Cape Town - The Blue Bulls on Saturday recorded a comprehensive Currie Cup victory over the Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.
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The men from Pretoria ran in six tries to win 57-19, after leading 27-7 at half-time.
Discarded Springbok scrumhalf Francois Hougaard was named man-of-the-match after scoring a brace of tries.
In next weekend's action, the Bulls host Griquas in Pretoria, while the Cheetahs travel down to Cape Town to tackle defending champions Western Province.
Scorers:
Free State Cheetahs:
Tries: Boom Prinsloo, Shaun Venter and Clayton Blommetjies
Conversions: Niel Marais (2)
Blue Bulls:
Tries: Jamba Ulengo, Deon Stegmann, Francois Hougaard (2), Warrick Gelant and Travis Ismaiel
Conversions: Tian Schoeman (5), Louis Fouche
Penalties: Schoeman (4), Fouche
Teams:
Free State Cheetahs
15 Coenie van Wyk, 14 Clayton Blommetjies, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Rayno Benjamin, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Niel Marais, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Gerhard Olivier, 7 Henco Venter, 6 Boom Prinsloo, 5 Francois Uys (captain), 4 Willem Serfontein, 3 Luan de Bruin, 2 Neil Rautenbach, 1 Caylib Oosthuizen
Substitutes: 16 Jacques du Toit, 17 Maks van Dyk, 18 BG Uys, 19 Reniel Hugo, 20 Tienie Burger, 21 Zee Mkhabela, 22 Fred Zeilinga
Blue Bulls
15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Travis Ismaiel, 13 William Small-Smith, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Jamba Ulengo, 10 Tian Schoeman, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Hanro Liebenberg, 7 Lappies Labuschagne (captain), 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Jacques du Plessis, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Dean Greyling
Substitutes: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Nqoba Mxoli, 18 RG Snyman, 19 Roelof Smit, 20 Ivan van Zyl, 21 Louis Fouche, 22 Dries Swanepoel
*Weekend Currie Cup results:
Friday:
Griquas 19-43 Western Province
Pumas 33-24 Sharks
Saturday:
Free State Cheetahs 19-57 Blue Bulls
EP Kings 14-51 Golden Lions