In round 12 of the URC, the Bulls returned to winning ways with a decisive victory over the Dragons, while the Lions and Sharks suffered humiliating setbacks.
Attempts: Bradley Roberts and Max Clark. Sam Davies converts: (2).
Kurt-Lee Arendse, a penalty try, Harold Vorster, and Bismarck du Plessis scored tries for the Bulls. Johan Goosen is credited with conversions (2). The penalty goal scored by Goosen.
15 Jordan Williams, 14 Rio Dyer, 13 Steff Hughes (captain), 12 Max Clark, 11 Sio Tomkinson, 10 Sam Davies, 9 Lewis Jones, 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 Ollie Griffiths, 6 Sean Lonsdale, 5 George Nott, 4 Joe Davies, 3 Chris Coleman, 2 Bradley Roberts, 1 Aki Seiuli represent the Dragons.
Brodie Coghlan 16, Rob Evans 17, Lloyd Fairbrother 18, Huw Taylor 19, Taine Basham 20, Ben Fry, Gonzalo Bertranou, and Will Reed as substitutes.
Bulls — 15 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 David Kriel, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Izak Burger, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Cyle Brink, 6 Marco Van Staden, 5 Ruan Nortje (captain), 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Subs: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Sebastian Lombard, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Bernard van der Linde, 23 Cornal Hendricks.
Scott Buckley (2), Jack O’Donoghue, Paddy Patterson, and Liam Coombes scored for Munster. Ben Healy’s conversions (4).
Lions – Penalty goal: Jordan Hendrikse.
Mike Haley (#15), Shane Daly (#14), Malakai Fekitoa (#13), Rory Scannell (#12), Liam Coombes (#11), Ben Healy (#10), Paddy Patterson (#9), Alex Kendellen (#8), John Hodnett (#6), Gavin Coombes (#5), Jean Kleyn (#4), Roman Salanoa (#3), Diarmuid Barron (#2)
Substitutions: No. 16 Scott Buckley, No. 17 Dave Kilcoyne, No. 18 Stephen Archer, No. 19 Cian Hurley, No. 20 Jack O’Sullivan, No. 21 Conor Murray, No. 22 Dan Goggin, No. 23 Patrick Campbell.
Lions – 15 Quan Horn, 14 Stean Pienaar, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Marius Louw (captain), 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Morné van den Berg, 8 Emmanuel Tshituka, 7 Emile van Heerden, 6 Jarod Cairns, 5 Darrien Landsberg, 4 Ruan Venter, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 Pieter Botha, 1 Jean-Pierre Smith.
Subs: 16 Michael van Vuuren, 17 Morgan Naudé, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Andre Warner, 22 Gianni Lombard, 23 Manuel Rass.
CONNACHT VS. SHARKS: Conor Oliver, Cathal Forde (2), and Tiernan O’Halloran scored tries for Connacht. Jack Carty: Conversions (2).
Sharks — Tries: Rohan Janse van Rensburg, Dian Bleuler. Conversion: Lionel Cronje.
Connacht: Tiernan O’Halloran (15), John Porch (14), Tom Farrell (13), Cathal Forde (12), and Mack Hansen (11). The ten Jack Carty (captain), 9 Kieran Marmion Kieran, Shamus Hurley-Langton, No. 8, Seven Conor Olivers, six Josh Murphys, five Darragh Murrays, four Oisn Dowlings, three Finlay Bealhams, two Shane Delahunts, and one Denis Buckleys.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Tierney-Martin 17 Jordan Duggan, Dominic Robertson-McCoy, age 18, Leva Fifita (19), Cian Prendergast (20), Caolin Blade (21) Conor Fitzgerald (22), and Byron Ralston (23).
Anthony Volmink (#15), Yaw Penxe (#14), Murray Koster (#13), Rohan Janse van Rensburg (#12), Marnus Potgieter (#11), Nevaldo Fleurs (#10), Cameron Wright (#9), Celimpilo Gumede (#8), Henco Venter (#7), James Venter (#6), Reniel Hugo (captain), Thembelani Bholi (#4), Carlü
16 Kerron van Vuuren, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Khutha Mchunu, 19 Ockie Barnard, 20 Corne Rahl, 21 Grant Williams, 22 Lionel Cronje, and 23 Ethan Hooker serve as replacements.
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