Bulls (40) 47 / Rebels (3) 10 (Final Score)
The Bulls hosted the Melbourne Rebels at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, at 17:05 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Bulls blitzed the Melbourne Rebels in the first half, scoring 6 tries to none, but the second half was a dour affair with lots of replacements disrupting all rythm in the game and therefor the second half only produced 7 points for each of the 2 sides.
Job done and mission accomplished by the Bulls, 5 Log points in the bag.
Scorers:
Bulls: 6 Conversions Morné Steyn, 3 Tries Wynand Olivier, 2 Tries Zane Kirchner, 1 Try Bjorn Basson, 1 Try Fourie du Preez
Rebels: 1 Penalty & 1 Conversion Julian Huxley, 1 Try Cooper Vuna
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Teams:
Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Stephan Dippenaar, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez (captain), 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Danie Rossouw, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Victor Matfield, 20 Derick Kuün, 21 Francois Hougaard, 22 Francois Brummer.
Rebels: 15 Richard Kingi, 14 Lachlan Mitchell, 13 Afusipa Taumoepeau, 12 Stirling Mortlock, 11 Luke Rooney, 10 Julian Huxley, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Hoani Macdonald, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Alister Campbell, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Greg Somerville.
Replacements: 16 Heath Tessmann, 17 Nic Henderson, 18 Kevin O’Neill, 19 Jarrod Saffy, 20 Tim Davidson, 21 Peter Betham, 22 Cooper Vuna.
Referee: Chris Pollock
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert, Stefan Breytenbach
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee
Tweede helfte, 7 elk.
When WO was replaced the backline lost all their sting
GvdH tackled well today
Hooter goes for full time…
Rebels have the ball…. and is bundled out
Final Score: Bulls 47 / 10 Melbourne Rebels
Disappointed that bulls haven’t put 50 on the board…..
Well done Bulls.
Not a classic second half, but 5 points in the bag.
Brumbies, Rebels and Lions to fight for the Wooden Spoon.
Now for the main event Cheatahs to smack the saders stukkend!!!!!!
Wen soos almal verwag het. Hoop maar die Bulle het teruggehou daar in die 2de helfte, want dit was nie te waffers nie. Eintlik ‘n ideale geleentheid verspil om die punteverskil te verbeter.
156@ Scrumdown:
Unless of course the Lions give the Waratahs a good whipping next week!
@ The_Young_Turk:
Yes me too, but we had a chance to play the subs, taking of FduP, Morne and WO is too many of the main men. But like i said it is all good for the future.
Kaptein span die seile, Kaptein jy is myne, Bring maar die Coke en ys, want dit is fokken nice, Kaptein……………
Now the Cheetahs must give the ‘Saders a good whipping, then I’ll retire to bed a happy man, even though my Superbru will be TOTALLY in sy moerin.
OK manne & manninne…. enjoy the Cheetahs loss… I mean game…. hehehe
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