Jesus Loves The Bulls

“Jesus is King” and “Bulls for Jesus” were emblazoned across a pure white t-shirt worn by Bulls super sub Jaco Van De Westhuyzen in the aftermath of their famous last gasp victory in the Super 14 finals.

Jesus also loves Western Samoan rugby, although he prefers the 7-a-side version of the game, Jesus also used to love South African swimming when Penny Heyns was around, but it seems Jesus is quite content with mainly focussing his time on rugby in Pretoria, Van De Westhuyzen and his team mates should be extra thankful as Pretoria is not that beautiful at this time of the year as the Jacaranda trees are all but bare.

I supported the Bulls on Saturday, I really wanted them to win, even though I am a Cheetahs supporter, I still passionately threw my support behind the Bulls. So much so that when Albert Van De Bergh scored the seemingly winning try for the Sharks in the 77th minute, I put on my jacket and was ready to storm out of the venue I was watching in.

When Derick “Liefling” Hougaardt slotted the winning conversion I almost lost my voice and became caught up in the euphoria.

This quickly changed when I saw “ pastoor” Heini Adams leading the entire squad in prayer, his evangelical style and fervour would make any Alabama preacher look docile.
After that every player interviewed thanked Jesus, the Lord, or their Lord. Jaco Van De Westhuyzen’s shirt was a major insult to all fans watching, particularly to their fans who have different beliefs.

Before displaying the t-shirt, Van De Westhuyzen climbed the rugby poles and pumped his fists but he proceeded to point his pinkie finger and pointing finger at the fans, almost as if to taunt the Sharks fans that Jesus was on their side and that the Sharks were going to hell.

I think in sport it is fine to have strong faith and beliefs, but I think it is arrogant and quite frankly idiotic when players think that the reason they won was because Jesus was on their side.

I felt sorry for the Bulls coach Heyneke Meyer, I can assure you that this man had much more to do with the Bulls winning the Super 14 than Jesus.

The band Faithless might have proclaimed that “God is a DJ”, but on Saturday, Jaco Van De Westhuyzen and his cronies honestly thought that God was the 16th rugby player on their side… Talk about multi-tasking….

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The photo was downloaded from the News24.com site