The Bulls travel to Bloemfontein to play the Cheetahs for this Round 2 match. Join The Roar from 4:30am (AEDT) for all the action.
Both these sides suffered first-round losses, the Bulls going down to the Stormers in Cape Town and the Cheetahs losing out to the Lions at home, making this an important match to keep up with the early pace of the competition.
It is particularly important for the Cheetahs to secure a victory today as two home losses to begin the season will make it very hard for the franchise to recover.
The Bulls will be highly motivated to start strongly today after a poor first half showing against the Stormers last weekend.
While it would be reasonable to expect a typical, confrontational South African derby, both these sides enjoy attacking with ball in hand and have plenty of pace to showcase.
A notable advantage for the Bulls is their halves, with internationals Rudy Paige and Handre Pollard. Pollard, in particular, showed his skills in the second half at Newlands last week, trying in vain to lift his team back into that match, and will be a dangerous proposition.
Match ups to keep an eye on include at blindside, where Teboho Mohoje lines up against Jaques Potgieter – two opposing styles going head to head – while the battle out wide between Raymond Rhule and Travis Ismaiel should be one to savour.
Prediction
There’s oo much power and skill in the Bulls line-up to ignore.
Bulls by 12
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Machpants
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Haha fair enough
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No.
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Go to sleep digger! :)
Carlos the Argie
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Entertaining game! Bad prediction!
Diggercane
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Great night of footy
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THE CHEETAHS HAVE DEFEATED THE BULLS BY 34 POINTS TO 28 IN BLOEMFONTEIN
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Cheetahs secure their scrum, one out run and Zeilinga boots it out on the hooter, and that's fulltime!! CHEETAHS 34 BULLS 28
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80' Cheetahs scrum, one reset, if they can secure this and put it out, they will win, injury break....
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78' 22 restart, Blommetjies, deep, Bulls have it, on halfway, getting pushed back here, wide, knock on! CHEETAHS 34 BULLS 28
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76' Bulls lineout, 35 out, won, Bulls on the attack, Kriel up to the 22, wide to Ishmael, closed down quickly, shifted wide, Kriel in some space, up to the 22, another kick through, Cheetahs scramble and force. Not a good option. CHEETAHS 34 BULLS 28
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75' Schoemann, deep, Cheetahs collect, inside their 22, cleared, not out, Galant runs back to the Cheetahs 10, one out here, kick through, out in the corner, Cheetahs take it quickly, clear away further downfield into touch!! CHEETAHS 34 BULLS 28
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Zeilinga, converts, difference is 6 with 6 to play! CHEETAHS 34 BULLS 28
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Cheetahs will have a penalty shot....
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72' Cheetahs scrum, 25 out, big shove, Penalty Cheetahs! Collapsing CHEETAHS 31 BULLS 28
Harry Jones
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Really good Round 2
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71' Blommetjies, deep, Bulls take, on their 22, ohhhh, knock on! CHEETAHS 31 BULLS 28
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68' Blommetjies, deep, Bulls have it, inside their 22, bomb, recovered through Kriel, away now, Bulls, making easy meters, wide, Galant, to ULENGA, HE PALMS OFF HIS OPPOSITE AND DOTS DOWN IN THE CORNER, BUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLS ON THE CHARGE HERE, GAME ON!! converted FROM THE SIDELINE!! CHEETAHS 31 BULLS 28
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Schoemann converts CHEETAHS 31 BULLS 21
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64' Bulls scrum, 30 out, big shove, scrum disintegrates, Bulls have it, they push forward, up to the 22, one out, Odendaal cant break through, 7 phases, Ishamael away on the outside, 15 short now, Bulls keep bludgeoning away, loose ball, ZYL PICKS IT UP, AND SHOOTS THROUGH TO SCORE!! AFTER ALL THAT, IT WAS A LOOSE BALL WHICH CREATED THE CHANCE FOR THE BULLS!! CHEETAHS 31 BULLS 19
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62' Cheetahs lineout, 30 out, won, down the back, approaching the 22, Zeilinga, chip, Ulengo takes, Gelant tries to break, Bulls, up to halfway, Kriel carries over the 10, Bulls 30 out now, knock on Cheetahs! CHEETAHS 31 BULLS 14