Griquas blitz Bulls
15 Sep 2012
JON CARDINELLI reports on Griquas’ 49-34 bonus-point win against the battling Blue Bulls in Kimberley.
It may not have been the most convincing performance, as there were times in this fixture where Griquas allowed the Bulls back into the game, but the victory and the bonus point were desperately needed at this crucial stage of the season. Having achieved that, Griquas have kept their play-off prospects alive.
The result is a massive setback for the Bulls. It could be viewed as a brave fightback, as at one stage they were 23-0 down and on the brink of a serious hiding. They managed to claw their way back into the contest with a strong second and third quarter, but ultimately that poor opening 20 minutes had proved too much of a setback.
It was during that first quarter that the attacking threat of Griquas was most prominent. Wing Rocco Jansen had a hand in two of the tries, scoring the first and sparking the second. Flyhalf Francois Brummer was in fine goal-kicking form, and also contributed a try. It was during this period where the Bulls defence was at its most generous.
But the men from Pretoria hit back right before half-time with two converted tries. A further eight points right after the break saw the Bulls trailing by just seven points. It was an unbelievable scoreline considering what had transpired in those opening 20 minutes.
Jean Stemmet scored an important try in the 55th minute. It ensured Griquas secured the bonus point for four tries, but more importantly extended the hosts’ lead to 34-22. As the game approached the final quarter, Griquas enjoyed a substantial advantage.
The Bulls grew desperate, and this only served to play into Griquas’ hands. The hosts punished some poor Bulls defence with another seven-pointer, and this served to further inflate the lead.
A try by Werner Kruger and subsequent conversion by Louis Fouche narrowed the deficit to 12 points, but it was a gap they were never going to close in 10 minutes.
What Kruger’s score did give the hosts was a bonus point, and this log point could prove so important in terms of their play-off ambitions, as well as their intention to avoid the promotion-relegation match.
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15 Sep 2012, 14:03 pm
Go Bully Boy Dragons.
15 Sep 2012, 14:40 pm
must win game
time to get the campaign back on track
15 Sep 2012, 14:50 pm
Important game in terms of relegation oponent for the EP Kings.
15 Sep 2012, 14:58 pm
Go Kwas.
Make them level to the gravel (on that cement pitch)
Great opportunity to ex matie captain Wesley Wilkins to show what he is made of.
Very underrated player, should have played for Province.
15 Sep 2012, 15:10 pm
Komaan manne, lyk goed sover!!
15 Sep 2012, 15:10 pm
Bulls 1st division and Kings will be playing currie cup next year……….
15 Sep 2012, 15:10 pm
Bulls going to be smashed for the 2nd time today……
Ironic that Meyer when DOR for the Bulls discarded players like Brummer, because they didn’t fit into his ‘new vision’ for the Bulls
Marnus Schoeman another Bulls discard….
Oh dear.
15 Sep 2012, 15:11 pm
o fok
15 Sep 2012, 15:25 pm
What a joke of a once strong union… cant wait for the kings to replace them in compo
15 Sep 2012, 15:25 pm
Willie le Roux – klas!
15 Sep 2012, 15:27 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-8: Don’t worry Bakkies. Soon you will have Morne, Pierre, Zane, Jacques Potgieter and Greyling back (oooops, nope cancel Greyling…..) to play for you.
15 Sep 2012, 15:35 pm
Dink die Bulle kan dalk ‘n doughnut 0 terugneem Pretoria toe…
15 Sep 2012, 15:37 pm
Kings might still fancy their chances against a full-strenght Bulls team.
15 Sep 2012, 15:43 pm
Fightback Bakkies, fightback
15 Sep 2012, 15:48 pm
Hattingh looks like another testerone aggressive Bully
15 Sep 2012, 15:53 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-14:
its not over yet
the lady
she must sing
are you fat?
just curious
15 Sep 2012, 16:08 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-16: Fat? Your clue: I train 140 minutes a day.
Someone else will have to do the singing.
Maybe MacGuyver Greyling? – fat ladies and all
15 Sep 2012, 16:10 pm
Not watching now but whenever I’ve seen that pitch in the past a slab of concrete looks softer.
15 Sep 2012, 16:11 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-16:
Fat singing very loudly…………………….
15 Sep 2012, 16:21 pm
The bulls with this clueless game plan and untalented players, the worst couching team i have ever seen has serious problems… they must fire the bunch of them and start getting their act together before their relegation matches against the Kings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15 Sep 2012, 16:29 pm
Surely the Kings cant be this Rubbish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15 Sep 2012, 16:30 pm
Bulls making my day.
15 Sep 2012, 16:33 pm
gO gRIQUAS….GO BOYS….MOER hULLE!!
15 Sep 2012, 16:33 pm
hAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
15 Sep 2012, 16:34 pm
F Louw
Come home boy….Stormers need you….
And Jantjes
come home !!
15 Sep 2012, 16:35 pm
fark….bulls gonna have to play off…..LOL
Tacitus gonna support jukskei and chess…
Bakkies jou ou bliksem !
15 Sep 2012, 16:38 pm
When last did the Bulls have 50 put past them?
15 Sep 2012, 16:40 pm
Well played Griquas!
15 Sep 2012, 16:41 pm
F@k the bulls, they f@ked up the boks now they should reap what they sowed. Goddamn morons.
15 Sep 2012, 16:42 pm
never ever seen such absolute rubbish from Bulls…..
15 Sep 2012, 16:43 pm
Jantjies is kak…. Griquas killes him a few weeks ago. He has great games against kak teams…
15 Sep 2012, 16:44 pm
@grant10-30:
Especially when Griquas have the confidence to run at them from inside their own 22.
15 Sep 2012, 16:44 pm
@willievz-12:
Well done with your team mate. They were superb. That said what a rubbish Bulls team. So much money they spend and dish up this c rap…
Well done Kwas
15 Sep 2012, 16:45 pm
Sorry but this Bulls team looks absolutely clueless. Very similar to the Boks I think…
Any connection?
15 Sep 2012, 16:45 pm
@I am a stormer-27:
2 weeks ago……
15 Sep 2012, 16:46 pm
Can the Bulls get any k akker?
15 Sep 2012, 16:47 pm
Bulls get klapped week in and week out. Serious problems me thinks.
Must be internal problems too…
15 Sep 2012, 16:48 pm
The Bulls are going to miss CJ Stander. But then again, they have an able replacement in Spies.
15 Sep 2012, 16:49 pm
Meyer in for Pine Pienaar/ Mallet in for Meyer. Kill two birds with one stone and make both parties happy.
15 Sep 2012, 16:49 pm
@I am a stormer-38:
Ja CJ the best player on the park. They want to convert him to a hooker but he showed them the finger and is leaving.
15 Sep 2012, 16:49 pm
@Spiesisworthless1-39:
Now that makes sense…
15 Sep 2012, 16:50 pm
Can’t wait for Tacs take. It is always my highlight…
15 Sep 2012, 16:55 pm
Time to open a can of whoopass
15 Sep 2012, 16:56 pm
@Gumboots-42:
He”l probably come out and say that the Bulls are deserved basement dwellers and then disappear for the rest of the season.
15 Sep 2012, 16:57 pm
@36 they can… if Morne joins them
15 Sep 2012, 17:00 pm
@Rage-45:
LOL
@I am a stormer-44:
Nope he will say it is a young team that has lost a lot of experience. Pretty much the same as the Boks I think…
The poor oke must be slitting his wrists as we speak…
15 Sep 2012, 17:01 pm
it must be real tough being a Bulls and Bok fan now (Tac,Bakkies, etc).Couldnt have happened to a nicer bunch
15 Sep 2012, 17:02 pm
@Rage-47:
I feel for Whitney… Man it must be devastating… Ouch…
Remember they have won three super titles though…
15 Sep 2012, 17:03 pm
Well done Griquas! Maybe you should go the Kings route and replace Cheetahs next year.
15 Sep 2012, 17:04 pm
Bulls must now start recording the matches of the EP Elephants. They will be dead ducks in a promotion-relegation battle. They are paying the price for persisting with a useless coach and a bunch of has beens. Ndungane and Wepener should have been on the scrap heap many moons ago. At least 5 other players who started today don’t belong in the Currie Cup.
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