Dragons vs Bulls

The Bulls, desperate for a win following a difficult couple of weeks, were too strong for Wales' Dragons on Friday night.

For the Bulls, this was far from their best performance of the season, but that won't matter one bit. With the scoreboard reading 17-0 after 15 minutes and with the Dragons down to 14 men, it looked to be a long way back for the hosts. Goosen then knocked over a routine penalty to make it 10-0, and things got even better for the Bulls when the Dragons conceded a penalty try as scrumhalf Lewis Jones slapped the ball dead when it looked like Canan Moodie was certain to pluck it out of the air and score from a Zak Burger chip.

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Goosen provided the first spark with a scything counter-attack from deep and link up with Kurt-Lee Arendse, who had the pace to finish. The visitors had to make a late change with flyhalf Chris Smith forced to withdraw through illness. With this convincing bonus-point win, the men from Pretoria put two derby defeats behind them to restart their Vodacom URC campaign.

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After a string of penalties, they simply moved the ball to Harold Vorster who came in on the angle to go over untouched. Then the errors started creeping in and the momentum shifted. The first try for the Dragons came to Bradley Roberts, as the Dragons caught the Bulls napping at the front of the lineout, shifting the ball back to Roberts to go in at the corner.

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Powerful number eight Elrigh Louw was at the forefront of a clinical effort from the Bulls’ pack. It took less than four minutes for Blues to show their attacking skills. From just outside his 22, Goosen collected an up and under to race past two opponents before sending Arendse on a 40-metre run to the line.

Kurt-Lee Arendse, Harold Vorster and Bismarck du Plessis scored the visitors' tries, while there was also a penalty try, two Johan Goosen conversions and one ...

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