Bulls vs Highlanders – Game Thread

Published 13 March 2010 | By grootblousmile

Bulls (36) 50 / Highlanders (14) 35 (final score)

The Bulls hosted the Highlanders at Loftus, Pretoria at 17:05 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.

Final score Bulls 50 / 35. Bulls have their bonus point win but they’ve conceeded just too many tries and points….

Defence is a problem….. they have to work on it, seriously because the better teams will exploit this….

It  is at least a win for a SA side today…. and Bulls are 1st on the Log again…. 20 Log points out of a possible 20 for them.

It now makes 13 Super 14 wins in a row at home and 10 in a row in Super 14 games.

 

Scores:

Bulls: 6 Conversions & 1 Penalty Morne Steyn, 1 Try Gary Botha, 2 Tries Francois Hougaard, 1 Try Gerhard van den Heever, 1 Try Wynand Olivier, 2 Tries Pierre Spies

Highlanders: 3 Conversions Matt Berquist, 3 Tries & 2 Conversions Israel Dagg, 1 Try Tim Boys, 1 Try Robbie Robinson

 

Teams:

Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard vd Heever, 13 Stephan Dippenaar, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Derick Kuün, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Deon Stegmann, 20 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 21 Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 22 Pedrie Wannenburg.
  
Highlanders – 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Ben Smith, 13 Kenny Lynn, 12 Jason Shoemark, 11 Fetu’u Vainikolo, 10 Matt Berquist, 9 Sean Romans, 8 Steven Stephano, 7 Alando Soakai, 6 Tim Boys, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Josh Bekhuis, 3 Chris King, 2 Jason MacDonald, 1 Jamie Mackintosh.
Replacements: 16 Jason Rutledge, 17 Bronson Murray, 18 Hayden Triggs, 19 John Hardie, 20 Scott Cowan, 21 Robbie Robinson, 22 James Paterson.

 

Match Officials
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (SA)
Ass. refs: AN Other (XX), Christie du Preez (SA)
TMO: Johann Meuwesen (SA)

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