Bulls - Cardiff Blues (40-7) | United rugby championship

Full-time Men's Senior Europe United rugby championship Knockout stage
SA
Bulls
Form V V V V D
Coach: -
Try bonus
Marcell Coetzee 8' E
Cornelis Johannes Grobbelaar 13' E
David Kriel 26' E
Embrose Cheldon Papier 34' E
Elrigh Louw 39' E
Ruan Stefan Vermaak 56' E
Handre Pollard4Tr
David Kriel1Tr
Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
40-7
Half-time: 33-7
6 tries 1 try
Head-to-head
V 45-21 10/05/2025
V 18-12 10/11/2023
V 45-9 03/12/2022
V 29-19 09/10/2021
Attendance: - · Broadcaster: -
PDG
Cardiff Blues
Form V D V D V
Coach: -
No bonus
Harri Millard 2' E
Callum Sheedy1Tr

Quick summary

Bulls beat Cardiff Blues 40–7 in a 7-try match and 1 card. Handre Pollard finishes as top scorer with 8 points (4 conversions).
HP
Top scorer
Handre Pollard
Bulls · 8 pts (4 cons)
Key figures
6 Tries 1
5 Cons 1
0 Cards 1

Breakdown by period

Period Bulls Cardiff Blues
1st half 33 7
2nd half 7 0
Total 40 7

Match feed

All Tries Penalties / Drop goals Cards Substitutions
E Try T Conv. P Penalty / Drop goal J Yellow O Orange R Red ↔ Replacement
Bulls
MIN
Cardiff Blues
1st half 33 - 7
2'0-5
E
Harri Millard Try
3'0-7
T
Callum Sheedy Conversion
7'0-7
J
Alun Lawrence Yellow card
E
Marcell Coetzee Try
8'5-7
T
Handre Pollard Conversion
9'7-7
E
Cornelis Johannes Grobbelaar Try
13'12-7
17'12-7
↔
Rory ThorntonGeorge Nott Replacement
23'12-7
↔
Ellis BevanAled Davies Replacement
E
David Kriel Try
26'17-7
T
Handre Pollard Conversion
27'19-7
E
Embrose Cheldon Papier Try
34'24-7
T
Handre Pollard Conversion
35'26-7
E
Elrigh Louw Try
39'31-7
T
Handre Pollard Conversion
40'33-7
2nd half 7 - 0
47'33-7
↔
Sam WainwrightRhys Barratt Replacement
↔
Cameron HanekomElrigh Louw Replacement
52'33-7
↔
Ruan Stefan VermaakCobus Wiese Replacement
53'33-7
53'33-7
↔
Dafydd HughesLiam Belcher Replacement
↔
Willem Jacobus Le RouxHandre Pollard Replacement
55'33-7
56'33-7
↔
Taulupe FaletauJames Botham Replacement
E
Ruan Stefan Vermaak Try
56'38-7
T
David Kriel Conversion
57'40-7
58'40-7
↔
Ioan LloydCam Winnett Replacement
↔
Albertus Paul de WetEmbrose Cheldon Papier Replacement
60'40-7
67'40-7
↔
Cam WinnettJacob Beetham Replacement
↔
Jeandre RudolphMarcell Coetzee Replacement
72'40-7

Match stats

Bulls Cardiff Blues
40
Points scored
7
6
Tries
1
-
Possession (%)
-
Bulls Cardiff Blues
6
Tries
1
-
Carries
-
-
Metres gained
-
-
Line breaks
-
-
Defenders beaten
-
-
Offloads
-
Bulls Cardiff Blues
-
Tackles made
-
-
% de plaquage
-
-
Tackles missed
-
-
Turnovers won
-
-
Dominant tackles
-
Bulls Cardiff Blues
5
Conversions
1
0
Penalties scored — none
0
0
Drop goals — none
0
-
Kicks
-
-
Kicking metres
-
-
m / coup de pied
-
-
Box kicks
-
-
50:22
-
Bulls Cardiff Blues
0
Yellow cards
1
0
Orange cards — none
0
0
Red cards — none
0
-
Penalties conceded
-
-
En-avants
-

Statistical comparison match vs season average

Indicator
Bulls
12 matches played
Cardiff Blues
12 matches played
Competition
96 matches played
Points scored
40 ▲
avg. 26.9
7 ▼
avg. 20
22.5
Tries
6 ▲
avg. 4
1 ▼
avg. 2.92
3.15
First try
8'
avg. 15'24
2'
avg. 22'54
19'36
Penalties scored
0 ▼
avg. 0.67
0 ▼
avg. 0.75
0.77
Yellow cards
0 ▼
avg. 0.67
1 ▲
avg. 0.5
0.68
% wins
50%
67%
—
% vic. domicile
60%
86%
64%
% vic. extérieur
43%
40%
36%

Line-ups

Top scorer
HP
Handre Pollard
4 attempts
8 pts
Bulls
1 Gerhardus Cornelis Steenekamp
2 Cornelis Johannes Grobbelaar E 13'
3 Francois Klopper
4 Cobus Wiese
5 Ruan Nortje
6 Marcell Coetzee E 8'
7 Elrigh Louw E 39'
8 Nizaam Carr
9 Embrose Cheldon Papier E 34'
10 Handre Pollard T 9'T 27'T 35'T 40'
11 Kurt-Lee Arendse
12 Stedman-Gee Rivett Gans
13 Canan Moodie
14 Cheswill Jooste
15 David Kriel E 26'T 57'
Replacements
16 Marco Gerhardt van Staden
17 Jan Hendrik Wessels
18 Khuthuzani Kingdom Mchunu
19 Ruan Stefan Vermaak E 56'
20 Cameron Hanekom
21 Jeandre Rudolph
22 Albertus Paul de Wet
23 Willem Jacobus Le Roux
Top scorer
HM
Harri Millard
1 try
5 pts
Cardiff Blues
1 Rhys Barratt
2 Liam Belcher
3 Javan Sebastian
4 Josh McNally
5 George Nott
6 Alun Lawrence CJ 7'
7 Daniel Thomas
8 Taine Basham
9 Aled Davies
10 Callum Sheedy T 3'
11 Mason Grady
12 Ben Thomas
13 Harri Millard E 2'
14 Jacob Beetham
15 Cam Winnett
Replacements
16 Dafydd Hughes
17 Danny Southworth
18 Sam Wainwright
19 Rory Thornton
20 James Botham
21 Taulupe Faletau
22 Ellis Bevan
23 Ioan Lloyd

Stats by player

Bulls
2
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
6
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
7
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
9
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
15
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
19
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
1
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
3
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
4
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
5
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
8
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
10
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
11
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
12
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
13
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
14
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
16
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
17
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
18
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
20
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
21
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
22
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
23
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
Cardiff Blues
13
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
1
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
2
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
3
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
4
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
5
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
6
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
7
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
8
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
9
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
10
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
11
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
12
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
14
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
15
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
16
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
17
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
18
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
19
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
20
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
21
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
22
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
23
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
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