Every Donkey has their Day - Johnny Kotze had a good game...

I was very surprised to see that Johnny Kotze had a good game today. Most of his previous efforts looked like a one-dimensional cart horse- but today was certainly a better performance by him.

The Bulls backline overall looked good. I expected them to get hammered because on paper the Bulls looked pretty average at best. 

Gelant was good again, as was Jessica Kriel and Jamba Ulengo.  

Papier was better than Ivan the terrible, and Pollard delivered another consistent and assured performance. Divan Roussow showed some power, albeit he is not the fastest. 

The back row was much better than expected. 

Snyman showed some sparks that reminded fans of his first bok performance. Pierre Schoeman was also pretty good, and the hooker looked ok as well. 

Sharkbokkie trust you noticed Kotze was at outside center - perhaps his best position.

Nothing better than a good donkey.

The Bulls looked a much better team yesterday than expected.   There were some poor kicking by Papier - who in the main was possession turnovers - nothing more.   To kick balls away at Bofelli is suicidal and should be carefully used as a variation of play not as frequent as Papier did.

The fact is that the Bulls on the day scored 6 tries is also an eye-opener.   Playing the rugby once used by Ludeke, Marais and also Meyer that would never have happened.   Idiot kicking would have been the norm.   At least Pollard is not an idiot-kicker like his predecessors as Bulls flyhalfs were.  Pollard had a good game himself.   

Snyman also looked good - but there was a problem as well in line-outs.   The Bulls lost line-outs on own throw - which obviously is not acceptable.        .

The Bulls looked a much better team yesterday than expected.   There were some poor kicking by Papier - which in the main was possession turnovers - nothing more.   To kick balls away at Boffelli is suicidal and should be carefully used as a variation of play not as frequent as Papier did.

The fact is that the Bulls on the day scored 6 tries is also an eye-opener.   Playing the rugby once used by Ludeke, Marais and also Meyer that would never have happened.   Idiot kicking would have been the norm.   At least Pollard is not a donkey -kicker like his predecessors as Bulls flyhalfs were.  Pollard had a good game himself.   

Snyman also looked good - but there was a problem as well in line-outs.   The Bulls lost line-outs on own throw - which obviously is not acceptable.        .

Ospreys have signed three-quarter Johnny Kotze on a three-month contract.

Must get out of Pretoria ASAP....Bools ship sinking fast.