Blue Bulls (19) 27 / Lions (16) 36 (Final Score)
The Vodacom Blue Bulls hosted the MTN Golden Lions at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria at 17:05 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 Blue Bulls were just too ill-diciplined and Flip van der Merwe earned tow yellow cards, turning the final one into Red, whilst the Lions were mostly well diciplined and controlled all game.
The Lions deserved their win.
Scorers:
Blue Bulls: 3 Penalties Francois Brummer, 1 Try Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Try Stefan Watermeyer, 1 Try Akona Ndungane
Lions: 5 Penalties & 3 Conversions Elton Jantjies, 1 Try Josh Strauss, 2 Tries Michael Killian
Teams:
Blue Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Stefan Watermeyer, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Stephan Dippenaar, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Dustin Jinka, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Dewald Potgieter (captain), 6 Derick Küun, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Gary Botha, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Fudge Mabeta, 19 Deon Stegmann, 20 Lohan Jacobs, 21 Marntiz Boshoff, 22 Jurgen Visser.
Lions: 15 Michael Killian, 14 Deon van Rensburg, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Lionel Mapoe, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Joshua Strauss (captain), 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Patric Cilliers, 18 Michael Rhodes, 19 Warren Whiteley, 20 Rudy Paige, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Jaco Taute.
Referee: Jaco Peyper
They go for touch again…. lineout, Lions try to maul….
Another Lions penalty…..
Lions lineout, 5m out
Another Lions penalty…. looks like a Bulls team warning now…
Relentless stuff
Lions scrum, 6m out
Bulls cop a yellow…. Flippie
Jantjies will have a sitter at posts…
19 / 19
Chiliboy’s headgear gets ripped off by a Lion…
Penalty against Bulls
Bulls getting pinged sooooooo badly by the ref….
Another sitter looming for Jantjies
Jantjies misses the sitter… AGAIN!
Lions penalty again….. fark has he only got a Lions whistle?
Try Killian?
TMO
Try awarded
Lions 26/ 19
Lions like a juggernaut now
Finally a Bulls penalty….
… and Fip’s time in the bin should be over….
Brommer slots it
Lions 26 / 22
Brommer gets ANOTHER freegin kick charged down….
Bulls scrum, accidental obstruction
Brommer kicks the ball away again, Lions get possession
Bulls not playing well at all…
Lions on the other hand…. ominous
Penalty to the Bulls…. Lions offside a few times at a driving maul
Penalty Lions… good steal by Minnie
Dewald Potgieter bleeding for the cause again
Penalty Lions, quick tap… they’ll get 10m extra
Flip gets another card…. it’s a Red this time
Jantjies slots the penalty
Lions 29 / 22
Penalty for the Bulls, Aikona taken without the ball….. yellow card to Rhodes
Bulls scrum 5m out.
Come on…. we need a converted try just to draw level
8 minutes left… 14 players each
Tryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Aikona!!!
TMO
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