Let's say that after yesterday I am quite confident we will beat the Bulls in Pretoria... We managed to beat them in Pretoria the last 2 times and of the last 7 encounters we beat them 5 times.
Yeah, the Bulls got owned and add to that the fact that the Sharks are getting back Beast, Bismarck, Jannie, Alberts, Lambie and Pietersen (okay and Ndugane) while the Bulls will only be getting Hougaard, Steyn and Spies... they get a couple of WP boytjies well but I see the Bulls as being in a bit of a rebuilding phase. They'll probably not make the top half of the competition next year but I'll bet they'll be pushing for a top 6 spot the year after with their young team having some experience under the belt and 1 or2 smart signings along the way.
1 Dean Greyling
2 Chiliboy Ralepelle
3 Werner Kruger
4 Flip van der Merwe
5 Wilhelm Steenkamp (in from Cheetahs)
6 Jacques Burger (in from EP)
7 Dewald Potgieter
8 Pierre Spies
9 Francois Hougaard (or Jano Vermaak if Hougaard does make the rumored move)
10 Morne Steyn
11 Bjorn Basson
12 Wynand Olivier
13 Johann Sadie (in from WP) / Francois Venter (who looked gret for SA u20)
14 JJ Engelbrecht (in from WP)
15 Gerhard van der Heever / Zane Kirschner / Jurgen Visser
16 Rossouw de Klerk
17 Willie Wepener
18 Juandre Kruger
19 Arno Botha / Gerrit Jan van Velze / Deon Stegmann / CJ Stander
20 Jano Vermaak (in from Lions) / Justin Jinka
21 Louis Fouche / Francois Brummer
22 Gerhard van der Heever / Zane Kirschner / Jurgen Visser
HUGE losses in FdP and Matfield but both aren't what they were 2 years back. TBH the Stormers team for next year is gonna be looking just as young.
Gonna be frank here.....that's no great achievement.
I think he was being sarcastic.
