SASaffolk
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SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
12 Oct 2013, 22:06#2
Shark you really have no real idea when it comes to rugby do you? For a start Serfontein was not going for an up and under, he was going for a chip kick......huge difference.
JJ did not get outstripped, Strauss did a good job of keeping him from getting in front of him, JJ did manage to get level in the end but Strauss got the lucky bounce.
The Bulls were crap, they are a developing side.......they lack some experience in the mix.....they have lost some experienced players through moves overseas or injury.

sharkbok
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sharkbokCaptain23,297 posts
12 Oct 2013, 22:25#3
A chip kick is a "mini" up and under, no other difference. I should have stated chip kick, but regardless it was a poor kick by Serfontein.
Of course Strauss was getting in his way, JJ also slipped when he was trying to get around him. What JJ should have done was step wide and then run around Strauss before stepping back into the compete for the ball. He still got beaten to the ball and it was embarassing for him.
The Bulls lacked a brain and with a player like Fourie Dupreez they would have won that game.
SASaffolk
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SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
14 Oct 2013, 01:03#4
We must not forget that Strauss is no slouch, I doubt JJ would have been able to go wide and still make up ground......JJ did a good job of getting level with him, but in the end Strauss got the favourable bounce..........I doubt JJ felt embarrassed, the game was dead and buried by then.
Serfontein's kick was only poor because it got charged down as it were..........that happens......the lad is lacking game time and it shows. I hope Meyer gives him longer periods in the test arena next month and more so next year.
Yep the Bulls lack a few experienced heads, as much as I dont like Morne, a side like the Bulls needs his experience and the same can be said of the loss of Chiliboy, Flip and Spies in the pack. All their experienced players have left, they will only have Hougaard, Flip and Spies next year to draw on.