Sharks (6) 23 / Bulls (23) 32 (Final Score)

The Sharks hosted the Vodacom Bulls at Mr Price Kings Park, Durban 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.

The Bulls controlled the first half and to a large extent bullied the Sharks, only for the Sharks to show a huge amount of guts in the second half to try and claw the deficit back.

In the end, the Bulls won by 9 points, denying the Sharks any Log points, whilst earning 4 Log points.

Scorers:

Sharks: 3 Penalties & 2 Conversions Patrick Lambie, 1 Try Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Try Adi Jacobs

Bulls: 5 Penalties & 2 Conversions & 1 Drop Goal Morné Steyn, 1 Try Francois Hougaard, 1 Try Bakkies Botha

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Teams:

Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Stefan Terblanche (captain), 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Patrick Lambie, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Willem Alberts, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Alistair Hargreaves, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1  Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Eugene van Staden, 18 Gerhard Mostert, 19 Marcell Coetzee, 20 Conrad Hoffmann, 21 Adrian Jacobs, 22 Lwazi Mvovo.

Bulls: 15 Gerhard van den Heever, 14 Bjorn Basson, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Danie Rossouw, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Gary Botha, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Derick Kuün, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Stephan Dippenaar.

Referee: Bryce Lawrence New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Mark Lawrence (South Africa), Christie du Preez (South Africa)
TMO: Johann Meuwesen (South Africa)

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