De Villiers feeling Bullish about final
May 28 2009
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is keeping his fingers crossed that the Bulls can defeat the Chiefs when they meet in the Super 14 final at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday.
De Villiers urged South Africa to get behind the Bulls in his latest column on the SARugby website.
"If the Bulls can play like they did in beating the Crusaders last week, they will be very hard to beat at home," said De Villiers.
"Let's hope that the entire country gets behind them as they bid for a second title in three seasons."
"A Bulls win will be good for South African rugby overall and we must show them our support.
"Good luck to Frans Ludeke, Victor Matfield and their team."
In beating the Crusaders 36-23 in their semi-final at Lotus Versfeld at the weekend, the Bulls effectively won their second consecutive knock-out game. The previous week they had to beat the Sharks to ensure home ground advantage and avoid a potentially debilitating journey across the ocean.