Date : Saturday, February 5, 2022 Kick Off : 14:00 Venue : Loftus Versfeld Tournament : United Rugby Championship Round : pool stage
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Bulls

Lions

Match Bulls vs Lions

Match between Bulls squad and Lions squad was played at Loftus Versfeld as of round #9 of United Rugby Championship . Before kick-off Bulls was in 14th position and Lions 13th.

Lineups

Game sheet Bulls vs Lions
YC	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty
			Simphiwe MATANZIMA	1	Sti SITHOLE
		38'	Johan GROBBELAAR	2	PJ BOTHA
			Jacques VAN ROOYEN	3	Carlü SADIE
			Walt STEENKAMP	4	Ruhan STRAEULI
			Ruan NORTJÉ	5	Ruben SCHOEMAN	72'
		24'	Marcell COETZEE	6	Jaco KRIEL
			Arno BOTHA	7	PJ STEENKAMP
			Elrigh LOUW	8	Francke HORN
			Zak BURGER	9	André Riaan WARNER
	25' 39' 49'		Morné STEYN	10	Tiaan SWANEPOEL		73'	2' 7'
			Madosh TAMBWE	11	Edwill VAN DER MERWE
			Harold VORSTER	12	Matt MORE
			Lionel MAPOE	13	Manuel RASS
			Canan MOODIE	14	Stean PIENAAR
		48'	Kurt-Lee ARENDSE	15	Divan ROSSOUW

			Bismarck DU PLESSIS	16	Morné BRANDON
			Lizo GQOBOKA	17	Morgan NAUDÉ
			Robert HUNT	18	Ruan DREYER
			Janko SWANEPOEL	19	Ruan VENTER
			Muller UYS	20	Sibusiso SANGWENI
			Embrose PAPIER	21	Morné VAN DEN BERG
			Chris SMITH	22	EW VILJOEN
			Cornal HENDRICKS	23	Quan HORN
Replacements
BURGER 🡇 🡅 PAPIER 20'				#1	42' BOTHA 🡇 🡅 BRANDON
PAPIER 🡇 🡅 BURGER 32'				#2	42' STEENKAMP 🡇 🡅 VENTER
MATANZIMA 🡇 🡅 GQOBOKA 40'				#3	49' WARNER 🡇 🡅 VAN DEN BERG
BURGER 🡇 🡅 PAPIER 55'				#4	52' VENTER 🡇 🡅 STEENKAMP
GROBBELAAR 🡇 🡅 DU PLESSIS 59'				#5	54' SITHOLE 🡇 🡅 DREYER
BOTHA 🡇 🡅 UYS 59'				#6	54' SADIE 🡇 🡅 NAUDÉ
VAN ROOYEN 🡇 🡅 HUNT 61'				#7	61' PIENAAR 🡇 🡅 HORN
STEYN 🡇 🡅 SMITH 63'				#8	61' STEENKAMP 🡇 🡅 VENTER
ARENDSE 🡇 🡅 HENDRICKS 73'				#9	73' KRIEL 🡇 🡅 SANGWENI

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Bulls	VS	Lions
902 kg (112.75 kg)	Pack weight (average)	913 kg (114.13 kg)
27 ans	Forwards average age	25 ans
27 ans	Backs average age	24 ans
203 cm	Tallest player	199 cm
South Africa : 93% (14/15) Congo : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	South Africa : 87% (13/15) Namibia : 13% (2/15)
South Africa : 96% (22/23) Congo : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	South Africa : 91% (21/23) Namibia : 9% (2/23)

(1) Calculations based on data in the database, which may be incomplete.

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 3, 0 - 6, 5 - 6, 7 - 6, 12 - 6, 14 - 6, 19 - 6, 21 - 6, 21 - 11, 21 - 13
Gap : 0, -3, -6, -1, +1, +6, +8, +13, +15, +10, +8

Standings before and after

Before

United Rugby Championship Round 8		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Ulster	5	1	1	0	6	1
2	Leinster	5	1	1	0	28	1
3	Munster	5	1	1	0	25	1
4	Lions	5	1	1	0	12	1
5	Edinburgh	5	1	1	0	4	1
6	Cardiff	5	1	1	0	12	1
7	Ospreys	4	1	1	0	4	0
8	Benetton	4	1	1	0	4	0
9	Glasgow	2	1	0	1	-6	2
10	Stormers	1	1	0	1	-4	1
11	Scarlets	1	1	0	1	-4	1
12	Dragons	1	1	0	1	-4	1
13	Zebre	1	1	0	1	-12	1
14	Sharks	0	1	0	1	-25	0
15	Connacht	0	1	0	1	-12	0
16	Bulls	0	1	0	1	-28	0

After

United Rugby Championship Round 9		Pts	P.	W.	D.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Ulster	30	8	6	0	2	74	6
2	Leinster	29	7	6	0	1	134	5
3	Edinburgh	28	7	5	1	1	57	6
4	Ospreys	22	8	5	0	3	-20	2
5	Glasgow	21	7	4	0	3	22	5
6	Benetton	21	8	4	0	4	-12	5
7	Munster	20	6	4	0	2	63	4
8	Connacht	20	9	4	0	5	7	4
9	Scarlets	16	6	3	0	3	-37	4
10	Cardiff	14	5	3	0	2	6	2
11	Sharks	14	6	3	0	3	-4	2
12	Stormers	12	6	2	1	3	-20	2
13	Lions	12	7	2	0	5	-31	4
14	Bulls	11	7	2	0	5	-62	3
15	Dragons	9	7	1	0	6	-43	5
16	Zebre	1	6	0	0	6	-134	1

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