Date : Saturday, November 25, 2023 Kick Off : 16:00 Venue : Loftus Versfeld Tournament : United Rugby Championship Round : pool stage
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Bulls

53TB

Connacht

Match Bulls vs Connacht

Match between Bulls squad and Connacht squad was played at Loftus Versfeld as of round #6 of United Rugby Championship . Before kick-off Bulls was in 3rd position and Connacht 7th.

Lineups

Game sheet Bulls vs Connacht
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty	YC
				Gerhard STEENEKAMP	1	Denis BUCKLEY
43'			11'	Akker VAN DER MERWE	2	Tadgh MCELROY	46'
				Wilco LOUW	3	Finlay BEALHAM
				Reinhardt LUDWIG	4	Darragh MURRAY
			32'	Ruan NORTJÉ	5	Joe JOYCE
				Marco VAN STADEN	6	Oisín DOWLING
			19'	Elrigh LOUW	7	Shamus HURLEY-LANGTON	77'
			56'	Nizaam CARR	8	Sean JANSEN
				Zak BURGER	9	Colm REILLY
	9' 28'	20' 33' 39' 57' 66'		Jaco VAN DER WALT	10	Jack CARTY		35' 46'	7' 31'
				Sergeal PETERSEN	11	Diarmuid KILGALLEN	34'
			65'	David KRIEL	12	Cathal FORDE
				Stedman GANS	13	David HAWKSHAW
				Sebastian DE KLERK	14	Byron RALSTON
			38'	Willie LE ROUX	15	Tiernan O'HALLORAN

				Jan-Hendrik WESSELS	16	Dylan TIERNEY-MARTIN
				Simphiwe MATANZIMA	17	Peter DOOLEY
				Mornay SMITH	18	Sam ILLO
				Janko SWANEPOEL	19	Niall MURRAY
				Cyle BRINK	20	Seán F. O'BRIEN
				Embrose PAPIER	21	Caolin BLADE
		73'	72'	Chris SMITH	22	JJ HANRAHAN		77'
				Canan MOODIE	23	Conor OLIVER				55'
Replacements
LOUW 🡇 🡅 BRINK 30'					#1	40' JANSEN 🡇 🡅 O'BRIEN
VAN DER MERWE 🡇 🡅 WESSELS 36'					#2	50' MCELROY 🡇 🡅 TIERNEY-MARTIN
BRINK 🡇 🡅 LOUW 40'					#3	50' DOWLING 🡇 🡅 OLIVER
WESSELS 🡇 🡅 VAN DER MERWE 40'					#4	58' JOYCE 🡇 🡅 MURRAY
NORTJÉ 🡇 🡅 SWANEPOEL 45'					#5	58' BEALHAM 🡇 🡅 ILLO
VAN STADEN 🡇 🡅 WESSELS 48'					#6	61' BUCKLEY 🡇 🡅 DOOLEY
GANS 🡇 🡅 MOODIE 58'					#7	61' CARTY 🡇 🡅 HANRAHAN
STEENEKAMP 🡇 🡅 MATANZIMA 58'					#8	67' REILLY 🡇 🡅 BLADE
VAN DER MERWE 🡇 🡅 VAN STADEN 58'					#9
LOUW 🡇 🡅 SMITH 58'					#10
BURGER 🡇 🡅 PAPIER 58'					#11
LOUW 🡇 🡅 BRINK 66'					#12
VAN DER WALT 🡇 🡅 SMITH 66'					#13

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Bulls	VS	Connacht
913 kg (114.13 kg)	Pack weight (average)	902 kg (112.75 kg)
27 ans	Forwards average age	27 ans
26 ans	Backs average age	26 ans
200 cm	Tallest player	201 cm
South Africa : 100% (15/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Ireland : 67% (10/15) Australia : 13% (2/15) New Zealand : 13% (2/15) England : 7% (1/15)
South Africa : 100% (23/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	Ireland : 78% (18/23) Australia : 9% (2/23) New Zealand : 9% (2/23) England : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 3, 3 - 3, 8 - 3, 13 - 3, 15 - 3, 18 - 3, 18 - 6, 23 - 6, 25 - 6, 25 - 11, 25 - 13, 30 - 13, 32 - 13, 32 - 15, 32 - 20, 37 - 20, 39 - 20, 44 - 20, 46 - 20, 51 - 20, 53 - 20, 53 - 22, 53 - 27
Gap : 0, -3, 0, +5, +10, +12, +15, +12, +17, +19, +14, +12, +17, +19, +19, +17, +12, +12, +17, +19, +24, +26, +31, +33, +31, +26

Standings before and after

Before

United Rugby Championship - Pool 1 Round 5		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Munster	5	1	1	0	13	1
2	Bulls	5	1	1	0	42	1
3	Ulster	5	1	1	0	4	1
4	Connacht	5	1	1	0	8	1
5	Glasgow	5	1	1	0	18	1
6	Stormers	5	1	1	0	2	1
7	Benetton	4	1	1	0	1	0
8	Edinburgh	4	1	1	0	5	0
9	Lions	2	1	0	1	-2	2
10	Zebre	2	1	0	1	-4	2
11	Ospreys	1	1	0	1	-8	1
12	Cardiff	1	1	0	1	-1	1
13	Dragons	1	1	0	1	-5	1
14	Leinster	0	1	0	1	-18	0
15	Sharks	0	1	0	1	-13	0
16	Scarlets	0	1	0	1	-42	0

After

United Rugby Championship - Pool 1 Round 6		Pts	P.	W.	D.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Glasgow	25	6	5	0	1	56	5
2	Leinster	24	6	5	0	1	89	4
3	Bulls	20	6	4	0	2	84	4
4	Munster	18	6	3	1	2	39	4
5	Ulster	18	6	4	0	2	10	2
6	Benetton	18	6	4	1	1	-3	0
7	Connacht	18	6	4	0	2	-10	2
8	Edinburgh	18	6	4	0	2	6	2
9	Ospreys	15	6	3	0	3	8	3
10	Lions	14	6	2	0	4	28	6
11	Cardiff	14	6	2	1	3	1	4
12	Stormers	13	6	2	0	4	19	5
13	Zebre	11	6	1	1	4	-72	5
14	Sharks	7	6	1	0	5	4	3
15	Scarlets	6	6	1	0	5	-153	2
16	Dragons	6	6	1	0	5	-106	2