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==Current squad== |
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* [[Heinie Adams]] |
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* [[Wium Arlow]] |
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* [[Stefan Basson]] |
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* [[Lodie Britz]] |
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* [[Warren Brosnihan]] |
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* [[Danie Coetzee]] |
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* [[Danwel Demas]] |
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* [[Adriaan Fondse]] |
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* [[Derick Hougaard]] |
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* [[Kees Lensing]] |
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* [[Anton Leonard]] |
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* [[John Mametsa]] |
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* [[JP Nel]] |
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* [[Wynand Olivier]] |
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* [[Gavin Passens]] |
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* [[Johan Roets]] |
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* [[Wessel Roux]] |
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* [[Kennedy Tsimba]] |
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* [[Riaan van der Bergh]] |
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* [[Kobus van der Walt]] |
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* [[Francois van Schouwenburg]] |
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* [[Ruan Vermeulen]] |
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* [[Pedrie Wannenburg]] |
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* [[Johan Wasserman]] |
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==Famous players== |
==Famous players== |
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Revision as of 03:56, 9 June 2006
| Bull | |
| Club information | |
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| Full name | Blue Bulls |
| Colours | Blue |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Website | bluebulls.co.za |
| Current details | |
| Ground(s) | |
| Competition | Currie Cup |
The Blue Bulls, for sponsorship reasons named Vodacom Blue Bulls, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by the Blue Bulls Rugby Union and are based at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, Gauteng province.
History
The team as we know it today has its beginnings in 1938 when the then Northern Transvaal Rugby Union broke away from the Transvaal Rugby Football Union to gain status as an independent rugby union. The new team were simply named Northern Transvaal and donned light blue jerseys with a red Barberton daisy emblem.
From their first year of existence Northern Transvaal were a formidable force in South African rugby, with many Springboks rising through their ranks. During World War II there was no local rugby competitions and they first lifted the Currie Cup only in 1946. Eventually the side was nickamed the Blue Bulls, a name that has stuck with them ever since.
In later years, because of political changes in South Africa, many of the provinces in the country were renamed. As the result the Northern Transvaal Rugby Union became the Blue Bulls Rugby Union, and Northern Transvaal became known only by their original nickname: the Blue Bulls. When Vodacom became the team's biggest sponsor their name was also added: previously the side was sponsored by ExxonMobil and known as the Mobil Blue Bulls.
Rivalry with Western Province
Through the years the rivalry between the Blue Bulls and Western Province has become legendary, and a clash between these two sides is always a showcase event in the tournament.
Finals results
Currie Cup
Notes
1 Northern Transvaal were renamed the Blue Bulls.
2 Transvaal were renamed the Golden Lions.
3 Orange Free State were renamed the Free State Cheetahs.