Bulls versud Lions offical match thread and slagging off of JW!

Lions have jantjes and fullback out so it could disrupt them.We shall see. Bulle will need to be alert and play 80 mins.Go Lions!Kbbs, especially JW, watch and learn.

 Lions take early lead via Boschoff penalty

 Lappies a penalty machine....Step and Kriel contribute 3 more to the opposition.

Not much action yet  -hope its not a blues/crusaders match!

Beeno, I may have to take the wife out to dinner so you will have to remain unsupervised for this game. We can only dread the consequences

 Brilliant break by Faf. Janse van Rensburg scores good try (Well over 100 kg) . Could he be in the Bok mix.Lets not let our biases confuse matters eh Dr Moz

Try by Kriel after Lions fal to collect kick off.
JW try and not embarass your long suffering wife by gobbling your food down too fast burping etc.Enjoy JW

 Kriel gives away the Lions try by not moving laterally ....and then gets a lucky bounce to score one

 Another brilliant ry by Lions. Faf, Van Rensburg and Mapoe finishing.Van rensburg must be in the Bok mix. Amazingly good footwork for a big man. Very compact.

 Janse Van Rensburg shreds the plodder Serfontein for Mapoe try.....how pathetically slow is Step.

Lions looking better without all the Jantjies fidgeting.  

Poor pass by Faf puts Boshoff under pressure...lineout maul....general play... 3 points.

Great Lions build up and they score again.It' s relentless rugby.

 Lions missing Jantjes and Andries but still coping well. Boschoff hasn't got Jantjes attacking flair .

 Kriel makes crucial metres while carrying the wisp Jesse Kriel. Step  totally out of position Redlinghuis walks over.

 Very solid half by the Lions. A lesson to all SA sides.
To think the Lions coaches were overlooked so Alistair Coe tzee could get the job!

This is more like it...restoring pride and hope in SA rugby...the way rugby should be played.

Ackers winning culture....should have been made coach....keep it up Lions.

Moz that pass by Faf which put Boshoff under pressure was caused by Snyman attempting to intercept. As predicted the Bulls woupd not attempt to run the ball. They were lucky the Lions allowed two balls to bounce. We're it not for a failure to collect the kick-off the Bulls would be completely out of it already. This is how the Boks play against ABs and the result is no different. Lions teaching a Bulls team full of Boks a lesson. Strauss for Bok captain? Yeah, as soon as he starts being the best in position in SA...which he is miles away from right now.

 Lions proving that following kiwi style rugby is the way to go

 Marcel Van Der Merwe being drilled scrum after scrum.

 Can the bulls muscle their way into 20+ points & vindicate Mozart?

 Step has a wide open field in front of him....kicks into touch

 Smart play by faf, looked like A. Smith on that quick tap & go.

 lions are killing the Bulls, does this mark a key point in SA rugby, will it give the Boks coach enough courage to try balanced rugby?

Lions running through open fields. ....dominating at scrum time, dominating breakdowns, break even  in the lineouts. The Bools have nothing to offer. 

Faf for Bok no 9...forbid it not that Ruan Pienaar makes the squad.

 Delightful Faf highlights clip, fun stuff. 

The Lions are playing some amazing rugby. The running lines to create space and supporting runs look like a Kiwi backline playing at its best

Surely this game is the end for Step/ Kriel. Van Rensburg so much better than Step.....every 13 is better than Kriel.

Mozart heroes of last week -  Snyman and Kirsten - were never mentioned - did they actually play?And then there was the total wrong game plan 9 what a farce Mozart wants to make by playing stampkar rugby, was also proved t be BS. 
   

 56-20 win for the Lions! Only saw bits & pieces of this game but that is a fantastic result for new vs old rugby.
Beeno of course has overdone Valium in an effort to calm himself & has fallen asleep He should have shared with Mozart

Yeah Dr Win, new versus old 10 man crap...point made earlier on...SA can play the 15 man game...kick out all the verkrampte nervous and uncreative coaches and make Ackerman head coach...but it does not happen overnight...Ackerman had a plan which he slowly put into action and changed Lions rugby from no hopers who were dropped from Super rugby a couple of years ago to this.

Well lets see what AC has in store for us...

 Well as I said the lions style of play combining good old SA physciality and ability to attack is the way to go.I think even Dr Mozzzzz must see that now.The tragedy is quota coach Alistair Coetzee was sele cted ahead of Ackerman and co.

 Beeno, please have a cup of coffee & re-read your last post. 
What are "lipons syle of play combibing ol s..." Please reduce your medication levels

The win was actually set up in forward play. Kriel and Whiteley were way more effective at the breakdown than Liggies and Arno. With so much ball and a weak Bools centre pairing it was a walk in the park. This kind of space has to be earned at test level, the Bools were pretty pathetic.
What comes across very clearly is the superior individual skills of the Lions in phase play....the Bools do a CJ Stampkar charge into the opponents, the Lions find the next man always in a better position. Can it be duplicated under pressure though....the Canes and Landers games cannot yet be forgotten.

 Dylan Smith scrummed Marcel into the ground.
Talk about a thrashing.
I sent a message to an arrogant Bulls colleague of mine ... it simply read ... "Goed genaai ... "
I'm still waiting for a response.

 I guess Mozart yap is now forever shut about the brilliant Faff.
In future Mozart, rather be quiet and listen more ... it'll save you heaps of egg ...

 Marcel's side of the scrum went into instant reverse.

 JW I am a busy fellow so haste is what causes these problems. 

 I'm only ribbing you Beeno, all in good fun