Blue Bulls (28) 47 / Pumas (7) 12 (Final Score)

The Vodacom Blue Bulls hosted the Ford Pumas at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria at 19:10 SA Time.

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.

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The Blue Bulls won with consumate ease, after scoring 3 tries in the first half and another 3 in the second half, against the 2 tries by the Pumas.

At one stage in the match the Pumas were reduced to 13 men, after 2 yellow cards, shortly after one another.

Scorers:

Blue Bulls:

• Penalties – Louis Fouché (3)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Flip van der Merwe (1), Louis Fouché (1), CJ Stander (1), Francois Venter (1), Arno Botha (1), Bjorn Basson (1)
• Conversions – Louis Fouché (4)

Pumas:

• Penalties – 0
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Jaco Bouwer (1), Maruis Coetzer (1)
• Conversions – Coenie Oosthuizen (1)

Teams:

Blue Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Bjorn Basson, 13 Wynand Olivier, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Gerhard van den Heever, 10 Louis Fouché, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Jacques Potgieter, 6 Warwick Tecklenburg, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Rossouw de Klerk, 2 Gary Botha (captain), 1 Werner Kruger.
Replacements: 16 Willie Wepener, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Dustin Jinka, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Jurgen Visser.

Pumas: 15 MJ Mentz, 14 Wilhelm Loock, 13 JW Jonker, 12 Siviwe Magaba, 11 Johan Jackson, 10 Coenie van Wyk, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Christo le Roux, 7 Jaco Bouwer, 6 Corné Steenkamp (captain), 5 Marius Coetzer, 4 Willem Serfontein, 3 Ashley Buys, 2 Marthinus van der Westhuizen, 1 Dawie Steyn.
Replacements: 16 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 17  Brett Nel, 18 Eduan van der Walt, 19 JP Mostert, 20 Hendrik van der Nest, 21 Dewald Pretorius, 22 Carl Bezuidenhout.

Date: Friday 30 September
Kick-off: 19:10 SA Time
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Referee: Sindile Mayende
Assistant referees: TBC, Johan Greeff
TMO: Jerome Fortuin