Jaguares puts half-ton past battling Bulls

The seven tries to three victory in Buenos Aires on Saturday was the first time this season they earned a bonus point of any kind.

It is the Jaguares' fifth win on the bounce after going undefeated on their historic Australasian tour.

This is the Bulls tenth loss outside South Africa and their second to the Jaguares.

The Jaguares took a 10-point (20-10) half-time lead.

The Argentinians raced away with the match after the break, scoring 34 points in the process as the youthful Bulls capitulated.

The five points takes the Argentines into outright second in the South African Conference – above the Sharks and Bulls. Those three teams were level on 24 points at the start of Round 14.

For the Bulls this loss sees them drop off the pace in the conference, into fourth place, just ahead of the Stormers.

The home team opened the scoring when flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez hit a smart line off his scrumhalf to go over. The No.10 added the conversion and the Jaguares had the 7-0 lead.

The Bulls though hit back when Manie Libbok found Gelant who cruised over for the try that, with Handre Pollard's kick, tied the game up.

Sanchez would then slot two penalties before fullback Boffelli was wayward with a long-range attempt. Pollard hit back to make it 13-10.

But just before the half ended the Jaguares struck a vital blow as Sanchez went blind and found Delguy who finished superbly on the right.

The second period was one-way traffic in favour of the Jaguares as Sanchez's early penalty was followed up by Kremer crashing over after Boffelli's initial line break. The Bulls were very much on the ropes at 30-10 down after Sanchez knocked over yet another successful kick.

The flyhalf then set up Delguy for his second try when he fired a flat pass out to his right wing, with the scoreline now up to 37-10.

The Jaguares were motoring and their fifth try would come on 62 minutes as Jeronimo de le Fuente's line break was finished off by Orlando.

It took until the 70th minute for the Bulls to register their first points of the second period and it came via De Jager at the back of a driving maul. However, that was soon chalked off by another Jaguares crossing, with Cancelliere handed an easy run-in that made it 47-17.

There was still time for a further try apiece though as first Warner dotted down for the Bulls before Boffelli deservedly added the gloss late on to seal another impressive triumph for the Jaguares.

The scorers:

For the Jaguares:

Tries: Sanchez, Delguy 2, Kremer, Orlando, Cancelliere, Boffelli

Cons: Sanchez 5

Pens: Sanchez 3

For the Bulls:

Tries:Gelant, De Jager, Warner

Cons: Pollard, Libbok 2

Pen: Pollard

Yellow card: Juan Cruz Mallia (Jaguares, 76 – foul play, dangerous tackle)

Teams:

Jaguares: 15 Emiliano Boffelli, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Matias Orlando, 12 Jeronimo De La Fuente, 11 Sebastian Sanchez, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Javier Ortega Desio, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Tomas Lezana, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Guido Petti Pagadizaval, 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2 Agustin Creevy, 1 Santiago Garcia Botta

Replacements: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Javier Manuel Diaz, 18 Santiago Medrano, 19 Matias Alemanno, 20 Leonardo Senatore, 21 Martin Landajo, 22 Bautista Ezcurra, 23 Juan Cruz Mallia.

Bulls: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Travis Ismaiel, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Handre Pollard (captain), 11 John-Ben Kotze, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Marco van Staden, 7 Thembelani Bholi, 6 Roelof Smit, 5 Rudolph Snyman, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Conraad van Vuuren, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Trevor Nyakane.

Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Nqobisizwe Mxoli, 18 Frans van Wyk, 19 Hendre Stassen, 20 Nicholas de Jager, 21 Andre Warner, 22 John Jackson, 23 Divan Rossouw.

Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)

Assistant referees: Paul Williams (New Zealand), Pablo Deluca (Argentina)

TMO: Santiago Borsani (Argentina)