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Bulls team announced . . .

Started by Rooinek9 REPLIES171 VIEWS· 08 Apr 2014, 10:50
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Rooinek
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RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
08 Apr 2014, 10:50
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08 Apr 2014, 10:50#1

The Bulls team to play the Highlanders has been announced . . .


Bulls: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Grant Hattingh, 7 Jacques du Plessis, 6 Jono Ross, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Flip van der Merwe (c), 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 Dean Greyling.


Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Marcel vd Merwe, 18 Paul Willemse, 19 Jacques Engelbrecht, 20 Piet van Zyl, 21 Handré Pollard, 22 William Small-Smith, 23 Morné Mellet.

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ForeverArizona
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ForeverArizonaClub Pro580 posts
08 Apr 2014, 11:17
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08 Apr 2014, 11:17#2
 I think we all knew that Victor would play in this tour.Clever PR though...gets everyone to talk about the old boy.
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08 Apr 2014, 14:49
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08 Apr 2014, 14:49#3
 The Bulls must have marked this as one of the games where they have their best chances of winning. The Highlanders lineout must allready be crapping itself.



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08 Apr 2014, 14:52
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08 Apr 2014, 14:52#4
 Pity Willemse is not playing for sure.I note very little rotaion is taking place with the bulle.  Will this catch upm with them?
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Beeno1
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08 Apr 2014, 14:53
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08 Apr 2014, 14:53#5
 Pity Willemse is not playing for sure.I note very little rotaion is taking place with the bulle.  Will this catch up with them?
The pack looks solid enough to carry the passenger matfield.
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Monkey D LuffyPro6,277 posts
08 Apr 2014, 17:09
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08 Apr 2014, 17:09#6
just curious but has the bulls always had thier other reserve prop wear No23??? the norm is always 17 and 18 is all.

IMO matfield has been good for the bulls, but it was reported last week that he would only play on tour if needed, and willmese fella plus flip have been awesome in their own right.
i dont think that matfiled is really needed for the bulls.

i think historically the bulls are the worst traveling team of all the saffa teams, and with games against the waratahs and force in OZ, this is the bulls best chance for a victory, but smart money says that SA will have to wait for the sharks to travel to NZ and OZ before they see their first away win.

GO HIGHLANDERS!!!
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08 Apr 2014, 17:14
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08 Apr 2014, 17:14#7
 Sasuke, I think the idea was that Grant Hattingh would be the stand-in lock, but the injuries to both Stegman and  Potgieter, saw Hatting moving into the starting XV as a loose forward. It was said, prior to their departure that Matfield would only play if required through injuries.
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08 Apr 2014, 17:38
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08 Apr 2014, 17:38#8
@ceradyne,

didnt take into consideration the looseforward injuries, only the bulls current lock stocks and 2 smoking barrels, )

while moving hatting into No8 is one option, the better one would have been to start jacques englebrechtt IMO.
jacques enlgebrechett was one of the spXVs best last year.

any idea when wimppie will be available for the bulls??? like englebrechett he was also one of the best loosies last year and would have been perfect for the bulls now.
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10 Apr 2014, 21:54
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10 Apr 2014, 21:54#9
 So nice to see Hougaard on the wing! Piet van Zyl is a great scrummie and his inclusion will give the Bulls a beter chance but im with sasuke on this one! The Highlanders are a little stronger this year and may just be too strong for the bulls! The bulls best chance of victory they blew with the hurricanes. Im afraid theres gonna be a lot of Snot en trane = snot and tears (from Afrikaans).
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11 Apr 2014, 01:07
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11 Apr 2014, 01:07#10
hey marty70 is correct, that bulls team is not the one mentioned, will be updating the all teams named thread too.

Jurgen Visser, Bjorn Basson, JJ Engelbrecht, Jan Serfontein, Francois Hougaard, Jacques-Louis Potgieter, Piet van Zyl, Grant Hattingh, Jacques du Plessis, Jono Ross, Victor Matfield, Flip van der Merwe (c), Werner Kruger, Callie Visagie, Dean Greyling

Replacements: Bongi Mbonambi, Marcel van der Merwe, Morne Mellett, Paul Willemse, Jacques Engelbrecht, Handre Pollard, William Small-Smith, Ulrich Beyers

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