The Vodacom Bulls could not end their maiden European tours on a high as Edinburgh starved the South Africans from quality ball to launch their attack with. Edinburg won this arm-wrestle 17-10 as the referee did his utmost to prevent the visitors from scoring a win.
07:05 Edinburgh are yet again having a fantastic start as Henry Immelman score their first try of the match (05-00)
20:00 Edinburgh are matching the Bulls in the physical department and may at this stage just have the upper hand.
20:56 Chris Smith converted a penalty to open the Bulls score (05-03).
29:12 Jaco van Der Walt Converted his first penalty for Edinburgh (08-03)
32:08 Jaco van Der Walt Converted his second penalty for Edinburgh (11-03)
35:53 Jaco van Der Walt Converted his 3rd penalty for Edinburgh (14-03).
40:00 Edinburgh is in control of the match while the Bulls penalty count must be mounting as the men from Pretoria is being blown off the field by the referee.
60:00 Not much has changed since the beginning of the second half. The Bulls are being starved of possession by their hosts and will have to do something drastic if they want to win this match.
69:32 Marcell Coetzee goes over for the Bulls first try after launching wave after wave of attacks on Edinburgh's tryline (14-10).
73:03 Mark Bennett converted Edinburgh's 4th penalty (17-10).
Scores:
Edinburgh: Try: Henry Immelman. Penalties: Jaco vd Walt (3), Mark Bennett.
Vodacom Bulls: Try: Marcell Coetzee. Conversion: Morne Steyn. Penalty: Chris Smith
Teams:
Edinburgh Rugby: 15. Henry Immelman, 14. Darcy Graham, 13. Mark Bennett, 12. James Lang, 11. Damien Hoyland, 10. Jaco van der Walt, 9. Charlie Shiel, 8. Viliame Mata, 7. Luke Crosbie, 6. Magnus Bradbury, 5. Grant Gilchrist (c), 4. Marshall Sykes, 3. Luan de Bruin, 3. Luan de Bruin, 2. Stuart McInally, 1. Pierre Schoeman. Replacements: 16. Dave Cherry, 17. Boan Venter, 18. WP Nel, 19. Pierce Phillips, 20. Mesu Kunavula, 21. Connor Boyle, 22. Ben Vellacott, 23. James Johnstone.
Vodacom Bulls: 15. David Kriel, 14. Madosh Tambwe, 13. Cornal Hendricks, 12. Harold Vorster, 11. Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10. Chris Smith, 9. Embrose Papier, 8. Muller Uys, 7. Arno Botha, 6. Marcell Coetzee (c), 5. Ruan Nortje, 4. Janko Swanepoel, 3. Mornay Smith, 2. Bismarck du Plessis, 1. Lizo Gqoboka. Replacements: 16. Schalk Erasmus, 17. Simphiwe Matanzima, 18. Robert Hunt, 19. Walt Steenkamp, 20. Elrigh Louw. 21. Marco Jansen van Vuren), 22. Morne Steyn, 23. Lionel Mapoe.