The Bulls were always going to be in for a baptism of fire on their United Rugby Championship (URC) debut away to Leinster in Dublin.
The South African blue bloods met more than their match in their Irish peers and ultimately succumbed 31-3.The venerated hosts stole the march on the Bulls and looked a real force as they frenziedly surged forward in numbers in the opening stages. They were particularly proficient at the ruck and with the surfeit go-forward ball they had the Bulls' defence stretched.
The hosts proved equally adept without the ball as they repelled all the Bulls advances in the second quarter of the match.The Bulls, initially passive, made uncharacteristic unforced errors, no more evident than a botched kickoff that travelled straight into touch. The Bulls defence was found wanting in Van der Flyer's try and not long after they came up short under the high ball that led to a try for loosehead prop Andrew Porter.
Despite the toil of Marcell Coetzee, Ruhan Nortje and the occasionally sprightly incursions of Madosh Tambwe and Kriel, the Bulls had little to crow about.
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