After a good win over the Cheetahs in Kimberley last week the Chiefs travel to Loftus Versveld this week.
The Chiefs are hoping to reclaim top spot on the log, but Loftus is not a very forgiving venue and I suspect that they may find a few thousand supporters and 22 players trying to prevent them from doing that.
Will the Bulls continue on from their good tour and go to the top of the log?
Or will the Chiefs make it two in a row on South African soil?
Venue: Loftus, Pretoria
Kick-off: 17:05 Local Time
Referee: Craig Joubert (SA)
ARs: Marius Jonker (SA), Cobus Wessels (SA)
TMO: Johann Meuwesen (SA)
Bulls:
15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 JP Nel, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Derick Kuün, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements:
16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Jaco Engels, 18 Rayno Gerber, 19 Pedrie Wannenburg, 20 Heini Adams, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Jaco Pretorius.
Chiefs:
15 Mils Muliaina (captain), 14 Tim Mikkelson, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Callum Bruce, 11 Dwayne Sweeney, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Toby Morland, 8 Sione Lauaki, 7 Tanerau Latimer, 6 Liam Messam, 5 Kevin O’Neill, 4 Craig Clarke, 3 James McGougan, 2 Hika Elliot, 1 Ben May.
Replacements:
16 Aled de Malmanche, 17 Sona Taumalolo, 18 Toby Lynn, 19 Serge Lilo, 20 David Bason, 21 Mike Delany, 22 Jackson Willison.
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VAT HULLE BULLEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! 😕
@klempie (Comment 1) :
Now I AM worried about that Avatar.
Dinnertime for me.
Back in a bit.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 3) : Send my regards to the dishwasher…
I haven’t been on SW for a few days. Has there been any mention of Butch James’s serious knee injury. Bitter blow that as he’s out for the Lions series!
@Villie (Comment 5) : Villie what’s up bud.
@klempie (Comment 6) : Howzit Klempie
Not much..just channel hopping. Send me one times Oros please 😉
@Villie (Comment 5) :
I missed yesterday, but I don’t think there has been.
Chiefs 3-0. Don’t ask me what happened.
Stephen Donald slots a PK and the Chiefs take the lead
and almost straight away the Bulls core a try through Kuun.
Try Kuun.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 8) : Big blow. Hope his career is not in jeopardy. We all know the knee probs he has had in the past!
Converted.
7-3
Conversion by Steyn
Bulls 7 – 3 Chiefs
11min
Bwhahahahhahaha
The Bulls are playing “Simply the best” everytime Steyn scores. 😆
Are they hoping to influence the selectors? 🙄
@KSA Shark © (Comment 15) Not good enough for Bok selection. Doesn’t have BMT!
Sadly though, we are not blessed with quality 10’s in SA..
lauaki Try!!!!
Converted by Donald.
Bulls 7 – 10 Chiefs
16 min
Steyn Drop Goal!!!!!!!!!
@Villie (Comment 16) :
I agree on both counts.
Bulls 10 – 10 Chiefs
18min
Victor not doing well in his attempts to talk to the referee after his team is warned for repeated offences at the rucks.
Kuun TRY!!!!!!
I just realised….it’s payday! 😀
Converted by the best 🙄
Bulls 17 – 10 Chiefs
23min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 19) : He’s a decent player but not international class yet. Tends to perform against the lesser teams and then disappear when the going gets tough!
But he could still mature…..
after the earlier warning Joubert now escalates to PKs. And he tells Vicky that if it continues it will be more serious.
Donald slots the PK
Bulls 17 – 13 Chiefs
25min
Too much scoring happening. 👿
Bulls fans going nuts cos their pea-sized brains can’t work out why a Donald-fielded ball has been ruled long in goal.
AND the crowd bay for the refs head coz he got the call “wrong”
😆
@klempie (Comment 27) : Can’t get it on Justintv today…there servers are broken!!
Lauaki coathangers Habana. Should be yellow.
Lauaki is going to get a yellow for a coathanger on Habana
@klempie (Comment 31) : And is.
The best going at goal from 41m out
Over!
Bulls 20 – 13 Chiefs
31min
20-13. Chiefs need to go defensive now. Come on okes, keep the Bulls out!
Try Bruce!!! 🙂
20-20
Callum Bruce try after the Bulls are busy grazing instead of defending.
Conversion over
Bulls 20 – 20 Chiefs
37min
Olivier TRY!!!!!!!!!!!
Olivier try. Damnit.
I hate saying it by the Bulls are looking effing good. 😡
Conversion Over
Bulls 27 – 20 Chiefs
HALF TIME
The Bulls have a piss easy run before they face us. Force then Cheetahs and then us. I’m so torn.
Steyn puts a PK over for Bruce offside.
30-20
@klempie (Comment 42) :
hey the Cheetahs are a good side, they have beaten the Sharks, Crusaders and, and, and, oh sorry that’s all. 🙁
@KSA Shark © (Comment 44) : And like they did against the Chiefs, they will cave when we need them not to.
@klempie (Comment 45) : 😉
Steyn slots a PK
Bulls 33 – 20 Chiefs
48min
PK for pulling down the jumper.
Steyn gets that one too.
33-20. This is not good.
@klempie (Comment 45) :
We don’t need them to though.
We just have to ensure that we win all our remaining games.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 46) : It’s probably their way of giving us the up yours for taking all their players. 😛
Steyn Drop Goal misses to the right.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 49) : Nah uh. If they get bonus points off both those games and this one then they go to 44 points. If we win both games but miss a BP we go to 40. That means having to beat the Bulls with 4 tries and denying them a BP to make it safe.
@klempie (Comment 52) :
Yeah but that is TT’s way of looking at things the “There is no glass” outlook. 😉
Bottom line we have our destiny in our own hands. if we lose we are out, if we don’t get BPs we may be out.
Kahui try!!!!!
Try Kahui. That’s good. Hopefully if there’s a PK now the Bulls will go for posts rather than the try.
converted.
33-27
@KSA Shark © (Comment 53) : Not the type of “destiny in our hands” outlook I am hoping for.
33-27. 70 minutes.
Steyn DG goes left.
Steyn tries a drop. Misses.
@klempie (Comment 57) :
The Bulls have to actually win this first though. 🙂
a 3 pointer from the Bulls now would be perfect.
75min and a little rain is falling now
Bulls 33 – 27 Chiefs
OMG. What are the Chiefs doing?? I swear if the Bulls score off this 5m I am going to kill someone.
Come on Bulls!! Take em out!!
FULL TIME
Bulls 33 – 27 Chiefs
FT 33-27.
That’ll do donkey. That’ll do.
Apart from the Canes game, I don’t think the Sharks could have asked for better results today. We’re back in the hunt.
Log updated
Bulls go 2nd
Chiefs go 4th
BEFORE this game on LMS
1 still alive with a lifeline.
14 still alive with no lifeline.
64 out of the game.
AFTER this round on LMS
0 still alive with a lifeline.
12 still alive with no lifeline.
67 out of the game.
Okay kette needs my PC for a bit.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 70) : Dishwasher has you whipped. 😉
Bye all!
@klempie (Comment 71) :
@KSA Shark © (Comment 68) : you mean 3rd 🙂
@robdylan (Comment 73) : 😳
That I do. 🙂