The Bulls and Sharks solidified their positions in the top four of the United Rugby Championship (URC) with impressive victories over the Lions and Cardiff respectively. The Bulls overcame a strong start from the Lions, relying on a powerful second-half performance from their Springbok-laden bench to secure a decisive win. Meanwhile, the Sharks dominated Cardiff, extending their lead throughout the match to claim a crucial victory.
After their impressive wins the Bulls are now third on the URC log with the Sharks fourth, while the Lions sit 13th and the Stormers 12th.
The Bulls, backed by their Springbok laden bench, stunned the Lions with a second half salvo to clinch aIt was a top effort fromwho started well, racing into a 10-0 lead, before the Lions came flying back and could have led by more at the break after eighthman Francke Horn was stopped right on the tryline, and flyhalf Sam Francis missed a kickable penalty on the halftime hooter.
“It’s probably the best we have finished a game in the last two or three seasons. We are very happy the bench understood this was a game they had to make an impact, they had to be accurate. “It’s obviously difficult to speed up learning with 205 caps, I think that was the Bulls’ caps today. Bok caps was about 205,” said van Rooyen.
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