Bulls injury blues eased
10 Oct 2006
Five injured Vodacom Bulls players are set to be fit for the Absa Currie Cup final against the Vodacom Cheetahs.
Lock, Adriaan Fondse’s knee injury has made unexpectedly good progress and he now looks likely to be available for selection along with Wynand Olivier, who was substituted in the final after a head collision with Werner Greeff, and Francois van Schouwenburg who is nursing a bruised rib.
Both players trained with the team yesterday, as did Pedrie Wannenburg and Frikkie Welsh, who both passed fitness tests.
The outstanding form of Olivier in particular will have Pote Human hoping the shaggy-haired blond will fully recover before the showpiece match. He carved the Sharks defence to pieces on his return from Springbok duty and has built on that performance as the competition has progressed.
“It certainly feels a whole lot better than at the weekend,” Olivier told the Pretoria News. “The swelling has receded and the knee feels good. I am hoping to be passed fit to play.”
Olivier and Fondse will undergo fitness tests tomorrow.
Wannenburg and Welsh were close to playing last weekend’s semi-final against Vodacom Western Province, but were omitted as a precautionary measure.
Human was guarded about the composition of the squad, which he is expected to announce on Thursday, but hinted that he would stick with the players who have brought him success thus far.
“Everyone wants to play. It makes it difficult, but we are not likely to make many changes.”
Welsh is most likely to start on the bench, while the form of Derick Kuün and Hilton Lobberts makes Wannenburg’s inclusion in the run-on team less clear cut than it seems.
The likelyhood is that the Bulls will go with the big, physical back row of Pierrre Spies (eighthman), Wannenburg (blindside flank) and Danie Rossouw (openside flank). Derick Kuün will be unfortunate to get dropped to the bench while Hilton Lobberts will drop out of the match-day 22 completely.
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10 Oct 2006, 12:42 pm
#249 …dit is “BYsexual Burger….lol….thanx Supa,kannie wag nie…..
10 Oct 2006, 12:47 pm
# 251
OPSKRIF SON,
Burger Vanaf o tot 80 km/h in 1 sec,
Mnr Spies verloor kop in poepol,
10 Oct 2006, 12:48 pm
Moet gaan werk
Geniet hom en Sterkte
10 Oct 2006, 12:49 pm
Weet iemand of Cooke vir WP of Cheetahs speel volgende jaar? Nie wat dink julle nie – WEET iemand?
10 Oct 2006, 13:07 pm
Supa 254….WP
10 Oct 2006, 13:08 pm
Supa
Ek weet hy speel vir Cheetahs,
Hy het n’ goeie seisoen gehad,
Maruis kom ook en ek sien nie dat hy huidiglik beter as Cooke is nie,
10 Oct 2006, 13:14 pm
Hmmm,
Ek lees hy kom Cheetahs toe en jy Weet hy gaan WP toe, Ek is seker tussen ons twee het ons nie vir Supa gehelp nie
10 Oct 2006, 13:14 pm
Cooke was die jaar gekontrakteer by griekwas vanjaar, het net S14 saam met ander griekwa ouens by cheetahs gespeel. Was meeste van die seisoen beseer. Het aptekerswese by potch geswot. Ek het ook gehoor hy gaan miskien wp toe, maar sover def. nie cheetahs toe nie.
10 Oct 2006, 13:20 pm
Cheetahs en hmmm
Julle confuse my meer? Ek het die rumours oor sy move na wp gehoor, maar so paar weke terug toe se Rassie Cooke sal n goeie kombinasie saam Hendrik Meyer volgende jaar vir die cheetahs maak!
10 Oct 2006, 13:27 pm
Cooke het sy rubgy by die Luiperds geleer soos Naas O, soos Willem De Waal soos Jaco Engels. Bevrees geen meer goeie spelers oor nie. G’n wonder Boland het met hulle gemors nie.
10 Oct 2006, 13:30 pm
Ja ek dink 13 van die luiperd spelers is op soek na ander kontrakte op die stadium, geld is en bly maar net n probleem by kleiner unies.
10 Oct 2006, 13:39 pm
Please just teach Marius Delport of the Bulls to tackle. He is very tentative on defence and arrives way too late on the cross defence. We need someone that tackles ferociously against the Cheetahs come Saturday. I think Delport is highly overrated and needs to pull up his socks big time on Saturday.
If Frikkie Welsh plays he should also start putting up thedefensive effort of 2-3 years ago. This season has seen him miss way too many tackles – the one earlier in the season where the (Province?) wing ran around him was a classic example of how NOT to tackle.
The whole backline must tackle like Wynand and JP. The wings must come to the party on Saturday.
And another thing – leave Gary as captain. He has momentum and is in the engine room and fires up the whole pack.
Kom nou Bulle, kry julle lyne reg en julle taktiek reg. Hulle sal weer probeer om julle agterlyn oop te vlek. Julle kan nie weer soos dose lyk soos toe Philip Burger kringe om julle gehardloop het nie.
10 Oct 2006, 13:51 pm
5-260, please repeat in English.
You know I dont speak spanish.
10 Oct 2006, 15:16 pm
Bulls sal reg wees die Saterdag. Philip Burger se nommer sal opkom, maar hy is eintlik oraait – net te kort vir Jake se span.
10 Oct 2006, 15:17 pm
Eintlik behoort WP vir Solly te vat.
10 Oct 2006, 22:57 pm
********…solly wouldnt make wp C team.
could make the lions first 15 though,if he ups his game alittle.
supa….ronnie cooke kom wp toe,maar hy sal beslis vir die b team spiel of die tackle vat.
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