Date : Saturday, March 4, 2023 Kick Off : 15:45 Venue : Loftus Versfeld Tournament : United Rugby Championship Round : pool stage
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Bulls

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Lions

Match Bulls vs Lions

Match between Bulls squad and Lions squad was played at Loftus Versfeld as of round #15 of United Rugby Championship . Before kick-off Bulls was in 6th position and Lions 11th.

Lineups

Game sheet Bulls vs Lions
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty
				Dylan SMITH	1	Jean-Pierre SMITH
			61'	Johan GROBBELAAR	2	PJ BOTHA
				Mornay SMITH	3	Asenathi NTLABAKANYE
				Jacques DU PLESSIS	4	Willem ALBERTS
				Ruan NORTJÉ	5	Ruben SCHOEMAN
				Marco VAN STADEN	6	Emmanuel TSHITUKA
				WJ STEENKAMP	7	Ruan VENTER
				Elrigh LOUW	8	Francke HORN
				Embrose PAPIER	9	Sanele NOHAMBA	23'	13' 24'	6' 17' 32' 65' 69'
	1'	62'		Morné STEYN	10	Gianni LOMBARD
			37'	S'Busiso NKOSI	11	Edwill VAN DER MERWE	12'
				David KRIEL	12	Marius LOUW
				Cornal HENDRICKS	13	Manuel RASS
				Sibongile NOVUKA	14	Rabz MAXWANE
			28' 46'	Wandisile SIMELANE	15	Quan HORN

				Jan-Hendrik WESSELS	16	Morné BRANDON
				Simphiwe MATANZIMA	17	Rhynardt RIJNSBURGER
				François KLOPPER	18	Ruan SMITH
				Ruan VERMAAK	19	Ruan DELPORT
				Cyle BRINK	20	Jarod CAIRNS
				Bernard VAN DER LINDE	21	Morné VAN DEN BERG
				Chris SMITH	22	Rynhardt JONKER
				Harold VORSTER	23	Andries COETZEE
Replacements
STEENKAMP 🡇 🡅 BRINK 40'					#1	54' ALBERTS 🡇 🡅 DELPORT
DU PLESSIS 🡇 🡅 VERMAAK 53'					#2	55' RASS 🡇 🡅 JONKER
SMITH 🡇 🡅 KLOPPER 54'					#3	63' NTLABAKANYE 🡇 🡅 SMITH
SMITH 🡇 🡅 MATANZIMA 54'					#4	65' SMITH 🡇 🡅 RIJNSBURGER
PAPIER 🡇 🡅 VAN DER LINDE 55'					#5	65' BOTHA 🡇 🡅 BRANDON
MATANZIMA 🡇 🡅 SMITH 69'					#6	74' NOHAMBA 🡇 🡅 VAN DEN BERG
GROBBELAAR 🡇 🡅 WESSELS 69'					#7	78' LOMBARD 🡇 🡅 COETZEE
STEYN 🡇 🡅 SMITH 69'					#8

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Bulls	VS	Lions
886 kg (110.75 kg)	Pack weight (average)	958 kg (119.75 kg)
26 ans	Forwards average age	26 ans
26 ans	Backs average age	25 ans
201 cm	Tallest player	199 cm
South Africa : 100% (15/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	South Africa : 93% (14/15) Congo : 7% (1/15)
South Africa : 100% (23/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	South Africa : 96% (22/23) Congo : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 3 - 0, 3 - 3, 3 - 8, 3 - 10, 3 - 13, 3 - 18, 3 - 20, 8 - 20, 8 - 23, 13 - 23, 18 - 23, 23 - 23, 25 - 23, 25 - 26, 25 - 29
Gap : 0, +3, 0, -5, -7, -10, -15, -17, -12, -15, -10, -5, 0, +2, -1, -4

Standings before and after

Before

United Rugby Championship - Pool 1 Round 14		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 15		Pts	P.	W.	D.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Leinster	71	15	15	0	0	269	11
2	Stormers	59	15	11	1	3	126	13
3	Ulster	54	15	10	0	5	132	14
4	Glasgow	49	15	10	0	5	78	9
5	Munster	47	15	9	0	6	123	11
6	Bulls	43	15	8	0	7	53	11
7	Sharks	41	15	8	0	7	8	9
8	Connacht	39	15	8	0	7	-2	7
9	Benetton	38	15	8	0	7	-63	6
10	Cardiff	34	15	7	0	8	-47	6
11	Lions	33	15	7	0	8	-100	5
12	Edinburgh	32	15	5	0	10	4	12
13	Ospreys	30	15	4	2	9	-92	10
14	Scarlets	29	15	5	1	9	-63	7
15	Dragons	19	15	3	0	12	-120	7
16	Zebre	8	15	0	0	15	-306	8