Matfield to mentor Bulls forwards
20 Nov 2012
Victor Matfield has been named the Bulls forwards and attack coach for the 2013 Super Rugby season.
Matfield comes on board in an official capacity after serving as a consultant in 2012. He will replace Johan van Graan, who made the step up to the Springboks earlier this season.
The Bulls have made a couple of other appointments to offset the loss of coaches that have joined the Boks. Pine Pienaar replaces John McFarland as defence coach, while Andre Volsteedt is the new head of strength and conditioning.
The Bulls have also brought in former Bok flyhalf Derick Hougaard as a junior skills and kicking coach. Blue Bulls U21 coach Nollis Marais has been promoted to the position of Vodacom Cup coach.
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20 Nov 2012, 11:49 am
Pierre Spies has also been confirmed as the Bulls captain for 2013.
20 Nov 2012, 11:51 am
HM will have to appoint a new head cheerleader in the Supersport studio now.
But more seriously, good luck to Victor, lots of experience and knowledge he can impart on the youngsters.
20 Nov 2012, 11:52 am
@Beertjie-1: Arno Botha’s nightmare begins.
20 Nov 2012, 11:56 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-3: Loose forward and centre are the positions with the highest injury rate. Arno Botha will get plenty of game time.
20 Nov 2012, 11:59 am
Whothefuckonearth calls their child “Nollis”?
20 Nov 2012, 12:04 pm
Matfield attack coach? Oh god.
Forwards coach I can understand and appreciate but attack coach? Skop ‘n jag coming up again.
20 Nov 2012, 12:17 pm
@trupisero-5: The same parents who make their children wear crocs.
20 Nov 2012, 12:25 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-3: Mostly yours and Vermeulen’s
20 Nov 2012, 12:29 pm
Possibly the greatest rugby mind to have been produced by sa stays with the bulls
Cool
Superrugby medal 4 here we go!
20 Nov 2012, 12:34 pm
Hopefully this will count as conflict of interest for Victor in the SuperSport studio as he can’t be trusted to give an unbiased view of Heyneke’s performance with the boks. The dude is already defending Heyneke’s style of play so much, it’s actually sickening.
20 Nov 2012, 12:36 pm
@capebull-8: I like Arno Botha. See him as a real prospect. How sad that USNblowup Barbie will be there to block his progress every step of the way…..
20 Nov 2012, 12:38 pm
@lesiba-10:
He had to resign from Supersport
20 Nov 2012, 12:58 pm
@Brigadier Van Zyl-9:
Maybe not next year but you guys might surprise in 2014, especially if you go with this team.
15 Blommetjies
14 Spies
13 Small-Smith
12 Serfontein
11 Basson
10 Pollard
09 Hougaard
8 Botha
7 J Potgieter
6 D Potgieter
5 J Kruger
4 Willemse
3 M vd Merwe
2 Ralepelle
1 J Schoeman
16 Mbonambi
17 Greyling
18 W Kruger
19 F vd Merwe
20 Stegmann
21 Vermaak
22 M Steyn
23 Engelbrecht
20 Nov 2012, 13:04 pm
Only the Bulls would have forward coaches doubling as attack coaches.
No wonder the Bok outside backs stood around freezing their nads off against the Scots on Saturday.
Matfield defended the Boks playing style against Mallett’s comments on Saturday. So expect much of the same from the Bulls next year, oh joy.
20 Nov 2012, 13:28 pm
@mxhosa-13: That will never happen. the team will be very close to the following:
15. Kirchner
14. Akona
13. JJ Eng/Mapoe
12. Olivier
11. Basson
10. Steyn
9. Hougaardt
8. Spies
7. Potgieter (D/J)
6. Stegman
5. Kruger
4. Flip vd Merwe
3. W Kruger
2. Chilliboy
1. Greyling
20 Nov 2012, 13:36 pm
@Beertjie-15: Nice team Beertjie. I think Marcel vd Merwe, the new signing from the Cheetahs will feature in that team very often.
Overall, the new coaching staff looks very good. And we are reataining some of our intellectual property by appointing Victor as an assistant coach.
I just do not rate Pine Pienaar at all. I can not see how he became defensive coach. I though he was going to be fired after our dreadfull CC season.
20 Nov 2012, 13:40 pm
@lesiba-10: What else do you expect? It is the same game plan that won Victor and the boys 3 Super Rugby medals. The basics of the game plan will remain the same however they will tweak it to keep up with the ever changing game.
20 Nov 2012, 13:44 pm
@Stoetbul9-16: That will be the core of the team but due to injuries and the long season, that 15 will very seldom take the field. All the young players like Marcel, Arno Botha, Venter etc will feature often. With 8 players on the bench now as well, there will be lots of oppertunity to give the youngsters a chance.
Hopefully Pine can settle in better in a less prominent postion.
20 Nov 2012, 13:45 pm
HaHaHa
The Bulls will be just as fecked as the Boks are.
Matfield forwards ANd attack coach!
These guys are soooo misguided…….
HAHAHAHAHAHA…..
I think I’m going to soil myself laughing.
At least we won’t have to listen to him on supersport anymore.
Haahaaahaaahaaa
Seriously….I can’t stop
20 Nov 2012, 13:50 pm
What a joke
20 Nov 2012, 13:55 pm
Pine Pienaar the defense coach? What a joke! Griquas scored three tries in the first 10 minutes against the Blou Bulle in Kimberley. with Pienaar in charge of the Bulle. Their defense was as open as a prossie’s legs.Pienaar can’t coach a snakes-and-ladders team. He should have been on the first Translux back to Bloem in October.
20 Nov 2012, 14:00 pm
@willievz-20: This is no joke
It does tell us why Matfield has been so eager to sing van Graan’s praises and defend Meyer’s gameplan and selections on SS, though 
It also explains Matfield’s (a frikkin ex-lock of all things) obsession with the kicking game when in studio. It’s all he ever waffles on about.
When a lock who talks kicking is appointed as your attack coach, you know your sh y te is going to get real, helluva fast.
20 Nov 2012, 14:01 pm
Victor is a great player with years of experience.
And with a face for Radio and an accent for the deaf channel.
Perfect for the pinkies up “Norf”
20 Nov 2012, 14:04 pm
@willievz-20: Bro.
It’s better than having him sit there in the Supersports studio saying “our kicks need to be better”
20 Nov 2012, 14:06 pm
@stormersboy-24: Yeah – the other teams know they won’t have to alter their approach one iota from this year’s to beat them.
20 Nov 2012, 14:08 pm
This is good news
20 Nov 2012, 14:09 pm
@stormersboy-23: All I can say is that I reckon the most important fellow listed on this sheet of Bulls coaches, is this soldier: Dr Jannie Botha – Life Skills, Mental Coach and Counsellor (with emphasis on the counsellor role….spiritual advisor side of things – because wailing and prayers there are going to be a-plenty, and that’s just the players
20 Nov 2012, 14:14 pm
@stormersboy-23:
Ha ha, had to laugh at that one
20 Nov 2012, 14:20 pm
This is why fans are leaving SA rugby union in droves. You have an ex forward appointed as forwards and attack coach.
1. Give ball to scrummie (RETURN)
2. Wait for his kick (SKOP)
3. Run after ball (JAG)
How exactly will he implement and revolutionize creative backline play?
He won’t.
20 Nov 2012, 14:20 pm
Nothing new here for Victor.
He’s been coaching the Boks and the Bulls since 2007.
20 Nov 2012, 14:25 pm
“Pk boys, when he kicks you run like there is no tomorrow hey”
“Hey boys jus give de ball to scrummie then turn and sommer run your gat off hey”
“Hey boys i am tuning you straight – if i catch you running and passing i will like skop your gat monday at practice. Passing is like dangerous as we need to protect de scoreline at all costs my chinas”
Bye bye rugby. Boring.
Same reason nobody pays to watch me do my analytics work…
20 Nov 2012, 14:26 pm
@Johannes_Lombard-29: Jaaaa Johannes, I must agree with you. I have the world of respect for Matfield as a player, and as a Forwards coach IM sure he would be great.
But as an attack coach? Im not so sure.
20 Nov 2012, 14:30 pm
One thing he does well is analyze the opposition.
Who knows, it might turn out to be a master stroke
20 Nov 2012, 14:39 pm
@stormersboy-24:
look it’s no secret that supersport fired him as a result of his movember effort which lead to an unfortunate case of mistaken identity with the DEA and a member of the Medellin Cartel.
20 Nov 2012, 14:43 pm
Attack and forwards coach????I guess that’s how they roll in blue bull country nowadays.
20 Nov 2012, 14:44 pm
@Johannes_Lombard-31: Apply prezzzzzzzur.
20 Nov 2012, 14:46 pm
The good thing about this is that the Stormers will continue their dominance over the Bulls.
20 Nov 2012, 14:51 pm
@gunther-34: Something like this guy??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6z0Zay9itk
20 Nov 2012, 14:55 pm
Was wondering when SS was gonna let Matfield go, his ‘jean pant’ accent was not really working. I’m as Afrikaans as the next guy but if Kobus Wiesse can do it then anybody can, sorry Vic, was nice while it lasted. Bulls to be thrid on the SR SA log.
20 Nov 2012, 14:57 pm
@goodstuff-39: Some advice to Afrikaans commentators (or Afrikaans people in general) when attempting the English tongue:
(i) Drop the “ja” before a sentence.
(ii) Drop the “you know” after a sentence.
(ii) Speak slowly and with plenty of pauses.
20 Nov 2012, 14:57 pm
Two things should never go together in a coaching title – forwards/ attack.
The backline coach should be the attack coach not the bloody forward coach, typical bulls ****.
20 Nov 2012, 14:59 pm
@willievz-40: “Ja, I thinks the rucks was good today, lots of pressure at the breakdown, allowed the forwards to dominate, I think we is improving, you know.”
20 Nov 2012, 15:01 pm
@stormersboy-38:
I never knew Capo bowled.
20 Nov 2012, 15:02 pm
@gunther-43: Dont mess withe the *****.
20 Nov 2012, 15:45 pm
As EVERYBODY apart from the Bulls faithful have pointed out, the very idea that the roles of forwards coach and attack coach can be combined is at the heart of the Bulls’ and now the Boks’ attacking impotency. What a shame.
20 Nov 2012, 15:47 pm
@stormersboy-44:
Poodlefucker?
20 Nov 2012, 16:08 pm
What a bunch of one trick ponies we don’t have on this site. Because some of you have only one brain cell you think Matfield is also the same.
Matfield is an astute student of the game and has shown in many tests and SR how he can out think the opposition and not just in the lineouts. How he has been coach does not necessarily means that’s how he will end up as a coach.
20 Nov 2012, 16:15 pm
@gunther-46: no, don’t mess with the j esus. It’s a line from the movie The Big Lebowski, An absolute classic if you haven’t seen it.
20 Nov 2012, 16:17 pm
@Amerifikaner-47:
Whatever, I’m just glad he’s gone from supersport and that it’s the Bulls that will “benefit” and not another team.
20 Nov 2012, 16:36 pm
If the bulls management want to confuse their fans they have done a good job on me,no harm to victor but for him to be attack/forwards coach and that arsehole pine pienaar to be defence coach after his truly awful CC campaign is confusing me,maybe it will confuse the opposition as well.
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