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, 16:38 pm
@Craven-14: @stormersboy-48: @gunther-46: All this arrogance after winning 1 Ccup in 11 years.
20 Nov 2012, 16:38 pm
@stormersboy-48:
Yes.
20 Nov 2012, 16:42 pm
@capebull-51:
Gunther is a Bulls supporter, you ignoramus
20 Nov 2012, 16:44 pm
@TooMuchRugby-53: he talks like a Strompie supporter, you ignoramusitus….tus
20 Nov 2012, 16:50 pm
@TooMuchRugby-53:
@capebull-54:
Quality gentlemen.
20 Nov 2012, 16:51 pm
‘Matfield named forward and ATTACK coach’
More proof that SA rugby have no intention to develop or enhance the skills and attacking standards of its players! Nz will forever be ahead in this department if SA rugby keep on appointing mediocre and inexperienced retired players (with ego’s the size of blue bull locks) at the highest level. Another example, after a few seasons with UCT Flecky got the highest attacking coaching job at the Stormers. Novices like Fleck and Matfield would probably never get a top job like this in Nz! The Stormers’ attacking record is proof of this inadequacy .
This surely must be a joke… When they had Todd Louden as their backline coach they were the best attacking side in the Super 12. Why not appoint a foreign coach once more?
Why isnt SA rugby learning their lesson? SA needs foreign help if they ever hope to be as effective on attack as the kiwis. The local backline skills/attack coaches just dont have what it takes to develop players and backlines to be the best they can be!
And further more, why would the wealthiest team not buy a coach with decent credentials? Matfield might be a great coach one day, but tell me how many years of coaching experience has he gained from talking k#k on supersport’s couch?
20 Nov 2012, 16:55 pm
Matfields starts every single sentence: ‘Uh…Ja….’ and then the broken English kicks in.
20 Nov 2012, 16:58 pm
@Jeez-57:
How does it even happen that someone with the name “Victor Matfield” is actually not English-speaking.
We truly have a unique country.
20 Nov 2012, 17:07 pm
@TooMuchRugby-58:
Uh… Ja… its definitely very unique hey.
haha
20 Nov 2012, 17:20 pm
@capebull-51: I can see how you could see my post 48 as an arrogant reference to WP superiority…….
NOT
20 Nov 2012, 17:48 pm
@stormersboy-60:
That rug really tied the room together.
20 Nov 2012, 17:49 pm
20 Nov 2012, 18:01 pm
Matfield has become a much more accomplished speaker over time and I don’t think his grasp of verbs and vowels made any difference to the opposition as he messed up their line outs.
He is a South African and a Springbok great and even though he played for the Bulls I for one have the utmost respect for what he achieved on the field and off and find it shortsighted to judge a man on his accent.
Just my opinion
20 Nov 2012, 18:17 pm
Remember Van Graan is the Boks’ attacking coach and they’ve got less penetration than an marshmallow. Who says the Broeders aren’t running SA rugby anymore?
20 Nov 2012, 18:29 pm
@ufo-61: hahahaha it ******* did dude! This agression will not stand!
20 Nov 2012, 18:36 pm
@stormersboy-65:
We’re talking about unchecked aggression here, Dude.
20 Nov 2012, 19:08 pm
@ufo-66: I knew we were kindred spirits.
20 Nov 2012, 19:16 pm
Darkness warshed over the Dude…
darker’n a black steer’s tookus on a moonless prairie night. There was no bottom.
20 Nov 2012, 19:19 pm
@stormersboy-67:
yeah… some very clever writing in that movie…
20 Nov 2012, 19:23 pm
@ufo-69: Coen brothers at their best. Very good cast too.
Bizarre but that’s life hey?
20 Nov 2012, 19:33 pm
@stormersboy-70:
indeed…
That’sfuckin’ ingenious, if I understand it correctly.
and one for this blog…
Are these the Nazis, Walter?
No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there’s nothing to be afraid of.
20 Nov 2012, 19:41 pm
@ufo-71: yeah, one of them is Flea, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers Bass player……
One of my favorite movies.
20 Nov 2012, 19:51 pm
@stormersboy-72:
yeah… didn’t know it at the time but read about him being in the movie several years later…
wasn’t a huge fan of the chilis pre californication which came out a year or so after the movie…
20 Nov 2012, 20:00 pm
hahahaha.
she’s not my special lady friend man, i’m just helping her to conceive!
20 Nov 2012, 20:02 pm
you’re entering a world of pain
20 Nov 2012, 20:06 pm
@The Rangerman-74:
Mr Treehorn treats objects like women, man!
20 Nov 2012, 20:09 pm
let’s NOT forget, Dude – that keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent within the city… that aint legal either.
What are you, a fuckingpark Ranger now?
No, I’m…
Who gives ashit about thefucking marmot!!
20 Nov 2012, 20:10 pm
@ufo-73: Ja I thought about going to the concert but then decided that actually I only like a handful of the songs so it wasn’t worth it.
20 Nov 2012, 20:13 pm
Maude Lebowski: What do you do for recreation?
The Dude: Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback.
20 Nov 2012, 20:15 pm
Blond Treehorn Thug: [holding up a bowling ball] What the **** is this?
The Dude: Obviously you’re not a golfer.
20 Nov 2012, 20:15 pm
@ufo-76: ow, fcking facist!
20 Nov 2012, 20:16 pm
@stormersboy-78:
if they played only their better songs i may have considered it…
but to me… without john frusciante they just aren’t the same…
like the eagles without don felder… both their replacements are excellent guitarists… but just don’t play with the same subtleties of their predecessors…
still… the eagles bash was one of the best concerts i’ve been to… loved them them rocking it like they did… although a couple of my mates would’ve just preferred their hits…
20 Nov 2012, 20:17 pm
@stormersboy-80:
this is what you get when you …. a stranger in the …***
20 Nov 2012, 20:19 pm
@The Rangerman-81:
There’s just one thing, Dude.
And what’s that?
Do you have to use so many cuss words?
What thefuck you talking about?
Okay, Dude. Have it your way.
20 Nov 2012, 20:20 pm
seeing your nic
20 Nov 2012, 20:24 pm
@ufo-84:
sometimes, sometimes theres a man…
20 Nov 2012, 20:24 pm
My wife’s a pain in theass. She’s always busting my friggin’ agates. My daughter’s married to a real loserbastard. And I got a rash so bad on myass, I can’t even sit down.
But you know me.
I can’t complain.
20 Nov 2012, 20:26 pm
so i take it there was a lot of angst over the boks?
didnt see the game as i was walking the Otter Trail.
just got home this arvie.
what an amazing piece of South Africa, we should all be proud.
20 Nov 2012, 20:27 pm
@The Rangerman-86: A man for his time………
20 Nov 2012, 20:27 pm
speaking of…
.
Jeezus, man, could you change the channel?
Fuckyou man. If you don’t like my ******’ music get your ownfuckin’ cab!
I had a rough…
I pull over and kick yourass out!
Come on, man. I had a rough night and I hate thefuckin’ Eagles, man!
20 Nov 2012, 20:28 pm
@ufo-82: Amen on Frusciante. A genius.I got into Mars Volta for a while because of him.
20 Nov 2012, 20:29 pm
@ufo-90: I was just going to mention the hate the Eagles bit, given the convo….
20 Nov 2012, 20:29 pm
@The Rangerman-86:
@stormersboy-89:
Well, he’s the man for his time and place. He fits right in there!
20 Nov 2012, 20:33 pm
@stormersboy-91:
genius is right…
i knew he played with/for them… mainly in the studio i think… but never really got into them myself…
20 Nov 2012, 20:34 pm
@stormersboy-92:
yeah… penny dropped after i posted that post…
20 Nov 2012, 20:35 pm
@The Rangerman-88:
great stuff ranger… i did it about 10 years ago… really amazing piece of planet there…
20 Nov 2012, 20:37 pm
@The Rangerman-88:
apparently some hikers got stranded out on the trail during those recent heavy rains…
could you see any evidence/damage from the rain…?
20 Nov 2012, 20:39 pm
FYI! The Bulls scored 50 tries in this year’s SR, with van Graan as attack coach and Morne at FH. Only the Hurricanes scored more… Ridicule them all you want, they still scored more than the Lambie’s Sharks, Jantjies’ Lions.
No am not a Bulls fan! Just saying…
20 Nov 2012, 20:39 pm
@ufo-96: too good man, going on holiday for ten days down there in jan.
gonna take the spearguns and try get me some musselcracker or yellowtail.
@stormersboy-92: haha, one of my top 3 movies of all time, my wife gave me the dvd for Christmas years back and my swaer just brought me a Big Lebowski t-shirt back from afghanistan haha.
20 Nov 2012, 20:41 pm
@The Rangerman-99:
cool… enjoy…
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