Super South African Final Set for Orlando Stadium, Soweto

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Published: May 23, 2010

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The Bulls and Stormers set up a dream South African Super 14 final to take place at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Saturday

Both the Bulls and Stormers based their semifinal victories with their defense. The Bulls exhibited a more balanced approach between attack and defense during their 39-24 victory over the Crusaders, whilst the Stormers defended like Trojans for 80 minutes in suffocating the Waratahs during their 25-6 victory at Newlands.

Moving to Orlando Stadium in Soweto turned out to be a momentous occasion for the Bulls! The home crowd support was excellent and had the Soweto flavour as the vuvuzelas were out in full force! It was great to see the stadium full of blue, mixed races in the crowd and plenty of dignitaries on hand for the match.

Many in Australia and New Zealand had predicted a Crusaders victory as they believed the Bulls would have lost momentum from resting players in the previous match. However it was the Bulls who started stronger.

I believed that for the Crusaders to win, they had to start well as they were always going to fade due to the travelling and altitude.

The Bulls were well rested, and prepared for this and their defence was strong, a Deon Stegmann special led to a turnover and the Bulls were clinical in taking the ball through the phases before the pace and power of Pierre Spies finished the job.

Danie Rossouw scored a legitimate try soon after, but the TMO ruled he had lost the ball.

Richie McCaw scored for the Crusaders soon after, but the Bulls weren't perturbed. They spotted the weakness of the Crusaders under the high ball, and Zane Kirchner followed his kick perfectly to score the Bulls second and open a handy lead that was never reigned in to put the Bulls under any real pressure.

Two weeks ago the Crusaders believed they had the blueprint to beat the Bulls, but they were one dimensional. Their tactic to go wide was met with resol...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Rugby Union

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