3 weeks ago
United Rugby Championship: Bulls v Ospreys
Bulls (26) 61
Tries: Grobbelaar, D Kriel, Arendse 2, Moodie (2), Papier, penalty, Le Roux Cons: C Smith 6 van der Valt
Ospreys (10) 24
Tries: L Davies, K Williams, Giles Cons: Walsh 3 Pen: Walsh
Ospreys' hopes of a United Rugby Championship (URC) play-off spot were dented arsenic they fell good short of leaving South Africa pinch 2 wins arsenic Bulls' powerfulness and gait proved excessively much.
The Welsh squad had won astatine Stormers past weekend, but came obscurity adjacent repeating that feat successful Pretoria wherever nan hosts emphatically boosted their bid for a play-off spot.
The hosts reached nan prize constituent earlier nan break and ended pinch 7 touchdowns and a punishment effort against game, but overpowered Ospreys.
Johan Grobbelaar's early effort from a line-out thrust and Chris Smith's conversion group nan tone.
David Kriel crossed for nan 2nd and aft Ospreys rallied pinch Luke Davies' try, Kurt-Lee Arendse added nan hosts' third.
Canan Moodie earned nan prize constituent and added his 2nd effort soon aft nan break.
Embrose Papier went clear earlier Arendse completed his brace. A punishment effort for Max Nagy's deliberate sound connected adjacent to nan statement compounded nan visitors' problems and Willie Le Roux added another.
Bulls fly-half Smith kicked six conversions for nan hosts.
The visitors welcomed backmost Wales hooker Dewi Lake via nan chair pursuing his betterment from a hamstring strain.
Amid six starting changes to nan broadside that hit Stormers 27-21 successful Cape Town past play Ospreys recalled Wales forwards Justin Tipuric, Adam Beard and Gareth Thomas while Bulls were without suspended fly-half Johan Goosen.
Wing Luke Morgan made is 100th Ospreys appearance.
After's Grobbelaar's people from a 15m line-out drive, Jack Walsh had a chance to put nan visitors connected nan scoreboard, but aft nan shot fell disconnected nan tee his rushed punishment effort rebounded disconnected an upright.
Powerful moving from Bulls forwards was a changeless threat pinch number 8 Cameron Hanekom peculiarly prominent.
Centre Kriel was group free to stroll over, but Ospreys underlined their ball-in-hand threat arsenic Morgan Morris paved nan measurement for scrum-half Davies' awesome response.
However, Davies' other number Papier's agelong walk recovered Arendse free retired wide.
Ospreys recovered themselves successful further problem conscionable astatine nan infinitesimal they looked group to extremity nan opening play connected a high.
Prop Chris Henry's walk was picked disconnected by Kriel and Moodie was connected manus for different elemental stroll successful for Bulls.
Moodie's 2nd effort wrong 3 minutes of nan restart.
But Papier's elemental people near Ospreys pinch a immense task moreover earlier Keiran Williams' effort aft Nagy's clever spot and stitchery provided immoderate ray alleviation for Toby Booth's side.
Things sewage tougher for nan visitors erstwhile Nagy conceded nan punishment score, though helping Giles produced a spectacular decorativeness arsenic he touched down while being tackled astatine nan corner.
Willie Le Roux ran from his heavy successful his ain 22 for different location intercept people - this clip disconnected Keiran Williams - arsenic Bulls denied Ospreys' bid for a bonus-point score.
Bulls: Willie Le Roux; Canan Moodie, David Kriel, Harold Vorster, Kurt-Lee Arendse; Chris Smith, Embrose Papier; Gerhard Steenekamp, Johan Grobbelaar, Wilco Louw, Ruan Vermaak, Reinhardt Ludwig, Nizaam Carr, Elrigh Louw (capt), Cameron Hanekom
Replacements: Akker van der Merwe, Simphiwe Matanzima, Mornay Smith, Janko Swanepoel, Jannes Kirsten, Zak Burger, Jaco van der Valt, Devon Williams
Ospreys: Max Nagy; Luke Morgan, Owen Watkin, Keiran Williams, Keelan Giles; Jack Walsh, Luke Davies; Gareth Thomas, Sam Parry, Rhys Henry, Adam Beard, Huw Sutton, Morgan Morse, Justin Tipuric, Morgan Morris.
Replacements: Dewi Lake, Nicky Smith, Ben Warren, James Ratti, Harri Deaves, Reuben Morgan-Williams, Owen Williams, Evardi Boshoff.
Referee: Chris Busby (IRFU)
Assistant referees: Cwengile Jadzweni, Hanru van Rooyen (SARU)
TMO: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
