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United Rugby Championship

Bulls clinch bonus-point win over Lions in URC

Bulls' South African fullback Willie le Roux celebrates after scoring a try during the European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 1 rugby union match between Bulls (RSA) and Union Bordeaux-Begles (FRA) at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria on January 20, 2024. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Bulls boosted their United Rugby Championship top-four credentials with a 31-19 bonus-point win over Lions at Loftus Versfeld.

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Three tries in the opening 12 minutes from Canan Moodie, Willie le Roux and Sebastian de Klerk saw the Bulls race into a 17-0 lead, with Moodie and Marco van Staden adding further scores after the interval, David Kriel converting three of them.

Lions responded with tries from Henco van Wyk, PJ Botha and Richard Kriel, Gianni Lombard twice adding the extras, as they suffered a fifth defeat in six games.

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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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well we got there in the end! 😂

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fl 1 hour ago
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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
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