Bulls (6) 23 / 19 (13) Sharks (Final Score)
THe Vodacom Bulls and Cell C Sharks did battle in Super Rugby at
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria at 19:10 SA Time (17:10 GMT).
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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Scorers:
Bulls:
- Penalties – Jacques-Louis Potgieter (1), Handré Pollard (1)
- Drop Goals – Jacques-Louis Potgieter (1)
- Tries – Jacques du Plessis (1), JJ Rngelbrecht (1)
- Conversions – Jacques-Louis Potgieter (2)
Sharks:
- Penalties – Frans Steyn (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Willem Alberts (1)
- Conversions – Tim Swiel (1)
Teams:
Vodacom Bulls |
Cell C Sharks |
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Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa), Jaco van Heerden (South Africa)
TMO: Deon van Blommenstein (South Africa)
MB
What this game showed was that the Bulls at Loftus is still another beast, having Vic, Dewaldt and Steggies back makes them a dangerous side and dominating the Sharks up front nullifies them to an extent.
It must have been quite difficult for the Sharks to lose both Lambie and Reinach in the first couple of minutes, I don’t think any team will cope easily with losing their pivots so soon ( except the Stormers, losing Grant will be a blessing )
@Stormersboy, morning
After a good first 4 games, my nemesis side, the Force started the rot, then I got Berried again against the Reds and the Bulls just plain surprised me
@ nortierd:
Ja I thought of you when I saw the result. It would take a serious psychic to spot those upsets.
Stormersboy wrote:
Problem I have is when I pick the Force, they lose, and when I pick the Lions they might get a ref who actually officiated both sides and will also probably lose. I doubt Berry will be in their pocket again, if SANZAR don’t throw him out after yesterday, they will have no credibility left.
Waratahs could take the Sharks this weekend
On a positive note I did jump 20 places in the RT Superbru pool thanks to the Bulls so all is not lost.
@ nortierd:
That’s why one shouldn’t take this sort of thing too seriously. Or at least that’s what I keep telling myself!
I wonder how Gena is feeling this morning.
@SB
That’s great, I jumped in my pools for a change as well.
If they carried on from the morning till after the Bulls game, wow, I would probably be comatose somewhere
Fiji strike first in 7’s final
7-0 up
Kom blitsbokkies
12-0
Bokke hit back
12-7
14-12 to Bokke
19-12 to Bokke.
Costly missed conversion from in front
19-19 at half time
Fantastic match this, the BlitzBokke is letting themselves down with their handling in the second half
Another knock on, right on Fiji’s tryline
Bokke fought it up again right on the tryline, only for Fiji to run a length of the field try from the turnover
26-19 to Fiji
Fiji being heavily penalized at the breakdown for constant infringements, Bokke hit back under the sticks
26-26
Fiji score the winner with 8 seconds left
Wonderful game
Well done both sides, pity Bokke couldn’t pull it off, but Fiji played well
33-26 final score
Fiji are champions
Well done Fiji… Your team was full of speedsters and when you got around our defense you scored. When we got through we were chased down and caught most of the time… A dismal weekend but fortunately the sun came out…
@ nortierd:
@359
In fairness, it wasn’t a walkover, just a 4 points margin at home and at altitude?
@ Hondo:
It was not a walk over and it was a serious handicap to the sharks losing cobus and pat, but the Sharks were in tatters, I think the game was summed up when Kanko picked up the ball at the back of the scrum and ran and gave a ludicrous chip kick, they did not have a clue what was going on, lucky for them Fransie kept them in touch with the Bulls.
The Bulls are by no means title contenders, but they sure showed how rattled the sharks can get wean their forwards are taken on… Alberts disappeared, Marcell was a one man loose trio but still got played into the ground by the “average” Stegman.
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