Bulls aim to get physical
27 Jan 2009
Bulls coach Frans Ludeke says his side need to improve exponentially if they are to win a “momentum generating” warm-up match against the Cheetahs on Friday.
The Bulls slumped to a 44-21 defeat to the Lions on Saturday, although admittedly having fielded a relatively inexperienced side. The Lions dominated most facets of play, particularly the collisions and breakdown, the latter an area the Cheetahs are highly effective in.
While he was reluctant to discuss the details of his squad for the match at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Ludeke confirmed that they would field a side consisting of the majority of their Springboks. This should aid their desire to improve in the areas identified as a concern.
“We were not competitive in the collisions or at the breakdown and that needs to improve,” Ludeke told keo.co.za. “That forced us to scramble in defence often which wasn’t ideal. It was a real wake up call for us and we’ll have to make big progress in those areas or risk the Cheetahs exposing us again.”
Ludeke added that while he was disappointed in the result he was pleased that some fringe players had a decent hit out and that he had a better idea about the capabilities of certain if those players against quality opposition.
There is however concern about the fitness of prop Rayno Gerber, who’ll is set to be sidelined for two to weeks with a groin injury. Jaco Engels and Pedrie Wannenberg will be out for between seven and 10 days with what Ludeke described as “soft tissue injuries”.
“I’m not going to pretend that the result is of no importance for us,” Ludeke said when asked about his goals for the match.
“Winning is important to any coach and I’m no different. We’re looking for the overall result and that will come from getting results in facets of play like the collisions and breakdown. In warm-up matches getting your execution spot on is key. We’ll be looking to achieve those things and generate some momentum ahead of the opener against the Reds.”
By Ryan Vrede
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27 Jan 2009, 13:28 pm
#48 wp_boytjie:
He played very well on Sunday.
27 Jan 2009, 13:35 pm
This is such a slow day on Keo!!!!!
27 Jan 2009, 13:37 pm
#45 hater:
Where are you meeting Meyer at 10?
27 Jan 2009, 13:46 pm
I dont think Ludeke needs to worry too much at the breakdown.
The Stormers were shocking in this department.
As I expect all SA teams to be this year again.
27 Jan 2009, 13:47 pm
Just had coffee with rassie now in claremont. He just told me wp signed cj.
27 Jan 2009, 13:48 pm
#45 hater:
I think Ruan should be judged on the S14 this year.
A couple of games against the NH, one of which was below average, is not a real yardstick, but definately our best ‘hope’ at this stage to fill a position we have been struggling in for about a decade now.
27 Jan 2009, 13:50 pm
#48 wp_boytjie: You’re right. He actually didn’t have a bad Super 14 season. He is not the kind of guy that sets your world on fire, but he gets the job done.
27 Jan 2009, 13:53 pm
#57 hater:
You know, you not that bad when you just focus on the rugby.
Seems pretty knowledgeable as well…well done.
27 Jan 2009, 13:54 pm
#55 Wezwp: Why would Rassie do that? He and the Stormers fans have been telling us that the WP / Stormers scrum is good enough as it is.
27 Jan 2009, 13:57 pm
#56 PissAnt: I see your point, but I have faith in the guy. For the first time we are seeing a creative side to Ruan on the park. He puts his players into space, he reads the game well. I think he’ll do okay.
27 Jan 2009, 13:58 pm
#55 Wezwp: Gives them more options, and experience up front. Rassie appears to be a man on a mission.
27 Jan 2009, 14:00 pm
#60 hater:
I hope so, we need him to.
27 Jan 2009, 14:02 pm
Breaking news: stormers signs j. Fourie
27 Jan 2009, 14:03 pm
Bulls aim to get physical…………………..Whats new?
Let’em get physical, physical,
I wanna see them physical,
let’s get into physical
Let me hear your body talk, your body talk,
let me hear your body talk.
Oh yeah Brothers………..Olivia Neutron Bomb.
27 Jan 2009, 14:06 pm
#64 cane:
27 Jan 2009, 14:08 pm
#63 Wezwp: Is this true?
27 Jan 2009, 14:11 pm
#64 cane: Own up: you love dancing to this song with your leg warmers on hey?
27 Jan 2009, 14:16 pm
Hilton Lobberts with the right coaching and environment is going to be a star for WP and SA.Look for him to be introduced of the bench from the middle part of the S14 especially when the Stormers tour overseas.As he regains some form and confidence he will get to start maybe 2/3 games later in the campaign after Round 8 or so.there will be no Bok colours rhis yr but he will extended the form into the CC where he will make a good run at the Bok jersey in the EOYT but will not be selected but will have the neccessary momentum going into 2010.Then it will be FIREWORKS…
he is still only 22 yrs old…
27 Jan 2009, 14:16 pm
I remember what the hurricanes did to the bulls last year. They got destroyed.
27 Jan 2009, 14:16 pm
#67 stormersboy:
It’s my bald head that has the warmer on it Storm Boy. 8)
Speaking of Bald Heads…….Hello Lawman.
27 Jan 2009, 14:18 pm
Hey Ryan! Thought they fired your ***. How you doing buddy? What’s up with the new kid keohane. Hope he doesn’t suck as bad as you. Lol. Just kiddin. Hope the stormerz do well this year.
27 Jan 2009, 14:25 pm
#70 cane: Well as Billy Joel put it at the concert when he was in Cape Town, it’s not a case of losing hair, but getting more head…..(not sure what he meant there
)
As for the Lobberts thing, yes he’s a good athlete, but he scares me. They are way to clever for him down under. They’ll have him on camera swinging at a very innocent looking Thorne or such completely “unprovoked”…. (wink)
27 Jan 2009, 14:26 pm
#68 mshiniwami: ja, 22 is young. he has the size and aggression, lets see if rassie can get him to channel it.
which leads me to an interesting question.
alex fergusson (a scot sure, but i have much malice towards him and that team of fekkin ponces he coaches
) is to my mind the greatest nurturer of young talent in english football. he has done it for years with precocious talents like giggs, beckham and rooney and too many more to mention.
who is our alex fergusson?
where is the south african who takes a young player and leads him past the pitfalls of instant fame and celebrity and channels youthful exuberance into on-field performance?
we sorely need him and my money is on rassie and plum at this stage.
27 Jan 2009, 14:31 pm
#49 stormersboy: the problem with “solid” it that its also predictable and from what I’ve seen I don’t think Grant has the attacking flair of Ruan. If you watch the England match again at Twickers Ruan was a real handful for the English and when was the last time you saw a Bok fly-half cause problems for the opposition?
27 Jan 2009, 14:35 pm
Meyer Bosman/Morne Steyn/Peter Grant-Decidedly AVG(comparible to:Braam van Straaten/Steven Jones/Ronan O’Gara/Steven Donald/
Potgieter,Francis-Rough around edges but POTENTIAL is THERE
Pienaar-Our only hope…Has the potential to be a very special 10 but his mental makeup is going to influence his success/failure
Steyn-The boy-wonder/wunderkind is IMHO not a 10.Skills set and mental makeup/decisionmaking not one of a 10.He can be a great 12/15
27 Jan 2009, 14:36 pm
#73 MacDangerman>:
“where is the south african who takes a young player and leads him past the pitfalls of instant fame and celebrity and channels youthful exuberance into on-field performance?
This is perhaps your finest sentance in 2 years of posting………
Problem is ………they have minds of there own (the players).
Youth………is is wasted on the young.
27 Jan 2009, 14:37 pm
#70 cane:
Go on superbru and check my pic
There really is no need to wonder anymore. It’s there, a bit formal but there…
27 Jan 2009, 14:39 pm
#74 Crouching Tiger Hidden Bokke: No, I agree, Ruan has the makings of the “real deal”. I hope that they leave him to settle into the position. I’m still a Butch fan, but Ruan has a spark that is really exciting.
27 Jan 2009, 14:49 pm
#77 Sheriff:
I am a aquaintance of,….. the “typed word” of the Sheriff.
I don’t care how much hair you have. What your job is. What your race, religion, marital status…….or even the Teams you support.
I don’t wish to see you image………..I already know you are a decent human being.
That’s enough for me.
27 Jan 2009, 14:51 pm
#79 cane:
That’s perfect Cane.
Stormers fan of course. Have a look anyway, at a convenient time.
27 Jan 2009, 14:52 pm
#77 Sheriff: Jeeeeeeeeeeez, jy lyk soos die dominee op daai pic………. hellllllllllllllllllllllll !
27 Jan 2009, 14:54 pm
#54 PissAnt: Wrong. Cheetahs have Brussouw, therefore they will be just fine.
27 Jan 2009, 14:58 pm
Boks should pick Human – Visagie
by Stephen Nell | 26 January 2009 (22:30)
South Africa should seriously consider calling up Daan Human for the tour by the British and Irish Lions later this year.
That was the advice offered on Monday from former Springbok tighthead prop Cobus Visagie, who warned that South African rugby should jealously guard its intellectual property.
Visagie and Human both left Western Province to join overseas clubs.
“South African rugby’s scrumming has gone backwards because players are discarded too quickly,” said Visagie.
“The best South African loosehead is Daan Human. He is doing brilliantly at Toulouse and is one of the best paid loosehead props in Europe. I definitely think he can play a role against the Lions and it does not have to be at the expense of any of the younger players. Daan scrums well and works hard on the field.
“I rate Beast Mtawarira and actually think Brian Mujati should be a loosehead prop.
“Heinke van der Merwe scrums around you. It’s something referees are going to come down on. The question is also how good the rest of his game (apart from scrumming) is.”
Visagie believes not even the Bulls possess a feared scrumming unit.
“The Sharks are the only South African team that are solid on their own ball,” he said.
Saracens director of rugby Eddie Jones slammed the Stormers scrum after Sunday’s game, which the South Africans won 43-33 at Newlands.
Visagie, however, was not that critical.
“The Stormers were unlucky to lose two tightheads. They also did not fare any worse than other teams against us. We’ve done worse things to other teams’ scrums. I also know scrumming is something the Stormers want to address,” said Visagie.
Stormers assistant coach Gary Gold saw the positive, which is that young loosehead prop Wicus Blaauw slotted in well at tighthead.
“We learned a lot in the process. We now know we have a fourth option at tighthead. Wicus did very well against a strong Saracens scrum,” said Gold.
“We also managed to get quick ball at 90% of the scrums. We scored a few excellent tries. We are not the coaching team who should be worried.”
27 Jan 2009, 14:59 pm
To Cane and co….how they preperations for 2011 going?
27 Jan 2009, 15:01 pm
Aaaaah, Visagie is becoming another Brendan Venter. Just shuuuutup!!
27 Jan 2009, 15:01 pm
#76 cane: hehe, sometimes i wax lyrical
but ja, youth is wasted……………
27 Jan 2009, 15:04 pm
Ahhhh Ludeke….
Words my man…words. In a few weeks you won’t have words to fall back on because people will have had some time to diagnose your coaching abilities based on team performance.
27 Jan 2009, 15:06 pm
#81 grootblousmile:
Ag ek neem so baie fotos maar daar is maar min van myself, daai een geneem by ‘n formele funksie laas jaar so dit moet maar vir eers doen
Wou nog smile maar te laat
27 Jan 2009, 15:08 pm
Let’s get physical, physical, I wanna get physical, let’s get into physical. Let me hear your body talk, Your body talk, let me hear your body talk …………..
27 Jan 2009, 15:10 pm
#88 Sheriff: Nee hel, daai foto is so formeel, lyk of jy sal sukkel om ‘n poep deur daai suit se broek te druk…
27 Jan 2009, 15:10 pm
#73 rangerman: Hey whats with this hatred towards the best football club in the world? A little jealousy perhaps. Unlike a Sharks supporter. Could it be that you happen to support another side that plays in Red?
27 Jan 2009, 15:11 pm
#89 Staat: Hel, het jy ook nou vir Olivia Neutron Bom en John Revolting oppie brein ??
27 Jan 2009, 15:11 pm
#85 IreneShark (aka LondonShark):
True,Have always thought Visagie is extremely self-opinionated.Never one to shy away from a rent-a-qoute
Daan Human is a good player much like a Jaco Engels type early in his career.But he is a loosehead and in that position we have
Beast Mtawarira
Guthro Stennkamp
Heinke vd Merwe
Deon Carstens
We have enough talent thank you
27 Jan 2009, 15:15 pm
#88 Sheriff: Howzit Sheriff. het jy lekka verjaar?
27 Jan 2009, 15:16 pm
#90 grootblousmile:
27 Jan 2009, 15:17 pm
#91 bananaboy:
you’ll never walk alone!!
now get that kuk team off the top of the log ffs, this is our year and i will not accept another failed campaign (well, not really true, i am a sharks supporter afterall).
27 Jan 2009, 15:17 pm
#94 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Jaaaaaaa ek wil ook weet… ek het vir hom nogal “Jekka Verjaar” gesing gisteraand maar toe’s hy al woerts weg vannie blog af !!
27 Jan 2009, 15:19 pm
#97 grootblousmile: Dink hys babelas….baie bedeesd vandag.
27 Jan 2009, 15:20 pm
#98 K9_BaasPatrolliehond: Gister was hy skerp….
27 Jan 2009, 15:24 pm
#96 rangerman: Now you can understand the frustration and humbling experiences I had in the 70′s and 80′s with the b…y Dalglishes of this world. Anyway good to see we have them competing again. By the way my folks support Pool, 1 brother supoorts Spurs, the other Derby and my sister supports the Gunners.Imagine sitting around our kitchen table when MU are winning everything.
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