The Vodacom Bulls hosted the DHL Stormers in the second South African URC match of the day. The Bulls dominated for most of the match, however, the Stormers used their opportunities to steal the match at the end with 30-26.
06:53 Seabelo Senatla opened the Stormers account with a try after the Bulls could not control a ball in their in-goal area. (00-05)
11:51 Manie Libbok converted a penalty earned after a scrum penalty on the halfway (00-08)
20:00 Although the Stormers led at this stage the Bulls were the dominant side. Unfortunately for the Bulls, they made several mistakes on the attack that cost them scoring opportunities as well as momentum.
26:26 Manie Libbok converted his second penalty of the day. (00-11)
29:54 Seabelo Senatla collect yet another bouncing ball which the Bulls could not control to score his second try of the day. (00-18)
42:26 Ernst van Rhyn (Stormers) sent off with a yellow card.
43:36 Johan Grobbelaar scored the Bulls first try from a 5m lineout-maul. (07-18)
40:00 The Vodacom Bulls are still the dominant side, however, mistakes made by the Bulls robbed them of possible scoring opportunities and Momentum. The Stormers, on the other hand, scored at every opportunity that presented itself
51:20 Madosh Tambwe scored the Bulls second try after collecting a brilliant inside pass to cut the Stormers' defence in two. (14-18)
55:17 A brilliant cross kick from a penalty was collected by the Bulls that sent Embrose Papier away to score the Bulls third try, to put the Bulls in the lead for the first time of the match. (21-18)
60:00 The Bulls made several changes at halftime including that of Morne Steyn that changes the complete structure of the game. Two tries within 4 minutes by the Bulls gave the lead at that stage with the momentum now 100% with the hosts.
63:10 Elrich Louw scored the Bulls fourth and bonus point try. (26-18)
66:40 Herschel Jantjies scored the Stormers third try to narrow the gap to just three points. Brilliant interplay and passing by the Stormer were the reason for this great try. (26-23)
66:58 Madosh Tambwe (Bulls) sent off with a yellow card.
76:00 Paul de Wet scored the Stormers fourth and bonus point try. De Wet scored after the Stormers started to run from within their own half (26-30).
Scorers:
Vodacom Bulls: Tries: Johan Grobbelaar, Madosh Tambwe, Embrose Papier, Elrich Louw. Conversions: Chris Smith (2), Morne Steyn.
DHL Stormers: Tries: Seabelo Senatla (2), Herschell Jantjies, Paul de Wet. Conversions: Manie Libbok (2). Penalty: Manie Libbok (2).
Vodacom Bulls: 15. David Kriel, 14. Madosh Tambwe, 13. Lionel Mapoe, 12. Cornal Hendricks (c), 11. Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10. Chris Smith, 9. Embrose Papier, 8. Elrich Louw, 7. Reinhard Ludwig, 6. Arno Botha, 5. Ruan Nortje, 4. Walt Steenkamp, 3. Mornay Smith, 2. Johan Grobbelaar, 1. Gerhard Steenkamp. Replacements: 16. Bismarck du Plessis, 17. Lizo Gqoboka, 18. Jacques van Rooyen, 19. Janko Swanepoel, 20. Marcel Coetzee, 21. Izak Burger, 22. Morne Steyn, 23. Harold Vorster.
Stormers: 15. Damian Willemse, 14. Sergeal Petersen, 13. Ruhan Nel, 12. Rikus Pretorius, 11. Seabelo Senatla, 10. Manie Libbok, 9. Herschel Jantjies, 8. Evan Roos, 7. Ernst van Rhyn, 6. Deon Fourie, 5. Marvin Orie, 4. Salmaan Moerat (co-captain), 3. Sazi Sandi, 2. Siyabonga Ntubeni, 1. Steven Kitshoff (co-captain). Replacements: 16. Andre-Hugo Venter, 17. Leon Lyons, 18. Brok Harris, 19. Adre Smith, 20. Hacjivah Dayimani, 21. Paul de Wet, 22. Dan du Plessis, 23. Warrick Gelant.