The Bulls are currently riding high as Super 14 and Currie Cup Champions.

They have started off the 2010 Super 14 in devastating form and currently top the log and are favourites to win the title and become just the third side to defend their crown.

In my view no matter what happens in 2010, the Bulls are already Champions of the World!

And it is not their tenacity in defence, ability to pummel opposition attacks into the ground, grind down their opponents into submission or score tries from anywhere on the park.

It is their attitude.

It’s the attitude of champions.

It’s what makes them so successful, it’s what makes them lilely to achieve ongoing success and it’s what makes my blood blue and proud to be a bulletjie!

Here’s why the Bulls are my champions:

1. The desire to be successful

The Bulls have spoken of creating a legacy even prior to winning the Super 14 in 2009 for the second time. With what was only 1 previous success, and coming off the back of a disastrous title defence in 2008, they had the mindset of not just winning in 2009, but winning multiple titles, and dominating the world rugby landscape.

So often in South African rugby sides aim low, and speak of “making the semi-finals” or finishing in the “top half of the draw.” How do you win titles with an attitude like that? The Bulls have demonstrated one does not need to be arrogant, but simply confident in ones ability, with the desire to never accept second best.

2. The Bulls are a family

A closer knit side you will not find. There are never rumours of player unhappiness (e.g as currently occuring with the Sharks) because it is never an issue. The players are tight, they are friends and they play for each other and the people they represent. There is no black, white or other divisions, it is a side with a common goal that inspire and drive each other.

It is epitomised in the fact that you don’t hear players complaining about dropping to the bench, or playing a different position to where they often play. The team comes first, and this selfless attitude produces performances that brings representative awards to the vast majority of the side (and makes the others more than capable of higher honours too!)

3. The Bulls have a sense of social responsibility

I was so pleased to learn that the Bulls will play a potential home semi-final and final at Orlando stadium in Soweto. It may be necessitated to find an alternative venue by World Cup regulations, but the Bulls had other options, especially in more “comfortable” regions.

The Bulls look after their fans. It is no coincidence the Bulls have the highest black supporter fan base in the country. They have an English and Afrikaans option on their website. They are sponsored by a black owned company (based in Cape Town no less!) in Oasis.

Quite simply the Bulls are a side that includes all cultures, colours and goes out of its way to ensure they lead the way and are role models for the whole of South Africa. Whilst I’m sure many fans won’t travel from Pretoria to Soweto (there is a poll on Jacaranda fm), it is a brave, and fantastic move to take rugby to a different community and expose the game in a black township. It is already successful and has won supporters just by being discussed.

The Bulls, led by our superb captain Victor Matfield, (and the awesome administrative team)  have gotten in behind Bafana Bafana and are leading from the front in supporting our boys for the World Cup. You can see them above all wearing Bafana Bafana shirts before leaving on tour to Perth.

This sort of behaviour would make Nelson Mandela proud. It epitomises to me what the new South Africa is about. Supporting one another, celebrating our diversity and using it to inspire each other to greatness.

It is why the Bulls are champions. They are genuinely ambassadors for their region and South Africa. They do it from the heart, and in return they are inspired and gain the drive to be even better themselves.

I am proud to be a Bulls supporter. Go Bulle Go!