Date : Friday, September 30, 2022 Kick Off : 18:30 Venue : Loftus Versfeld Tournament : United Rugby Championship Round : pool stage
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Bulls

28TB

Connacht

Match Bulls vs Connacht

Match between Bulls squad and Connacht squad was played at Loftus Versfeld as of round #3 of United Rugby Championship . Before kick-off Bulls was in 1st position and Connacht 16th.

Lineups

Game sheet Bulls vs Connacht
YC	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion
			Gerhard STEENEKAMP	1	Denis BUCKLEY
			Johan GROBBELAAR	2	Dave HEFFERNAN
			François KLOPPER	3	Finlay BEALHAM
			Walt STEENKAMP	4	Leva FIFITA
			Ruan NORTJÉ	5	Oisin DOWLING
		39'	Marcell COETZEE	6	Josh MURPHY
15'			Marco VAN STADEN	7	Conor OLIVER
			Elrigh LOUW	8	Jarrad BUTLER
		9' 45'	Zak BURGER	9	Kieran MARMION
50'	7' 10' 41' 46'		Johan GOOSEN	10	David HAWKSHAW	72'	67' 73'
			S'Busiso NKOSI	11	Mack HANSEN
			David KRIEL	12	Tom DALY
			Cornal HENDRICKS	13	Tom FARRELL
			Canan MOODIE	14	John PORCH
		6'	Kurt-Lee ARENDSE	15	Oran MCNULTY

65'			Jan-Hendrik WESSELS	16	Grant STEWART
			Simphiwe MATANZIMA	17	Peter DOOLEY
			Mornay SMITH	18	Jack AUNGIER	67'
			Janko SWANEPOEL	19	Gavin THORNBURY
			Reinhardt LUDWIG	20	Shamus HURLEY-LANGTON
			Embrose PAPIER	21	Colm REILLY
			Chris SMITH	22	Byron RALSTON
			Lionel MAPOE	23	Ciaran BOOTH
Replacements
GROBBELAAR 🡇 🡅 WESSELS 24'				#1	51' FIFITA 🡇 🡅 THORNBURY
MOODIE 🡇 🡅 MAPOE 25'				#2	51' OLIVER 🡇 🡅 HURLEY-LANGTON
VAN STADEN 🡇 🡅 LUDWIG 57'				#3	53' DALY 🡇 🡅 RALSTON
KLOPPER 🡇 🡅 SMITH 57'				#4	58' BUCKLEY 🡇 🡅 DOOLEY
STEENEKAMP 🡇 🡅 MATANZIMA 57'				#5	58' BEALHAM 🡇 🡅 AUNGIER
BURGER 🡇 🡅 PAPIER 60'				#6	60' HEFFERNAN 🡇 🡅 STEWART
STEENKAMP 🡇 🡅 STEENEKAMP 69'				#7	62' MURPHY 🡇 🡅 BOOTH
NKOSI 🡇 🡅 SMITH 69'				#8	62' MARMION 🡇 🡅 REILLY
LOUW 🡇 🡅 Carence 69'				#9
Carence 🡇 🡅 LOUW 76'				#10
STEENEKAMP 🡇 🡅 STEENKAMP 76'				#11
STEENKAMP 🡇 🡅 SWANEPOEL 80'				#12

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Bulls	VS	Connacht
925 kg (115.63 kg)	Pack weight (average)	884 kg (110.50 kg)
26 ans	Forwards average age	30 ans
25 ans	Backs average age	25 ans
203 cm	Tallest player	198 cm
South Africa : 100% (15/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Ireland : 60% (9/15) Australia : 20% (3/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) New Zealand : 7% (1/15) England : 7% (1/15)
South Africa : 100% (23/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	Ireland : 57% (13/23) Australia : 17% (4/23) New Zealand : 9% (2/23) England : 9% (2/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23) Scotland : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 5 - 0, 7 - 0, 12 - 0, 14 - 0, 19 - 0, 21 - 0, 26 - 0, 28 - 0, 28 - 2, 28 - 7, 28 - 12, 28 - 14
Gap : 0, +5, +7, +12, +14, +14, +19, +21, +26, +28, +28, +28, +26, +21, +16, +14

Standings before and after

Before

United Rugby Championship - Pool 1 Round 2		Pts	P.	W.	D.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Leinster	5	1	1	0	0	4	1
2	Ulster	5	1	1	0	0	26	1
3	Stormers	5	1	1	0	0	27	1
4	Benetton	5	1	1	0	0	22	1
5	Edinburgh	5	1	1	0	0	38	1
6	Bulls	4	1	1	0	0	16	0
7	Cardiff	4	1	1	0	0	7	0
8	Ospreys	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
9	Scarlets	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
10	Zebre	2	1	0	0	1	-4	2
11	Munster	1	1	0	0	1	-7	1
12	Sharks	0	1	0	0	1	-27	0
13	Connacht	0	1	0	0	1	-26	0
14	Glasgow	0	1	0	0	1	-22	0
15	Lions	0	1	0	0	1	-16	0
16	Dragons	0	1	0	0	1	-38	0

After

United Rugby Championship - Pool 1 Round 3		Pts	P.	W.	D.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Bulls	14	3	3	0	0	32	2
2	Leinster	14	3	3	0	0	43	2
3	Ulster	11	3	2	0	1	35	3
4	Stormers	10	2	2	0	0	39	2
5	Sharks	9	2	2	0	0	6	1
6	Lions	9	3	2	0	1	-2	1
7	Benetton	9	3	2	0	1	1	1
8	Ospreys	9	3	1	1	1	14	3
9	Edinburgh	7	3	1	0	2	20	3
10	Munster	6	3	1	0	2	3	2
11	Glasgow	5	3	1	0	2	-9	1
12	Dragons	5	3	1	0	2	-33	1
13	Cardiff	4	3	1	0	2	-34	0
14	Zebre	4	3	0	0	3	-25	4
15	Scarlets	3	3	0	1	2	-27	1
16	Connacht	0	3	0	0	3	-63	0