Currie Cup: Blue Bulls - Ford Pumas (30-09-2011)

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria (30-09-2011, 19:10)

Referee: Sindile Mayende
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The Vodacom Blue Bulls will be looking to stay on the winning track against the Ford Pumas at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Friday evening.

Even though they are still not in the top four, the Blue Bulls have shown they are getting back to their best with victories over DHL WP (28-20) and the MTN Golden Lions (21-18) in the last fortnight. Before that, they scored 10 points in the final minutes of the game against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs to secure an unlikely draw (22-22).

But despite these results and the Blue Bulls probably taking the field against their eastern neighbours as favourites, they will not be taking the Ford Pumas lightly. The team from Mpumalanga have also won their last two matches in the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division, away against GWK Griquas (34-31) and at home against the Platinum Leopards (32-19).

And, as Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar alluded to this week, the team from Pretoria had to work very hard for their 16-12 victory over the Pumas in Nelspruit earlier this year.

"We had a huge fright against them in Nelspruit earlier in the season and only won 16-12. They are a tough nut to crack as they have showed by beating Griquas in Kimberley," said Pienaar.

"We cannot look past this match. We need to run our own race and play our own game if we want to get there and we know there is no such thing as an easy Absa Currie Cup game this season."


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[TR][TD] Blue Bulls [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD] Pumas [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 15 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 14 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 13 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 12 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 11 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 10 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 9 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 8 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 7 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 6 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 5 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 4 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 16 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 17 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 18 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 19 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 20 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 21 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 22 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
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[Seaton]

Bulls should take this at a canter, been improving of late, as have the Pumas started closing out games.

However, Bulls by a fair amount, not truck-load but more mini-bus taxi.

 

[kovana]

Good game by the Bulls from match reports i have seen.