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
Hey, not so flash for the Bulls. The loose trio is nowhere………….
Nouja, nou speel die Bulle afdraende!
149 – Super, Exactly. If FdP never tapped and ran that penalty (it was a easy kick for Steyn) at the start, Bulls would be 13 now and not 10.
Slow it down too, Bulls playing right into the Canes hands here. Take all the 3 points. Once well ahead then yes, go for the tries.
Attendance 37 194
Good attendance for a Friday night!
Loosehead is full of flu and Simonsig Shiraz……….not a good combination.
nee kyk, as ons nie hier verloor nie, verloor ons nooit op loftus nie. Speel regtig swak.
156@ Loskoppie – Hello
The Bulls look panicy, in both attack and defence.
No man, stop giving away the penalties. Need to keep the discipline.
156 – Loosehead, Tt sounds good but not the flu 😀
Meant It.
Elke enkele span wat so los speel kan van die bal af geruck word, en die bulle word vanaand. Waarom het FDP so swak bal gehad na die skrum?, want al die losvoorspelers was reeds los van die skrum.
Hello, Oh Great Leader Groot Jerpigo Smile!
Thats more like it, kick for poles.
Canes 18 / 13
Mistakes creeping in now. Hardly see Steyn making mistakes.
Onnodige foute, Bulls!
Canes loosehead has been doing that all night.
Come on Bulls….
Don’t let the Loftus faithful down!
Kom Bulle!
Kick for poles.
Canes 18 / 16
Bly dryf julle kan die bal behou
Nice Morne. Just take the 3 points from here on. No more tap and go. Get the win first.
Go Bulls.
Aaai daie Tannie lyk geworried.
No man, handling errors are costing the Bulls here.
Yebo yessssssssss!
Vito gets a yellowwwwwwwwwww!
Finally Walsh gives a yellow card. Now Bulls don’t take the points 🙄 WHY????????????????
Come on Bulls
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