Gerhard van den Heever was cited following his clumsy spear tackle on Crusaders player Tim Bateman. van den Heever is just a young kid who has barely ever conceded a penalty in his career let alone perform a malicious piece of action.

van den Heever’s actions were dealt with by the referee and the consequences of his actions hurt the Bulls at a stage of the game they could ill afford to lose him, and it cost the Bulls a valuable 3 points.

I would have deemed that punishment enough, especially given the precedent we have seen this year with other players being cited and /or punished for similar offences.

This video clip shows why van den Heever is the Bulls leading try scorer this year as he has become a potent attacking weapon.





On Monday, after a 2 hour hearing at Loftus Versfeld, van den Heever was given a 2 match suspension. Whoever decided to give van den Heever a 2 week suspension should be punished themselves. It is grossly unfair.

This means the young Bulls winger will miss the final game against the Stormers (where he may have been rested anyway) and the semi-final to take place at Orlando stadium in Soweto.

Whilst I don’t expect any armbands this time around, I can only say beware of an angry Bull! Someone will feel the wrath!