The Vodacom Bulls maintained their winning momentum and bagged their third win in a row beating the Dragons convincingly with (57-23)
The Vodacom Bulls controlled most of the game and did not allow the Dragons to put phases together until the last 10 minutes of the first half. Thereafter, in the second half, the game degraded into a "try fest".
03:51 Arno Botha scored the Bulls' 1st try after a pickup and drive following a 5m lineout-maul. (07-00)
09:03 Chris Smith converted a penalty (10-03)
20:00 In The first quarter of the game the host were the better team on the pitch, however, the Dragons got their fair share of quality ball and did also asked questions to the Bulls.
23:53 Sam Davies converted a penalty for the visitors to open their account. (10-03)
25:25 Lionel Mapoe goes over for the Bulls' second try after some good work by the captain. (17-03)
27:53 Kurt-Lee Arendse scored the Bulls' third try (24-03)
37:29 Johan Grobbelaar scored the Bulls bonus-point try from the back of a 5m lineout maul. (31-03)
40:43 Rio Dyer scored the Dragons' 1st try after the time was already up on the clock. (31-08)
40:00 The Vodacom Bulls controlled most of the game and did not allow the Dragons to put phases together until the last 10 minutes of the first half.
42:18 Jared Rosser scored the Dragons' second try after a loose pass by the Bulls was intercepted. (31-13)
47:12 Edwill vd Merwe used his speed to outsprint the opposition to score in the corner (36-13)
51:52 Sam Davies scored the Dragons' third try (36-20)
54:53 Marcell Coetzee bulldozed his way over the tryline (43-20)
60:00 The Bulls and visitors were content to spread the ball at every opportunity leading to a try-fest without much attention being given to the defence.
64:20 Lionel Mapoe scored after a short penalty was taken by the Bulls (48-20)
68:06 Zak Burger scored (55-20)
Scorers:
Vodacom Bulls: Tries: Arno Botha, Lionel Mapoe, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Johan Grobbelaar, Edwill vd Merwe, Marcell Coetzee, Lionel Mapoe, Zak Burger. Conversions: Chris Smith (5), Morne Steyn. Penalty: Chris Smith.
Dragons: Tries: Rio Dyer, Jared Rosser, Sam Davies. Conversion: Sam Davies. Penalty: Sam Davies.
Teams:
Vodacom Bulls: 15. Kurt-Lee Arendse, 14. Canan Moodie, 13. Lionel Mapoe, 12. Harold Vorster, 11. Madosh Tambwe, 10. Chris Smith, 9. Embrose Papier, 8. Arno Botha, 7. Cyle Brink, 6. Marcell Coetzee (c), 5. Ruan Nortje, 4. Walt Steenkamp, 3. Jacques van Rooyen, 2. Johan Grobbelaar, 1. Gerhard Steenkamp. Replacements: 16. Joe van Zyl, 17. Simphiwe Matanzima, 18. Mornay Smith, 19. Reinhardt Ludwig, 20. WJ Steenkamp, 21. Zak Burger, 22. Morné Steyn, 23. Cornal Hendricks.
Dragons: 15. Jordan Williams, 14. Jared Rosser, 13. Adam Warren, 12. Jack Dixon, 11. Rio Dyer, 10. Sam Davies, 9. Gonzalo Bertranou, 8. Ollie Griffiths, 7. Ben Fry, 6. Harri Keddie (c), 5. Ben Carter, 4. Huw Taylor, 3. Chris Coleman, 2. Elliot Dee, 1. Aki Seiuli. Replacements: 16. Taylor Davies, 17. Josh Reynolds, 18. Leon Brown, 19. Joe Davies, 20. Lennon Greggains, 21. Rhodri Williams, 22. Will Reed, 23. Ioan Davies.
