The final game of the weekend takes us to Johannesburg, where the bottom of the log Lions take on a Bulls team that has its confidence back after the slight stumble they took a few weeks ago with losses against the Blues and Stormers.
The Lions are still counting their walking wounded, with key players still out of action, but at least have their first choice flyhalf to take on the Bulls. The Lions have again shuffled the backline, with poor Jaco Taute back in the midfield, after playing their two weeks ago, and the young Andries Coetzee taking the reign at fullback.
The Bulls welcome back Dewald Potgieter, who will make his impact off the bench as he sees action for the first time this season. JJ Engelbrecht gets a run at outside centre as Johan Sadie drops to the bench, with rumours suggesting that Sadie has some niggling injury.
Lions: Andries Coetzee, Deon van Rensburg, Jaco Taute, Alwyn Hollenbach, James Kamana, Elton Jantjies, Tian Meyer, Joshua Strauss (capt.), Derick Minnie, Cobus Grobbelaar, Franco van der Merwe, Stephan Greeff, Patric Cilliers, Callie Visagie, Caylib Oosthuizen.
Replacements: Martin Bezuidenhout, CJ van der Linde, Marius Coetzer, Doppies le Roux, Ross Cronje, Butch James, Lionel Mapoe
Bulls: Zane Kirchner , Akona Ndungane , JJ Engelbrecht, Wynand Olivier, Bjorn Basson , Morne Steyn, Francois Hougaard , Pierre Spies (c), Jacques Potgieter, CJ Stander , Wilhelm Steenkamp , Juandre Kruger, Werner Kruger , Chiliboy Ralepelle , Dean Greyling.
Replacements: Bongi Mbonambi , Frik Kirsten , Dewald Potgieter , Arno Botha , Jano Vermaak , Louis Fouche , Johann Sadie
Referee: Garratt Williamson
Assistant Ref 1:Keith Brown
Assistant Ref 2:Christie Du Preez
TMO:Johann Meuwesen
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Go Bulls :vomit:
See Keegan says on twitter the boys have landed in Joburg, 2 hours ago. Damn pleased they came on the day flight from Sydney. Must have left Auckland early hours Saturday morning.
That means a whole day to rest tomorrow. They sure do need it.
Go Go Go Lions…. SB se O
21 picks on LMS for the bulls……
@lostfish (Comment 1) : 🙂
I want the Lions to win, for LMS. 😆
This is FUNNY
click on the link above if you feel the same way I do about the bulls. 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 6) : copy and paste into your browser
@KSA Shark © (Comment 7) : Okay don’t bother, just click on the link i fixed it. 🙂
Keith Brown and Christie Du preez on the touchline. 🙁
@KSA Shark © (Comment 6) : I laughed my ass off with that yesterday.
Wow, A min late and the lions have scored
Nooo Lions just scored a try and converted it.
Lions 7 – 0 Bulls
2 min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 9) : you having a chat with yourself 🙂
@KSA Shark © (Comment 6) : what must we type again
Bulls going for their 2 nd line out in lions half
Bulls knock, its all bulls attack since that early try from the lions
A kick from Zane, all the way in his own half goes out over the dead ball line
Penalty on the half line for the lions, Taute going for post
spot on Taute……
Lions 10 – 0 Bulls
15 min
For the 2nd time the lions mess up the ball after the kickoff
Zane running towards the lions defence like a girl
Odwa…….. I mean Aikona scores in the corner
Morne miss with the conversion
Lions 10 – 5 Bulls
19 min
@lostfish (Comment 10) : I’ve been saving it just for this game. 🙂
Lions 5 meters out
Lions penalized…… Morne clears
Bulls on attack, lions 22
Penalty for the Bulls,
Morne pk
Lions 10 – 8 Bulls
25 min
Lions back at their own 22 again, Bulls over, Hougaard in for a try
Great play from Hougaard, terrible play from the Lions
Morne conversion over
Lions 10 – 15 Bulls
29 min
Bulls win the kicking duel……
oh bad bounce for the lions saves the bulls
Coetzee with a claim of an up and under, kick the ball in the air forward and it bounces out of reach with an open try line
@KSA Shark © (Comment 6) : Just takes me to google translate home page
Penalty to Lions, on half line, Taute steps up again
PK wide
Lions 10 – 15 Bulls
37 min
@Die Kriek (Comment 37) : same here, that why I asked what we must type in……
Kirchner is playing USA style basketball
Zane try
HALF TIME
Morne conversion miss
Lions 10 – 20 Bulls
@Die Kriek (Comment 37) : @Franshark (Comment 39) : i am getting to the right stuff – just try again but give it a minute.
veryyyyy 😎
@rekinek (Comment 43) : hey hey, I left you a message on yesterdays thread, I was too cutted to speak right after 🙂 Congrats with the win you played well
@Die Kriek (Comment 37) : tik in “ek is tog n bloubul”
Stander try to start the 2nd half….
Morne conversion missed again
Lions 10 – 25 Bulls
42 min
@Franshark (Comment 44) : hi – saw it 😎 i enjoyed the game, but i gets a bit stressful when your life depends on it hey 🙄
I think I just lost my left lung, a piece of my liver and a kidney
@Die Kriek (Comment 49) : its so goooooood
@rekinek (Comment 48) : well that’s one way of making the Ausie games interesting 🙂
@Franshark (Comment 50) : And the best part is, my brother is a Bull, I used his name in the translator, and then showed him
The lions just thou away a scoring chance….
@Franshark (Comment 45) : @Die Kriek (Comment 37) :
try also
ek is bloubul
at least “ek is haai” renders desired outcome 😎
try to Kruger
Morne conversion over
Lions 13 – 32 Bulls
52 min
@Die Kriek (Comment 49) : 😆
@lostfish (Comment 57) : literally rotflmao
Lions in the bull 22 now…
Struass over….
@Die Kriek (Comment 58) : Credit has to go to Ice for providing the joke that needed to be translated. I thought I was going to go into early labour I was laughing so hard yesterday.
Elton convertion hits the upright
Lions 18 – 32 Bulls
62 min
@Franshark (Comment 60) : crap, that messes up my superbru margin.
Morne miss another
Elton clears, out on the full, bulss line out 7 meters out
Please ignore what Bladen said about the bulls going to the top of the SA conference because of a better points difference.
He has it wrong, the 1st tie break for equal log points is number of wins THEN PD. The bulls will have won 5 after this and the Stormers 6.
Is there alternative commentary, Victoria is AWFUL!!
Lions doing well when defending bulls maul, but is that all they practiced all week…..
@lostfish (Comment 67) : but he sounds local. 😆
Bulls knock 3 meters from the line
We would to get Rhodes and Pat back…
@KSA Shark © (Comment 69) : local is lekke 🙂
Lions 5 meter out, loose the ball
Lions loose the ball 2 meters from the try line, spies Peel alweer vuil, lions penalty and then throu’s it away…again
I’ll be 6 from 6 with 5MPs if the score stays the same, 😎
@Franshark (Comment 72) : I’m not a Pretoria local though 🙂
That accidental offsides by Minnie just goes to show he really is as stupid as he looks.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 75) : I would’ve been if I didn’t forget to make my tahs – force pick.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 76) : luckely me neither…..
@KSA Shark © (Comment 75) : good going… Congrats
FULL TIME
Lions 18 – 32 Bulls
@KSA Shark © (Comment 76) : Do you speak your local language?
@lostfish (Comment 78) : 😯
I guess I can thank Morne and his crap kicking for costing me a margin point.
@Franshark (Comment 82) : my consolation is that I am still alive in LMS. I have to admit I was seriously worried in the opening few minutes.
@lostfish (Comment 84) : ja, I got exited, but it did not last long
@lostfish (Comment 81) : Local as in KSA, Durban or Pretoria? 🙂
Durban and Pretoria: Yes.
KSA: Yes but limited (Arabic)
@KSA Shark © (Comment 86) : Arabic is not an easy language to learn.
@lostfish (Comment 87) : Nope it’s not but after nearly 11 years here I can sort of get by. Not nearly as well as I would LIKE to though.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 88) : I mean YIP it’s not easy to learn. 🙂
Check I can’t even speak Engrish properly 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 89) : 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 86) : That’s not bad, I am a bad South African because I can hardly speak Afrikaans but I speak French almost fluently.
@lostfish (Comment 91) : I have the advantage that Afrikaans is my 1st language. 🙂
@KSA Shark © (Comment 75) : Well done 😎 I ended on 5 from 6 and only 4 margin points 😕
@JarsonX (Comment 93) :
I gained 44 positions in the SW pool and in the Admin pool I went from 9th 2 weeks ago to 5th last week to 1st this week. A 13,5 point haul in the admin pool with the BPs included. 😎
Good thing I scored so high, ‘coz I’ll probably score 3 points next week. 🙂
@KSA Shark © (Comment 94) : Nicely done. I am still pissed I forgot to make my Tahs -Force pick. I would’ve got 6 from 6 had I done so and a GSP. Next week looks a lot more tricky with so many close match ups.