The Bulls scored four tries to earn a 25-10 bonus point victory over the Lions in Johannesburg, returning to United Rugby Championship action.
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Jake White's side have won seven of their 10 league games this season, leaving them comfortably in the top four despite failing to reach top gear at Ellis Park.
Bulls wing Kanan Moody scored an outstanding try in the first half, before substitute forwards Acker van der Merwe and Marcel Coetzee touched down in a dominant second period, with center David Kriel starting the scoring. Earned bonus points after 6 minutes
Johan Goossen scored a penalty kick and conversion for the Bulls, fullback Quan Horn scored the Lions' only try, Jordan Hendrickse converted and Sanele Nohamba converted an early penalty.
The game was a quick rematch as the Bulls had won 30-28 in Pretoria last month.
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lions — Try: Quan Horn. Conversion: Jordan Hendrickse. Penalty: Sanele Nohamba.
Bull — Tries: Kanan Moody, Acker van der Merwe, Marcel Coetzee, David Kriel.conversion: Johan Goossen. Penalty: Goosen.
Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Henco van Wyk 12 Marius Low (captain), 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Sanele Nohamba, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Franke Horn, 7 Ruan Ventel, 6 Hanl Silgel, 5 Reinhard Notnagel, 4 Etienne Oosthuizen, 3 Asenathy Ntlabakaniye, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 JP Smith.
Subs: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Morgan Naude, 18 Konrad van Vuuren, 19 Darian Landsberg, 20 Izan Esterhuizen, 21 JC Pretorius, 22 Jordan Hendrickse, 23 Erik Cronje.
Bull: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 David Kriel, 11 Canaan Moody, 10 Jaco van der Walt, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Ellie Rowe , 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Luan Nortje (captain)), 4 Reinhard Ludwig, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Subs: 16. Simphiwe Matanzima, 17. Acker van der Merwe, 18. Francois Kloppers, 19. Janko Swanepoel, 20. Marcel Coetzee, 21. Keegan Johannes, 22. Johan Goossen, 23. Mpilo Gumede.
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