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Spies 'lucky' to fight another day

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:58

Bulls star Pierre Spies will miss his side's match against the Waratahs through injury, but the No.8 is a thankful man that his season isn't over.

Spies has struggled with his fair share of injuries, that include an ill-timed blood clotting problem that forced him to miss the 2007 world cup in France.

During the Bulls 50-32 triumph over the Brumbies last weekend, Spies received a knock to his knee, but played on through the pain until the closing stages of the match.

"The doc tested my knee and saw that it was stable so I played on for another 15 min and then went off cause the game was over," Spies told rugby365.com.

Scans revealed that the ligaments in the 24-year-old's knee were all intact and the extent of the injury was a small tear in his calf that has ruled him out for the next two weeks.

"I'm very fortunate that none of my knee ligaments were injured and I'm thankful that miracles still do happen," Spies said.

The Bulls have adapted quickly to the new law interpretations and have recorded victories in the first two rounds leading into their match against the Waratahs.

"We've adapted well, but most of the teams will adapt later in the competition so we that's why we need to rack up as many points now as we can and live one week at a time," Spies said.

"The Stormers played a good game against them (the Waratahs) and shut them down, so we'll take a lot out of that and make sure we execute our kicking game well and keep them out of our half."

Although the loose-forward department is one that the Bulls have a lot of depth in, the Waratahs will no doubt be very happy not to have the destructive Spies lining up against them on Saturday.

While the world class No.8 recognises the need to rest and rotate players during the congested rugby season, he is eager to get back on the park and show everyone what he is capable of.

"I set high goals for myself and you want to make your mark, to be the best and make the most of your abilities while you can cause your season can be over in a week, like you saw with me almost messing it up," he said.

"When you have a lot of depth in your squad it helps - with the season being so long you need to take a rest somewhere and just manage your own body, not play when you have niggles, so a rotation policy is a good thing to do."

By Timmy Hancox

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