The Stormers won a high-scoring Super Rugby warm up game against the Lions by 57 points to 40 on Saturday and while coach Robbie Fleck will be pleased with the win, he has two new major injury blows to contend with just a fortnight before the competition proper kicks off. […]
Posts tagged with: Bjorn Basson
Injury misery for Stormers backs
13 Feb 17 10:28 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 38 Comments
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. […]
20 minutes with Riaan Viljoen
5 Jun 14 09:28 by Benedict Chanakira (bchanakira2) | 10 Comments
I had a chat with the humble Riaan. He was kind enough to fit me in on his busy schedule. […]
Super Rugby Team of the Round – round 3
4 Mar 14 11:13 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 21 Comments
Given the, um, “nonsense” dished up by the majority of South African teams and players in round 3 of Vodacom Super Rugby, it’s not going to be easy to select a form domestic fifteen. We’ll give it a bash anyway. […]
Highs and lows of the Bok squad
29 Oct 13 09:37 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 58 Comments
A 32 man Springbok squad has been announced to tour Wales, Scotland and France during November, with a fair few surprises in the mix. Here are my personal high and low-lites. […]
Where to from here?
15 Oct 13 10:57 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 24 Comments
The Springboks have had one of their more successful seasons to date, having only lost twice to the All Blacks while beating Australia home and away, and keeping a clean record against Argentina in the Rugby Championship. That’s all great but what do we want to see from the Boks next? […]
Bulls bolstered for Sharks clash
1 Oct 13 12:21 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 25 Comments
The Blue Bulls have included Bok winger Bjorn Basson in their team for Friday’s Currie Cup clash against the Sharks at Loftus Versveld. […]
Six changes for desperate Bulls
25 Sep 13 14:28 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 36 Comments
Pine Pienaar is acting like the proverbial “monkey with a keyboard”, this week – picking names at random in the hope that his outgunned Blue Bulls team can finally find some sort of winning form. […]
Blue Bulls turn to experience
18 Sep 13 13:57 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 4 Comments
Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar has bolstered his tight five with experienced campaigners ahead of the weekend visit to Johannesburg, after watching his team somehow succumb to a 14-man Western Province outfit at Loftus last week. […]
Bok boost for Currie Cup
16 Sep 13 12:29 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 14 Comments
A number of fringe players from the Springboks squad have been released to their provinces for Currie Cup duty this weekend. […]
Boks home vs Boks away
5 Sep 13 08:45 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 23 Comments
Yesterday we had a break from reality and delved into selecting a dream team of coaches for the Springboks, however unlikely those selection may be. Today, we look at something that may seem unrealistic at first, but could well be one of the most entertaining matches thought out. […]
Expected changes to Bok team
4 Sep 13 08:25 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 52 Comments
Coach Heyneke Meyer has made the changes he spoke about earlier in the week, shuffling the back three around and making two changes to the tight five. […]