I am not nearly as excited about this game as I am about who the referee is.
The Bulls are hosting the Leopards in Pretoria at Fort Loftus.
There have been a few articles a bout the Bulls needing to bring their A-game, not being complacent etc. Lets be honest with ourselves. How many of you think the Leopards have ANY chance of winning this game? Less than 100 people out of the more than 30,000 who play superbru have chosen the Leopards to win and I’m sure those 86 are scrambling to get hold of the SB Admins to see if there is any way in which they can change their picks.
I AM however excited that a very good friend of mine Stuart Berry will be refereeing this game. Stuart is a Durban boy through and through having been headboy at Hillcrest High School a few years after he started refereeing. In the early days it was fun to watch Stuart referee players that were many years his senior handling games with a very similar style to Jonathan Kaplan. Firm, no nonsense but fair.
Ref: Stuart Berry
ARs: Matt Kemp, Johan Greeff
TMO: Johann Meuwesen
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick-off: 19.10 (17.10 GMT)
Bulls: 15 Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Stefan Watermeyer, 11 Hayden Groepes, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Derick Kuün (captain), 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Bees Roux, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Jaco Engels.
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Fudge Mabeta, 19 CJ Stander, 20 Dustin Jinka, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Stephan Dippenaar.
Leopards: 15 Danie Dames, 14 Deon Scholtz, 13 Jovan Bowles, 12 Walter Venter, 11 Dumisane Matyeshana, 10 Niell Jacobs, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Riaan Swanepoel/RW Kember, 7 Willem Koch (captain), 6 Danie Crous, 5 Edrich Linde, 4 Anthonie Gronum, 3 Barend van der Walt, 2 Marthinus van der Westhuizen, 1 Divan Kotze.
Replacements: 16 Gavin Williamson, 17 Aranos Coetzee, 18 Brad Mockford, 19 Swanepoel/Kember, 20 Jean Tiedt, 21 Clayton Durand, 22 Jan van Zyl.
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GO STUEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lets get another grand slam point weekend off to a great start..
@KSA Shark © (Comment 1) : you know him?
@robdylan (Comment 3) : Clearly didn’t read the article Rob ❓
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 4) :
Clearly.
Good luck Stuart.
Leopards – try not to hurt yourselves.
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 4) : no – I didn’t… which one was that?
@robdylan (Comment 6) : oh. THIS article.
😳
KSA does such detailed and well-thought-out match threads.
Mine are pants in comparison!
@robdylan (Comment 7) : No THAT is up for Jorrie moment of the month!!
Well go bulls for SB 😳 got them by 20 but maybe i should hv gone by mmmm 30 + 😳
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 9) : fair call
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 9) : he Rich though i had to use my broken page at the top to c your new pic greta on and my the beer would go down very nice to ice cold one 2
@robdylan (Comment 11) : 😎
@chaz (Comment 12) : geez chaz… some days I reckon you have a dyslexic keyboard 🙂
@robdylan (Comment 14) : 😳 well u c if i c that pic like shrinks on the screen then i know it must be a new on why i don’t know 😕 ❓
@robdylan (Comment 14) : and the fingers go fast so sometime to fast and when i read back i think i sth like a durk 😳 😉
@robdylan (Comment 3) :
Geez i thought you’d know that. I’ve been punting him since the Reitzworld days.
‘The Bulls are hosting the Pumas at Fort Loftus’
I am not crazy and this is the truth, but I do know that the post will be edited shortly 🙂
@chaz (Comment 15) : only some days 🙂
🙄 i think u are wrong 😯 😉
cheetahs / pumas
bulls / leopards
sharks / snoils
WP / griquas
@Jarson (Comment 18) : how did u come up with that news 😉
@chaz (Comment 21) : its not me read the read again, especially the 2nd paragraph
@Jarson (Comment 18) :
Hehehehehhe
let me fix that. 😳
@Jarson (Comment 22) : 😳 🙂 ok did well maybe KSA know sth we don’t or he thinking or still on holiday
sorry 😳 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 23) : done. 😛 Thanks for picking that up.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 23) : oh my what went wrong me friend 😉 are u still on holiday saw the girls great looking kids must look like their mom they must oh had a great time lucking fishes
@KSA Shark © (Comment 25) :
Bulls by 24 😛
LMS picks for this round:
Cheetahs – 32
Bulls – 23
Sharks – 9
WP – 1
And as always a default pick 🙄
These are also my winning teams for SB 😎
Looking forward to the game, a week is too long without a game!!
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 30) :
YIP!
Ready and waiting, will be watching the ref more than the game. 😆
@Jarson (Comment 29) :
Nobody for the leopards?????????????
You are a ref hey Andre?
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 33) : Retired at the end of last season (Jan this year)
Why does it sound like Owen Nkumane keeps saying Cheetaboy Ralepelle
where is everbody gone missing in action again
GO BULLS for SB 😳
@KSA Shark © (Comment 34) : How many calls did you get wrong 😉 Been biased a lot? 🙂
Leopards 5 – 0 Blue Bulls
😯 😯
shit
landmanmake the first try for leopards
I’m following the email updates, I don’t have access to the game tonight..
Conversion over
Blue Bulls 0 – 7 Leopards
9min
Oh that’s just fantastic!!
Could be a mass lms result..
Lepoards 7 to 0 Bulls
Luckily I have the sharks this weekend..
@Jarson (Comment 37) :
My Home teams usually didn’t enjoy my reffing so much, I tend to be stricter on them for fear of being accused of bias. 😆
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 42) : just think this one if the Leopards win the bulls on their own field
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 42) : I picked Bulls 😯
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 44) :
@KSA Shark © (Comment 45) :
@Jarson (Comment 49) :
On the mistakes. All I’ll say I made LESS decision and handling errors per game than the players. 😉
oh my what wrong with the bulls 10 / 0
@KSA Shark © (Comment 50) : 😆
Chilli in front of Vd Westhuizen from a cross kick.
Leopards going at goal.
Over
Blue Bulls 0 – 10 Leopards
16min
Brosniwhine already saying we could be on for a big upset. 😕
Still 65minutes left in the game bud.
vd Heever TRY!
well bulls are back try by GVH
JLP slots the Conversion
Blue Bulls 7 – 10 Leopards
18min
PK by Leopards missed.
21min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 54) : Starting XV 😎
Kuun being plucked around like arag doll takes offence. 😆
eish every one wants to fight not good at all but i think it was leopards that started
Dewald Potgieter TRY!!!!
Berry applying the binding at the back of the maul well. Telling Kuun that holding on with one hand is not binding.
Conversion over
Blue Bulls 14 – 10 Leopards
28min
Kuun TRY!!!!
JLP converts
Blue Bulls 21 – 10 Leopards
33min
BP try vd Heever!!!!!!!!!!
Brosniwhine not talking about the upset anymore
JLP misses the conversion
Nlue Bulls 26 – 10 Leopards
36min
Starting XV vd Heever bonus point try! Add to that Derick Kuun is also in my Starting XV as well as JLP 😎
Nice break by Leopard’s 13
Neill Jacobs and Adi Jacobs is not family
HALF TIME
Blue bulls 26 – 10 Leopards
@Jarson (Comment 70) :
I think not. 😉
Halftime
Bul 26 – 10 Leo
well as long as the bulls win by 20 i’m ok
Can’t wait to c JLP in Black and White
What happened to the B supporters on SW 😕 😉
Hougaard try!!!!!!!!!!
Bondesio TRY!!!!
That was a very cleaver move by the Leopards
Conversion over
Blue bulls 33 – 17 Leopards
45min
must say lepoards are having a good game playing very well 😉
I’ve seen that ref before 😕
bit of a nothing call by the AR on Jvd Westhuizen. fortunately only a PK
@Jarson (Comment 82) : ❓
@Jarson (Comment 82) :
He’s been running touch almost every weekend on TV matches this season.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 85) : Ah! That’s probably where 😳 I didnt regognise the name 😳
Watermeyer TRY!!!!!
Starting XV Watermeyer try!!! That’s 4 Starting XV tries thus far 😎 😛
@Jarson (Comment 86) :
Did you read the mach thread for this game? 😉
Conversion by JLP was over
Blue Bulls 40 – 17 Leopards
52min
Leopards try!!
Bondesio TRY!
Conversion over
Blue bulls 40 – 24 Leopards
55min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 89) : I did, thats why I had no idea 😳
16 point margin! I have Bulls by 24 😎
my margin for this game is 44. 😕
Nkumane has left the “go forward ball” phrase at home and gone with the “soft hands” phrase tonight. 😥
i hv them by 20 so far so good
Leopards BP try! 😎
Leopards BP Try!!!!
BP try Venter
9 point margin 😯
Blue Bulls 40 – 31 Leopards
64min
Bulls come on need 11 more points
The Bulls’ defence sucks!
that was close by the Bulls
come on Bulls gooooooooooooooooooooooooo
@Jarson (Comment 105) :
That’s why they lost to the Cheetahs.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 108) : and to the Sharks
i actually put some money on the leo’s, if they win its aR1000
shit can’t believe myself scream to the tele for the bulls just for SB 😳
@willa (Comment 110) : 😥 oh my u bet money me just SB 😳
Margin point 12 getting a bit better 😆
JLP slots a PK
Blue Bulls 43 – 31 Leopards
71min
bulls must score a try and convert it and me 1 point dif
@chaz (Comment 112) : yes im about R4500 up after the s14,started wit 200
Matyeshana TRY!!!!!!!!
5 Tries by the Leopards! 😯 Upset of the year if the Bulls lose this one 🙄
cm on bullssssssssssss go oh my we are out like out the bulls are going to win by 1 or just loose and that my friends is a shit one for them on their own field
Conversion over
Blue bulls 43 – 38 Leopards
74min
@Jarson (Comment 118) : its great
at last s one can win the bulls at their own game maybe the fair lady has gone against them at last 
I’ll marry her 😳
this is great news for our sharks
@Jarson (Comment 122) : eeee arnt u married yet 🙄 my hubby would say the same
oh my only had a good look no wonder the bulls might loose this 1 the loftus is empty and my that was close 😥
come on Leopards shit just win the bulls SB will can’t only has a comp 😳
@Jarson (Comment 122) :
get a #14 jersey and go to Loftus.
bulls coaches arn’t looking to good are they
My lifeline is on the line here 😕
FULL TIME
Bulls 43 – 38 Leopards
This was intense 😛 Very well played by the Leopards 🙂
@KSA Shark © (Comment 127) : eee die meisies in durbs is baie beter as die in pretoria
@Jarson (Comment 129) : eeee
Bulls go 2nd on the log with that win.
cheers to all till 2 morrow
What a game to start off the weekend 😀
Sharks v Lions u/21 Tomorrow at 14:45 on SS5 😎
Okay Bed for me, work tomorrow. 🙁
Enjoy 🙂
Bulls gave me a fright, I picked them on LMS and had them to win by 21 on Superbru…
Almost cost me.
How the Sharks dont want Walter Venter, I dont understand. The man is the diffrence in the Leopards team