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As it happened: Bulls v Stormers

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Commentary by Sport24's Garrin Lambley


80' - And a very Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers who follow Sport24!


80' - THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY

Sorry we couldn't bring you better results from a SA point of view, but congrats to the Bulls for being the only SA winners


80' - REMEMBER, REMEMBER, REMEMBER!

There's a Super Rugby match between the Reds and Crusaders tomorrow morning in Brisbane at 08:05 SA time


80' - In next weekend's Round 14 action, the Bulls have a bye, while the Stormers welcome the Force to Newlands (Saturday, May 17 at 17:05)


80' - The Bulls pick up four points for their victory and stay second in the South African Conference, but move up to eighth in the Overall standings

The Stormers leave Loftus empty-handed and stay bottom of both the SA Conference and Overall log


TWEET

Well done Bulls we were beaten by a dominant tight 5. Happy with 2 great tries by our boys - Rob Louw


80' - FULL-TIME IN PRETORIA

The Bulls win 28-12


79' - The crowd starts to file out of Loftus as there are now mere seconds remaining.

Hats off to the Bulls for remaining calm under the early onslaught from the Stormers to walk away winners tonight and keep their playoff hopes alive


78' - Promising phases by the Stormers come to nought as the ball is knocked on, but Joubert was playing advantage.


76' - But credit once again due as they clear up to inside the Bulls' half


76' - But the Stormers won't relish the scrum inside their 22m area..


75' - Time ticking away at Loftus as Bulls wing Bjorn Basson goes on a mazy run, beating defenders at will before the ball is knocked on at the base of the ruck


TWEET

Speed and skills by the old man Akona14 !!! legend - Pierre Spies


71' - Credit to the Stormers as they hit back at the Bulls and De Allende goes close to scoring. Referee Joubert just double-checking with his TMO

No try. Knock-on and 5m scrum to the home side


70' - With Pollard off the field, Jacques-Louis Potgieter's first act of the match is to land a PENALTY from the halfway line to give the Bulls a 28-12 lead with 10 minutes remaining


66' - Worth remembering the Stormers led 12-0 after 19 minutes

The Bulls have been full value for their 25 points since...


66' - That could be all she wrote for the Cape side as Pollard adds the CONVERSION and the Bulls now lead 25-12 with 14 minutes to play


65' - Magic play by Akona Ndungane as the Stormers knock-on and the Bulls counter-attack at pace through a grubber by scrumhalf Francois Hougaard and Ndungane kicks ahead and beats the Stormers' defenders to the ball


65' - TRY to the Bulls!


63' - The Bulls still look full of running - which is ominous for the Stormers- as they camp inside the Stormers' half.

The territory stats, not only in his half, but the match, must be staggering


60' - Into the last 20 minutes now as the Bulls keep up the pressure. Stormers hanging on, but certainly still in the game only six points adrift


58' - Schalk Burger leaves the field. Strange substitution... no obvious injury

Siya Kolisi on in his place


56' - Just a penalty though as Joel Stransky gushes over Craig Joubert's decision...


55' - Could be more trouble for the Stormers as he consults his TMO as Kurt Coleman challenges Bulls fullback Jurgen Visser in the air


54' - Scarra Ntubeni leaves the field looking somewhat groggy as the Bulls make two front row changes

Werner Kruger on for Marcel van der Merwe, and Morne Mellett on for Dean Greyling


54' - Pollard lands his fifth penalty - to go with his earlier drop goal - to extend the Bulls' lead

It's now Pollard 18, Stormers 12..


52' - Bulls playing typical Bulls rugby and grinding forward through their pack as they pick up another penalty


LONDON SEVENS CUP QUARTER-FINAL KICK-OFF TIMES

11:28 - England vs France
11:50 - Australia vs Kenya
12:12 - South Africa vs New Zealand
12:34 - Samoa vs Fiji


50' - With Brok Harris off bleeding, it's a Vodacom Super Rugby debut for Alistair Vermaak


48' - Can't help thinking that Damian de Allende is wasted out on the wing. He's been the Stormers' most dangerous man on attack tonight.

Why, oh why, is Peter Grant playing at centre? He was rubbish at 10, equally useless at 15 and now doing diddly at 12!


47' - Stormers get a soft penalty after Bulls No 9 Grant Hattingh caught in front of the kicker and can't seemingly hear referee Joubert's numerous calls for him to stop running


46' - Stormers prop Brok Harris' eye looks like a, um, bloody mess, to be honest.

Doctor having a look. Little to no fun in the front row for the Stormers tonight...


TWEET

Ludeke complements Stormers for great tries at halftime of a 12-12 game. Hes seen this movie many times. - Zelim Nel


42' - Pollard should give the Bulls their first lead of the match... and he DOES!

Bulls lead 15-12 after 42 minutes


41' - Good start to the second stanza by the home side as they win an early penalty for 'incorrect entry' at the ruck


40' - And we're under way in Pretoria!


TWEET

Schalk Burger is still bloody good man! - Pat Symcox


TWEET

Yet again Mr Joubert as ref our win percentage is 25 percent. What has he have against the Stormers - Rob Louw


TWEET

Its easy to look like a hero when you sprint out of the blocks in the 800m, the medal goes to the guy who finishes first. - Zelim Nel


KEY STATS

Metres run: Bulls 151-242 Stormers
Carries: Bulls 54-41 Stormers
Defenders beaten: Bulls 3-8 Stormers
Clean breaks: Bulls 0-1 Stormers
Tackles made: Bulls 40-49 Stormers
Missed tackles: Bulls 7-3 Stormers
Turnovers won: Bulls 4-5 Stormers
Kicks in play: Bulls 12-12 Stormers
Rucks won: Bulls 42-28 Stormers
Rucks lost: Bulls 5-2 Stormers
Mauls won: Bulls 4-1 Stormers
Lineouts won: Bulls 8-4 Stormers
Lineouts lost: Bulls 0-0 Stormers
Scrums won: Bulls 5-2 Stormers
Scrums lost: Bulls 0-0 Stormers
Penalties conceded: Bulls 1-5 Stormers


40' - Cracking first half in Pretoria with no quarter asked, or given

Bulls' slow poison taking effect though. Will the Stormers be able to hold on - especially with such an inexperienced side?

Join us in 10 minutes to find out!


HALF-TIME IN PRETORIA

Scores are level at 12-all


SCARY STAT

72%
of the first half has been played in the Stormers half of the field...


39' - Pollard lands the PENALTY and the scores are now level at 12-all with mere seconds remaining in the first half


38' - Stormers escape as they concede a penalty with the Bulls' backline queuing up to score out wide but Joubert awards the hosts a penalty.

A little touch and go though... Stransky in agreement (with me)


PICTURE

Cup quarter-final line-up for Sunday at the London 7s...



36' - Sanity prevails... Joubert owns up to his initial error and it's just a scrum to the Bulls


36' - Joubert says it's "clear it's deliberate" and is asking for a yellow or penalty try perhaps, BUT IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK DELIBERATE!


36' - Trouble for the Stormers... referee Joubert goes upstairs for a deliberate knock-down


34' - The Stormers attempt to run the ball out from their own 5m scrum through No 8 Duane Vermeulen and they do a good job of it as half-time looms...


34' - Bulls piling on the pressure at present (try say that 5 times fast)...


33' - So far, so good at lineout time for Stormers new-boy Jean Kleyn who was very open and honest in his interview midweek saying his direct opponent tonight, Victor Matfield, was his 'hero'


30' - The match is far from over, but it could be a bad night for Blue Bulls and Bulls fans with the Blue Bulls knocked out of the Vodacom Cup in their earlier semi-final against the Golden Lions


PICTURE

Juan de Jongh in full flight (via Twitter)



29' - PENALTY to the Bulls around the halfway line and Pollard steps up and lands it!

Stormers lead 12-9 after 29 minutes


29' - Where is 'prop guru' Tank Lanning when you need him?

I think the answer is in Stellenbosch watching the Maties play the Ikeys (Maties won 19-18 FYI)


28' - Stormers struggling at scrum time and the Bulls toying with their opponents

Penalty to the Bulls


26' - Just like that the Bulls are back within six points.

Stormers lead 12-6 after 26 minutes


25' - Advantage to the Bulls and Pollard lines up a DROP GOAL and it's... OVER!


24' - Bulls on the attack and again and the Stormers will have to tap into their once-famous defence...


23' - Schalk Burger concedes a penalty from the restart - and has a good few disagreeing words with Joubert!


23' - Chance for the Bulls to open their account (who would've thought that would be the case after 23 minutes?)

And Handre Pollard duly gives the home side their first points of the match

Stormers lead 12-3 after 23 minutes


TWEET

It's all happening!De Jongh scores after Scarra and Carr combined magnificently,De Allende continue to impress,and Loftus goes silent! - Breyton Paulse


21' - Referee Joubert has a quiet word with Coleman to speed up when taking his kicks


21' - Kurt Coleman's conversion kick is off target to the right

Stormers lead 12-0 after 21 minutes


19' - What were you saying earlier Mr Stransky?


19' - JUAN DE JONGH scores his second try of the season and his 11th of all time


19' - Stormers on FIRE at Loftus at the moment and putting the Bulls to the sword!


19' - OH MY OATH!


19' - TRY to the Stormers!


16' - SEVENS UPDATE

For those interested, the Blitzbokke will play world champions New Zealand in the London 7s Cup quarter-finals on Sunday


15' - Commentator Joel Stransky suggests the Stormers are playing the wrong gameplan and playing into the Bulls' hands?

WHAT?

Check the scoreboard Joel!


TWEET

Schalk Burger looking like an oom, but playing like a laaitie. Awesome contribution early on in tight and loose, physicality, skill, vision - Jon Cardinelli


TWEET

Love watching JuanDeJongh step like only he can ;) - Michele Burger (aka Schalk's better half...)


13' - Frantic stuff from both sides with players already with hands on their knees


12' - Coleman converts his own try

Stormers lead 7-0 after 12 minutes


10' - Cheslin Kolbe, Juan de Jongh and Schalk Burger all key in setting up KURT COLEMAN for the opening try of the match


10' - The Stormers' best passage of play ALL SEASON without question!


10' - One for the highlight reel for sure!


10' - WHAT A TRY STORMERS!


9' - Very open game thus far with both sides happy to give the ball air.

Promises to be a cracker of a match if they can keep this up!


8' - First contribution by stand-in skipper Schalk Burger as he turns over the ball with the Bulls on attack.

Well done that man!


6' - For those asking, no, the Bulls are not in their 'camo' jerseys. That's purely for away matches.

The Stormers are wearing their white/lightning streak outfits...


5' - From a purely neutral point of view, it would be in SA's best Vodacom Super Rugby interests if the Bulls won tonight as they're the only other side (apart from the Sharks) that look like making the playoffs...

But tell that to any die-hard Stormers fan!


3' - Stormers capitalising on a series of Bulls turnovers, but kick away possession...


1' - FYI: Some 75 000 fans turned up at Twickenham today for Day 1 of the London 7s... which is about double the number at Loftus right now... #justsaying


1' - Bulls prop DEAN GREYLING playing his 50th Vodacom Super Rugby match for the men in blue


0' - Kurt Coleman gets the match under way


0' - HERE. WE. GO!


0' - Craig Joubert will be the man with the whistle so no obvious bias there...


0' - The Bulls emerge to a raucous round of cheers and applause


0' - I've lost count of how many changes the Stormers have been forced to make after their win over the Highlanders last weekend.

Lots of new names... bear with me!


TWEET

The way today's going, the Bulls and Stormers will draw, meaning no South African side will win this weekend - Derek Alberts


0' - Cool/chilly evening in Pretoria with the temperature expected to dip below 10 degrees Celsius during the match


0' - Regular Sport24 reader Clinton Martin, wisely (?) suggests it will be a 'games of two halves' and asks whether there'll be a 'storm' at Loftus this evening...


0' - Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer must be a worried man, but at least thanks to SARU's foreign-based player policy he has a 'get out of jail free' card and can call on as many overseas-based players as his heart desires...

Hats off to NZ and Australia for rewarding those who stay loyal to their countries...


0' - Yet another SHOCKING weekend from the SA teams thus far with losses for the Lions, Sharks and Cheetahs.

At least we should have a SA winner in this match!


0' - 17 injuries for the Stormers and Nick Mallett says it will be an 'absolute miracle if the Stormers win'.

Naas Botha mumbles something bordering on incoherent...


0' - Fighting talk from Stormers coach Allister Coetzee who says his team is 'here to play'...


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OFFICIALS

Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa), Jaco van Heerden (South Africa)
TMO: Johan Greeff (South Africa)


RECENT RESULTS

2013: Stormers won 30-13, Cape Town
2013: Bulls won 25-17, Pretoria
2012: Stormers won 19-14, Pretoria
2012: Stormers won 20-17, Cape Town
2011: Bulls won 19-16, Cape Town
2011: Stormers won 23-13, Pretoria


TEAMS

Bulls

15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Grant Hattingh, 7 Jacques du Plessis, 6 Jono Ross, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Paul Willemse, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 Dean Greyling

Substitutes: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Werner Kruger, 18 Morné Mellett, 19 Jacques Engelbrecht, 20 Wimpie van der Walt, 21 Rudy Paige, 22 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 23 William Small-Smith.

Stormers

15 Jaco Taute, 14 Damian de Allende, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Peter Grant, 11 Cheslin Kolbe, 10 Kurt Coleman, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Schalk Burger (captain), 6 Nizaam Carr, 5 Ruan Botha, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Pat Cilliers, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Brok Harris

Substitutes:16 Stephan Coetzee, 17 Alistair Vermaak, 18 Martin Dreyer, 19 Siya Kolisi, 20 Deon Fourie, 21 Dylon Frylinck, 22 Michael van der Spuy, 23 Devon Williams


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