Bulls (3) 24 / 62 (31) Crusaders (Final Score)

The Vodacom Bulls and Crusaders did battle in Super Rugby 2017 at

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa at 17:15 SA Time (15:15 GMT, Sunday 03:15 NZ Time).

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 – Tian Schoeman (1)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – Jesse Kriel (1), Jamba Ulengo (1), Jan Serfontein (1)
  • Conversions – Francois Brummer (3)

Crusaders:

  • Penalties – 0
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – Pete Samu (1), Tim Bateman (1), Scott Barrett (1), Jack Goodhue (2), Seta Tamanivalu (1), David Havili (1), Richie Mo’unga (1), Andrew Makalio (1), Mitchell Hunt (1)
  • Conversions – Richie Mo’unga (5), Mitchell Hunt (1)

Teams:

Vodacom Bulls
Crusaders
6 May 2017 at 17:15 SA Time
  • Team: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Travis Ismaiel, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Jamba Ulengo, 10 Tian Schoeman, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Renaldo Bothma, 7 Jacques Potgieter, 6 Nick de Jager, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Adriaan Strauss (Captain), 1 Pierre Schoeman
  • Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Jacobie Adriaanse, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Jannes Kirsten, 21 Rudy Paige, 22 Francois Brummer, 23 Jan Serfontein
  • Team: 15 David Havili, 14 Seta Tamanivalu, 13 Jack Goodhue, 12 Tim Bateman, 11 George Bridge, 10 Richie Mo’unga, 9 Mitchell Drummond, 8 Jordan Taufua, 7 Matt Todd (Captain), 6 Pete Samu, 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Luke Romano, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Wyatt Crockett
  • Replacements: 16 Andrew Makalio, 17 Joe Moody, 18 Michael Alaalatoa, 19 Quinten Strange, 20 Heiden Bedwell-Curtis, 21 Bryn Hall, 22 Mitchell Hunt, 23 Ryan Crotty

Referee: Nic Berry (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Federico Anselmi (Argentina), AJ Jacobs (South Africa)
TMO: Johan Greeff (South Africa)

106 Responses to Super Rugby 2017: Vodacom Bulls vs Crusaders – Live Game Article

  • 91

    Last try of the match to the Bulls to add some respectability to an utterly forgettable performance.

  • 92

    84 @ Bullscot:
    Ahh just figured out what happened, Hardie went off as Cochrane the hooker had to come on for yellow card Ross Ford at the first scrum after he got the card, glad Hardie isn’t injured

  • 93

    Wow, that was hard to watch and to bear…

    Congratulations Crusaders, a consumate performance…. you are going to be difficult to stop on the way to the 2017 title!

  • 94

    That was a piss poor contest. I want my money back please.

  • 95

    34th minute, Glasgow penalty and a yellow card to Edinburgh scrumhalf Hildago-Clyne, very poor discipline from him mouthing off at the ref!

  • 96

    38 Point loss….

    Some heads need to roll at Loftus!!

  • 97

    OK folks…. there is one late night game left in Round 11 of Super Rugby 2017.

    23:40 SA Time (21:40 GMT)

    Jaguares vs Sunwolves

  • 98

    @ grootblousmile:
    Richie, you lie. You’re giving the opposition too much credit. Bulls weren’t tough. They we freegin useless. Defence like as seive.

  • 99

    Great try Jonny Gray!

  • 100

    cheers guys. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

  • 101

    Halftime – Glasgow 11/9 Edinburgh, poor conversion attempt by Russell

  • 102

    Just seen Ben Youngs has pulled out of the Lions tour, tough times wish him and especially his brother Tom and his dearest strength.

  • 103

    Seems way less important but congratulations Edinburgh on beating Glasgow

  • 104

    Final score: Glasgow Warriors 18/29 Edinburgh but Glasgow did enough in the first leg to win the 1872 Cup but only just, two points was the difference in the end with the aggregate something like 43/41 in Glasgow favour

  • 105

    The Bulls, with Tian Schoeman at the helm, lacked any direction or structure with ball-in-hand as they threw passes in hope and kicked aimlessly.

    I did not watch the game but this report on News24 tells me enough. We are so poor i have no words.

    On defence, if they weren’t slipping tackles, they were scrambling to stop Crusaders counter attacks after giving up possession countless times through an inability to look after the ball.

    Again, it was not the commitment of the players that could be questioned but rather their seeming lack of a clear plan.

    Few of these Bulls players looked to be on the same page, with players running their own lines and with confusion reigning on attack.

  • 106

    In the end, the Bulls had missed well over 30 tackles – a statistic that summed up one of the darkest days in Loftus history.

    With this dark thought i will go to bed and dream of times long gone… LOL

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