Bulls still a threat
17 Jul 2006
The Vodacom Blue Bulls Absa Currie Cup win over the Pumas in Witbank at the weekend may be the defining moment of the season for the team from Pretoria.
This is the view of coach Pote Human, who has a win under his belt after his debut match was lost to Western Province last weekend.
Although the entire performance was far from completely convincing, the first 40 minutes was sublime and gave a glimpse of what the team can achieve.
“I’m proud of how the guys played in the first half. We really played well,” coach Pote Human told keo.co.za. “This is a very important result in the context of the season. Honestly, it was the first time in the Currie Cup that we played close to our true potential.”
The Bulls were fantastic as they ran in five superb tries to lead 41-10 at the break. The second half was shared at 7-all, bringing the final tally to 48-17 in favour of the visitors and showed that plenty more hard work lies ahead.
“With all respect to the Pumas, they are not considered to be a real contender for the semi-finals, but an away win is precious. It is always hard to come to Witbank and get a good result,” added Human.
And with the topsy-turvy results at the weekend, the Bulls find themselves up a log position in second place, behind last years champions the Cheetahs. The top two teams will earn the right to host a lucrative semi-final.
The Bulls are on 15 points – one behind the Cheetahs – tied with the Sharks, but lead the Durban-based team on points difference. The Bulls and Sharks face each other in a potentially explosive encounter at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
By Andrew Hollely
27 Comments
17 Jul 2006, 06:10 am
More Andrew!
17 Jul 2006, 06:36 am
No 2
17 Jul 2006, 06:39 am
Having said that the Boks are culminating losing into an art form, my hometeam in Pretoria need to give me some confidence back into rugby.
Go bulls, stamp on the Sharks, and show why you deserve our support!
17 Jul 2006, 06:40 am
Even cultivating might work, as my English teacher would’ve said…
17 Jul 2006, 06:49 am
More Koos!
17 Jul 2006, 07:03 am
Who cares what the Bulls did or how they played.
Its the most boring brand of rugby on the planet.
17 Jul 2006, 07:10 am
snoop
and where is your team on the log?
All the results of the wekend worked out great for the bulls.
17 Jul 2006, 07:42 am
The Bulls are the threat.
Second on the log.
soon first.
17 Jul 2006, 08:01 am
maak die nulle amal bokke, want hulle het groot klokke !!!!!! sing hom steve.
17 Jul 2006, 08:36 am
Lets talk about log positions after Friday’s sharks game. Typical short term mentality. What diffs does 1 point really make?
17 Jul 2006, 09:00 am
Snoop, did you even watch the game? No-one will call the tries we scored “boring”.
17 Jul 2006, 09:32 am
why are the boks doing badly? – because half of them are bulls players.
17 Jul 2006, 09:48 am
Ja Stan,
En daar back jy die states…en daar sien jy weer jou gat!!!
Eers het hierdie rugridders die bulle hul ******* gemaak, en die naweek die Staat!!!
So Stan, support jy vrydag die valke teen die WP?
Hahahaha Jy is ‘n joke! Tipe bloubul mentaliteit….. Verkrag die poor pumas maar verloor teen die baas…WP!!!
EN nou will jy kom met bo oppi log,…Hahahaha Sena julle moet nog teen die staat speel, die sharks, en tweede rondte tee Wp!! Easy picking is verby…… Los dit nou maar vi die WP….
17 Jul 2006, 09:49 am
Right Blow Bull supporters
Fristly Stan .. Last week you were counting the days till the Cheetahs beat us????
**** you very much.
Secondly, the Blows played a sub standard team so the tries you scored means NOTHING.
Please tell me how many tries you scored against the WP defense. Get the point now? Probably not eh.
Now I tell you this …you Blows have got a few days and each day you get closer to your loss against the Sharks.
And the ***** ends carry on about 1 log point.
Beautifull stuff
17 Jul 2006, 10:09 am
Snoop.
Dont be so hard on the guy!! I mean for the next few years they will have to get excited about a pumas win….cause their wont be any good wins against opposition, Hahahaha
17 Jul 2006, 10:13 am
Yep
The old Stan of the best is so dof, but i thing he got my point.
17 Jul 2006, 10:17 am
The Sharks are gone kick their assess this weekend and the Griquas will do the same the week after that…………. Then it’s the Cheetah’s turn.
17 Jul 2006, 10:25 am
Geluk aan al die bulle, Wp, Griekwa en Leeus supporters oor die naweek,o ja en Aussies. Was n interessante naweek se resultate! En Schumi ondersteuners geluk!
post 10
Ask the Sharks!
17 Jul 2006, 10:28 am
Proovas
Lees Bester se comment op 17. Lyk my dis WP mentaliteit.
17 Jul 2006, 10:42 am
snoop and all the wp supporters
what was the score against wp and the pumas?
17 Jul 2006, 11:14 am
jurgens -who cares. we beat them and we beat your team too.
17 Jul 2006, 12:08 pm
Stan can ready himself for another Japanese flag day on friday.
17 Jul 2006, 12:41 pm
Jurgens
It matters not, that was our forst game of the season
Nice try though.
Sorry for you….
17 Jul 2006, 12:56 pm
snoop
oh your worst game? our worst was againt u
17 Jul 2006, 13:05 pm
Your worst will be against the Sharks, this Friday.
17 Jul 2006, 14:29 pm
The only memorable moment of the Rioolboor-Vrystaat game was that hospital pass from Watson to JP Pietersen.
Tampon,
The Sharks lost to Griekwas.
And we are still above you.
17 Jul 2006, 15:44 pm
Stan,
jy leer ook nooit nie. Volgende Vrydag is julle ‘n paar notches laer, na julle julle gatte gesien het teen die Sharks.
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