Baby Bulls blast past WP
10 Jul 2012
GARETH DUNCAN watched the Blue Bulls score three tries in the final quarter to secure a 47-27 win over WP in the U18 Craven Week day two feature match in PE.
It was a closely-contested first half, which saw WP hold a slender 27-26 lead at the break. However, a strong finish to the match saw the Blue Bulls record a comfortable win to set their path to the 2012 unofficial final.
Outside centre Jurie Linde, fullback Jaco Hayward and wing Marcus Kleinbooi ran in three tries in a space of 12 minutes, while the schoolboys from the Cape failed to add a point to their tally after the break.
The opening stanza of the match was an attacking feast. WP grabbed three tries, while the Bulls scored four. However, the former led thanks to the boot of flyhalf Handre Pollard, who added three conversions and two penalties.
It was a messy start to the second stanza, as both teams struggled to hold on to possession. But the WP resilience faded as the Bulls picked up momentum and eased to victory.
WP – 15 Jason Worral (Paul Roos), 14 Dalen Goliath (Paul Roos), 13 Michael Hazner (Paul Roos), 12 Wesley Cupido (Paarl Gym), 11 G Hermanus (Paarl Gym), 10 Handre Pollard (Paarl Gym, c), 9 Pieter Schoonraad (Paarl Boys’), 8 Rikus Bothma (Paarl Gym), 7 Jacques Vermeulen (Paarl Gym), 6 Ramon Samuels (Paul Roos), 5 JD Schikerling (Paarl Gym), 4 Sebastian Ferreira (Paarl Boys’), 3 Liam Hendricks (Paarl Boys’), 2 Chad Solomon (Paul Roos), 1 M Nortje (Tygerberg).
Subs: 16 Craig Corbett (Paarl Boys’), 17 Wesley Adonis (Paarl Boys’), 18 Burger van Niekerk (Paarl Boys’), 19 Corne Cooper (Paarl Gym), 20 SP Ferreira (Paul Roos), 21 D Cox (Excelsior), 22 Keagan Gordon (Boland Landbou).
Blue Bulls – 15 Jaco Hayward (Centurion), 14 Marcus Kleinbooi (Affies), 13 Jurie Linde (Affies), 12 Rohan Jansen van Rensburg (Waterkloof), 11 Caswell Khoza (Southdowns), 10 Ryno Eksteen (Affies), 9 Justin Phillips (Waterkloof), 8 Steven Meiring (Affies), 7 Heinrich Viljoen (Affies), 6 Thabo Mabuza (Centurion), 5 Janse van Rensburg (Affies), 4 Hyron Andrews (Garsfontein), 3 Johan Bannink (Garsfontein), 2 Vean Roodt (Centurion), 1 Pierre Schoeman (Affies, c)
Subs: 16 François Steyn (Affies), 17 Dayan van der Westhuizen (Centurion), 18 Johan Ras (Centurion), 19 Bobby de Wee (Southdowns), 20 George-Lee Erasmus (Centurion), 21 Chad McKay (Centurion), 22 Marquit September (Garsfontein).
15 Comments
10 Jul 2012, 17:33 pm
I thought the school players of WP are the breeding ground for the bulls?
Something not making sense.
10 Jul 2012, 17:56 pm
Gareth, I wish you’d drop this “stanza” cr ap when referring to the second half. It’s just bloody pretentious.
10 Jul 2012, 18:19 pm
@Mr Black(Mr Black)-1:
10 Jul 2012, 19:11 pm
Bulls backs starting with their physically stronger scrum half and centers as well as more explosive wings with a full back who thrust straight through the WP midfield like a hot knife through butter numerous times were far superior to the WP equivalents..
Bulls backs were far more devastating through the tackle and ripped huge holes in WP’s defenses… So much for the supposed superior physicality and rugby ability of the Paarl schools over the rest of the country.. Perhaps WP should have enlisted a few souties from Bishops, Wynberg, Rondebosch and some obscure rugby schools instead.
10 Jul 2012, 20:17 pm
The problem is that there are too many Paul Roos (Stellenbosch) players in the team.
10 Jul 2012, 20:47 pm
So much for super star and mercenary Pollard. How on earth will there be a place for him amongst theetter than the quick silver backs of the Bulls?
10 Jul 2012, 20:53 pm
So much for super star and mercenary Pollard.
How on earth will there be a place for him amongst
the quick silver backs of the Bulls?
10 Jul 2012, 20:56 pm
It’s amusing how the disgruntled WP crowd are somehow trying to connect the WP team’s loss today with Pollard having made a bad decision to go to the Bulls. Thereby somehow trying to work in an ”I told you so.”
The dots aren’t quite connecting though. The logic’s just not there.
10 Jul 2012, 22:06 pm
The WP team was disappointing- They have a few very good individual players but did not play well as a team, was not always committed in defence and let a few tries in through half hearted tackling . I think there is something wrong with the coaching as this team is not playing anywhere near it’s potential.
It must however also be taken into consideration that Pollard injured a thigh just before half time and despite staying on the field he was not the same player anymore- could for example not take the line-kicks- and from then on it was more or less one way traffic.
11 Jul 2012, 07:33 am
@Robzim(Robzim)-9: Why is there so much paarl and stellenbosch school kids in the squad. Where is the guys from Bishops, SACS, Wynberg, Rondebosch, Tygerberg??
11 Jul 2012, 07:54 am
A snottie.
11 Jul 2012, 08:00 am
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-10: Was any of those schools any
good this year or last year?
11 Jul 2012, 08:06 am
@BreakdownBoy(goodstuff)-12: Not sure. But we need some variety in that squad.
11 Jul 2012, 09:06 am
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-13:
Variety for the sake of variety?
Interesting.
11 Jul 2012, 11:59 am
@Tacitus(Deucalion)-8: He is moving to the Bulls, so how can he be expected to beat some of the players he is soon going to be roommates with? Funny how he “injured” his thigh…
Also the Bulls have François Steyn on the bench! More scandal!
If the Bulls can make Pollard the International Flyhalf he promises to be, then I will accept the loss of him for us WP supporters with some hope for the future.
If they turn him into another Morne Steyn Im going to be in the moering!
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