Force expect no Favas
22 Mar 2006
The whipping boys of the Vodacom Super 14 are approaching Friday’s match against the Bulls with great trepidation.
While Force skipper Nathan Sharpe has fully recovered from the virus which caused him to collapse following the game against the Reds, loose forward Scott Fava has been given a week off after taking a big knock at the Commonweath Games Sevens.
Flyhalf Scott Daruda is also in doubt after suffereing a mild concussion against the Waratahs last weekend.
Assistant coach Ben Darwin said the Force would adopt a safety first policy with Fava.
“Obviously it was a dramatic injury, so to be on the safe side he probably won’t play at the weekend,” Darwin told AAP, before commenting on the Force’s poor results this season.
“It is better that we are building, as opposed to having a couple of wins early in the season and falling away,” Darwin said. “Our performances have continued to improve, and while that is not sexy and doesn’t give you the W’s, I think the guys are gaining in confidence.”
The Force have lost all five matches this season and are expected to take a pounding from a Bulls side still fuming over the poor decision of TV ref Linston Manuels that cost them victory against the Hurricanes.
The Bulls play the Force, Blues, Chiefs and Reds on tour.
20 Comments
22 Mar 2006, 13:36 pm
Bulls should walk this one!
Or will this be the first win for the Force?
22 Mar 2006, 14:03 pm
They playing on Friday ?
22 Mar 2006, 14:07 pm
Bulls should win this one and do it with some conviction. After last weeks controvercial loss to the canes, Bully Boys will be out for some therapy, and taking it out on the Force will do the trick. Unfortunate for the force.
22 Mar 2006, 14:21 pm
Bulls MUST win this one. Chuck Norris might help them from defeat!
22 Mar 2006, 14:23 pm
Ha ha apparently the aussies are confident that they have built towards a win and that this will be it! The Bull’s have the ability to win but do they have the confidence to win overseas away from Loftus?
22 Mar 2006, 14:28 pm
Upset of the week. Bulls down by 5.
22 Mar 2006, 14:28 pm
Cubic
If they take a note out of the Sharks handbook, they can win 1 or 2, maybe 2 is pushing it nut you never know with this oval ball.
22 Mar 2006, 14:31 pm
I agree, I mean they would have to actually pass the ball from flyhalf to inside centre, to out side centre, to the full back who creates space for the wing to trot over … but seriously can you see this actually happening? The bulls winning 2 on the road.
If they were to target 2 games that they should win on ability, it would have to be the Force and Reds games, with 5 points in each for scoring 4 tries …
22 Mar 2006, 14:46 pm
They really should win two games here at least, Force should be a walk in the park (sods law says they will lose it ) Reds aswell.
BUt lets see, if they can do the job. I THINK for the first time in a while they have a very good away draw.
Bulls to Force the Force of the field
22 Mar 2006, 14:49 pm
So are the expat SAFFA’s in Perth going to come out in their 1000′s and make Perth the new ‘Bull Ring’ by playing Steve Hofmeyer and throwing naartjies at the TMO
22 Mar 2006, 14:53 pm
Cubic, I hope so, Cruasers and the Blues played against the Reds in Brisbane, and I think every expat Kiwi went to the game and made it feel like a home game for the kiwi teams, and Flatley booed when taking a kick. Bulls or any SA team for that matter.
22 Mar 2006, 15:04 pm
It is amazing what crowd support can do to a team, I think its something that SAFFA supporters often forget when watching their team live.
BOD said that on Saturday at Twickenham it felt like a home game … now imagine if the expat supporters could do that where ever their teams played.
22 Mar 2006, 15:34 pm
Game is at 14:00, Saturday afternoon.
22 Mar 2006, 15:46 pm
our south african teams must beat the force cos other new zealand and aussie teams wont lose to them, even the reds beat them….if our teams lose to the force then there is no hope for any SA tean to win super14 for 10 years….
22 Mar 2006, 16:07 pm
Cubi, you forgot Liefling, Did you know, there’s actually a lot of people who really like that song.
The last time I was at Loftus and they played the tune, I rolled my eyes upward and sighed, it was then that someone told me they loved it! Well, just shows to go, something for everyone.
BULLS TO WIN ALL THEIR MATCHES OVERSEAS!!!!!!
22 Mar 2006, 16:47 pm
Has anyone of our teams won against the force?????
22 Mar 2006, 16:55 pm
Cheetahs in a warm up game 29-19 …
22 Mar 2006, 21:24 pm
Bluecap…………you dreaming by saying the Bulls to win all overseas matches. Hope you right but think not! They are not know for their love of being out of Pretoria and their home comforts!
23 Mar 2006, 07:20 am
Bulls to win 3 out of 4 on da road, they will not win at eden park.
23 Mar 2006, 09:05 am
Bulls have the tendency to play to the level of thir oponents (actually in teh past to just under the level of their opponents, but in recent times to just over). They had better start off enforcing their game plan and then keep their structures and force their position home… they need the full points from the easy games…
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