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, 11:19 am
If AJ doesn’t sign a new contract with the Sharks for the S14 I reckon they’re in major trouble. They are the one franchise who don’t have a smaller union partner to draw on. The Sharks CC squad is the same as the S14 one which is nowhere near S14 standard at the moment.
At least the Stormers can draw from Boland and even then they’re looking a bit vulnerable.
8 Oct 2006, 11:20 am
148# Agree thehef
No doubt, the Cheetahs were playing out of their skin that first 30 minutes…Catfish said that their tight five were awesome and overwhelming during that spell, and the ref didn’t have much to do with it then.
8 Oct 2006, 11:23 am
Piterman
It wasn’t just the Cheetahs tight five. Their loosies took the Sharks to the cleaners as well.
If they can play like that for 80 minutes an S14 home semi is a distinct possibility.
8 Oct 2006, 11:23 am
The ref had everything to do with it, he and that incompetant flag carrier patrolling the sidelines, we are talking CC 2006 right?
8 Oct 2006, 11:24 am
Onder die BLOU van ons LOFTUS hemel,laat ons die Sharks verlang na die see. Teen ons magtige BLOU BUL vegters, kan WP nie antwoord gee. Oor ons LOFTUS VERSVELD vlaktes, bo die kreun van die Vrystaat klaag, ruis die stem van ons geliefde, van ons Span wat die Beker dra. Ons sal antwoord op jou roepstem, ons sal Leeus tem soos jy vra. Ons is BLOU en ons is BULLE, kampioen van Suid-Afrika!!!!!!!! BAIE GELUK BULLE!
8 Oct 2006, 11:26 am
pieterman, na 30 minute se spel het van die Sharks onderseuners saam met ons vir mekaar gevra – wie speel vandag losskakel, wie speel senter, speel Butch? ens ens ens. Ongelooflik aanwysend dat die Sharks glad nie die bal gesien het binne die eerste 30 minute nie…
8 Oct 2006, 11:27 am
BaasBlou, gaan terug na die plaas toe boet die hoenders soek mieliepitte.
8 Oct 2006, 11:27 am
BaasBlou, gaan start eerder jou Ford Cortina V6
8 Oct 2006, 11:30 am
Yo Pieterman it must suck being in a country where rugby only raises peoples eyes in confusion. The Germans would make an awesome rugger team though if they tried, they big fellas, I am trying to imagine a Scandinavian rugby team would be a force to be reckined with…
One thing great to see is that 6 teams came to the Currie cup party, and rugby is looking strong in SA, the coasty teams are young and have a bright future, the Cheetahs and Bulls are still klapping it and the Lions followed by the upcoming Griquas was semi-promising…good CC this year
8 Oct 2006, 11:32 am
BaasBlou,
Julle het die Bulls babes, as julle enige inteligensie gehad het en nie soos damduikers gelyk het nie kon julle dalk van hulle vir pa en ma gaan wys het. Leen sommer jou oupa se kisklere vir die groot okasie.
8 Oct 2006, 11:33 am
Finmaster
I suppose I’d better confirm your worst fears.
It is a barely disguised secret in Pretoria that the Bulls paid Fortuin and the officials a massive amount of money to ensure the Sharks lost. They did this as they’re terrified of meeting the Sharks at Loftus due to their loss there earlier in the season.
The Bulls actually acknowledge that the Sharks are the best team in the country and will do anything to avoid playing them at Loftus.
8 Oct 2006, 11:35 am
DIS LEKKER OM N BUL TE WEES JULLE SPUL NAAR GATTE!!!
8 Oct 2006, 11:37 am
David, you do realise that I am the biggest Sharks fan ever?
8 Oct 2006, 11:38 am
Maak die Bulle almal Bokke!!!
8 Oct 2006, 11:40 am
Dis lekker om die Currie Beker kampioene te wees…
8 Oct 2006, 11:42 am
Finmaster 163
No. I would never have realised! LOL!
8 Oct 2006, 11:42 am
Geniet dit vir nog n week,hef!!!
BLOU BULLE BO
8 Oct 2006, 11:42 am
BaasBlou,
Die Bokke kry dan juis pak omdat internasionale referees nie die Bulle se kak vat nie.
8 Oct 2006, 11:43 am
Daars net EEN….en dis die BLOU!
8 Oct 2006, 11:45 am
Ons geniet dit al vir ‘n jaar BB – en na volgende Saterdag vir nog ‘n jaar
8 Oct 2006, 11:46 am
BaasBlou,
Daar’s net een en dis die blou, een wat?
Jou beperkte woordeskat word net oortref deur die beperkte spel van jou geliefde spannetjie. hte ek jou nie reeds gese dat jy terug plaas toe moet gaan nie?
8 Oct 2006, 11:48 am
lol finm
8 Oct 2006, 11:49 am
Hef……So graag as wat ek wil he dat die Cheetahs die Nulle moet beat, gaan hulle dit nie weer kan regkry met die referees wat ons nou het nie. Die donners dink mos almal kom kyk vir hulle en dat die Nulle nie oorwinbaar is nie. Julle beter hoop dat Jonathan Kaplan die job kry, hy is die enigste een wat mans genoeg is om die Bulle se horings te trek.
8 Oct 2006, 11:52 am
Onthou die naam na Saterdag, hy gaan op die beker staan…
BLOU BULLE!!!
8 Oct 2006, 11:53 am
Onder die BLOU van ons LOFTUS hemel,laat ons die Sharks verlang na die see. Teen ons magtige BLOU BUL vegters, kan WP nie antwoord gee. Oor ons LOFTUS VERSVELD vlaktes, bo die kreun van die Vrystaat klaag, ruis die stem van ons geliefde, van ons Span wat die Beker dra. Ons sal antwoord op jou roepstem, ons sal Leeus tem soos jy vra. Ons is BLOU en ons is BULLE, kampioen van Suid-Afrika.
8 Oct 2006, 11:55 am
Luke Watson should do the honourable thing and withdraw himself from competitive rugby… when he does so, he can thank Keo for keeping his dreams alive even in the face of such glaring deficiencies…
A bad attitude can only take you so far, Puke has reached his ceiling. If he wants to go any further, he’ll have to grow another 6 inches taller (to offer something in the lineouts), become a lot quicker (to arrive at the breakdowns before the locks), become tougher (to compete for the ball on the ground) and of course, he’ll need to lose that attitude
8 Oct 2006, 11:58 am
finm, ek was baie skrikkerig voor gister se game teen die Sharks en ja, die Bulle was gister weer goed gewees, MAAR twee dinge – hulle moet eers op Bloem kom wen EN tweedens – ‘n finaal is ‘n totaal ander game…
8 Oct 2006, 12:03 pm
na die saterdag is die hele vrystaat span in die hospitaal.
8 Oct 2006, 12:03 pm
John, I’m not a Luke fan at all, but you have to give the guy some credit for his play. For a 22-year old he’s shown a lot of maturity and I wont complain if JW picks him in the nr.6 jersey for the Boks. Hy sal hart, siel en piel gee vir die Bokke.
8 Oct 2006, 12:04 pm
Luke se gat..danie rossow is baie beter.
8 Oct 2006, 12:05 pm
danie gaan cheetahs breek die naweek.
8 Oct 2006, 12:18 pm
aahhh, finmaster. name calling? now that’s foolish. showing your ignorance on this website before and after the game, now that’s foolish. maybe you should have a look at what fool means. other than foolish, i would say that you’re probably the biggest sore loser as well. a word of advise: some bull supporters still can’t get over their cc final loss last year; get prof. help soon.
cheetahs 30, sharkies 14 – put it in your pipe and smoke it, chum.
8 Oct 2006, 12:26 pm
GCC, give finmaster a gap – he talks more sense than a lot of other people on this site
8 Oct 2006, 13:05 pm
Baasblou. selfs ons Bulle begin skaam te kry vir jou.
Sê iets snaaks, konstruktiefs of bly stil.
Jy begin soos n WP of natal ondersteuner te klink.
8 Oct 2006, 13:14 pm
The amount of players Rassie removed and brought back during the game, I’m surprised he has any players left!
His games are getting a bit much now and he aint going to get away with it in the super 14. I mean at one stage it looked like Ryno van der Merwe was getting a ******* facial! All the medical official was doing was moving the sweat around his face and giving tactics!
8 Oct 2006, 13:17 pm
John – it was a bad attitude that saw James Small be the only player to contain Lomu in ’95.
Attitude is good, Jake should leave his schoolteacher way of thinking behind. Luke is a quality player and i’ll thake the opinions of Stransky, Mallett, Mexted, Naas and the like over yours and Jakes!
8 Oct 2006, 13:20 pm
#185, welcome to rugby kevin w
8 Oct 2006, 13:27 pm
GWB
Moet asb nie ons in dieselfde asem noem as BlouBlaas nie, jy weet beter .
8 Oct 2006, 13:52 pm
luke is overrated
he plays all over the show
he achieves nothing
he is a vegetable head
wp is bad losers
they need brain food
they need garlic
8 Oct 2006, 13:52 pm
Cheers al die rugbymaters, ek is eers weg.
8 Oct 2006, 13:54 pm
pieterman,
jy weet wat ek bedoel..
ek verwys nie na manne soos jy nie.
8 Oct 2006, 13:57 pm
Cheers ou GWB, ek weet man. Ek moet eers gaan.
8 Oct 2006, 16:35 pm
GWB,
is jy n BLOU BUL of nie?die hele land hou nie van ons nie,maar moenie worry nie ons span gaan hul wys die Saterdag of wat se ek..HOU BY DIE BLOU!
AL WAT EK SIEN IS DIE BLOU MASJIEN!
8 Oct 2006, 16:56 pm
Baas,
jy hoort op n porn site se blog,nie hier nie…VOERTSEK!!
8 Oct 2006, 17:01 pm
Oranje,
agree with al your points, joubert and baywatch are fantastic and like your backrow pick.
8 Oct 2006, 18:57 pm
I the Cheetah’s game again, and I must agree, that some of the decisions were not flash! Akkers shouldn’t have got a card, but the Sharks did shoot themselves in the “Fin” and I believe the Cheetah’s would have won the game anyway. They were more focussed on what they wanted to do, and their intensity in the first half was phenomenal
The Blue Bulls are already talking of a grudge match, which could backfire badly. The Cheetah’s discipline was good, and some BB players revenge means only one thing, try and maim your opponent
8 Oct 2006, 19:06 pm
EvaC..
jul sal ju keer moet ken met daai pak van die BB,doen dit en sit GROOT druk op DH en jul vat die Beker weer bloem toe..
asof Rassie nie bg weet nie, ne!?
8 Oct 2006, 19:32 pm
EvaC, nee ,nee ons will nie spelers MAIM nie onthou om in n ou vas te hardloop is jou kans net so groot om te bly le, kyk hoe storm Kabamba in ek dink soms hy is n lunatic of op dagga, dalk daarom dat hy kort kort afgaan om n pull te vat, nee ou sus ons speel hard, julle ook.
Maar wat julle wel doen is om te niggle en te provoke, darem jammer ons kan nie soos in die ou dae dit lekker uitsort nie en aangaan met die game nie.
Jy gaan nou daaroor kerm maar wedstryde in die ou dae het nie uitgeloop op n permanente boksgeveg nie.
Net so graag soos jy wil he die ref moet streng wees en die eerste vuishou met n kaart straf wil ek he hy moet die eerste ou wat dit begin afstuur.
8 Oct 2006, 19:55 pm
The ref’s of both games were influenced by the home crowd’s.
They were not up to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8 Oct 2006, 20:19 pm
Stem saam in die geheel Superbul, maar JP Nel se spel is party maal heeltemal onaanvaarbaar. Ek geniet ook dat die game hard gespeel word, en ja niggle en provoke is so deel van die spel,en dit sal so bly. En die spelers wat dit beste hanteer , en kanaaliseer, sal altyd bo eindig
Die oomblik wat jy toelaat dat dit jou spel beinvloed is dit verby
Ek dink dit gaan ‘n goeie game wees. Die BB is die gunstelinge, maar as daar een span is wat die bulle kan stuit is diot die Cheetah’s omdat hulle hulle spel so kan afwissel, en omdat hulle ‘n goeie balans in die span het
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