The Vodacom Bulls remained unbeaten with a bonus-point 29-19 win over the Ospreys, despite two yellow cards, and a red card.
The Vodacom Bulls started like a house on fire and scored tries by Elrigh Louw, Kurt-Lee Arendse (2) and Embrose Papier within the first twenty-two minutes of play in the first half to secure a bonus point for four tries scored.
Thereafter the Ospreys started to claw their way back into the match and a try by hooker Dewi Lake cut the Bulls' lead to 26-05 and fourteen minutes still to play in the first half.
Both teams had more opportunities to score with the Bulls denied a try seconds before the halftime break.
A red and Yellow card shown to the Bulls reduced the men from Pretoria to thirteen with thirty minutes still to play which opened the gaps for the Ospreys attack. Hard running and suspect defence from the Bulls allowed winger Ryan Conbeer to bulldoze his way over the Bulls' tryline to cut the Bulls' lead to 26-12.
With four minutes to play, Boeta Chamberlain slotted a penalty before the Ospreys scored a consolation try to cut the Bulls lead to 29-19, which was the final score.
Scorers:
Ospreys: Tries: Dewi Lake, Ryan Conbeer, Morgan Morris. Conversions: Dan Edwards, Jack Walsh.
Vodacom Bulls: Tries: Elrigh Louw, Embrose Papier, Kurt-Lee Arendse (2). Conversions: Boeta Chamberlain (3). Penalty: Boeta Chamberlain.
Teams:
Ospreys: 15 Max Nagy, 14 Iestyn Hopkins, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Keiran Williams, 11 Ryan Conbeer, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Morgan Morris, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Jac Morgan (c), 5 Adam Beard, 4 James Ratti, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Dewi Lake, 1 Gareth Thomas. Replacements: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Garyn Phillips, 18 Ben Warren, 19 Lewis Jones, 20 Will Greatbanks, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Luke Scully, 23 Jack Walsh.
Vodacom Bulls: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Sebastian de Klerk, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 David Kriel, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Boeta Chamberlain, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Reinhardt Ludwig, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Ruan Nortje (c), 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp. Replacements: 16 Akker van der Merwe, 17 Alulutho Tshakweni, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 Cobus Wiese, 20 Cameron Hanekom, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Stedman Gans, 23 Aphiwe Dyantyi.