The last really big rugby weekend kicks off with another Friday night match, this time hosted in Pretoria, where the Bulls take on Western Province, a match that can either allow the Bulls a chance to qualify for the play-offs, or completely rule that out.
The Bulls will look forward to getting a few Springboks back next weekend, where they are slowly running out of loose forwards to play, dipping as deep as Jean Cook starting in the 7 jersey. They do however have Bjorn Basson back on the wing, and he can turn a game on its head all on his own, so do not write off the Bulls just yet.
WP come off a good over Griquas at Newlands, and will hope for a good performance on the night to get them back in the reckoning for a home play-off. Results tomorrow in both games could leave them in with a shot.
Blue Bulls: 15 Jürgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Louis Fouchè, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Jean Cook, 6 Dewald Potgieter (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Willie Wepener, 1 Mornè Mellett/Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Grant Hattingh, 19 Warwick Tecklenburg, 20 Ruan Snyman, 21 Lionel Cronjè, 22 Ulrich Beyers.
Western Province: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 JP du Plessis, 12 Marcel Brache, 11 Damian de Allende, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Jebb Sinclair, 7 Tyrone Holmes, 6 Deon Fourie (captain), 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Don Armand, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Siyabonga Ntubeni, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Replacements: 16 Deon Carstens, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 19 Helmut Lehmann, 20 JJ Gagiano, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Pat Howard.
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If bulls lose this game next week could be their last in currie cup until 2013.
I doubt the Bulls would loose to the Kings
TMO continues to ruin good rugby
Then again – he’s wearing a province golf shirt again
Bulls Leading 6-0 if anyone cares
@byron (Comment 5) : I care 🙂 keep me posted.
Bulls lead 11-0
@Mutley (Comment 7) : That’s good 🙂
Bulls 20-6
20-11
penalty try ..
final score 26 -13
FULLTIME
Bulls 26 – 13 WP
I had Bulls by 12
Damnit.
@klempie (Comment 15) : It does take some pressure off us 😈
wasn’t a great game by province … Bulls very conservative too. No effort to push for a bonus point.
@byron (Comment 17) : Right now a win is a bonus 😉
@JarsonX (Comment 16) : Well, not really. Now we have to make sure we get the tricky balance of losing to Cheetahs while getting a bonus point right…and hope the Kwasse beat the Lions.
Bulls for once did the sharks a favor
@klempie (Comment 19) : Why would we lose to the Cheetahs?
@JarsonX (Comment 21) : Because they need to jump ahead of the Bulls.
@klempie (Comment 22) : Ok then. Well I’ll be hoping for a Griquas win and a Sharks win. I’m not going to bet against Black just yet.
@JarsonX (Comment 23) : I just want to see a Kings/Bulls relegation match. 🙂
Don’t worry lions will beat them next week. Go Sharks!!!
The rationale behind a promo-relegation between the Bulls and Kings fail me. By then the Bulls will be at full strength to beat the Kings…
@klempie (Comment 24) : I’d like to see that as well, but the chances of the Kings winning that one is zulch. 😈
Hasn’t every week thus far produced only one away game winner?
So by 17:00 we’ll be able to foresee whether the Sharks will be this week’s away winner. 🙂
And this result confirms one semi in Jhb and all but confirms the other will be in Durban