Pretoria, 28 April 2018, 17:15 local, 15:15 GMT
Bulls (14) 28 - 29 (10) Highlanders (FT)

Timeline

Time Bulls  Score  Highlanders
0 start of first half start of first half
2 0 - 5 AL Smith - try
4 0 - 7 Sopoaga - conversion
21 penalty try 5 - 7
22 FH Smith - yellow card
29 Pollard - try 10 - 7
30 Pollard - conversion 12 - 7
33 12 - 10 Sopoaga - penalty goal
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
42 12 - 18 Sopoaga - penalty goal
FH Smith - try
43 12 - 20 Sopoaga - conversion
49 Seiuli - sub on
Lienert-Brown - sub off
AL Dixon - sub on
Coltman - sub off
52 Ismaiel - sub on
Kotze - sub off		 12 - 23 Sopoaga - penalty goal
54 Visagie - sub on
Strauss - sub off
55 NJK de Jager - sub on
Snyman - sub off
56 Jenkins - try 17 - 23
58 Pollard - conversion
Papier - sub on
van Zyl - sub off		 19 - 23 EC Dixon - sub off
Frizell - sub on
Lentjes - sub on
Hunt - sub off
62 19 - 26 Sopoaga - penalty goal
AL Smith - sub off
Hammington - sub on
70 Franklin - sub off
Ainley - sub on
Tuiloma - sub on
Lomax - sub off
72 Tomkinson - sub on
FH Smith - sub off
74 Kriel - try 24 - 26
75 Nyakane - sub off
van Vuuren - sub on
Pollard - conversion		 26 - 26
80+1 end of second half
end of half		 26 - 29 Sopoaga - penalty goal
end of second half
end of half
0
81 26 - 29 Sopoaga - penalty goal

Notes

 
Result Highlanders won by a margin of 1 point
 
Ground name Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Teams

Bulls Highlanders
Tries Penalty try (21), Pollard (29), Jenkins (56), Kriel (74) Tries AL Smith (2), FH Smith (42)
Cons Pollard (30, 58, 75) Cons Sopoaga (4, 43)
Pens none Pens Sopoaga (33, 42, 52, 62, 80)
    Team
15 FB
Warrick Gelant
14 W
John-Ben Kotze
13 C
Jesse Kriel
12 C
Burger Odendaal
11 W
Divan Rossouw
10 FH
Handre Pollard
9 SH
Ivan van Zyl
1 P
Lizo Gqoboka
2 H
Adriaan Strauss
3 P
Trevor Nyakane
4 L
RG Snyman
5 L
Lood de Jager
6 F
Marco van Staden
7 F
Jason Jenkins
8 N8
Thembelani Bholi
    Replacements
16 R
Jaco Visagie
17
Frans van Wyk
18 R
Conraad Van Vuuren
19
Hendre Stassen
20 R
Nic de Jager
21 R
Embrose Papier
22
Manie Libbok
23 R
Travis Ismaiel
    Team
15 FB
Fletcher Smith
22
14 W
Ben Smith
13 C
Rob Thompson
12 C
Teihorangi Walden
11 W
Tevita Li
10 FH
Lima Sopoaga
9 SH
Aaron Smith
1 P
Dan Lienert-Brown
2 H
Liam Coltman
3 P
Tyrel Lomax
4 L
Jackson Hemopo
5 L
Tom Franklin
6 F
Elliot Dixon
7 F
Dillon Hunt
8 N8
Luke Whitelock
    Replacements
16 R
Ash Dixon
17 R
Aki Seiuli
18 R
Kalolo Tuiloma
19 R
Alex Ainley
20 R
Shannon Frizell
21 R
James Lentjes
22 R
Kayne Hammington
23 R
Sio Tomkinson

Match stats

Bulls   Highlanders
4 (1 penalty try) Tries 2
3 from 3 Conversion goals 2 from 2
0 from 0 Penalty goals 5 from 5
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
21 Kicks from hand 21
178 Passes 85
140 Runs 71
415 Metres run with ball 323
Attacking
68% (81%/58%) Possession (1H/2H) 32% (19%/42%)
77% (88%/67%) Territory (1H/2H) 23% (12%/33%)
9 Clean breaks 11
28 Defenders beaten 15
9 Offloads 5
99 from 103 (96.1%) Rucks won 43 from 47 (91.5%)
8 from 9 (88.9%) Mauls won 0 from 0
14 Turnovers conceded 9
Defensive
64/15 Tackles made/missed 163/28
81.0% Tackling success rate 85.0%
Set pieces
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 2 won, 2 lost (50.0%)
19 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 8 won, 1 lost (88.9%)
Discipline
12 (1) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 14 (0)
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Bulls stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Gelant 0/0 0 5/9/14 81 2 5 2 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Kotze 0/0 0 0/2/3 7 0 0 1 1 0/2 0/0 1 0/0
C Kriel 1/0 5 3/8/12 44 2 4 0 1 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Odendaal 0/0 0 1/10/14 18 0 1 1 1 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Rossouw 0/0 0 0/6/7 36 0 1 0 1 4/2 0/0 2 0/0
FH Pollard 1/1 11 4/25/13 83 1 4 1 2 4/0 1/0 0 0/0
SH van Zyl 0/0 0 7/68/1 13 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Gqoboka 0/0 0 0/5/9 29 1 4 1 2 2/0 0/0 3 0/0
H Strauss 0/0 0 0/1/5 14 1 0 0 2 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Nyakane 0/0 0 0/2/2 1 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Snyman 0/0 0 0/4/9 4 0 0 2 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
L L de Jager 0/0 0 0/5/11 14 0 2 0 0 4/1 8/1 1 0/0
F van Staden 0/0 0 0/4/8 4 0 1 0 0 8/1 0/0 1 0/0
F Jenkins 1/0 5 0/4/12 9 0 1 1 1 6/2 5/0 0 0/0
N8 Bholi 0/0 0 0/3/10 29 1 2 0 2 7/0 5/0 2 0/0
(R) Visagie 0/0 0 0/3/3 11 1 1 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) van Vuuren 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) NJK de Jager 0/0 0 0/0/3 5 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Papier 0/0 0 1/19/1 4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Ismaiel 0/0 0 0/0/3 9 0 2 0 0 1/0 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

Hland stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB FH Smith 1/0 5 5/5/7 42 3 1 1 2 1/2 0/0 1 1/0
W BR Smith 0/0 0 1/5/9 49 1 5 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Thompson 0/0 0 1/2/5 24 0 3 1 2 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Walden 0/0 0 0/4/5 23 2 1 0 1 15/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Li 0/0 0 0/2/2 32 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Sopoaga 0/0 19 8/13/9 31 1 2 1 1 11/3 0/0 4 0/0
SH AL Smith 1/1 5 5/22/4 39 1 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Lienert-Brown 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Coltman 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 11/3 0/0 1 0/0
P Lomax 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/3 0/0 4 0/0
L Hemopo 0/0 0 0/2/4 11 0 0 1 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Franklin 0/0 0 0/2/5 13 1 0 1 2 19/0 0/0 2 0/0
F EC Dixon 0/0 0 0/3/4 14 1 1 0 0 10/1 6/0 0 0/0
F Hunt 0/0 0 0/3/3 8 1 1 0 0 16/3 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Whitelock 0/0 0 0/8/2 0 0 0 0 0 23/2 0/0 0 0/0
(R) AL Dixon 0/0 0 0/3/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Seiuli 0/0 0 0/0/3 4 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Tuiloma 0/0 0 0/0/1 7 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Ainley 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Frizell 0/0 0 0/2/2 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 2/0 0 0/0
(R) Lentjes 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Hammington 0/0 0 1/9/2 10 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Tomkinson 0/0 0 0/0/2 14 0 1 0 0 0/0 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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