Blue Bulls (15) 27 / Sharks (23) 39 (Final Score)
The Vodacom Blue Bulls hosted The Sharks at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria at 17:05 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the match. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Blue Bulls denied the Sharks a bonus point win whilst earning a bonus point for tries right on the death. The Sharks were full value for their win though, with exemplary goal kicking compared to the shoddiest of goal kicking by the Blue Bulls.
Scorers:
Blue Bulls: 1 Conversion & 1 Penalty Louis Fouché, 1 Conversion Francois Brummer, 1 Try Warwick Tecklenburg, 2 Tries Bjorn Basson, 1 Try CJ Stander
Sharks: 3 Penalties Meyer Bosman, 3 Conversions & 3 Penalties Frederic Michalak, 1 Try Sibusiso Sithole, 1 Try Craig Burden, 1 Try Lwazi Mvovo
Teams:
Blue Bulls: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Zane Kirchner, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Louis Fouché, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Warwick Tecklenburg, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha (captain), 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Willie Wepener, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Dustin Jinka, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Francois Venter.
Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik, 14 Sibusiso Sithole, 13 Stefan Terblanche, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Jean Deysel, 7 Marcell Coetzee, 6 Keegan Daniel (captain), 5 Ross Skeate, 4 Jandre Marais, 3 Eugene van Staden, 2 Craig Burden, 1 Dale Chadwick.
Replacements: 16 Kyle Cooper, 17 Wiehahn Herbst, 18 Anton Bresler, 19 Alistair Hargreaves, 20 Jacques Botes, 21 Conrad Hoffmann, 22 Adrian Jacobs.
Bulls maul from a lineout….
Play by the Bulls just too static, no bloody urgency!
Hooter goes… and Bjorn almost scores…. that was bad finishing between CJ Stander and Bjorn
Lemoenetyd
Kameeltjietyd
@ grootblousmile:
32
cj is erg onervare, maar bleddie goed
@ grootblousmile:
se my as jy iets post gaan jy outomaties na jou post of na die begin van die thread?
Official attendance 22416
2nd Half already 2 min old
35@ superBul:
Begin van die thread toe
Penalty Bulls, 55m out
Eugene van Staden off… he says on the field ears, “I’ve torn something in the arm”
Louis Fouche misses…
Another Bulls penalty, about 40m out
Fouche misses his 5th kick to posts of the match… not good at all!
Sharks lineout, in their own 22
Bulls hard on attack… arghhh they give away a relieving penalty
Oupa Terblanche kicks a perler to touch
Sharks get a kickable penalty, on the Bulls 10m line
Michalak slots it
Sharks 26 / 15
Promising running by the Bulls… then the inevitable knock!
Sharks scrum, in their 22
Dean Greyling plays himself out of his right boot
Only 20 minutes to go…. 11 points the difference
Michalak slots another penalty
Sharks 29 / 15
Uphill battle now for the Bulls….
Sharks hard on attack…. and the Bulls defence barely holding…. penalty advantage to the Sharks
Drop attempt… missed.
Penalty Sharks
Crowd deadly silent again…
Sharks 32 / 15
Bulls now at least 3 scores away… and time running out fast
Absolutely nothing happening right for the Bulls.
Maybe I should start to comment about the weather…. bloody nice spring evening here in Pretoria, fantastic weather!
Run-away try for Lwazi Mvovo
The fat lady is bellowing loudly
Not a single point scored by the Bulls so far in the 2nd Half
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