Bulls vs Hurricanes – Game Thread

Published 19 March 2010 | By grootblousmile

Bulls (10) 19 / Hurricanes (15) 18 (final score)

The Bulls hosted the Hurricanes at Loftus, Pretoria at 19:10 on Friday night, SA Time. This is the match Thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Bulls slowly ground out an ugly win by 1 point, 19 / 18 and stay top of the Log, now with 24 Log Points!

Option taking by the Bulls were slow and ponderous but they know how to be patient and it showed!

Scores:

Bulls: 1 Conversion & 4 Penalties Morne Steyn, 1 Try Zane Kirchner

Hurricanes: 1 Conversion & 2 Penalties Willie Ripia, 1 Try Karl Lowe, 1 Try Jeremy Thrush

 

Teams:

Vodacom Bulls Hurricanes
19 March at 19:10 Loftus Versfeld
Team: 15. Zane Kirchner, 14. Gerhard van den Heever, 13. Stephan Dippenaar, 12. Wynand Olivier, 11. Francois Hougaard, 10. Morné Steyn, 9. Fourie du Preez, 8. Pierre Spies, 7. Dewald Potgieter, 6. Deon Stegmann, 5. Victor Matfield (Captain), 4. Danie Rossouw, 3. Werner Kruger, 2. Gary Botha, 1. Gurthrö Steenkamp 

Replacements: 16. Bandise Maku, 17. Bees Roux, 18. Flip van der Merwe, 19. Derick Kuun, 20. Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 21. Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 22. Pedrie Wannenburg

 Team: 15. André Taylor, 14. Tamati Ellison, 13. Conrad Smith, 12. Ma’a Nonu, 11. Alapati Leiua, 10. Willie Ripia, 9. Tyson Keats, 8. Rodney So`oialo, 7. Karl Lowe, 6. Victor Vito, 5. Michael Paterson, 4. Jeremy Thrush, 3. Neemiah Tialata, 2. Andrew Hore (Captain), 1. John Schwalger 

Replacements: 16. Dane Coles, 17. Jacob Ellison, 18. Bryn Evans, 19. Nicholas (Nick) Crosswell, 20. Piri Weepu, 21. Aaron Cruden, 22. David Smith

Referee: Nathan Pearce (Australia)
Assistant referees: Steve Walsh (Australia), Stefan Breytenbach
TMO: Shaun Veldsman

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