Power to powder blue
12 Oct 2006
Keo, in his News24 column, reminds the Muppits that Saturday’s Currie Cup winner was identified some time ago.
This is what I wrote in my column on September 27:
‘One team of the top five is going to miss out and it is going to be the Lions. Brave and brilliant in the last seven matches, the Lions will curse their early season experiments that cost them easy points. Lesson learned by Eugene Eloff who will not easily again surrender league points to prove a point to his senior players.
‘The Cheetahs will lose in Pretoria on Saturday but still end top of the table, with the Bulls ending second on points difference from Western Province who’ll take the five league points at Newlands. The Sharks will hammer the Falcons to set up another trip to Bloemfontein and a semi-final exit from the competition.
‘The Sharks, my early season call to win the competition, have mixed and matched so much this season that they cost themselves a home semi-final and with that any chance of winning the competition. The Sharks can’t beat the Cheetahs at the moment. In the other semi-final match-up Western Province will travel to Loftus and this time there won’t be an ambush.
‘I’m tipping the Bulls to win on Saturday, win against Province the next week and then travel to Bloemfontein and set the record straight for last season’s defeat to the Cheetahs in the final.’
Are these words, written more than two weeks ago, to be viewed as some sort of prophecy? Absolutely not. Because I also wrote in May that the Waratahs would win the Super 14 and the Wallabies would triumph in the Tri Nations.
Domestically, though, it was always going to be the Bulls once the Sharks started fading through excessive experiment.
That’s why I could write with such conviction on September 27 as to how the Bulls march to the trophy would unfold. It is now October 11 and nothing in my view has changed. I am still backing the Bulls to go to Bloemfontein and win. Individually, they are a better unit and cohesively they have made as much impact as the Cheetahs in the last month.
Take nothing away from Ollie le Roux and Rassie Erasmus. The former, in his role as captain, has been inspirational. The latter is the most exciting thing to happen to the South African coaching scene. He is talented, innovative and definitely not a one season wonder. South Africa rugby is healthier in the coaching department because of Rassie’s emergence.
But if you want to know why the Cheetahs won’t win on Saturday, then you simply have to look at the tight five composition of the Bulls and the kicking game of Derick Hougaard at flyhalf. The tight five will set up the victory for the visitors and Hougaard’s boot will close the deal.
There won’t be much in the final, but all you need to win it is one point.
Statistics favour the Bulls. They’ve lost just one out of their last 10 against the Cheetahs, while winning the last four in Bloemfontein. The defeat happened to be in last year’s final and it took a miraculous comeback and the bounce of the oval ball to sink them.
The surprise element a year ago was with the Cheetahs, but this weekend there won’t be any such tricks in the party packs handed out during the final. The Bulls know exactly what to expect and they are in no doubt as to what they have to do to succeed. This is a victory that will be fashioned on preparation as much as execution and with Heyneke Meyer back from his overseas travels his input is crucial.
Pote Human has settled as Bulls coach, but Meyer’s technical and analytical contribution will be massive to the Bulls success. He remains the Director of Rugby at the Bulls and the man in charge.
The Bulls have been the form team in South African rugby in the last month. They’ve put 50 past the Sharks in Durban, given the Cheetahs 41 points in Pretoria and scored 45 comfortably against Western Province a week ago. They’re scoring tries with ease and Hougaard is kicking well.
Gary Botha’s captaincy has been outstanding and the tight five are fronting for each challenge. The Cheetahs, this season, have thrived on forward domination against most teams. The exception has been when playing the Bulls. That is why they lost in Bloemfontein earlier in the competition, got hammered in Pretoria and will again come second best on Saturday.
The path to the final was recorded here a fortnight ago. And nothing in the last fortnight convinces me to change the call that has the Bulls to win the Cup again.
1,320 Comments
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12 Oct 2006, 11:48 am
Jinx 360…
Stats sell Jinx.
But I guess at your age taking it easy is always no1 priority
12 Oct 2006, 11:49 am
More like baby blue……
12 Oct 2006, 11:49 am
Geez keo,
After the Bulls demolished the Sharks a few weeks ago, anybody with half a brain could have called them favourites.
12 Oct 2006, 11:49 am
Mac – no news on that.
Redcard – it appears you have broken my code. States to win CC , Lions to win S14 !!!!
fs = farking smiles, free state & vark steaks
12 Oct 2006, 11:50 am
Ig,
May I enquire whether supa received a warning. He posted about 50 comments under the nic of “grootblousmile” last night.
12 Oct 2006, 11:51 am
Ek het nog 8 ander Redcard….
12 Oct 2006, 11:52 am
Ok, Hello Jinx, Quinny, Hmmm, RedCard en my bulle vrinne!
Ek het nou klaar baklei, dit afgeskud, soos water van die rug af!
Die lewe is ‘n lied, sing dit uit volle bors!
This Saturday is going to be monsterous…..too close to call!
Go Bulls, make me proud, yet again!
12 Oct 2006, 11:52 am
quite true martin,entering that domain(the boland area) is akin to entering the den of inequity sometimes.
hulle speel roff ou pel.
i heard of a club game earlier in the year where some supporters chased the ref out the ground with rocks,knives and even a gun because they reckoned there was major bias in his decision making!
12 Oct 2006, 11:52 am
I had a word Hmmmmmm, it appears you got suckered !
12 Oct 2006, 11:53 am
maccie, at first I could not figure out what you meant by chunking. It sounded like someone spewing last nights dinner over the asphalt. now I realise you are refering to tjank as in cry.(I’m a bit slow, must come from being a dumb dutchmen and all the inbreeding.
but damn dude, you can carry on with the same thing ad nauseum. I recall from the Sharks game you were talking about the blou seuns being filleted and the supporters”chunking”.
It still has not happened, those blou seuns took the game from your beloved weepee like a teenager taking sweets from a baby last w/e.
so can you not do me a favour and try to come up with something new for this weekend? It does not have to be profound, just new.
12 Oct 2006, 11:53 am
Where is your evidence Hmmmm?
12 Oct 2006, 11:53 am
gbs, so what did you think about Nostradamus?
12 Oct 2006, 11:54 am
Hmmm # 401
I thought *** did.
heheheheheheheh.
No seriously, I find you to be a master statistician. I enjoy all your facts and figures that you present.
You could be an actuary making millions of bucks. Predicting and forcasting.
12 Oct 2006, 11:54 am
402….so skim jy wil GRAAG baby blue dra?
12 Oct 2006, 11:55 am
hehe hmmmm got suckered!
12 Oct 2006, 11:55 am
Quinny, Google does not like it when the term “to Google something” is used. Please refer to the term “search” or you will be prosecuted and forced to support the Bulls.
12 Oct 2006, 11:55 am
RedCard,
Hehehehe…..hope “Nostradamus” is right about this one!
12 Oct 2006, 11:56 am
quinny,shot for the update on carlos.
these marines reckoned he was on his way to wp(and the stormers) because he was not at all happy with his surroundings and the style of play adopted in the uk.
oh and they all said schalla is legend in new zealand,above any of there players including carter,interesting!
12 Oct 2006, 11:56 am
Guys I wrote a song last night…can I share it with you?
12 Oct 2006, 11:58 am
dangerbot(416) if that statement held any substance then quinny’s life is doomed….FOREVER!
12 Oct 2006, 11:58 am
Why not Jinx?
MacD, We sometimes forget that we have players in SA, that are admired in other countries.
12 Oct 2006, 11:58 am
supa – were you doing the sucking hehe
12 Oct 2006, 11:58 am
jinx
Bring it on!!!
12 Oct 2006, 11:59 am
Anybody out there in blogland???
Anyone for a blues tune…in E.
Stamp you feet to a no nonsense meaty in your face blues beat…Real 12 bar feel. Dim lights and a whole lot of soul.
Think… BB King, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Clapton, Jimi, Joe Bonamassa, Keb Mo, Poppa Chubby, Robert Cray, Gary Moore, Robben Ford, Jeff Beck, Jonny Lang & Muddy Waters. Mean, mean, mean blues.
THIS TIME THE BULLS WILL NOT
Written by Jinx
Performed by the Jinx and Mountain Hearts
There’s something coming ’round
in ole Bloemfontein town
Wild as the Cheetahs
tracking them Blue Bulls down
I heard from the oracle
came to me in a dream
There’s gonna be Blue Bull blues
coming apart at the seams
The Cheetahs try time makes victory
Cos the Blue Bulls got stopped
No mercy from Free State
No cute smiles on the day
There’s going to be courage on fire
and the Blue Bulls must pay
The Cheetahs try time makes victory
Cos the Bulls got socked
DJ Rassie I’m singin’
for Ollie and his men
Going to be hell in the trenches
then Harley stars and cigars again
The Cheetahs try time makes victory
Cos the Blue Bulls got knocked
I got a feeling
aah…I… got a feeling
I got a feeling
Must share it on Keo’s blog
The Cheetahs try time makes victory
The Blue Bulls were shocked
There’s gonna be hearts on the line
A Saturday not to be forgot
The blues is going down
Cos the Bulls got stopped
The Cheetahs try time makes victory
This time Bulls will not
Aaah hah hah hah hah
that’s the way it goes
Aaah hah hah hah hah
can’t stop the Currie Cup champagne flow…
The Cheetahs try time makes victory
Cos the Bulls forgot
Bloemfontein way
Down Bloemfontein way
Bloemfontein way
it will for another year stay
The Cheetahs try time makes victory
Cos the Blue Bulls got focked
©2006 Jinx
Vocals – Jinx
Lead guitar – Skim
Rhythm guitar and vocals – Keepin’ it Real
Slide guitar – Muskadel
Keyboards and vocals – Pieterman
Bass – David
Percussion – Grrr…I’m a Lion
Drums – Quinnyshark
Backing singers – Dawn, Pussycat and Rugbybabe
Horn section:
Tenor saxophone – Katman
Trombone – Capeflatsboy
Trumpet – Tony Moneo
Special thanks to guests:
Keepin’ it Real and Quinnyshark from the blues band from Durban called The Ragged Roamers. They’re on the Sharks Record label
Katman and Grrr…I’m a Lion, from the blues/ rock band called the Jozi Growlers. They’re on the Lions Music record label
Rugbybabe, from the all girl Bloem soul/blues band called… The Cheetah-Ritas.
Jinx and the rest of the gang are true Mountain Hearts from Cape Town. WeePee Records most dynamic and sizzling hot act who have recently returned from a successful world tour. See the new Rolling Stone magazine for incredible review on their latest album called “Out Wide.â€
12 Oct 2006, 12:00 pm
FASHION ALERT
Ig in orange.
12 Oct 2006, 12:00 pm
jinx
12 Oct 2006, 12:00 pm
420, well the first part of the statement is very true. Google filed a lawsuit against a company for using the term “to google something”. However, he will NOT be forced to support the Bulls as the rumour has it. I cannot back that up 100% though.
12 Oct 2006, 12:01 pm
the bulls are to rugby what jr ewing was to dallas.
12 Oct 2006, 12:01 pm
No Ig 409, not last night, was out with my male friends.
The rule clearly stats that:
“No muppit might under any circumstances post posts on keo under the nic of a fellow muppit”
Now that seems black and white.
There is no recorded exception to that rule that exempts said muppit should the posts be posted from the fellow muppit who’s nic was used’ pc.
12 Oct 2006, 12:02 pm
everybody loves to hate them
12 Oct 2006, 12:02 pm
Hey Dawn. Apologies for going a bit overboard the other day.
12 Oct 2006, 12:02 pm
Clasic Jinx, i came across occasional blogger Oranje_Oracles site the other day
Bloemfontein = blingfontein…..! lmao !
Dawn, figuratively.
12 Oct 2006, 12:03 pm
427
But its free advertising for them, Danger!
424
Hahaha – very good indeed! But what do the Bulls think of it? Ag nevermind, they have cr!p taste in music anyway (think Steve Hofmeyer, Carika Keuzenkamp & Ge Korsten)…
12 Oct 2006, 12:04 pm
**** man Jinx, why am I not in the song. I do mean falsetto’s!
12 Oct 2006, 12:04 pm
Ig
Blingfontein. Classic. I love it.
12 Oct 2006, 12:05 pm
Jinx heres one from RedCard to the tune of Old MacDonald:
Ye old Mountain goats had a farm
hee-aai-hee-aai-ho
And on that farm there was a chest
hee-aai-hee-aai-ho
With no cc here, and no cc there, here a tear there a tear everywhere a wet tear.
Ye ol wp has no cup.
Hee-aai-hee-aai-ho
12 Oct 2006, 12:05 pm
xkreni(410)…thats what supporters are supposed to do old fella,support there team as i have down through thick and then this year.
i do recall you making some crass comments about how aplon was going to get bliksemed juring the pool matches at moftus and nuweland but he scored twice on both occasions.
granted he did not have things all his own way in the semi but the guy is still a kid.
something new(just like wattie) i predict the cheetahs will win this weekend,its gonna be tuff but they will pull it through for the second year in a row!
next year will be interesting though as the lions hav efinally awoken from the slumber and wp(a team who everyone wrote off before the season got under way) have gathered momentum so who knows.
12 Oct 2006, 12:05 pm
Hehe jinx 413….
Ja, I am stats crazy, but not that great at it so I just do it for a bit of fun every now and again.
12 Oct 2006, 12:06 pm
Very good Jinx, wrong, but very good.
12 Oct 2006, 12:06 pm
Dangerbot
Doing auditions for falsetto this arvie.
Hahahahahahahah
Glad you liked the song.
12 Oct 2006, 12:07 pm
martin(428) i know…a pain in the *** bwahahahaha
12 Oct 2006, 12:07 pm
Jinx can I audition?
I can do the false, but not the tto?
12 Oct 2006, 12:07 pm
Jinx,
Like the tune……words are somewhat skewed though!!
Hehehehe
12 Oct 2006, 12:07 pm
I hate how the bulls blame Kaplan, but when Marius Jonker whipped Wp 4 out of 4 this yeasr…..the MEDIA!! Yes you KEO, and Supersport wrote what excellent game he had….
Refs make mistakes, but with Wanker they always go the bulls way, or the team playing against province way!! Wynand got hammered by greef…lost the ball forward, and then heine picked it up and the bulls scored…..
Not making excuses….with Wp handing them 14 points on aplatter, you are not gionna win….
But when we took a line out 5 m from our goal line, and the bulls just collapsed it, no penalty, no try…..now were sitting on 14 points robbed…..makes you think….and warning a team for the last time…about three times…..where is the card?? Why may that white trash Delport push Aplon’s head into the ground…and gets away with it?????
So sorry bulls no sympathy for you about the ref…..
Stop being Suurdruiwe!!!!
12 Oct 2006, 12:08 pm
424$ Jinx and Mountain Hearts!!!!
Let the good times roll. 1..2.. 3…Four!!!!!!!!!
12 Oct 2006, 12:09 pm
maccie
you have supported the sharks, then Cheetahs and then weepee and now the cheetahs again. So who is your team ?
Aplon got hammered in the semi’s. So my prediction came true.
So you are agreeing that weepee is in actual fact the seuns and the Bulle die manne.
Fanks hey
12 Oct 2006, 12:09 pm
jinx, cool. expecting my jock strap back from the dry cleaners anyday now.
12 Oct 2006, 12:10 pm
Dis lekkerO’nBTWees #439
Thanks bru. Being a true WP fan I have to go with my 2nd best team, the Cheetahs, but Bulls are heavy favourites.
I’m trying to lift DJ Rassie and the manne.
12 Oct 2006, 12:11 pm
xkreni – just because i predicted a bulls win does’nt mean i support the bulls.
12 Oct 2006, 12:11 pm
#407 GBS
Beter so, dis tydmors. Ek weet jy beter dinge om te doen.
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