Lions (5) 20 / Bulls (24) 24 (Final Score)
The Lions hosted the Bulls at Coca Cola Park, Johannesburg at 19:10 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
In the first half it was all Bulls and they built up a 19 point lead by halftime.
In the second half it was all Lions as they clawed their way back to lose only by 3 points.
The Lions look extremely fit…. and better under Mitchell.
Scorers:
Lions: 1 Conversion & 1 Penalty Elton Jantjies, 1 Try Waylon Murray, 1 Try Martin Bezuidenhout, 1 Try Franco van der Merwe
Bulls: 1 Conversion & 4 Penalties Morne Steyn, 1 Try Zane Kirchner, 1 Try Gerhard van den Heever
Teams:
Lions: 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Doppies La Grange, 11 Michael Killian, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Joshua Strauss, 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco van der Merwe (captain), 4 George Earl, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse Van Rensburg.
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Kevin Buys, 18 Wikus van Heerden, 19 Cobus Grobbelaar, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Burton Francis, 22 James Kamana.
Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Stephan Dippenaar, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez), 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Derick Kuün, 20 Ruan Snyman, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Jaco van der Westhuyzen.
Referee: Marius Jonker
Assistant referees: Joey Salmans, Stefan Breytenbach
TMO: Johann Meuwesen
Tryyyyyyyyyyy Shadow!!
What a beauty Gerhard
Spoed.
Bulls 12 / 0
12 min
They maul it again and make good ground before they send it wide to Kirchner. He steps inside and is wrapped up in the tackle but the support is there quickly. The ball is recycled on the tryline and is sent down the hands until it finds Kirchner in space and he is over for the TRY in the right corner.Steyn misses the touchline conversion but that was good, composed finishing from the Bulls.
They maul it again and make good ground before they send it wide to Kirchner. He steps inside and is wrapped up in the tackle but the support is there quickly. The ball is recycled on the tryline and is sent down the hands until it finds Kirchner in space and he is over for the TRY in the right corner.Steyn misses the touchline conversion but that was good, composed finishing from the Bulls.
Kookwater rugby Bulls!
17 Jantjies tries a little chip over the top but it is fielded by Van den Heever. He spots a gap in the middle of the park and turns on the pace. After beating the first tackler he cuts back inside to outstrip Taute. An amazing TRY under the poles after he sliced through the entire Lions team.
18 Steyn makes no mistake with the CONVERSION after Van den Heever’s brilliant solo effort.
Penalty Bulls about halfway…. Morne to take the shot at goal
Penalty Bulls , Steyn lines up
Overrrr !!
Bulls 15 / 0
First scrum to the Bulls but the Lions prop drops his bind and Steyn will take aim at the poles from just inside the Lions half of the field. He knocks the PENALTY over to put his team in a commanding position.
Penalty Lions…. halfway…. and the Lions kick for touch
Bulle se counter rucking is baie goed,
22 The Lions must hit back soon if they are going to stay in this game. There is a high tackle on halfway by Deon Stegmann and Jantjies kicks it into the corner to set up the attacking line-out.
Lions knock…. Blls scrum deep in their own 22
Leeus speel te ver agter voordeellyn.
Maku bashes it up, getting over the advantage line. They recycle it quickly and Jantjies makes good ground. They have it on the front foot just ten metres short of the line but loosehead prop Janse van Rensburg knocks it on and the Bulls will have the scrum. The Lions need to make those chances count on the scoreboard if they want to live with the Bulls.
Gary Botha off injured, Chiliboy on
Pen Bulls
Penalty Bulls from the 3rd scrum
Morne slots it
Bulls 18 / ZIPPPP
Kickoff way too long by Lions , scrum Bulls Halfway
Lions scrum walked for 20 meters back
26 The Lions are penalised again for a scrum infringement and Steyn will have a chance to extend the lead. He strokes the PENALTY over to make it a massive 18 point lead.
Bulls controlling most facets of the game…. with some ease
Bulle speel pragtige hardlooprugby.
Almost another Bulls try but they give away a penalty near the Lions line
Zane is brilliant , like alway , hope all his detractors watch without their dark glasses on
The Bulls have it on the front foot again as Spies crashes over the 22. Kirchner runs a good angle and busts through between two tacklers. He is brought down just short but the Bulls support players go off their feet at the breakdown and the Lions have the penalty on their tryline.
Hoe lyk Stefan Dippenaar?
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