The Bulls, fielding a weakened side, ran out to a 13-0 lead over the Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth on Saturday evening, but were forced to dig deep as their hosts came back at them strongly in the second half. The Pretoria side emerged 16-12 victors. [...]
Posts tagged with: Wilhelm Steenkamp
Bulls hold on to down Kings
Bulls send young side to face Kings
The Bulls have named an understrength team to face the Kings in Port Elizabeth this Saturday, with captain Wilhelm Steenkamp, an off-season acquisition from the Cheetahs, one of the few experienced men in the line-up. [...]
Few changes in Cheetahs preliminary group
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has suffered a far lower-than-usual loss of players ahead of next year’s Super rugby competition and has named a strong 51-man provisional training squad for the competition. [...]
Two Cheetah changes for Lions scrap
The Cheetahs side to face the log-leading Lions in Bloemfontein this weekend has been named, with Naka Drostke’s outfit showing just two changes to the unit that won at Newlands in the previous round, both in the pack. [...]
Benjamin returns for Cheetahs
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has opted to change a winning tem, in making two alterations to his run-on side for this weekend’s Currie Cup match against Western Province at Newlands. [...]
Johnson, Steenkamp return for Cheetahs
Loose forward Ashley Johnson will have the perfect opportunity to show the Springbok selectors the middle finger this weekend, as he is named to start at number 8 for the Cheetahs. Coach Naka Drotske has made few other changes to his side to face Griquas in a tough away encounter this weekend. [...]
Cheetahs lose Steenkamp
Cheetahs lock forward Wilhelm Steenkamp will miss out on a trip to face his old team in Pretoria this weekend. The big second-rower, who joined the SHarks on loan during last year’s Super 14 competition, will miss the rest of the season after damaging knee ligaments against the Rebels. [...]
Windhoek Lager Team of the week
Welcome to the Windhoek Lager Team of the Week for Round 9. We have decided to make it an all South African team and base it only on the weekend matches. So if your favourite player did not play on the weekend, he will not be in the team.
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Just the Numbers
Just before the halfway stage of the competition, lets have a look at the player numbers. [...]
Cheetahs name 5th Captain
The Cheetahs have named Wilhelm Steenkamp as their fifth captain this season after an incredibly unlucky string of injuries to their skippers. [...]
Bulls, Cheetahs name sides
The two South African franchises that aren’t competing in the Neo Africa Tri-Series will both play warmup games this weekend against local opposition. [...]
Verster: It’s Absolutely untrue
Despite the absence of a title sponsor, the Cheetahs players have all remained on a full salary. [...]
Cheetahs gain a lock – and a centre?
Blue Bulls lock Wilhelm Steenkamp will pull on his third jersey in just two seasons when he moves to the Cheetahs next year. The Emerging Bok, who has fallen out of favour in Pretoria in recent times, was drafted into the Sharks Super 14 squad earlier this year as emergency cover for Johann Muller and Gerhard Mostert. [...]
Ticket Winners confirmed
Congratulations to lostshark and pete69, both of whom win a pair of tickets to see the Sharks take on the Bulls in Durban this weekend. [...]
Bulls face second row crisis!!!
Once there was a Bulls lock (well, actually a Griquas lock) called Victor Matfield and he was considered good enough to be picked for the Springboks. Shortly after that, another Bulls lock (actually originally from Newcastle, via the Valke) was also picked for the Boks. [...]
