Injuries rock Cheetahs
7 Oct 2006
The Cheetahs’ semi-final victory against the Sharks was marred by injuries to three key players.
Flyhalf Willem de Waal, centre JW Jonker and wing Gavin Passons all left the field injured and could miss the final against the Bulls.
“They all have a 50/50 chance of playing next weekend,” said coach Rassie Erasmus. “Losing them today disrupted our backline quite a lot and that’s probably why we had such a tough second half.”
Erasmus has able replacements in Meyer Bosman, Gaffie du Toit and Eddie Fredericks, but will be hoping for as little disruption as possible to his starting XV.
The Cheetahs will meet the Bulls in a Currie Cup final for the third consecutive season, and Erasmus is expecting another brutal clash.
“The Bulls are firing at the right time and we won’t be able to relax against them [like we did in the second half today],” he said. “We haven’t really thought about what surprises we’ll have in store for them – the preparation will only start tomorrow [Sunday].”
Cheetahs captain Ollie le Roux said home ground advantage would play a major role next weekend.
“We’ll have a sea of orange flags here for the final, which will give us a huge boost,” he said. “It’s great to be in the final and we’re 80 minutes away from another Currie Cup title. This is what you play for … the chance to showcase your talents in a big game in front of the whole country.”
Meanwhile, Sharks captain Warren Britz was at a loss to explain his side’s eighth consecutive defeat to the Cheetahs.
“If I knew what was wrong, then we wouldn’t have lost today,” he said. “The Cheetahs are a very good, structured side. We were half asleep in the first half and to trail 24-0 was devastating.”
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8 Oct 2006, 09:26 am
The best one dimensional try was the HOTTie witwarm sn. Ek het al baie oor HM se aankope gewonder maar weereens soos met Warren Bros was hy spoton.
8 Oct 2006, 09:26 am
Jurgens, the team can be lived with, its idiots like you that gives the other 1% of bulls fans a bad name.
8 Oct 2006, 09:26 am
superBul
more dis darem lekker om n bul the wees
8 Oct 2006, 09:28 am
Pik Steal
where am i the idiot?
8 Oct 2006, 09:29 am
rebgraig = suurgat
8 Oct 2006, 09:29 am
rebgraig = sore loser
8 Oct 2006, 09:30 am
rebgraig, look at the scoreboard. the predictables ran the sharkies off their feet.
8 Oct 2006, 09:40 am
Gold Coaster # 62: Fok jou los Rassie uit!
8 Oct 2006, 09:42 am
Jurgens, hello
Jy en daai klein Delport moet julle kak los, julle maak die Bul se goeie naam gat en dis glad nie nodig nie.
Geniet die oorwinning en hou op om so ‘kommin’ te wees, soos mu Blou ouma sou gese het.
8 Oct 2006, 09:44 am
superBul
Ons was besig met die span op die ander ander thread.
8 Oct 2006, 09:44 am
pieterman
check\my post op WP bemoan
8 Oct 2006, 09:48 am
111 Het jou Jurgens
Kom ons hou dit so, my maat. Die WP manne is nou uit, nou moet julle daai klomp ‘staters’ gaan uitsort.
Nogmaals geluk met jou span, julle was waardige wenners.
Soos ek gese het, die twee spanne wat hoort in die finaal, is daar.
Alhoewel, die Leeus was bleddie naby!
8 Oct 2006, 09:50 am
pieterman
my verloofde is n shark en ek het sleg gevoel vir haar part. Het die sharks net so sleg gespeel of was die vrystaat net so goed?
8 Oct 2006, 09:51 am
Het jy die Rapport gelees vanmore daars goeie berigte oor gister se games. Ek hou van Wikus se redes hoekom hy Bul land toe kom
8 Oct 2006, 09:52 am
superBul
ek het gekyk op die internet sal later die rapport loop koop
8 Oct 2006, 09:52 am
Ek het ook net op die net gelees
8 Oct 2006, 09:54 am
Luke Watson was the biggest disappointment this weekend… except of course if never bought Keo’s sugar coated reporting on him
8 Oct 2006, 09:59 am
As almal nie so n boohaai opgeskop het oor luke nie dan sal hy nie so uitgejou word oor n bad game nie
8 Oct 2006, 10:00 am
113# Weet nie swaer, ek het nie die game gesien nie. Maar daar is baie stories.
Ek dink op die aand was die Cheetahs hulle oor, meer passie. En die ref…wel, nog n storie.
Jy weet mos hoe gaan dit in rugby, soms loop als net reg. Ek dink gister se eerste helfte was iets wat ons nie gou weer sal sien nie. Ek kan nie sien dat die Bulle byvoorbeeld 24-0 teen hulle sal he in die eerste 30-minute nie.
Trouens, ek dink die Bul gaan die Cheetahs oorrompel daai eerste 30 minute.
Hoekom?
Cheetahs gaan nie dieselfde balbesit he nie.
8 Oct 2006, 10:05 am
Jurgens 98
Where the hell did that bit of crassness come from?
The one thing I didn’t say last week was that the Bulls were one dimensional. In fact I reckoned they were looking dangerous and should win.
I did complain about the thuggish tactics of Lobberts and JP Nel which was not something I was alone in.
What happened, did you get your ***** caught in your zip this morning?
8 Oct 2006, 10:13 am
David
my team is in the finals..thats what happpened
8 Oct 2006, 10:15 am
Luke het nie n bad game gehad nie. Jurgens wat rook jy of drink jy nogsteeds?
8 Oct 2006, 10:17 am
The Bulls are in the finals because they are allowed to play of the ball. Yesterday the ref told them to stop and that he wasn’t going to talk to them again, guess what the incompetant fool had to talk to the Bulls three more times!!!
8 Oct 2006, 10:17 am
121
I hate to think how you’d react if they weren’t.
8 Oct 2006, 10:21 am
Nie eers n Bulls wen sal my oortuig dat hulle dit verdien nie, al wen hulle ook met 1000 punte, hulle suig en sal altyd suig. Hulle IS eendimensioneel en hulle ly aan tonnelvisie.
Ek sou ook seker vir die Bulle kon skreeu, maar die bekrek en breinkrimp opperasie is nie die geld werd nie.
8 Oct 2006, 10:23 am
Jurgens
Re David
I remember us complaining about the “thuggery” of Lobberts and JP, and I also recollect David being a little bit too complimentary, to my liking, about the Bulls being the “in” team at the moment! I don’t recall him talking about you guys being one-dimentional.
You are not perhaps confusing him with ‘DavidS’.
8 Oct 2006, 10:25 am
finmaster
Suur druiwe?
8 Oct 2006, 10:27 am
126 #dimentional=dimensional
And I am getting ‘dementia’, trying to play peacemaker (not used to it!)
8 Oct 2006, 10:27 am
What a kak, vrot, blou, blatjang, peri peri peper pO#s of a ref, fortuin should be hung drawn and quartered, along with his liitle flag carrying buddy. Sorry kids and ladies but the ref was an inept moron.
As for the Cheetahs well played, superb ruggers and I think the Cheetahs are going to go a notch up and be unbeatable next weekend…
8 Oct 2006, 10:30 am
Pieterman
Thanks for your support. I think Jurgens will calm down once he’s had his rabies injection.
8 Oct 2006, 10:30 am
Skabenge
agree
8 Oct 2006, 10:33 am
Hahaha Pieterman, Yes odd to see you brokering the peace on a Sunday morning…. Whats happened….Read lots of Jinx’s posts
8 Oct 2006, 10:34 am
Morning all, the game was won in the first 20 mins like me and Quinny predicted… rebcraig, stop whinging – you were totally outplayed
8 Oct 2006, 10:34 am
Skabege,
I agree too. Cheetahs will win next week.
CHEEEEEEETAAAAAAAAAHS!!!!!!!
8 Oct 2006, 10:36 am
Hello Skabenga
Howzit mate?
You didn’t watch, I know, but just as well!!
What a business…I could hear Fortuin and that unmistakable Gammat-accent loud and clear over RSG, he was off his rocker, completely!
(You can check the posts that I made during the match.)
8 Oct 2006, 10:42 am
132# PikSteal
Yoho brother!
I don’t know what has gotten into me, old-age?
Maybe I’m just homesick and I don’t like seeing the good rugby folks back home getting stuck into each other.
8 Oct 2006, 10:44 am
Verander maar die Rapport na Bullport.Dit is net Bulle die hele sportblaaie vol!
8 Oct 2006, 10:46 am
137# O Fok Hollie
Hoop nie dis in die Kaapse ‘Rapport” nie.
Dis al wat ou Jinxie nodig het om weer Gunston Plains te begin rook, veral na Schumacher ook nog uit is!
8 Oct 2006, 10:47 am
lol hollie
8 Oct 2006, 10:55 am
Pieterman, okay okay, was getting worried….you sounded a bit like JC Fortuin there at post 126…Just kidding
8 Oct 2006, 10:57 am
The sharks was outplayed by the ref and touch judge. Those tries cheatahs scored so freely was forward. I really feel for you sharkies. Its never nice to lose a game where the ref and touch judge wanna steal the show.
I had a good laugh at the wp supporter that chucked his wp jersey away. Come guys your team didnt play poorly … its just Bulls played better cos there springboks back in the team.
Revenge will belong to the Bulls!!
8 Oct 2006, 10:59 am
Drunkm, ‘looks at the scoreboard’….
8 Oct 2006, 11:04 am
I hear that Rassies lights has nothing to do with the game. Apparently they are there for the afterparty, you Bloem guys must think that it is a real treat to have a jol with lights and all!!!
8 Oct 2006, 11:05 am
to those that didn’t see the game:
the cheetahs outplayed the sharks in the first 35 minutes of the game. the sharks wasn’t worthy to be on the same field of play in those first 35 minutes. the cheetahs protected their ball incredibly well. they cleaned out the rucks with deadly precision and that frustrated the sharks in using all kinds of off the ball tactics. they got what they deserved from jc fortuin.
if you were listening on rsg, you would probably think the cheetahs weren’t in the game in the second half. the fact is that the sharks threw the ball aroung alot, but with no effect. the fact that they scored their only try in the second half from a 13-man lineout speaks for itself. they couldn’t breach the cheetahs’ defence and just don’t have the same class as the cheetahs.
when willem and ollie went off, the cheetahs did lose some of their rythm.
in retrospect, i think it was a very good thing that the cheetahs played two tougher games leading into the play-offs. they murdered the sharks in the first half and the sharks looked like rabbits caught in headlights; they just didn’t know what hit them.
8 Oct 2006, 11:09 am
drunkm
to some of the sad sore loser shark supporters your comments would make sense, but to the millions of rugby followers that saw the game, it’s just brainless rubbish. are you sure you saw the game?
8 Oct 2006, 11:10 am
Drunkmonkey
What Springboks? There were only 3 in Spies, Ndugane and Olivier. Olivier didn’t make any impression other than on the ref and Spies is still too new to the Boks to be considered a returning Bok.
WP were disorganised with more enthusiasm than structure and the Bulls throttled our backline.
I hope we learnt a few lessons in defeat.
8 Oct 2006, 11:10 am
To the Bulls management, team and supporters who are you getting to officiate this weekend?
Here is an idea, why don’t you get Mills “lets get it on” Lane, that way all that punching and of the ball stuff can get you some points too!!
The touch judges should be Steve Hofmeyer (in a Bulls babe outfit) and Marius Jonker.
8 Oct 2006, 11:10 am
GCC, you actually give a better report of the game than all the Sunday morning newspapers in SA. Sweet and short and very to the point – well said.
8 Oct 2006, 11:15 am
GCC you ignorant fool, why don’t you get of your high horse and go and watch the game again? If you need assistance with your vcr I will gladly provide it.
8 Oct 2006, 11:18 am
finm – WTF?
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