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Limpopo Blue Bulls

South African rugby union team

Summary

South African rugby union team

FieldValue
teamnameLimpopo Blue Bulls
unionBlue Bulls Rugby Union
regionLimpopo, South Africa
countryflagSouth Africa
coachAndré Eloff
leagueVodacom Cup
season2015
position8th (North Section)
ground
capacity45,500

Limpopo Blue Bulls (known as the Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls for sponsorship reasons) are a South African rugby union team that are a sub-union of the Blue Bulls Rugby Union and are therefore represented by the Blue Bulls in the annual Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup tournaments. They play out of Polokwane at the Peter Mokaba Stadium and draw players from the entire Limpopo province in South Africa. Between 2013 and 2015, the Limpopo Blue Bulls played as a separate team in the Vodacom Cup competition. Despite their first team not participating in first class rugby since 2015, they still have youth teams that participate in competitions such as the Under-21 and Under-19 Provincial Championships and in the Craven Week and Grant Khomo Week tournaments. They also have a women's team who compete in the South African Rugby Women's First Division.

History

{{anchor|Far North}}Far North (1968–1995)

In 1967, the Far North Rugby Union was formed. They were based in Pietersburg (now Polokwane) and participated in domestic South African competitions between 1968 and 1995, when the advent of professionalism in South African rugby union saw the number of provincial unions reduced to 14. Far North merged with to become the .

Vodacom Cup (2013–2015)

They played as an independent team in the Vodacom Cup, starting in the 2013 season.

It was a very disappointing season, with the Limpopo Blue Bulls breaking several unwanted records, including the biggest ever first class loss recorded in South African rugby history, when they lost 161–3 to the on 27 April 2013.

They also conceded 100 points or more in their matches against the (113–3), (124–5), (154–0) and (110–0).

They slightly improved in their second season in the competition, conceding nearly 200 points less in their seven matches. However, they still lost all of their matches and conceded 100 points or more in two of their matches — against the and against their parent union side, the .

The Limpopo Blue Bulls took a different approach in the build-up to the 2015 Vodacom Cup. In 2013 and 2014, they selected the best players from across the Limpopo province – excluding the players of the best club in the region, Noordelikes, who competed in the SARU Community Cup at the same time as the Vodacom Cup competition – for 2015, they decided to train in Pretoria and also employ the help of some club players from the region, most notably Oostelike Eagles, who contributed 17 players to their 2015 training squad. Their record in 2015 was once again much-improved; they only conceded 50 points or more in two matches – a 52–0 defeat to the and an 83–13 defeat to the . They scored more than twice the number of points they scored in 2014 and conceded half the number of points. They also earned their first log points when they lost their match against the by less than seven points – going down 17–24 in Windhoek – and gained their first log point for scoring four tries in a match in their final game of the season, a 27–38 defeat to the .

Records

Limpopo Blue Bulls records:

Team Match RecordsRecordOppositionVenueSeason
Biggest win:N/AN/AN/AN/A
Heaviest defeat:Alberton Rugby Club20133–161
Highest score:201528
Most points conceded:Alberton Rugby Club2013161
Most tries:20154
Player Match RecordsRecordPlayerOppositionVenueSeason
Most points by a player:Anton Beswick201513
Most tries by a player:VariousVariousVariousVarious1
Team Season RecordsRecordMatchesSeason
Most team points:in 7 matches2015115
Most team tries:in 7 matches201512
Player Season RecordsRecordPlayerSeason
Most points by a player:Anton Beswick201555
Most tries by a player:Niyaas Johnson20142
Dwayne Pienaar20152
Fanie Raseroka20152
Player Career RecordsRecordPlayerSeasons
Most appearances:Barnie Boonzaaier2014–201513
Johan Coetzer2013–201413
Most points:Anton Beswick201555
Most tries:Niyaas Johnson20142
Dwayne Pienaar20152
Fanie Raseroka20152

Vodacom Cup

The Limpopo Blue Bulls' all-time record in the Vodacom Cup since their entry into the competition in 2013 is:

Limpopo Blue Bulls' Vodacom Cup recordSeasonPlayedWonDrawnLostPts ForPts AgPts DiffTries ForTries AgLog PtsOverall2100211941651−1457212522
2013700732781−74931190
2014700747580−5336900
20157007115290−17512432

References

References

  1. (8 January 2013). "Limpopo to play in Vodacom Cup".
  2. (2013-04-28). "Volmink sets SA record".
  3. {{SA Rugby Match Centre. (27 July 2016)
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  9. (19 January 2015). "Oostelikes-Eagles hersturktureer". Pretoria East Rekord.
  10. {{SA Rugby Match Centre. (27 July 2016)
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  12. {{SA Rugby Match Centre. (27 July 2016)
  13. {{SA Rugby Match Centre. (27 July 2016)
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