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Blues vs Bulls rd4

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PaarlBok

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Rod McCall (65)
Blues will be way to strong for the Bulls. The Bulls only played 40 minutes of rugby this season and since then they look like going down the dumps. Blues on a high and at home. Blues by 20 +
 
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Tim Horan (67)
I think this will be interesting Paarl, this young Blues team haven't as yet played a Saffa team, so will beinteresting to see how they adapt. Bulls will no doubt try and beat up Blues forwrads and then throw a few up and unders at their back 3 to try and really pressure them, they are pretty inexperienced at back. Apparently Sir JK is thinking of making a few changes as well.
 
Braveheart81

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Will Genia (78)
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I'm about to add a couple of the Blues backs to my Fantasy rugby team, so get ready for them to implode this weekend.

Meanwhile, the Hurricanes backs that I drop will dominate. Look for Andre Taylor to score a hattrick.
 
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Andrew Slack (58)
Expect bombs aplenty. Bulls need to take a lead else forget it. There is no way they will be chasing down the Blues.
 
PaarlBok

PaarlBok

Rod McCall (65)
Dan54 said:
I think this will be interesting Paarl, this young Blues team haven't as yet played a Saffa team, so will beinteresting to see how they adapt. Bulls will no doubt try and beat up Blues forwrads and then throw a few up and unders at their back 3 to try and really pressure them, they are pretty inexperienced at back. Apparently Sir JK is thinking of making a few changes as well.
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Bulls dont play well in NZ. Dont think even their pack will be competitive. They'll chase the Blues backs and forwards like a pack of dogs a bakkie. Its going to be ugly and a loooong afternoon on sunday.
 
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Andrew Slack (58)
PaarlBok said:
Bulls dont play well in NZ. Dont think even their pack will be competitive. They'll chase the Blues backs and forwards like a pack of dogs a bakkie. Its going to be ugly and a loooong afternoon on sunday.
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They don't have bakkies in Noow Zeelund.

Bulls will be competitive in first half, frustrate the Blues and then run out of puff. That will be the same story for the next four games.

At least I am realistic about my team unlike you lot from Goatville.
 
PaarlBok

PaarlBok

Rod McCall (65)
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They don't have bakkies in Noow Zeelund.

Bulls will be competitive in first half, frustrate the Blues and then run out of puff. That will be the same story for the next four games.

At least I am realistic about my team unlike you lot from Goatville.
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Brutes surpporters and realistic about his team dont go hand in hand. Maybe the chicken runners is different.
 
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The Blues number 8 is a muppet. Just ran over the touch line from a restart.
 
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Colin Windon (37)
That game certainly put the Blues in their place. A real lack of forward grunt.
It certainly looks as if the NZ conference is nowhere near as strong as was first thought.
 
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Andrew Slack (58)
qwerty51 said:
You guys have another Juan Smith in Arno Botha
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I'm not going to say told you so. But told you so :)

He is an absolute beast with a huge engine.

Simple rugby from the Bulls with a willingness to take the ball through the hands which was nice to see.

Now the MOST encouraging thing for me is the emergence of two new props in Mellet and Kirsten who can more than hold their own plus the fact that Kirsten did well moving from 3 to 1. We have not had a versatile prop in ten years.
 
Sidbarret

Sidbarret

Fred Wood (13)
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It won't happen often but I am far more positive about the Bulls than you it seems.

The way I see it the bulls have fixed a number of systemic errors that have been dogging them over the last couple of seasons.

1- Steyn's tactical kicking is much better than previous season. Previously he only had the high-long punt that stayed the air so long that it gave the defending winger time to get under the ball to counter. This season he has added some variety by going low and hard to get the ball into gaps.

2- Steyn is putting pace onto the ball in attack, dragging the backline forward instead of shoveling static ball down the line.

3- They are clearing past the ball, greatly improving the speed and quality of the ball from the ruck.

4- Their forward runners are working hard on taking the ball at pace.

They ended this game with Mastriet being the only recognised outside back on the pitch and a badly unbalanced backrow, but was an intercept and defencive laps at the line-out away from routing the force.​
I reckon we are about to lose four in a row.

One win on the road will be a good outcome. Blues, Saders, Reds, Brumbies. That's a bloody nightmare.

Blues on a roll, never beat the Saders in NZ, not Reds at Suncorp and Jake knows how to play us and has a better squad than last year.
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I hate to say I told you so, but...

I like what I have seen from the Bulls this season. They are playing good, orthodox rugby this season, very much like the Brumbies. Like the Brumbies I don't think they have the cattle to take the whole competition, but all things considered I think they'll do enough to make their supporters proud over the course of the season.
 
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