Bulls snap up Lions loosie

Bulls snap up Lions loosie

12 Jul 2012

Grant Hattingh has signed for the Bulls, with the uncertainty surrounding the Lions’ Super Rugby future having influenced his decision.

Hattingh represented WP at age-group levels and Maties in the 2011 and 2012 Varsity Cup tournaments, before joining the Lions in April. He made his Super Rugby debut against the Brumbies and has since been a regular in the team.

However, the Lions’ uncertain Super Rugby future meant Hattingh could not refuse the Bulls’ offer and the 22-year-old will be playing his rugby in Pretoria for at least the next two and a half years.

 


33 Comments

  • 1.galileo, roundness, union, coach...: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 13:42 pm

    very interesting yes but, all the secret talk i hear is in favour of the lions lately.
    so this may be a case of jumping ship too soon.

    anyway, good luck to all parties

    ship jumping dragon

  • 2.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 13:45 pm

    Watch the emotional stormers claim him as one of their own in another awkward show of male anguish.

  • 3.Simon: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 13:53 pm

    @galileo, roundness, union, coach…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-1: Really? So how does Saru plan to put six into five?

  • 4.TooMuchRugby: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 13:59 pm

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-2: As far as I know he’s not from the Western Cape. The Stormer’s supporters gripes are usually with players that grew up in the province and then get snatched (usually by the Bulls are part of their player stockpiling program) by those with deeper pockets.

  • 5.RL: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 13:59 pm

    He was only a short term replacement for the Lions as Whiteley and Rhodes were out for superrugby – a very good prospect this kid is. At 2.01 his best position may be 5 lock.

  • 6.RL: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 14:01 pm

    @Simon(Simon)-3:

    Easy peasy, by s.crewing those politically driven Kings.

  • 7.willievz: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 14:01 pm

    Will the Bulls’ Vodacom Cup bench be influenced by this signing?

  • 8.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 14:03 pm

    @TooMuchRugby(TooMuchRugby)-4: I dunno. I get the impression anyone who ever set foot in Cape Town on a high school rugby tour or a holiday or a visit to the grandparents is considered “one of them”, and a national day of mourning is declared when they start playing rugby elsewhere.

  • 9.THE MAULER: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 14:03 pm

    Not a bad signing in my opinion…

  • 10.TooMuchRugby: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 14:06 pm

    @willievz(willievz)-7: He’ll probably end up playing varsity cup for Tukkies and then get recruited by Tana Umanga for the ITM. He is after all English speaking and doesn’t appear overly Calvinistic.

  • 11.Robzim: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 14:21 pm

    I wonder when the announcement about Elton J will be made?

  • 12.galileo, roundness, union, coach...: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 14:34 pm

    @Simon(Simon)-3:
    i honestly don’t know, but i do keep hearing in secret whispered back patting conversations where guys are saying the lions are in, according this and that unamed source of course.?..
    i am as intrigued as anyone else to find out the final facts.

  • 13.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 14:36 pm

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-8: yes and one day it’ll be your son we’ll be claiming if he shows any promise!

    :D

  • 14.wpjoulekkading: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 14:55 pm

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-8: The only one spouting all sorts of hysterics seems to be you..

  • 15.David: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 15:05 pm

    @TooMuchRugby(TooMuchRugby)-4:
    He went to school at Kingswood, before going to Maties.

  • 16.Slappes: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 15:31 pm

    Grant is a jhb boy, now crossing the jukskei to find out how it feels to win a game. His time at the pk lions would’ve left him mentally scarred.

  • 17.mshiniwami: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 17:07 pm

    Very talented kid this Hattingh…but bad move…

    Bulls stockpiling indeed & little good it’ll do.There should a salary cap as well as fines/luxury tax for exceeding the cap.Game needs to be run more professionally.This is ridiculous.

    Bulls:

    Flanks:

    Spies
    Stegmann
    J.Potgieter
    D.Potgieter
    Tecklenburg
    Arno Botha
    Adonga
    Adendorff-SA u20
    Liebenberg-SA u20

    Locks:

    W.Steenkamp
    Kruger
    Flip
    Mabeta
    Hess

    He’s going to be playing for Tukkies/VC cup…Even CJ Stander was like f*ck this.

  • 18.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 17:11 pm

    @mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-17: Adongo gone! left for New Zealand will pay fot Tana’s Countie Manakau…was frustrated with not getting game time.

  • 19.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 17:12 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-18: play for

  • 20.Slappes: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 17:17 pm

    @Mshini, thats farkin shocking! Guess money talks

  • 21.RL: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 17:51 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-18: isn’t Fudge also history?

  • 22.galileo, roundness, union, coach...: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 18:03 pm

    @mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-17:
    now run the player injury list for all the big unions and ask yourself just how bad is this behaviour.
    its fair to say some unions are potentially out of the playoffs because of key player injuries.

    the bulls plays a type of rugby which lends itself to high injury numbers.
    why is planning around this such a bad thing.?. in fact it would be stupid not to?

  • 23.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 19:11 pm

    @TooMuchRugby(TooMuchRugby)-10:

    Dry your ikuku there buddy.

  • 24.ossewa: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2012, 23:02 pm

    The days are gone where you can feel patriotic about your team, in a provincial sense. It is pretty much club rugby now like soccer in england. I have to say i like the fact that only South Africans feature for the Bulls…Adongo was Kenyan right???

  • 25.Te Rangatira: Reply to this comment
    13 Jul 2012, 03:32 am

    @galileo, roundness, union, coach…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-22:
    What a crock……..”the bulls plays a type of rugby which lends itself to high injury numbers”

  • 26.Te Rangatira: Reply to this comment
    13 Jul 2012, 03:38 am

    @galileo, roundness, union, coach…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-22:
    hehe
    Should read the bulls play a type of rugby which lends itself to gouge each other.

  • 27.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    13 Jul 2012, 04:45 am

    @Te Rangatira(Te Rangatira)-26: lol…bloody agent!

    @galileo, roundness, union, coach…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-22: somehow usain spies is the only player that miraculously/convinienly escapes the effects of this high attrition gameplan

  • 28.Slartibartfast: Reply to this comment
    13 Jul 2012, 07:02 am

    @Transformation(Transformation)-27:

    Much harder to get injured in a non-contact sport….

  • 29.sparticus: Reply to this comment
    13 Jul 2012, 08:36 am

    Good move by Hattingh and the Bulls. Quality loosie and a quality team unlike the Lions. Dont agree with the notion that the bulls are buying too much players , they just lost Adongo and Stander for starters

  • 30.lost in translation: Reply to this comment
    13 Jul 2012, 08:54 am

    @Transformation(Transformation)-27: And Morne Steyn. Has he ever been injured, but for ingrown hairs fron his spinning shorts?

  • 31.lost in translation: Reply to this comment
    13 Jul 2012, 08:56 am

    @lost in translation(lost in translation)-30: from

  • 32.lost in translation: Reply to this comment
    13 Jul 2012, 09:01 am

    @RL(RL)-5: I didn’t know he is that tall. I agree, somebody spotted his locklyness.

  • 33.Stawm: Reply to this comment
    13 Jul 2012, 09:45 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-8: You are very sour lately, since your mighty lions have shown their true colours.

Keo.co.za has always promoted uncensored views, but has never tolerated racist or crass outbursts. Come on guys and girls. If you can't moderate yourselves or each other then I am going to be forced to regulate the posts and enforce a registration process for comments. The choice is yours.

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