Vodacom Bulls XV v Airlink Pumas — Currie Cup
Bulls
8th in Currie Cup
· UTC
31
33
Full-time
1st half 14–192nd half 17–14
Airlink Pumas
3rd in Currie Cup
Bulls scorers:
Tries Eloff 40+4′, Mnebelele 47′, Msengana 70′, Kunene 78′
Cons Johannes 40+5′, Johannes 48′
Airlink Pumas scorers:
Tries Isaacs 5′, Engelbrecht 14′, Scheepers 20′, Campher 55′, Campher 75′
Cons Fleurs 6′, Fleurs 15′, Fleurs 56′, Fleurs 76′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sat 14:05
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sat 15:05
- Sydney (AEST)
- Sat 23:05
- New Zealand (NZST)
- Sun 01:05
Venue
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
- Capacity
- 51,762
- Surface
- Grass
Form and season so far
Airlink Pumas
3rd · 22 pts
WLWWL- Pts / game
- 28.7
- PD
- +6
- Won
- 4 of 7
Season figures: Currie Cup table.
Currie Cup table
| Position | Team | Points difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cheetahs, your team | +19 | 27 |
| 3 | Pumas, your team | +6 | 22 |
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| 7 | Western Province, your team | −51 | 16 |
| 8 | Bulls, your team | −134 | 6 |
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time31–33
- 79′ Replacement Bulls: Louis Bruce On for Kebotile Maake
- 79′ Replacement Bulls: Jon Hobson On for Siphosethu Mnebelele
- 78′ Try Bulls: Hakeem Kunene Try 29–33
- 77′ Replacement Bulls: Jacques Swarts On for Dieter Schubert
- 76′ Conversion Airlink Pumas: Nevaldo Fleurs Conversion 24–33
- 75′ Try Airlink Pumas: Jan-Henning Campher Try 24–31
- 74′ Replacement Bulls: Lindsey Jansen On for Christiaan Vlok
- 74′ Yellow card Bulls: Sintu Manjezi Yellow card
- 72′ Replacement Airlink Pumas: Tino Swanepoel On for Jay-Cee Nel
- 72′ Replacement Airlink Pumas: Etienne Janeke On for Kudzwai Dube
- 72′ Replacement Airlink Pumas: Stephan Krugel On for Tiaan de Klerk
- 72′ Replacement Airlink Pumas: Junior Banda On for Sampie Swiegers
- 70′ Try Bulls: Sandi Msengana Try 24–26
- 68′ Replacement Airlink Pumas: Darren Adonis On for Banie Britz
- 65′ Replacement Airlink Pumas: Thabo Ndimande On for Ruwald van der Merwe
- 59′ Replacement Bulls: Akahluwa Boqwana On for Devon Frank Williams
- 56′ Conversion Airlink Pumas: Nevaldo Fleurs Conversion 19–26
- 56′ Replacement Bulls: Brooklyn Newman On for Lindsey Jansen
- 56′ Replacement Bulls: Dian Coetzee On for Jean Erasmus
- 56′ Replacement Bulls: Sandi Msengana On for Damian Baker
- 55′ Try Airlink Pumas: Jan-Henning Campher Try 19–24
- 49′ Yellow card Airlink Pumas: Ntsika Fisanti Yellow card
- 48′ Conversion Bulls: Keagan Johannes Conversion 19–19
- 48′ Replacement Airlink Pumas: Russwill Fredericks On for Thomas Bursey
- 48′ Replacement Airlink Pumas: Jan-Henning Campher On for Chyle van Zyl
- 47′ Try Bulls: Siphosethu Mnebelele Try 17–19
- 47′ Replacement Airlink Pumas: Kudzwai Dube On for Etienne Janeke
- 41′ Replacement Bulls: Kebotile Maake On for Jon Hobson
- Half-time14–19
- 40+5′ Conversion Bulls: Keagan Johannes Conversion 12–19
- 40+4′ Try Bulls: Johnathan Eloff Try 10–19
- 34′ Yellow card Bulls: Cephas van Biljon Yellow card
- 32′ Replacement Bulls: Jon Hobson On for Kebotile Maake
- 31′ Yellow card Bulls: Siphosethu Mnebelele Yellow card
- 23′ Try Bulls: Try 5–19
- 22′ Yellow card Airlink Pumas: Alfondso Isaacs Yellow card
- 20′ Try Airlink Pumas: JJ Scheepers Try 0–19
- 15′ Conversion Airlink Pumas: Nevaldo Fleurs Conversion 0–14
- 14′ Try Airlink Pumas: Willem Engelbrecht Try 0–12
- 11′ Red card Bulls: Abongile Nonkontwana Red card
- 6′ Conversion Airlink Pumas: Nevaldo Fleurs Conversion 0–7
- 5′ Try Airlink Pumas: Alfondso Isaacs Try 0–5
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Bulls
Coach: Johan Ackermann- 1 Damian Baker Prop
- 2 Siphosethu Mnebelele Hooker
- 3 Jean Erasmus Prop
- 4 Johnathan Eloff Lock
- 5 Sintu Manjezi Lock
- 6 Kebotile Maake Flanker
- 7 Abongile Nonkontwana Flanker
- 8 Dieter Schubert No. 8
- 9 Keagan Johannes (captain) Scrum-half
- 10 Devon Frank Williams Fly-half
- 11 Lindsey Jansen Wing
- 12 Christiaan Vlok Centre
- 13 Demitre Erasmus Centre
- 14 Riyaad Bam Wing
- 15 Hakeem Kunene Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Jon Hobson on at 79′
- 17 Sandi Msengana on at 56′
- 18 Dian Coetzee on at 56′
- 19 Jacques Swarts on at 77′
- 20 Cephas van Biljon not used
- 21 Louis Bruce on at 79′
- 22 Brooklyn Newman on at 56′
- 23 Akahluwa Boqwana on at 59′
Airlink Pumas
- 1 Etienne Janeke Prop
- 2 Chyle van Zyl Hooker
- 3 Sampie Swiegers Prop
- 4 JJ Scheepers Lock
- 5 Tiaan de Klerk Lock
- 6 Ntsika Fisanti Flanker
- 7 Ruwald van der Merwe Flanker
- 8 Willem Engelbrecht (captain) No. 8
- 9 Thomas Bursey Scrum-half
- 10 Nevaldo Fleurs Fly-half
- 11 Banie Britz Wing
- 12 Wian van Niekerk Centre
- 13 Sango Xamlashe Centre
- 14 Alfondso Isaacs Wing
- 15 Jay-Cee Nel Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Jan-Henning Campher on at 48′
- 17 Kudzwai Dube on at 47′
- 18 Junior Banda on at 72′
- 19 Stephan Krugel on at 72′
- 20 Thabo Ndimande on at 65′
- 21 Russwill Fredericks on at 48′
- 22 Tino Swanepoel on at 72′
- 23 Darren Adonis on at 68′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Bulls 34%, Airlink Pumas 66%
Carries: Bulls 68, Airlink Pumas 107
Metres made: Bulls 300, Airlink Pumas 291
Line breaks: Bulls 2, Airlink Pumas 1
Tackles made: Bulls 177, Airlink Pumas 90
Tackles missed: Bulls 14, Airlink Pumas 17
Turnovers won: Bulls 3, Airlink Pumas 2
Lineouts won: Bulls 5/8, Airlink Pumas 18/18
Scrums won: Bulls 3/4, Airlink Pumas 9/9
Penalties conceded: Bulls 20, Airlink Pumas 7
Yellow cards: Bulls 3, Airlink Pumas 2
Red cards: Bulls 1, Airlink Pumas 0
Passes: Bulls 80, Airlink Pumas 149
Tries: Bulls 5, Airlink Pumas 5
Try assists: Bulls 2, Airlink Pumas 1
Conversions: Bulls 2, Airlink Pumas 4
Penalty goals: Bulls 0, Airlink Pumas 0
Drop goals: Bulls 0, Airlink Pumas 0
Turnovers: Bulls 11, Airlink Pumas 9
Offloads: Bulls 8, Airlink Pumas 3
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
- Bulls wins
- 0
- Draws
- 0
- Airlink Pumas wins
- 1
The last meeting in our data, all competitions.
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