[2016 Super Rugby] Bulls vs. Rebels (Round 2) 05/03/2016

[TRF_heineken]

Venue: Loftus Versfeld
Time: 15:00 CAT (SA, GMT+2)​

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

The Bulls looked so ineffectual that I am almost tempted to entertain the Rebels taking it but surely at home the Bulls should have too much? The pack need to man up as a unit and whoever is going to do duty at 9 needs to pick it up as well!

 

[Gena_ZA]

Rebels my dark horse this season but Bulls at home...
Even odds I reckon

 

[InsaneAsylum]

I don't care who wins (no I lie, the Rebels better win) but I just hope to see Reece Hodge kick a penalty from within the Rebels 22

 

[Bull]

Bulls
15 Warrick Gelant , 14 Travis Ismaiel, 13 Jan Serfontein, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Rudy Paige, 8 Arno Botha, 7 Jannes Kirsten, 6 Nic de Jager, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), Trevor Nyakane
Substitutes: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Hencus van Wyk, 19 Jason Jenkins, 20 Roelof Smit, 21 Piet van Zyl, 22 Tian Schoeman, 23 Dries Swanepoel

http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/bulls-lose-kriel-to-concussion-20160302

 

[sonnench]

I have a feeling the Rebels may sneak a win here. Bulls were woeful last week, Gelant and co. seemed to be playing within themselves. I do however like Odendaal in the lineup, just a pity it had to come at Kriel's expense.

 

[RoosTah]

After the first half I thought the Bulls might wrack up 70 points here, but to their credit the Rebels stayed positive and didn't give up. They were never going to win it, but scoring 4 tries in the second half was certainly no mean feet after what they copped in the first.

 

[unrated]

The bulls let themselves down with that second half. Losing a bonus point like that should be worrying to the coach. Handling was bad in the second half from the Bulls especially Serfontein he knocked it on so much!
Still a win is a win and quite a big one at that. Bulls coach proclaimed before the match that the rebels are favourites. http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/bulls-coach-rebels-are-favourites-20160304
What was that about? to get his players motivated? Was he sincere?

 

[back2back]

The Bulls don't get a bonus point win because it was 6 tries to 4.. wow this idiotic new bonus point system is a joke. Asking teams who have already got the game in the bag to defend with their lives on the line until the dying minutes to get a bonus point is just stupid.

 

[RoosTah]

The Bulls don't get a bonus point win because it was 6 tries to 4.. wow this idiotic new bonus point system is a joke. Asking teams who have already got the game in the bag to defend with their lives on the line until the dying minutes to get a bonus point is just stupid.

Yeah I seriously don't get it. If bonus points are supposed to encourage positive play then both sides deserve them - the game had 10 tries FFS.

 

[back2back]

Yeah I seriously don't get it. If bonus points are supposed to encourage positive play then both sides deserve them - the game had 10 tries FFS.

Exactly, and this is the Southern Hemisphere, no offense to the NH but we don't need to "promote" attacking rugby down this end.

Edit: Best highlight of the match hahahah;

 

[InsaneAsylum]

bugger, disappointing result for us, if only Thompson hadn't botched that try.... who knows

it was worth watching the game to see the ball kicked up the bulls players butt still unsure how that actually happened

 

[TRF_heineken]

I'm just glad we got the win. It would have been pretty tough as a Bulls fan to stay motivated if we lost our first 2 matches 2 years in a row. And with this heatwave, I admire the fans who went to the game. I heard from one of my friends that they announced that the temperature was 36 degrees Celcius just before kick-off.

Still a lot of improvement to be made, but happy to see what we can do.

I thought our forwards' handling skills were pretty awesome!

 

[InsaneAsylum]

I'm just glad we got the win. It would have been pretty tough as a Bulls fan to stay motivated if we lost our first 2 matches 2 years in a row. And with this heatwave, I admire the fans who went to the game. I heard from one of my friends that they announced that the temperature was 36 degrees Celcius just before kick-off.

Still a lot of improvement to be made, but happy to see what we can do.

I thought our forwards' handling skills were pretty awesome!

That's a fair point, apart from a few fumbles the bulls forwards skills have evolved from the pick and drive pods of the old days. Oedendaal or however you spell it was again a headache for our defence.

 

[TRF_heineken]

That's a fair point, apart from a few fumbles the bulls forwards skills have evolved from the pick and drive pods of the old days. Oedendaal or however you spell it was again a headache for our defence.

Odendaal.

Apart from that rattail he has, he's one of my favourite players. He's at the moment playing better than Serfontein.

It's a nice headache to have for the Bulls Coach.