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Bulls centre Wynand Olivier has suffered a further injury setback, breaking a small bone in his wrist this past weekend. [...]
Posts tagged with: Fourie Du Preez
Unlucky break for Olivier
Is the Yen calling more Boks?
As the Springboks settle in back home, the rumours have started to surface about the future of certain individuals. Two Western Province players have been the centre of a lot of attention, and it’s not been from Europe. [...]
Where to from here for Bulls
It’s an odd sight, seeing the Bulls down in sixth spot on a Currie Cup log, and something that non-Bulls supporters would have thought was not going to happen for quite some time. The thing is, I am of the opinion that they will stay right where they are, not getting close to even fourth spot on the log. [...]
A sad farewell
30 Aug 11 14:51 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 29 Comments
The Tri Nations has come to an end for the 2011 year, and it is with a sad feeling that we say good bye to the premier tournament in the Southern Hemisphere as it will be extended to a four team competition next year to include Argentina. [...]
Tri Nations – Team of the tournament
30 Aug 11 12:09 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, RWC 2011, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 19 Comments
The Tri Nations tournament for 2011 is a thing of the past with the Wallabies winning the title in spectacular fashion after beating the All Blacks in Brisbane. Here is the team that I think fairly represents the best players in each position taking into account the series as a whole: [...]
Nope, the sky isn’t falling
I’ll probably get shot down by a good number for this post, but I honestly didn’t think things went that badly on Saturday morning.
Let us take a cold, objective, un-emotional look at how the game unfolded.
Pride and passion aplenty
It was billed as the swansong of a golden Bulls generation. This would be the last time the light blue army would get to see the likes of Bakkies Botha, Victor Matfield, Danie Rossouw and Fourie du Preez on their beloved home ground. On top of that this match also marked the century of Bulls caps for the hardman Bakkies Botha. This was effectively a knock out game and the Bulls are notoriously difficult to beat in that type of game, even more so at Loftus. Surely the Bulls with their momentum of six consecutive wins and homeground advantage would prove too much for the Sharks who had stuttered their way towards the end of the Super rugby season. Somebody had forgotten to read that script to the Sharks. [...]
Du Preez returns via bench
The Bulls have named a strong lineup to face the Sharks at Loftus Versveld this weekend, with the two Springboks who missed last week’s outing to Newlands back in the match 22. [...]
Loftus swansongs aplenty
Saturday’s big derby at Loftus between the Bulls and the Sharks will, in all likelihood, mark the end of the Super Rugby season for whichever team loses. This implies that whatever the result, their will be one or two big name players who won’t be seen in their team’s respective colours again. [...]
Advantage: Stormers as Bakkies ruled out
Bok lock Bakkies Botha will not play for the Bulls against the Stormers this weekend, it has been confirmed. The abrasive second-rower has failed to recover in time from a knee strain and will thus miss the opportunity to earn his 100th Super Rugby cap at Newlands. [...]
du Preez may be fit to face Stormers
Bok scrumahlf Fourie du Preez stands an outside chance of being named in the Bulls team to face the Stormers in Cape Town this weekend, after a near miraculous recovery from a medial knee ligament strain sustained against the Sharks three weeks ago. [...]
Sharksworld chats with rising Force star Mark Swanepoel
On a night when Super rugby bid farewell to Carisbrook and the home fans turned the same colour as their team’s new jerseys. Sharksworld caught up with a young South Africa that has made the last two rounds his own – Force scrum half Mark Swanepoel. [...]
Bulls in trouble as Hougie goes down
Few coaches would relish the prospect of having to make do without a player of the calibre of scrumhalf Fourie du Preez, but for Frans Ludeke, at least, the news of his star link-man’s tournament-ending injury would have been softened to an extent. In tenacious young Francois Hougaard, after all, the Bulls have a more-than-capable scrumhalf replacement, who is a Bok in his own right to boot. [...]
Bulls lose their General
23 May 11 11:00 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Original Content, Sharks, Super Rugby | 12 Comments
The Bulls may have walked away with the points on Saturday night, but they may have lost their General for the next few weeks. Fourie du Preez is likely to miss the match against the Cheetahs this weekend with a knee injury picked up against the Sharks. [...]
Sharks need to win the big battles
One of the key factors in the Sharks triumph the last time they faced the Bulls (back in the Currie Cup semi-final last year) was the way that certain key men in the visiting side were overshadowed by their Sharks counterparts – often players of far less distinguished pedigree. The home team will need to repeat that feat on Saturday. [...]