Seemingly not content with one ace South African back rower in Marcell Coetzee, Les Kiss’s Ulster yesterday announced the capture of a second Bok loose forward, in the form of Bulls captain Arno Botha. […]
Posts tagged with: Arno Botha
Bulls lose out again
17 Jan 17 10:32 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 74 Comments
Tuesday Afternoon News
11 Oct 16 12:00 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 13 Comments
It has been a busy day in rugby news with the following stories not making it to our Morning News thread. We have Lions and Bulls team news ahead of the Currie Cup Semi Finals and SA Rugby nominations for you. […]
Currie Cup injury curse
7 Sep 16 08:05 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 30 Comments
While the Sharks (and I say this furiously crossing fingers, holding thumbs and touching my wooden desk) seem to be doing all right on the injury front this Currie Cup and are now in the position of welcoming players such as Stephan Lewies, Dan du Preez and maybe even Pat Lambie back after lay-offs, other teams have been less fortunate. This week, in particular, has been particularly bloody when it comes to players being ruled out. […]
Bulls named for Sharks clash
24 Aug 16 11:45 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 46 Comments
Loose forward Arno Botha will captain a strong Bulls side in Saturday’s Currie Cup clash against the Sharks in Durban. […]
Changes for “A” side
14 Jun 16 17:10 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 92 Comments
Johan Ackermann has opted not to use any Springbok players this week as he’s rather focused on ensuring game time for all the member of his South Africa “A” squad. The team to face the England Saxons in Friday’s second match in George shows a good number of changes to the unit that lost in Bloemfontein last week. […]
Changes aplenty for Bulls
24 Mar 16 15:38 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 22 Comments
The Bulls will have a new flyhalf, lock and prop when they face the Sunwolves in Singapore this Saturday, with coach Nollis Marais opting to use this match to rotate some players. […]
Plenty of exciting one-on-ones at Loftus tomorrow
17 Mar 16 11:18 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 42 Comments
Rugby is a team sport, of course and in order to win, every member of the match 23 needs to do their bit and work together. While individual contests between directly opposing players seldom turn out to be quite as important in match situations as you’d think they would be, it is nevertheless interesting to have a look at some of these match ups ahead of tomorrow night’s game at Loftus between the Bulls and the Sharks. […]
Double change for Bulls to face Sharks
15 Mar 16 12:45 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 45 Comments
Bulls coach Nollis Marais has opted to give winger Jamba Ulengo his first start for the Bulls against the Sharks this Friday night. Ulengo is the only change to the backline that beat the Rebels in the first half two weeks ago. […]
Strauss anchors green Bulls pack
24 Feb 16 13:17 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 25 Comments
Super Rugby centurion Adriaan Strauss leads a rather young Bulls team to Cape Town for this weekend’s tournament opener against the Stormers. Front row mates Marcell van der Merwe and Trevor Naykane are no strangers to rugby at this level, with Bjorn Basson the only veteran in a very young backline. […]
Strong Bulls announced for Kings Park
16 Apr 15 13:36 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 33 Comments
Handre Pollard returns from his enforced rest to start at flyhalf in the only change to the Bulls backline for Saturday’s game against the Sharks. […]
Bulls lose another for the year
7 Mar 14 11:35 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 3 Comments
The Bulls have confirmed that Bok tourist Frik Kirsten is their third major injury casualty of the season, with the tighthead prop requiring neck surgery. […]
Pocock out for the year
5 Mar 14 14:49 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 14 Comments
The Brumbies have been dealt a bitter blow with the news that start Wallaby flank David Pocock has had to have a second ACL reconstruction operation within a year. […]
Further Spies blow for Bulls
24 Feb 14 16:39 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 37 Comments
Supersport’s Brenden Nel has confirmed that Bulls captain Pierre Spies has been ruled out of action for the remainder of the 2014 Vodacom Super Rugby competition. […]
Bulls in reasonable health ahead of Sharks clash
10 Feb 14 16:03 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 21 Comments
The Bulls have issued a medical update ahead of this weekend’s Super Rugby opener against the Sharks in Durban. […]
Another Botha blow for Bulls – updated
3 Feb 14 10:23 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 16 Comments
Saturday’s Polokwane excursion will have been a frustrating one for Bulls coach Frans Ludeke, with a seemingly serious knee injury to Bok flank Arno Botha overshadowing narrow losses in both warm-up games played. […]