Comments on: Bulls crowned U21 champs

By: The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food

The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:32:51 +0000

@Brigadier Van Zyl-13: But he can step off both feet, hand off the 'Christian Cullen' of loosies and guppie of the year Coetzee simultaneously, whilst fooling Mvovo and burning Ludik....... Beautiful to watch wasn't it? Most SA backs need 'Back to basic backline play Boot Camp'.

By: Brigadier Van Zyl

Brigadier Van Zyl — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:28:01 +0000

@Brigadier Van Zyl-12: I'd use dejong as an excellent senior example. The bloke can't make a pass and put a player in space.

By: Brigadier Van Zyl

Brigadier Van Zyl — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:25:28 +0000

Venter at his best reminds me very much of stirling mortlock and his mini angles he’d run. Does look like he feels as if he needs to almost showoff at times.

SA backs are generally so poor at making the easy plays, ie…putting the ball through hands. no need for the double skip passes half the time. Draw your man and pass. Hell, even Ludik botched at the death yesterday.

By: The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food

The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:16:43 +0000

@Brigadier Van Zyl-9: Chill out Brig. Your team is a good one......a very good one. And at this stage, as a team, the best in the country. In terms of quality U/21 players, do not ignore the challenge of the WP though... @CharlesM-10: Venter does have those tendencies, even at senior level. But a quality player no doubt.

By: CharlesM

CharlesM — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:13:07 +0000

@Brigadier Van Zyl-6: It is a special side - a lot of SA U/20 players as well. I do some times feel that the "senior" guys stepping down to the U/21s from the CC, try and do too much on their own e.g Francois Venter especially. I can recall one moment specfically when the Bulls had a huge overlap but Venter tried to score on his own and he didn't. The one commentator called it "criminal" at the time.

By: Brigadier Van Zyl

Brigadier Van Zyl — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:06:12 +0000

@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-8: and the bulls beat you at newlands, what is your point? the bulls u21 has been the strongest side over the past 2 seasons. That is my point. And the wp players that weren't there yesterday were there last year.

By: The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food

The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 06:57:04 +0000

@Brigadier Van Zyl-6: Our U/21's DID beat your U/21 side this year mate. At Loftus......forgotten about that? Twas a Friday evening.. It is a great Bulls team though.....granted. The stregth in junior rugby rests with the Traditional powerhouses.

By: The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food

The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 06:53:55 +0000

@lepel-5: And de Allende....and vd Sluys (the U/21 captain.....who sat on the bench for the senior team in the final) John Dobson and his U/21's would have smashed all comers with a full team.

By: Brigadier Van Zyl

Brigadier Van Zyl — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 06:53:12 +0000

bulls u21′s won last season, where were those wp players then?

matfield calling this a special u21 side

By: lepel

lepel — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 06:41:30 +0000

Add Etzebeth, Kitshoff, Malherbe, Ntubeni to that side and I doubt the Bulls would’ve bossed WP.

Then again, without those I don’t think WP would’ve won the CC either… So I’ll take the CC, thankyouverymuch.

By: silent_shadow

silent_shadow — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:56:57 +0000

With our 7 or so u21s playing for the senior side, not to mention injured players like Kolisi and Carr being out, I’m happy with us coming so close.

Still amazing to think Etzebeth could’ve played in this. Think if Bulls u21s had seen him pre-match they wouldn’t have bothered stepping out onto the pitch…

By: blueboy

blueboy — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:20:52 +0000

Pietie very funny you should be on the stage.

By: Pietie

Pietie — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:14:46 +0000

The Province under 21s won the Currie Cup in the main fixture

By: blueboy

blueboy — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:59:11 +0000

Thank goodness for the u21`s winning their final v wp at least we have something in the trophy cabinet,but it is poor reward for a season`s rugby.I hope next year will be a better year for the bullsand we will win trophies.