RECAP: Bulls v Griquas
READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Currie Cup Round Five encounter between the Bulls and Griquas in Pretoria.
Since going down to Griquas in June 2022, the Bulls have won three games on the bounce against their visitors this weekend.
* To read our pre-match predictions, CLICK HERE!
Follow all the action below!!
FT: Bulls 21-42 Griquas
Bulls attack strongly but concede the penalty for holding on. Whitehead taps the ball and kicks it out for an emphatic victory!
79′: Bulls 21-42 Griquas
TRY Bulls! Katlego Letebele goes in moments before full time for his side’s third try. Chamberlain converts!
75′: Bulls 14-42 Griquas
TRY Bulls! The Bulls went to the line-out option before bashing it up, which saw Junior Pokomela get the score, which Chamberlain converted!
74′: RED CARD!
A dangerous clean-out by IG Prinsloo sees him sent off with a yellow card!
69′: Bulls 7-42 Griquas
TRY Griquas! Zane Bester goes over for the viistors and that should sureley seal the deal for the men from Kimberley!
60′: Bulls 7-35 Griquas
No score yet after Wehr’s hat-trick. The match turned into a stop-start affair due to errors from both sides.
45′: Bulls 7-35 Griquas
A powerful maul by Griquas saw Janco Uys go over for another score! Whitehead converts.
42′: Bulls 7-28 Griquas
Griquas opted for the line-out and attacked wide, finding Wehr who bagged his hat-trick! Whitehead converts!
41′: YELLOW CARD!
Captain Nama Xaba was sent to the sin-bin for a dangerous tackle on Cameron Hufke
Second half! Bulls 7-21 Griquas
Whitehead restarts proceedings!
HT: Bulls 7-21 Griquas
Bulls tried one final attack but lost possession to end the first half.
25′: Bulls 7-21 Griquas
TRY Griquas! The visitors formed a maul before being stopped short. They went wide and found captain Cebo Dlamini, who dotted down for the score, which Whitehead converted!
15′: Bulls 7-14 Griquas
Wehr did he go!? Griquas score again through an intercept as Wehr grabs a pass from Zak Burger to go over for the try which was converted by Whitehead.
12′: Bulls 7-7 Griquas
TRY Griquas! Gurswin Wehr goes over after a solid break by Dylan Maart to strike back! Whitehead added the extras!
6′: Bulls 7-0 Griquas
TRY Bulls! Stravino Jacobs cuts the line after a sustained period of attack to dot down. Boeta Chamberlain adds the extras!
kick-off!
We are underway through the boot of Boeta Chamberlain!
All set to go!
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A peek into the changeroom
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Teams and match officials:
Teams:
Bulls:15 Stravino Jacobs, 14 Cheswill Jooste, 13 Katlego Letebele, 12 Cornel Smit, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Boeta Chamberlain, 9 Zak Burger, 8 JJ Theron, 7 Junior Pokomela, 6 Nama Xaba (captain), 5 Dylan de Leeuw, 4 Sintu Manjezi, 3 Jean Erasmus, 2 Esethu Mnebelele, 1 Ruan Swart
Replacements: 16 Shaun Schurmann,l 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Bryan le Roux, 19 Josh Strauss, 20 Marco Ferreira, 21 Brooklyn Newman, 22 Liam Koen, 23 PA van Niekerk
Griquas: 15 Cameron Hufke, 14 Dylan Maart, 13 Zane Bester, 12 Mnombi Zwelenedaba, 11 Gurswin Wehr, 10 George Whitehead, 9 Caleb Abrahams, 8 Carl Els, 7 Marco de Witt, 6 Lourens Oosthuizen, 5 Albert Liebenberg, 4 Derik Pretorius, 2 Cebo Dlamini (captain), 2 Janco Uys, 1 Eddie Davids
Replacements: 16 Tiaan Lange, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Ig Prinsloo, 19 Athenkosi Khethani, 20 Phumzile Maqondwana, 21 Thomas Bursey, 22 Tom Nel, Connor Mahoney
Referee: AJ Jacobs
Assistant Referees: Christopher Allison, Hernus Coetzee
TMO: Cwengile Jadezweni
The importance of winning for both sides
A win for the Bulls would put them back in the race again after a strong start to the competition, a defeat however, would make life very difficult for them to gun for the play-off. Similarly for Griquas, who are five points ahead of the Bulls, a defeat wouldn’t do a lot of harm, but the nature of the competition requires team to collect points from each match.
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Good afternoon and welcome to this crucial Round Five Currie Cup clash between the Bulls and Griquas!
