Vodacom Bulls v Lions

A first defeat of the season, and a heavy one. It did not start badly. Vorster crossed for the Bulls inside ten minutes, but Siba Qoma answered on seventeen, Chris Smith converted, and a Smith penalty on the half-hour made it 13-10. For a quarter of an hour this was a contest. Then it was not. Grobbelaar went over on twenty-five and Hanekom twice in five minutes either side of that penalty, Rudolph on thirty-nine. Three Bosch conversions, 31-10 at the break, and the game decided before the shed. Moodie scored within three minutes of the restart. Morné Brandon got one back on forty-nine, and Jooste had the last word on sixty-four. Seven tries conceded at Loftus Versfeld.