Spies back to bolster Bulls
3 Dec 2007
Pierre Spies returned to training with the Bulls after nearly six months out of the game.
The 22-year-old was withdrawn from the Springbok World Cup squad after blood clots were detected on his lungs. He hasn’t been allowed to take contact for fear that it could be life threatening.
While the Bulls were still managing him conservatively, he could partake in all the cardiovascular training at the the team’s pre-season camp in George.
“Pierre is in excellent condition and he is working hard with the fitness trainers but the doctors will decide when he is 100% fit to play again,” assistant coach Pote Human said.
Spies is expected to be ready for the start of the Super 14, but other casualties like Danie Rossouw and Gurthro Steenkamp are undergoing intensive rehabilitation in the hope that they can take up their spots in the run-on side in mid February.
The Bulls’ Springboks, Bryan Habana, Akona Ndungane, Wynand Olivier, Wayne Julies, Hilton Lobberts and Bakkies Botha who will only join the squad in the first week of January.
The Bulls are expected to confirm their head coach at the end of this week.
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4 Dec 2007, 01:42 am
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My bad on mis-reading your post. I don’t think S14 teams would reach a WC QF. I think some of the Heineken teams might because of their forward supremacy but the S14 teams tend to be flaky up front and in no way match the likes of Fiji in the backs.
4 Dec 2007, 04:51 am
fair enough tacitus – i assumed you were just making up your usual random bulls biassed rubbish.
what an odd clause to put in his contract though. do you know why he did it?
was matfield basically saying that he does not want to play for the boks again unless HM is coach? or is it because at the time he thought that if HM was not made bok coach we would stay at the buills and matfield did not want to stay at the bulls if HM was not the coach.
i just cannot see what HM becoming bok coach has to do with matfield remaining with the bulls?
4 Dec 2007, 04:53 am
sorry – did not want to stay at the bulls if HM was the coach (ie not the bok coach)
4 Dec 2007, 05:46 am
Don’t know how the Bulls heads work munki but I assume if HM becomes the Bok coach, Matfield has a better than 50% chance of becoming the next Bok captain…
4 Dec 2007, 06:12 am
Goeie moooore almal!
4 Dec 2007, 06:51 am
Hey, wake up guys! Smell the coffee!
4 Dec 2007, 06:53 am
Hehehe Tinus, nee jong is net die bulle wat hier rond hang, die res van ons is op die ander thread…
4 Dec 2007, 07:31 am
awake!
4 Dec 2007, 07:31 am
coffee smells good, off to get a fix
4 Dec 2007, 08:06 am
Pierre Spies has loads of talent but he aint the finished article yet.
We even managed to win the WC without him.
He needs to play as consistently well as Schalk Burger and Juan Smith.
Then he will be a legend in SA rugby.
4 Dec 2007, 08:06 am
I just cant see the bulls being as good as they were last year. Not without their 2 captains( Botha and Matfield) and their revered coach. We’ve all what a big difference true leaders make on game day eg John Smit.
The Bulls will be extremely competitive but i have a feeling they will crumble slightly under pressure without their true leaders.
4 Dec 2007, 08:36 am
So Pierre Spies is back…who cares!
4 Dec 2007, 10:19 am
so those rhoids are flushed out by now?
4 Dec 2007, 11:09 am
#63 hahaha.
bulls= juice,
4 Dec 2007, 11:19 am
training in George. dont they have koerante in Tswane? the bloody place has washed away! what are they training for, Gala’s?!
4 Dec 2007, 12:37 pm
Tacitus
Maybe you should think before you post, read the below statement that you posted earlier and see how ridiculus it really is.
“In contrast, the World Cup is a farce, with a bunch of no hopers matched against only 3 or 4 quality teams. So it is quite possible to reach even the final without facing a decent team along the way – as SA did this year.”
4 Dec 2007, 12:49 pm
65 – Synchronised swimming, a.k.a. water ballet.
Meisiekind has a state-of-the-art swimming cap to protect his mllion dollar do.
4 Dec 2007, 14:36 pm
As much as Matfield is a quality player,no doubt the best lineout exponent of all time- with all due respect the game is bigger than any 1 player.Who is he to hold SA rugby up for ransom?Because thats what it seems like to me,”Make Heyneke coach or else”..WTF??Sorry he is good but his role/skills within the team dont equate to the direct success of the BOK team.Its a team sport.Spies/Big Joe were seen as the immovable cogs in the Bok XV imperative to Boks winning WC…Come WC time we had a makeshift 8(Pakslae) who is now a World Champion.
No one player is bigger than the collective.
4 Dec 2007, 14:47 pm
Tac
Wynand might be a Bok,but he has really let himself down this past season.He is talented but hasnt done his talent any justice this past yr,looked very pendantic really.I guess maybe my view is jaundice since Im a Sharks fan but I think Barrit is a much better 12 at present that Olivier.Better in all facets-defence,attack,skilld,vision(can also play 10).Only thing he gives away is experience to Olivier,but ability wise IMO he is more accomplished.
4 Dec 2007, 16:39 pm
Firstly I want to say that is great news about PIERRE SPIES and for bulls rugby.Tacitus you need some backup mate.Jealousy will always rear its ugly head whenever the super14 is mentioned because the bulls won it and in the shark tank,and NO OTHER PROVINCE HAS BEEN GOOD ENOUGH to win it.If we do not win it again this coming super14 season so what the fact will always remain that WE HAVE WON IT,and the bulls name will always be on the super14 cup.Tac i am the same as you a BIG bulls fan so stuff the rest of them(non bulls fans).MY BLOED IS BLOU.
BIG HIT you obviously have no clue about how distances can affect teams and how they play.I would like to see english teams like wasps or bath or any other english team or for that matter any european team,travel from britain france or ireland to oz,nz and sa to play a few games and then return again to their country and start playing in their cup competitions and see how it affaects them.
4 Dec 2007, 17:21 pm
Correction blueboy, what you (and all others) seem to forget is that the Lions (then Transvaal) won the Super 10. Lest we forget.
4 Dec 2007, 17:44 pm
Thanks Clanerk. He seems to suffer from Bovine Amnesia.
5 Dec 2007, 02:36 am
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I seem to remember England travelling quite a few miles in 2000 to beat the Boks at altitude. No excuses blueboy.
5 Dec 2007, 02:42 am
Oh thats bad news for my Blues team and all the other Kiwi teams he is an awesome player maybe by chance he will have a Super 14 period injury not a long term just during Super 14..
5 Dec 2007, 08:45 am
Blood clots……..pfft
Took 6 months to get the roids out of the system
6 Dec 2007, 11:46 am
To clanerk#71 i know transvaal won the super 10 but the bulls won the super14 which has 4 more teams involved or did you not know that,hence the the bulls must be known as the super14 winners is that to simple for you to understand.
To katman#72 if you agree with clanerk#71 i think it is you who suffers from the bovine amnesia and not me you pair seem made for each other.
To big hit#73 i was reffering to english clubs flying to oz for a game then flying to nz for a game or two then flying back to oz for another game or two(it depends on the draw)and then flying back to england and how all thst flying can affect them.That is what i meant.
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