Yu Tamura kicked a penalty goal in the 74th minute as the Sunwolves edged South Africa’s Bulls 21-20 for their first win of the Super Rugby season.
Travis Ismaiel ran in a try in the 64th that was converted by Tiaan Schoeman to give the visitors a 20-11 lead.
But the hosts responded six minutes later on a try by Takaaki Nakazuru that was converted by Tamura to cut the lead to 20-18.
The Sunwolves, who improved to 1-5, took an 11-10 lead at halftime.
Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco’s try in the seventh minute gave the Sunwolves an early 5-0 lead and a penalty by Hayden Cripps four minutes later made it 8-0.
Burger Odendaalin ran in a try the 13th that was converted by Schoeman to cut the lead to 8-7. Cripps added another penalty in the first half.
mania
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wow adiranStrauss has lost it. couldn't understand why he announced his retirement from test rugby half way through the season last year, but now I'm thinking there's something there we're not aware of. strauss missed an easy tackle that lead to wolves first try. from watching the highlights it didn't look like strauss was really into the game.
boonzie
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Well done to the moon dogs!