Coetzee commits long term to Bulls
The Vodacom Bulls will keep Marcell Coetzee in Pretoria for the next five years after the Springbok loose forward put pen to paper on a new long-term contract.
The Vodacom Bulls will keep Marcell Coetzee in Pretoria for the next five years after the Springbok loose forward put pen to paper on a new long-term contract.
Captain Marcell Coetzee is confident the Vodacom Bulls will continue to grow as a team while he is playing club rugby in Japan.
Springbok flank and Vodacom Bulls captain Marcell Coetzee’s move to the Kobe Steelers in Japan has been officially confirmed by the League One club.
The Vodacom Bulls awards evening belonged to captain Marcell Coetzee and lively hooker Johan Grobbelaar, the big winners at the ceremony alongside promising junior player Tiaan Lange.
It has taken three years for Marcell Coetzee to earn his 31st Test cap and the experienced loose forward says his time away from the Springboks has only made him more eager to represent his country.
Marcell Coetzee says decorated Springbok veterans Morne Steyn and Bismarck du Plessis are at the heart of the Vodacom Bulls’ quest for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship title.
Proud to have finally achieved his first win over Leinster, Vodacom Bulls skipper Marcell Coetzee hailed the physicality shown in Friday’s titanic battle in Dublin.
Hear the thoughts of coach Jake White on his tactics and selections in the aftermath of the Vodacom Bulls’ milestone victory against Leinster in Friday’s United Rugby Championship semi-final.
Jacques Nienaber has refused to be drawn to comment on the reasons why Marcell Coetzee and Warrick Gelant have not been involved in the Springbok camps to prepare for the upcoming Test series against Wales.
The Vodacom Bulls have been in knockout mode since the latter stages of the regular season and captain Marcell Coetzee says this counts in their favour as they stampede into the Vodacom United Rugby Championship semi-finals.