls and put a complete end to their season.
The Bulls should be too strong for the tourists but one never knows with the Bulls nowadays. I predict a win by some margin as the Loftus faithful get behind their team.
Bulls: 15. Zane Kirchner, 14. Bjorn Basson, 13. Stephan Dippenaar, 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 Kuun
Team: 15. Mils Muliaina (Captain), 14. Lelia Masaga, 13. Richard Kahui, 12. Dwayne Sweeney, 11. Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10. Stephen Donald, 9. Brendon Leonard, 8. Fritz Lee, 7. Scott Waldrom, 6. Liam Messam, 5. Romana Graham, 4. Craig Clarke, 3. Ben Afeaki, 2. Aled De Malmanche, 1. Toby Smith
Replacements: 16. Hikawera Elliott, 17. Sona Taumalolo, 18. Isaac Ross, 19. Sam Cane, 20. Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 21. Tim Nanai-Williams, 22. Jackson Willison
Go uhm….
Does it matter?
Are the Bulls union getting extra cash for playing in red jerseys today?
Teams taking the field.
Bulls jerseys looking kak imo.
‘Hoog skop & storm’ tactics still being applied by the Bulls.
@McLovin (Comment 4) : agreed
@RuckingFun (Comment 6) : What’s with the blue sleeves?
Bladen shouts ‘unstoppable’, hougaard held up over the line.
Chiefs yellow. Lifting above horizontal in the tackle.
Yellow for chiefs
Steyn drop.
Stein drop kick,
Bulls 3 – 0 Chiefs
9min
Bulls 3 – 0 Chiefs
15min
@McLovin (Comment 8) :
You can always count on Blades for some comic relief.
Mils try!
The Red looks crap
Muliaina TRY!!!!!
Loftus goes quiet. Not that there’s that many people there in the first place.
Lovely hand-off from Muliaina on Stegmann 7m from the line.
Bulls 3 – 7 Chiefs
19min
Donald Converts
Bulls 3 – 7 Chiefs
19min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 17) : It looks like they are wearing training vests over their jerseys.
Penalty Chiffs.
Bulls 3 – 10 Chiefs
22min
Hougaard gets hit damn hard and has to come off, he looks like he’s dazed, sore, heart broken and missing his mommy all at the same time.
Looks like we’re back to the days of ‘Bulle wei op die B-veld en kak op die A-veld’.
Another Chiffs penalty.
Bulls 3 – 13 Chiefs
28min
Matfield very grumpy.
Chiffs score another try.
leonard try!!!!!!!!
Bulls just proving everybody that thought they couldn’t get kakker wrong.
@McLovin (Comment 29) : This guy is a MUST for Springbok Captain.
If he’s not the Captain I won’t support the boks at the RWC.
Bulls 3 – 20 Chiefs
32min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 31) : LOVELY missed tackle from Spies for that Try.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 33) : imho we might as well go without him.
Timotei scores a try.
Olivier TRY!
Bulls 10 – 20 Chiefs
36min
Bulls 10 – 20 Chiefs
40min
HALF TIME
Bulls 13 – 20 Chiefs
@McLovin (Comment 41) : Not big enough to survive the last onslaught at 60min IMO
Dinner for me. i can’t talk to my captain on an empty stomach.
back in a bit.
2nd half kicks off.
Timotei gets a 2nd.
Bulls 20 – 20 Chiefs
43min
vd Heever scores.
Bulls 27 – 20 Chiefs
45min
Bulls score again.
TMO to decide.
Took Olivier out of my FL team a week ago and NOW he wants to score tries
Bulls 34 – 20 Chiefs
48min
@McLovin (Comment 48) : Who?
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 51) : Spies.
@McLovin (Comment 52) : FL try no5
Talk amongst yourselves, going to fix another drink.
50 min
Bulls 34 – 20 Chiefs
Looks like the Bulls took some gummyberryjuice at half time.
@McLovin (Comment 56) : I demand blood and urine test
Bulls penalty.
Bulls 37 – 20 Chiefs
55min
Looks like Craig Joubert’s cheque has also cleared.
Stransky sounding like Matfield’s girlfriend.
Steyn gets another go at goal.
Bulls 40 – 20 Chiefs
59min
Suddenly Stransky is all over the good Captaincy by Victoria
I have the bulls by 9 so a few points for the chiefs will do,
Penalty Bulls.
Steyn keeps up his 100% record.
Bulls 43 – 20 Chiefs
66min
I have a feeling my margin of 10 is toooooooooo small
Lee scores?
TMO time again.
Try awarded.
Bulls 43 – 27 Chiefs
70min
So Stransky is raving about how well FdP did in that tackle to prevent the try being scored.
Has anyone mentione to Stransky that the tackler is supposed to release the player if the tackle is in the field of play.
Is the score still Bulls 43 – 27 Chiefs?
@Hmmm (Comment 73) : Yes.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 72) : So you don’t need to release outside the field of play.
@Hmmm (Comment 73) : yip
73min
Bulls look so much better than that gay blue they always been wearing….
@Danman110 (Comment 75) : As in when you have tackled the guy in-goal and you are allowed to prevent him from scoring then no.
I have Bulls by 11…so I don’t mind if the Chiefs score a unconverted try…lol
Bulls 43 – 27 Chiefs
75min
@Hmmm (Comment 77) : If you are a Lions supporter maybe!!!!!!!!!!!
Why are you asking about the score if you can see the game?
Bulls 43 – 27 Chiefs
78min
I saw a bit at the start…
@KSA Shark © (Comment 81) :
Hey…no matter what fan you are..that baby-gay-blue has no place on a rugby jersey….
TMO again.
Chiffs possible try.
FULL TIME
Bulls 43 – 27 Chiefs
@McLovin (Comment 82) :
1 try Chiefs…come you can do it..
Well done Bulls.
Bulls are back in town according to Bladen.
Not sure which town that is. Perhaps the ‘teams that aren’t going to make the play-offs town’.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 88) : the red bulls did it…
@McLovin (Comment 89) :
Red is better and faster…..ha-ha
Wgat was the final score?
Cool saw it….