A depleted Bulls team were completely overrun by a ruthless Northampton Saints as the hosts powered to a huge 59-22 Champions Cup win.
More questions will now be asked about Bulls Director of Rugby Jake White’s decision to take a second string side for the match.
over to Northampton, due to the extremely difficult travel schedule which forced him to leave all of his current Springbok stars at home.In the match the first half was an end-to-end affair as both teams attacked with abandon which led to seven tries being scored between both teams, including three tries in a five minute spell to get things going.
First poor defence from the Bulls after a Saints lineout in their 22m allowed wing Ollie Sleightholme to bounce off a number of tackle attempts before getting over to score, before another great attack into the Bulls 22m ended with scrumhalf Alex Mitchell throwing the dummy and sniping over. Four minutes later it looked like Saints would hit straight back, with them having an overlap in the Bulls 22m, only for wing Sebastian de Klerk to snaffle a brilliant intercept and sprint away to score, with Smith’s conversion making it 28-22 at halftime.The second half picked up right where the first left off with the scoring spree continuing as straight from the kick-off Saints outside centre Tommy Freeman made the break before sending in Coles to run in and score their fifth converted try.
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