The Blue Bulls travel to Bloemfontein to keeps their hopes of finishing top of the table alive.
Will the Cheetahs sink to three succesive defeats?
Or will the Blue Bulls underestimate the challenge they face?
Kick off in Bloemfontein at 17:10 SA time.
Television Coverage: Supersport 1.
Referee: Craig Joubert
Touch judges: Marius Jonker, Gareth Lloyd-Jones
TMO: Johann Meuwesen
Free State Cheetahs: 15 Bevin Fortuin, 14 JW Jonker, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Chris Rossouw, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Juan Smith (captain), 6 Heinrich Brussöw, 5 Barend Pieterse, 4 David de Villiers, 3 Kobus Calldo, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Wian du Preez.
Replacements: 16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Nico Breedt, 19 Hendro Scholtz, 20 Jandré Blom, 21 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 22 Kabamba Floors.
Blue Bulls: 15 Tiger Mangweni, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Marius Delport, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Wikus van Heerden, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Rayno Gerber, 2 Derick Kuün, 1 Jaco Engels.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Werner Kruger, 18 Juandré Kruger, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Heini Adams, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Zane Kirchner.
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Blou! Blou! Blou! Blou!
Blou! Blou! Blou! Blou! Blou! Blou! Blou! Blou!
Go CHEETAHS!
PK against Rayno Gerber.
Fortuin sets up LO on the Bulls 10m
I see on rugby365, Heyneke wants to get Daniesaurus to come and play for Leicester.
PK Bulls
30m out right in front.
Steyn going at goal
Over
0 – 3 Bulls
4min
Cheetahs run from inside their 22 to the Bulls 22.
PK against Cheetahs for going off their feet at the ruck (Smith)
Cheetahs steal Bulls ball at the LO 😀
56 – 44 Possesion in Cheetahs favour
10min
Cheetahs looking well on attack until they pass to NOBODY!!!!!
I have missed a score while moving to the small TV. (kids have the big one now)
0 – 6 Bulls
14min
Colon squanders a 3 man overlap by passing a loop instead of drawing the man.
Habana TRY!!!!!!!!!!
Conversion over
0 – 13 Bulls
18min
Oh dear. Going one way, this
@McLovin (Comment 15) :
I picked the bulls by 28. May be to small a marging, but it IS the biggest margin pick in our pool.
Let’s hope i get that much needed closest pick BP at least
Cheetahs knock on 7m out.
Rossouw going at goal from RIGHT in front and he misses.
0- 13 Bulls
24min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 20) : His gonna miss a few. Cape mafia has issued him a ‘warning’. 😉
PKs conceded
Cheetahs 6
Bulls 2
@McLovin (Comment 21) :
his big boet tuned him as well. 😉
marius Delport intercept TRY!!!!!!!!!!
Steyn Converts
0 – 20 Bulls
27min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 23) : See, even throws intercept passes. 😆 😯
Naka must be glad he doesn’t sit on the roof anymore.
may have been a falling accident or two. 🙄 😕
@McLovin (Comment 26) :
Hehehehhehe
Ndungane intercept and then he is tackled.
30 sec later Habana also intercepts but knocks
68 – 32 territorial advantage to the Cheetahs
34min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 29) : Rassie must’ve promised some Stormers contracts if they let they Bulls give them a pack. 😉
@McLovin (Comment 31) :
0 – 20 Bulls
36mins
pack = pak.
69% territory to the Cheetahs
37min
PK Bulls on the Cheetahs 10m line
going at goal.
Over
0 – 23 Blue Bulls
38min
C’mon Bulls. Keep going.
Half Time
Cheetahs 0 – 23 Blue Bulls
If the Bulls carry on like this, IT could be EXACTLY what my SB needs.
Well I don’t know what the Sharks game looked like but it was pretty messy from the stands. They had better sort their shit out for next week. And I see the Cheetahs are getting carroted. 🙁
bulle
Nokwe catches the ball and has to go in goal where Ndungane catches him.
Scrum 5 attacking ball Bulls.
Excellent kick by Mangweni set that all up.
Cheetahs not looking good for a bonus point, are they?
PK Cheetahs
tap and go stopped short.
kick pass by Rossouw
Ebersohn TRY!!!!
being refered.
strauss!
Knock.
Try awarded.
@McLovin (Comment 47) : Maybe not. 😳 😆
holy moly
Conversion by Rossouw misses to the right
5 – 23 Bulls
45min
Wakker skrik Bulle!
PK Bulls
Steyn going at goal from 40m out
👿
Miss. to the right.
5 – 23 Bulls
50min
Olivier hacks one straight into touch.
Cheetahs LO just beyond the Bulls 10m line
Rumble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6 White getting involved. according to Marius Jonker.
Going to the TMO to see if there was an initiating factor
6 white gives away a needless penalty.
TMO says play on it was only handbags.
Penalty stays. 😯 😯 😯
@McLovin (Comment 59) :
nnnnnnnnno
😀
Floors on for Jonker
How the hell can that be backward?
I cannot believe the Bulls have fallen asleep like this.
No score in the 2nd half and only halfway to the BP
@McLovin (Comment 64) : To be honest, from what I saw of the replay, I think it came out of the bread basket and onto his thigh. Well that was my take on it. Have to have another look.
@McLovin (Comment 64) :
I have NO frikken IDEA how he decided that.
build up
build up
build up
and then Steyn grubbers into the opposition AGAIN 👿
What’s with the Bulls and their grubbers? 👿
Danie Rossouw Yellow for a late shoulder charge.
He was warned earlier.
Bulls get a yellow. 👿
@McLovin (Comment 69) :
I think it has something to do with pig sh1t
come on Free State!
Bulls hanging on.
@robdylan (Comment 73) : Yeh that!
Victoria playing a real captains innings. Same level of Captaincy he has shown for the Boks all season. 🙄 😳 👿
Smith out cold.
Juan Smith having a snooze on the park after banging heads.
Smith going off on the stretcher.
Crap kick from Steyn. 👿
Steyn overcooks one from his own 10m line and thre Cheetahs come back for the scrum.
Cheetahs playing with 14 men now as they have no sub left to replace Smith.
Bulle! Bulle! Bulle!
WTF?????????? 😯
Why is Steyn going for a DG?????????
Habana gets nailed by Floors. 😛
As good as the bulls were in the first half they are kak in the second half.
Francis comes on with 30sec to play 🙄 😕
WHY BOTHER??????????
No bonus point for the Cheetahs. 😎
But will province get a BP against the Lions? 😐
bulle is die beste!(gawd help me)
Full Time
Cheetahs 5 – 23 Blue Bulls
Bulls go 2nd
Cheetahs stay 5th
lekker. 3 point cushion. Looks like Province in the semis.
@McLovin (Comment 87) : Why is that a good thing?
@robdylan (Comment 91) : We still need 5 against the Lions. Could well end in tears for Province. 🙂
@robdylan (Comment 91) : Why is that a good thing?
@klempie (Comment 92) : Good for Province. Both Cheetahs & Province can get max 42 log points. Province points difference 42 points better at this stage.
Matfield man of the match. ❓ 😯
@McLovin (Comment 95) : Yeh good for Province. Bad for Sharks. I’m telling you now, if they get in we’re gonna lose to em.
@klempie (Comment 94) : stop being a drol. We’ve beaten Province 3 times already this year
I think the log will be
Sharks
Bulls
Lions
Cheetahs
@robdylan (Comment 98) : Yeh. All without their Boks. Have you noticed the SIGNIFICANT difference their Boks have made??
@klempie (Comment 100) : did you see them try their best to lose to Griquas last night?
BTW, new leader in the Fantasy League 😉
Gotta run. Have a good evening gentlemen.
PROOOOOOOOOOOOVIIIINCE!!!!!!
@robdylan (Comment 101) : did you see them put 80+ points over the Valke?
prooooviiiiince
@klempie (Comment 103) : we’re not the Valke
close enough
@robdylan (Comment 105) : We only managed 40+.
oh and we let the Valke score three!
@klempie (Comment 107) : come on dude – you know that bullshit. You can’t actually apply logic like that and use it to predict results. Remember, the Valke BEAT Province in the first round. Anyway, Rudi Joubert changed three quarters of his team this week anyway, so you’re not comparing apples with apples anyway
…tries. 😛
@robdylan (Comment 109) : I’m just saying bro. I’m not using that alone. I’m also using the fact that we’ve been dumped out of 14 semis and finals over the last 12 years and Province are giving me that uncanny feeling again. 😯