The Currie Cup has saved the best for last this weekend.
The clash between Western Province and the Blue Bulls will be a titanic struggle. This will not be a try fest but rather an extremely tense clash with a very close result.
OR WILL IT?
I am going to stick my neck out here and say that this will be anything but close actually. WP will work hard to get the victory but they will get it and it will be by more than 12 points.
Ref: Marius Jonker
ARs: Mlungiseli Mdashe, Marc van Zyl
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Kick-off: 17.05
Western Province: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Fabian Juries, 13 Tim Whitehead, 12 Paul Bosch, 11 Frikkie Welsh, 10 Willem de Waal, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw/Nick Köster, 6 Pieter Louw, 5 Anton van Zyl (captain), 4 Adriaan Fondse, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 JD Moller, 18 Buhle Mxunyelwa, 19 De Kock Steenkamp, 20 Nick Koster/Pieter Myburgh, 21 Conrad Hoffmann, 22 Lionel Cronjé.
Blue Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Stefan Watermeyer, 11 John Mametsa, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9 Ruan Snyman, 8 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Derick Kuün, 5 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 4 Juandré Kruger, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha (captain), 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Bees Roux, 18 Mthunzi ‘Fudge’ Mabeta, 19 CJ Stander, 20 Dustin Jinka, 21 Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 22 Jaco Engels.
Tweet
GO WP 😳 by 15
Go BUlls just for fun so sharks can stay 1st on the log
I are gonna be at the game thanks to my good buddy Sauce!! Woohoo!!
Prrrooovvviinnnnccceeee!! 😎
U19
WP 22 – 17 Bulls
WP U19 remain unbeaten..
Anybody know where I can watch this online? Sky is really verkak and even justintv doesnt seem to be showing the game.
@VinChainSaw (Comment 4) :
is livetv4ever.com showing it?
U21
WP 27 – 16 Bulls
WP remain unbeaten in the U21 competition
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 6) : 😎
Seems we’ll be crushing two of their teams’ dreams next week. 😆 😳
Claytie you haven’t made your SB picks bru. 😛
So all the sites with the news of Francois louw being realeased from the Boks were doing a bit of thumbsucking.
Louw NOT in the 22.
Pk WP
WP 3 – 0 Blue Bulls
4min
10min
WP 3 – 0 Blue Bulls
territory after 11min
89% played in the Bulls half
WP playing the Bulls game very well.
De Waal slots another PK.
Just get ahead and the pressure will win the game for you.
WP 6 – 0 Blue Bulls
13min
JLP slots a PK
WP 6 – 3 Blue Bulls
16min
Bulls giving possession to WP for the 3rd time in the LOs.
Botha off. Maku on.
Bulls getting scrummed AND mauled by WP. 😎
4th NEW advantage to WP within 10m of the Bulls line.
PK Time off.
vd Heever Yellow Card
@KSA Shark © (Comment 18) : For a high tackle on Frikkie Welsh 5m from the line.
This weekend sucks. My NRL sucks! My ITM sucks! I’ll miss a Starting XV Bonus by 1 player for the 3rd week in a row! And my CC is 2/3 👿 🙁 😥
@KSA Shark © (Comment 19) : Well done with the Lions pick 😉
AR calls Potgieter for a Shoulder charge into a ruck.
Jonker doing his best to use every phrase except “final warning”
Kirchner let’s Bosch run into a brick wall. 😯
Tackles
Blue Bulls 47
WP 15
Missed
Blue Bulls 2
WP 0
after 25min
Jonker speaks to Kuun again.
blah, blah, blah, blah…VOLGENDE EEN IS IN DIE BIN.
@Jarson (Comment 21) :
THERE YOU ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 26) : Hehehe!
Blue Bulls scrummie thinks Victoria is on the field and passes 1m above JLPs head.
They carry it over and dot it down
WP scrum 5m
WP penalty for Blue Bulls putting their hand on the ground in the FR.
@Jarson (Comment 27) :
Hey ‘I’m on for a GSP point.
How are you doing? 🙄
Only 5 dead on LMS thus far, no one picked the Bulls 🙄
@KSA Shark © (Comment 29) :
i’m sitting 4th on SB and neither of the 3 guys ahead of me are in with a shout for a GSP.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 29) : See comment 20 😉
@Jarson (Comment 30) :
1 pick. i think it may have been a default.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 31) : I’m 74th or something 😥 I’ve never did this bad before.
Halftime
6 – 3
HALF TIME
Western Province 6 – 3 Blue Bulls.
WP seems to struggle, are they really that good ?
I can’t believe that the WP pick such an exciting backline and then play De Waal at 10.
Possession
WP 63 %
Blue Bulls 37% 😯
Territory
WP 75%
Blue Bulls 25% 😯 😯
@Charlie (Comment 37) :
No. but we will double check next week. 😉
@ KSA, Sharks will take it 😉
Rucks and mauls
WP 42
BB 23
@Charlie (Comment 41) :
No need to convince me. 😉
banner in the stadium
“Toe ek ‘n Kalfie was, moes ek honger ly, maar nou dat ek a Groot Koei is ry die WP my”
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
@ KSA, 😈
JLP slots a PK off a VERY DUBIOUS call by jonker
WP 6 – 6 Blue Bulls
42min
Dewald Potgieter off injured.
6-6??
YAAAAAAAAWN
Good for the Sharks though if it ends like this. 😎
Ry hom WP, ry hom !
@KSA Shark © (Comment 5) : Is that any good and worth paying for?
PK WP
WP 9 – 6 Blue Bulls
48min
@lostfish (Comment 50) : IT WAS very good for the Tour De France and S14 when they had Supersport, they don’t have Supersport anymore. 🙁
Picture quality and audio were very good though.
Juries gets clotheslined by Wilhelm Steenkamp 😯
@KSA Shark © (Comment 52) :
Seems SS has cracked down on their transmissions. Cant find the game online anywhere at the moment.
Breakcasters break my balls.
@VinChainSaw (Comment 54) :
They have. Our DSTV africa cards don’t work over here anymore either.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 55) :
Just dont see the point. I’d pay for it if I had to but cant even do that. So mcuh for the fans.
De Waal slots a PK from just inside the Blue bulls half.
WP 12 – 6 Blue Bulls
59min
Actually quite a boring game.
24 phases 😯 of attack for the Bulls before being called back for offside by WP.
Will Lmabie or J-LP play at 10 for the Sharks next year?
JLP misses the PK from 5m inside the WP half.
WP 12 – 6 Blue Bulls
65min
Lmabie = Lambie.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 52) : I used to use kuduclub in the US (which was ok) but over in France it is only shown delayed – which totally defeats the purpose, seeing as it isn’t broadcast on local tv.
@Loosehead (Comment 60) :
Damn good question.
Lambie I hope. with JLP playing at 12 with the other 30 centers that we have.
JLP going at goal from 33m out.
12-9
@KSA Shark © (Comment 65) :
Over
WP 12 – 9 Blue Bulls
70min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 64) : What about Bosmna. You spent good money on him, he must play.
Lambie at 15? JLP at 10 and MB at 12?
@Loosehead (Comment 68) :
Then Why play Lambie at 10 now? or are we trying to prove that messing brent Russell and Frans Steyn’s careers up was not a fluke, we can do it again.
@Loosehead (Comment 68) : If Lambie continues to play the way he has been playing then JLP will make a decent back up but he will have to fight for his place. It can’t be a bad thing because competition in the team for places can only be a good thing.
De Waal slots a PK
WP 15 – 9 Blue Bulls
74min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 69) : I agree. Lambie has shown great potential at 10 and it is the position he said he most wants to play. Leave him there and let him develop. He is only getting better with every game he plays.
@lostfish (Comment 72) :
I have no problem with him playing either 10, 12 or 15.
BUT please let him play there NOW and then nowhere else. We can’t keep switching players left right and center. 😉
JLP PK
WP 15 – 12 Blue Bulls
77min
Why’d they take the PK? They already had the BP so why not try for 7 points and the win? 😐
I understand what both of you are saying, but the Sharks spent good money buying both players. Why spend the money on a bench player?
My SB margin for WP is 6 😛
@KSA Shark © (Comment 73) : Lambie is so versatile that Muir would play him at tighthead prop.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 73) : I would like to see him left at 10, I think he has the potential to be a great flyhalf.
Hooter goes
Bulls inside their own half with the ball in hand.
PK WP for Blue Bulls holding on on the ground.
WP put it in touch
FULL TIME
Western province 15 – 12 Blue Bulls
Next week you die WP! 😈
Bashing Bulls picked the Bulls on LMS and is now dead.
So the last round of the first half of the round robin sees the two top teams separated by a point taking each other on. 😎 I might be on SW a bit more this week! 😈
my GSP on Superbru in the bag. 😎
@Jarson (Comment 82) :
Margin point for you in this game. 😎
Brok Harris MOTM 😯
@KSA Shark © (Comment 87) : Does he earn extra points in FL??
I went from 9th to 3rd on the Superbru CC log this week. 😎
In ITM cup i died (if that is possible in Superbru) 😛
@Jarson (Comment 88) :
No influence on FL points.
It is a stat that is not ALWAYS available so not included in the scoring system.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 89) : Glad I’m not there yet
@KSA Shark © (Comment 90) : That’s to bad, he is in my starting XV.
@Jarson (Comment 91) :
I am lying awak at night trying to figure a way to exit the competition with looking conspicious. 😆
Okay i’m out.
need to get my beauty sleep.
Having missed years of it is starting to take its toll.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 94) : Those sunglasses do it for you though!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 93) : I’ll make sure we have a full blown report if you do 😉
Damn but Jonker is useless!! How many warnings must the Bulls get before a player is sent off??
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I was impressed with De Waal. He had a great game. Duvenage on the other hand… 🙄