Super Rugby - Pretoria, 28 March 2015, 19:10 local, 17:10 GMT
Bulls (18) 31 - 19 (16) Crusaders (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Bulls  Score  Crusaders
0 start of first half start of first half
3 Hougaard - try 5 - 0
8 Odendaal - try 10 - 0
9 Pollard - conversion 12 - 0
14 12 - 3 Carter - penalty goal
18 12 - 6 Carter - penalty goal
22 12 - 11 Nadolo - try
24 12 - 13 Carter - conversion
26 Pollard - penalty goal 15 - 13
32 15 - 16 Carter - penalty goal
37 Pollard - penalty goal 18 - 16
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
Fonotia - sub off
Havili - sub on
47 Greyling - sub on
Mellett - sub off
Nyakane - sub off
van der Merwe - sub on
48 Moody - sub off
Crockett - sub on
50 Laulala - sub on
Franks - sub off
Taufua - sub off
Todd - sub on
52 Pollard - penalty goal 21 - 16
55 Pollard - penalty goal 24 - 16 Slade - sub on
TJ Taylor - sub off
59 Liebenberg - sub off
Hattingh - sub on
63 24 - 19 Carter - penalty goal
65 Hattingh - try 29 - 19
66 Pollard - conversion
Paige - sub off
van Zyl - sub on		 31 - 19 Ellis - sub off
Drummond - sub on
68 CJD Taylor - sub on
Funnell - sub off
Tupou - sub on
Romano - sub off
74 du Plessis - sub off
Janse van Rensburg - sub on
80+1 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
81

Notes

 
Result Bulls won by a margin of 12 points
 
Ground name Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Teams

Bulls Crusaders
Tries Hougaard (3), Odendaal (8), Hattingh (65) Tries Nadolo (22)
Cons Pollard (9, 66) Cons Carter (24)
Pens Pollard (26, 37, 52, 55) Pens Carter (14, 18, 32, 63)
    Team
15 FB
Jesse Kriel
14 W
Francois Hougaard
13 C
JJ Engelbrecht
12 C
Burger Odendaal
11 W
Bjorn Basson
10 FH
Handre Pollard
9 SH
Rudy Paige
1 P
Mornè Mellett
2 H
Adriaan Strauss
3 P
Trevor Nyakane
4 L
Jacques Du Plessis
5 L
Victor Matfield
6 F
Deon Stegmann
7 F
Hanro Liebenberg
8 N8
Pierre Spies
    Replacements
16
Jaco Visagie
17 R
Dean Greyling
18 R
Grant Hattingh
19 R
Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg
20 R
Piet van Zyl
21
Tian Schoeman
22
Jurgen Visser
23 R
Marcel van der Merwe
    Team
15 FB
Israel Dagg
14 W
Kieron Fonotia
13 C
Ryan Crotty
12 C
Tom Taylor
11 W
Nemani Nadolo
10 FH
Dan Carter
9 SH
Andy Ellis
1 P
Joe Moody
2 H
Ben Funnell
3 P
Owen Franks
4 L
Luke Romano
5 L
Sam Whitelock
6 F
Jordan Taufua
7 F
Richie McCaw
8 N8
Kieran Read
    Replacements
16 R
Codie Taylor
17 R
Wyatt Crockett
18 R
Nepo Laulala
19 R
Jimmy Tupou
20 R
Matt Todd
21 R
Mitch Drummond
22 R
Colin Slade
23 R
David Havili

Match stats

Bulls   Crusaders
3 Tries 1
2 from 3 Conversion goals 1 from 1
4 from 6 Penalty goals 4 from 4
67.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 (1 missed) Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
15 Kicks from hand 14
95 Passes 177
91 Runs 103
269 Metres run with ball 567
Attacking
54% (57%/52%) Possession (1H/2H) 46% (43%/48%)
52% (60%/46%) Territory (1H/2H) 48% (40%/54%)
3 Clean breaks 15
23 Defenders beaten 16
7 Offloads 12
61 from 68 (89.7%) Rucks won 57 from 60 (95.0%)
9 from 9 (100.0%) Mauls won 2 from 2 (100.0%)
14 Turnovers conceded 19
Defensive
101/16 Tackles made/missed 113/23
86.0% Tackling success rate 83.0%
Set pieces
7 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 1 lost (83.3%)
8 won, 2 lost (80.0%) Lineouts on own throw 6 won, 2 lost (75.0%)
Discipline
9 (0) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 13 (1)
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Bulls stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Kriel 0/1 0 2/4/11 63 0 8 2 2 0/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Hougaard 1/1 5 0/4/5 10 1 1 1 0 6/4 0/0 0 0/0
C Engelbrecht 0/0 0 0/2/3 2 0 2 1 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Odendaal 1/0 5 1/3/8 45 1 8 0 3 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Basson 0/0 0 0/0/4 21 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Pollard 0/0 16 6/10/5 13 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Paige 0/0 0 5/43/4 8 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Mellett 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Strauss 0/0 0 0/5/10 2 0 0 1 2 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Nyakane 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
L du Plessis 0/0 0 0/2/8 7 0 1 1 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Matfield 0/0 0 0/8/2 1 0 1 0 0 9/0 3/1 0 0/0
F Stegmann 0/0 0 0/0/4 0 0 0 0 0 9/1 1/0 0 0/0
F Liebenberg 0/0 0 0/3/8 14 0 2 0 1 3/1 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Spies 0/0 0 0/2/8 19 0 0 0 1 6/3 3/1 2 0/0
(R) Greyling 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 0 1 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Hattingh 1/0 5 0/0/1 55 1 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Janse van Rensburg 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) van Zyl 0/0 0 1/7/1 4 0 0 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Crus stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Dagg 0/0 0 1/14/14 179 3 5 1 2 1/0 2/0 0 0/0
W Fonotia 0/0 0 0/1/3 13 0 1 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Crotty 0/0 0 1/14/7 28 0 1 0 1 6/5 0/0 1 0/0
C TJ Taylor 0/0 0 0/7/6 38 2 0 1 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Nadolo 1/0 5 0/6/6 75 3 3 3 3 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Carter 0/0 14 2/30/5 21 1 1 1 2 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Ellis 0/0 0 9/33/6 66 4 2 0 3 5/2 0/0 2 0/0
P Moody 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Funnell 0/0 0 0/2/5 11 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Franks 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 1 8/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Romano 0/0 0 0/1/4 6 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/1 0 0/0
L Whitelock 0/0 0 0/9/10 16 0 1 2 1 8/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Taufua 0/0 0 0/5/0 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
F McCaw 0/0 0 0/7/8 20 1 0 1 1 14/2 0/0 3 0/0
N8 Read 0/1 0 0/8/6 14 0 0 0 2 9/2 1/1 1 0/0
(R) CJD Taylor 0/0 0 0/1/2 7 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Crockett 0/0 0 0/5/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Laulala 0/0 0 0/2/3 2 0 0 1 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Tupou 0/0 0 0/0/4 2 0 0 0 0 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(R) Todd 0/0 0 0/3/3 10 0 1 0 1 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Drummond 0/0 0 0/18/2 7 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Slade 0/0 0 0/6/2 25 1 0 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Havili 0/0 0 1/4/4 27 0 0 2 0 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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