Super Rugby 2016: Vodacom Bulls vs Melbourne Rebels – Live Game Article

Published 5 March 2016 | By grootblousmile

Vodacom BullsMelbourne RebelsBulls (28) 45 / 25 (3) Rebels (Final Score)

The Vodacom Bulls and Melbourne Rebels did battle in Super Rugby 2016 at

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria at 15:00 SA Time (13:00 GMT, 00:00 Sunday AEDT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

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

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Scorers:

Bulls:

  • Penalties – Francois Brummer (1)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – Bjorn Basson (3), Nic de Jager (1), Tavis Ismaiel (1), Jannes Kirsten (1)
  • Conversions – Francois Brummer (6)

Rebels:

  • Penalties – Jack Debreczeni (1)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – Jonah Placid (1), Ben Meehan (2), James Hanson (1)
  • Conversions – Jack Debreczeni (1)

Teams:

Vodacom Bulls
Melbourne Rebels
5 March at 15:00 SA Time
  • Team: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Travis Ismaiel, 13 Jan Serfontein, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Rudy Paige, 8 Arno Botha, 7 Jannes Kirsten, 6 Nic de Jager, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Adriaan Strauss (Captain), 1 Trevor Nyakane
  • Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Hencus van Wyk, 19 Jason Jenkins, 20 Roelof Smit, 21 Piet van Zyl, 22 Tian Schoeman, 23 Dries Swanepoel
  • Team: 15 Jonah Placid, 14 Dom Shipperley, 13 Tamati Ellison, 12 Mitch Inman, 11 Tom English, 10 Jack Debreczeni, 9 Ben Meehan, 8 Lopeti Timani, 7 Sean McMahon (Captain), 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Steve Cummins, 4 Luke Jones, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 James Hanson, 1 Toby Smith
  • Replacements: 16 Pat Leafa, 17 Cruze Ah Nau, 18 Jamie Hagan, 19 Sam Jeffries, 20 Jordy Reid, 21 Mick Snowden, 22 Kotaro Matsushima, 23 Dan Hawkins

Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Stuart Berry (South Africa)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)x

139 Responses to Super Rugby 2016: Vodacom Bulls vs Melbourne Rebels – Live Game Article

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  • 121

    grootblousmile on 5 March 2016 at 4:39 pm

    Bulls trying now… but only 2 minutes left.

    Rebels lineout …

  • 122

    grootblousmile on 5 March 2016 at 4:39 pm

    119 @ Scrumdown:
    Once again thanks for doing the next game for us, Mr Kempies!

  • 123

    Scrumdown on 5 March 2016 at 4:41 pm

    @ grootblousmile:
    You hit the nail on the head. Bulls have a fitness issue.

  • 124

    Scrumdown on 5 March 2016 at 4:41 pm

    123 @ Scrumdown: Mind you, it must be damn difficult to play in that heat at 3 in the afternoon.

  • 125

    grootblousmile on 5 March 2016 at 4:42 pm

    Hooter goes, Rebels almost score again…

    Game over… no bonus point for the Bulls!!

  • 126

    Scrumdown on 5 March 2016 at 4:42 pm

    122 @ grootblousmile:Pleasure.

    Keeps me away from the office. (And pub!)

  • 127

    grootblousmile on 5 March 2016 at 4:44 pm

    Final Score: Vodacom Bulls (28) 45 / 25 (3) Melbourne Rebels

    One of the worst games of rugby so far in the Super Rugby competition of 2016.

  • 128

    Foreignerforbokcoach on 5 March 2016 at 4:45 pm

    A tale of 2 halves.

    Well done to the Rebels to come back strongly.

  • 129

    grootblousmile on 5 March 2016 at 4:46 pm

    I’m not even going to bother with the after match press conference…

    Bad 2nd half by the Bulls against a pathetic Rebels side!!

  • 130

    grootblousmile on 5 March 2016 at 4:48 pm

    OK folks… I am going to slowly mosey my way outa here and home… to be in time for the Sharks / Jaguares game.

  • 131

    Bullscot on 5 March 2016 at 4:50 pm

    The log points earned in this game just highlights the fact thst the Stormers must have a disproportionate influence on Super Rugby. How can you justify no bonus points for tries in a game where 10 were scored yet last week a bonus point for tries was earned in a game where only 3 tries were scored??? I-see-stars Andy Marinos…

  • 132

    Just For Kicks on 5 March 2016 at 4:55 pm

    The Bulls were not good. It’s not the tries scored thats the problem, any half decent team would have done the same. It is the tries that they allowed in thats the real problem. An awful second half.

  • 133

    nortie on 5 March 2016 at 5:06 pm

    Bullscot wrote:

    The log points earned in this game just highlights the fact thst the Stormers must have a disproportionate influence on Super Rugby. How can you justify no bonus points for tries in a game where 10 were scored yet last week a bonus point for tries was earned in a game where only 3 tries were scored??? Andy Marinos…

    If your team leads by 6 tries to 0 and end up not getting a Bp you can’t blame the Stormers or Marinos

  • 134

    Bullscot on 5 March 2016 at 5:12 pm

    @ nortie:
    Hi nortie just last week you joked about it. But it sounds like you are happy with the changes to the bonus point system. Maybe if I supported a team that had a water tight defence and very seldom scored more than 3 tries in a match I would too but I doubt it, guess it depends on your rugby philosophy; mine has become a preference for an attacking one.

  • 135

    nortie on 5 March 2016 at 5:16 pm

    @ Bullscot:
    It is what it is, we can’t really do anything about it.
    My personal preference would be 1 for 4 tries, 2 for 8 tries etc.
    But in this case, you should lay the blame in front of your team, they blew it.

  • 136

    Bullscot on 5 March 2016 at 5:28 pm

    @ nortie:
    We scored 6 tries and won by 20 points would hardly call that blowing it. Also used to think along those lines as your one of being able to get more than 1 BP but now this year started thinking if they want to penalise a team scoring 4 tries (that is an effect of the change since last season) then maybe you only get a bonus point for 4 tries or more if you win the game or if you lose by 5 or 7 points or less something like that and make that the only way you can get a bonus point for losing.

  • 137

    MacroPolo on 5 March 2016 at 5:29 pm

    Happy with the win. Credit to the bp system that awards both tries and defense… A good win is nice to start

  • 138

    nortie on 5 March 2016 at 5:45 pm

    136 @ Bullscot:
    They didn’t blow the game, the final margin and amount of tries they scored is irrelevant, they were 6 tries ahead and couldn’t win by 3 or more.
    Even if you want your team to be attack orientated, they still need to be able to defend as well.
    The players know the rules.

  • 139

    rugby_only on 5 March 2016 at 8:28 pm

    Good win. Bulls played real rugby the first half. This Bulls team will only get better to the end of the season. Odendaal & Serf better combination.

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