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Bulls beat the Lions with brilliant second-half display

Published: 25 January 2025 08:07 PST
Updated: 25 January 2025 08:32 PST

Marcell Coetzee of Vodacom Bulls during the United Rugby Championship match between Connacht and Vodacom Bulls at The Sportsground in Galway. (Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

The Bulls produced a dominant second-half performance to secure a 37-22 victory over the Lions in their United Rugby Championship derby at Emirates Airline Park.

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The Lions led 11-10 at half-time thanks to a try from Henco van Wyk and two penalties from Sam Francis, with the Bulls scoring through David Kriel’s touchdown and Boeta Chamberlain’s conversion and penalty.

However, second-half tries from Cobus Wiese, Marcell Coetzee and Akker van der Merwe helped turn the game in the Bulls’ favour.

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Kriel finished with 14 points in total after adding nine with the boot in the second half, while Etienne Oosthuizen scored the Lions’ second try.

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cnw 8 minutes ago

Boks admit where ‘it’s going to get tricky’ against 'best in the world'

Hey agree the odds are stacked against you - but you forget your own history - 2007 - All Blacks were head and shoulders best in the world - and what happened!

“Kaua e mate wheke, me mate ururoa”

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cnw 19 minutes ago

Boks admit where ‘it’s going to get tricky’ against 'best in the world'

The collective height and weight of the starting and impact packs is about the same. So two giant packs.

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HS 30 minutes ago

Victor Matfield: 'There's a big hype around him... I just can't understand it'

I was already there for a long time.

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K F 38 minutes ago

The Marcus Smith situation is beyond me - Andy Goode

Poor Furbank has horrible issues with injuries (I am not counting the appendicitis). Not sure he is durable enough to ditch the third f.y half. Whilst he is a wonderful rugby player, his time at 10 is really limited. I think he has started one test there, and only played there as a starter maybe a dozen times at Prem level

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Paul Ennis 55 minutes ago

How Nations Championship is changing shape of the game - but let’s keep a fair maul contest

Easy way to resolve that would be to keep the offside line 10m back until the maul is over rather than the lineout. And if you want to put 14 in the lineout, no problem, just don't over throw!!!!

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Ayre123 None 55 minutes ago

World Rankings: All eyes on Paris as All Blacks hope for French favour

Hope no riots nor interruptions of the Test in Paris?

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Paul Ennis 57 minutes ago

How Nations Championship is changing shape of the game - but let’s keep a fair maul contest

I agree with this. There was talk of changing the law to one stop and then use it. The extra set gives the attacking lineout a big advantage

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Paul Ennis 59 minutes ago

How Nations Championship is changing shape of the game - but let’s keep a fair maul contest

Agreed - there is a double line at times. Ping them for offside just for the cheek of over complicating things

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Paul Ennis 1 hour ago

How Nations Championship is changing shape of the game - but let’s keep a fair maul contest

Really well put together Nick. I have been saying since day 1 of these new “guidelines” (the laws always existed), that it can only be a positive advancement so long as the attacking maul is held to account in the same way as defence. eg, joining players must bind on from the back of the maul and they cannot travel down the side of the ball carrier to magically end up in front of him seconds later. And, as you pointed out, the original jumper can stay in the blocking position so long as there is no detachment (even for a split second) and there is no pulling.

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K F 1 hour ago

The Marcus Smith situation is beyond me - Andy Goode

Be polite please, It is easy for us to say crap behind pseudonyms and a keyboard. Many authors on this site do read the comments. Would you say that to his face?

Leicester legend and England international

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JD 1 hour ago

The Marcus Smith situation is beyond me - Andy Goode

You don’t need Ford when you have Smith x 2, Furbank and Ojomoh.

Marcus hasn’t started at 10 since early Feb 2025 for England which I find really strange. He is a 10, a very good 10. During his run at Fly Half in 2024 we were beating All Blacks (1 home and 2 away) SA and OZ until Steve either took him off or shifted him to 15. The man who replaced him was Ford and it didn’t go well.

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fl 1 hour ago

The Marcus Smith situation is beyond me - Andy Goode

“when you’re restricted by squad size and George Furbank is able to cover fly half too, there is a chance to create an extra space in another position.”

This is a good point though to be fair. Borthwick should drop Marcus Smith from the squad.

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fl 1 hour ago

The Marcus Smith situation is beyond me - Andy Goode

Lots of things are beyond Andy Goode.

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TheNotoriousFig 1 hour ago

How Nations Championship is changing shape of the game - but let’s keep a fair maul contest

That to me is the key piece. If the international referees as a unit can police the maul closer to the letter of the law and not the spirit then you would see adjustments in the technique and skills from teams. There would be much complaining initially and then teams would just get on with it. The current set up really favors certain outcomes. Scrum penalty = kick to the line = maul try. That seems like unintended consequences.

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Eric Elwood 1 hour ago

Kinghorn and Graham return as Scotland drop star for Wallabies

“The back-row combination of Matt Fagerson, Rory Darge and Jack Dempsey is also retained as Scotland look to build on the momentum generated by last weekend’s statement result.”

Yes, Scotland looking to build on their Statement 21-43 hammering by New Zealand.

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Tah Man Too 1 hour ago

Carter Gordon returns in Wallabies shake-up as Joseph Suaalii moved again for Scots

I think Les has made a mistake not starting Hooper and Tizzano. Maybe he's too close to the qld contingent and that's influencing his decision making. I would have liked to see someone else on the pine instead of Tate too, he's well off the pace.

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fl 1 hour ago

Victor Matfield: 'There's a big hype around him... I just can't understand it'

well we got there in the end! 😂

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fl 1 hour ago

Steve Borthwick admits 80-85% of RWC 2027 selection is locked down

I think the tactics are pretty nailed down. Not sure what’s making you suggest otherwise.

Borthwick is never going to agree with you 100% when it comes to selection, but the England team is quite young as it is, so its not clear why he should tear up selection to bring in a load of additional young players. But to go through some of the people you’ve mentioned:

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PMcD 2 hours ago

Steve Borthwick admits 80-85% of RWC 2027 selection is locked down

I think he was assuming he would play a combo of Seb Atkinson, BJvR, Freeman & Slade so didn’t feel like he was needed as 5th choice, the same way Northmore was discarded and then it’s all gone wrong losing BJvR and possibly Atkinson (along with Feyi Waboso taking out the Freeman option), so the door has been opened once again.

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Nickers 2 hours ago

'There's more in us': Neil Barnes challenges side to lift standards against Wales

Can control penalties

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