What an effort from the boys, making the capital proud.
Our season comes to an end in Pretoria.
Brilliant turnover from the lock! We attack from deep, but the clock is against us now.
We have to attack from deep with no time on the clock, and are turned over on our own goal line. Bulls to the corner.
Akker van der Merwe looks certain to score, but Darcy and Ali combine to bundle him into touch!
We concede a penalty at the breakdown and the Bulls will get a lineout in our half.
The maul is unsuccessful – the hosts will have a scrum in their 22.
Muncaster is over the ball brilliantly! We go to the corner!!
It’s scrappy and end to end! Bennett makes a half break but we can’t convert, before a brilliant Harry Paterson tackle halts a Bulls counter. It’s our lineout.
Liam McConnell and Ben Healy are on now.
The hosts are offside, we go into the Bulls territory! Come on Edinburgh!!
Moodie shells an Ali Price box kick, our scrum on half way!
Moodie is chasing his own kick and looks to be in for the try but knocks on! Our put in deep in our territory.
Never say die!! Darcy and Paddy Harrison combine brilliantly on the wing to make the break, before Sam Skinner fires an absolute seed out wide to Magnus Bradbury. The Skipper offloads brilliantly to Goosen who dots down!
Mark Bennett is into the action, but his conversion attempt is wide.
No mistake from a simple penalty attempt.
Thompson is shown yellow for a deliberate knock on. The Bulls call for the tee.
Despite our score the Bulls are shown yellow for repeated infringements on the goal line.
YES EWAN!! We’re not giving this up. The hooker runs a brilliant line to crash over!
Thompson adds the extras.
We’re battering away at the Bulls line but can’t quite squeeze over. We have a penalty advantage, and will go again!
Great work from the pack! We go to the corner!
He replaces Jamie Ritchie at blindside flanker.
We turnover the ball in the Bulls half but knock on when we try to go wide.
The Bulls skipper Nortje thunders over from close range.
Johannes with another conversion to extend the deficit.
Boan Venter and Javan Sebastian are on in the front row for Schoeman and Rae.
We’re pinged for being offside in defence, and the Bulls go to the corner.
It’s all the hosts at the minute. We cough up possession, and Papier puts in a brilliant kick to put us under pressure again.
Johannes strikes to give the hosts a quickfire double.
He converts his own score from wide.
Canan Moodie strikes early for the hosts.
Johannes adds the extras.
A huge 40 minutes of rugby awaits.
Aaaaaaand breathe….
It’s three tries apiece at HT, with the boot of Ross Thompson putting us into a slender lead.
Huge play from James Lang! He strips the ball in contact, and we kick the ball out to end the half.
The men in blue smash through our scrum to win a penalty. They’ll have a lineout in our half with the resulting penalty.
The Bulls cough up possession in contact, we’ll have a scrum in their half for the last action of the half.
The hosts counter quickly to score, with de Klerk chipping and chasing his own kick before offloading to Vorster to score in the corner.
Conversion goes wide once more.
The Bulls strike through again, with Moodie breaking free out wide. He gets the ball back inside to Papier, but Ashman is back to bring the scrum half down and force the knock on!
Willie le Roux carved through before feeding David Kriel who has the legs to cross the whitewash.
Extras go wide again.
D’arcy Rae has passed his HIA and is back in the action.
GET IN THERE!! It’s another brilliant strike from the lineout, with RT wriggling over for his second try!
He adds the extras to extend our lead.
How good! The pack get the job done to turnover the scrum, and RT with a brilliant kick to get us deep into the Bulls 22!!
We turnover the ball again, and Wes nudges through but it just rolls out in goal. Bulls will have a scrum on half way.
He immediately makes amends for the penalty, ripping the ball on the ground on our goal line, and Price hoofs clear to avert the danger!
Jamie is pinged for some pushing and shoving. Bulls lineout on our 5.
Dinky is off for an HIA, with Javan Sebastian on for him.
The hosts have their first try of the day, Hanekom crashing over from close range.
The conversion goes wide.
We give away a penalty at the breakdown, and the Bulls go to the corner.
YES!!! The dream start continues! Ashy makes inroads into the defence, before RT shows and goes to score!
He converts his own score to extend our lead!
Bulls are off feet, and RT puts us into their 22!
Willie le Roux goes too big with the boot, we’ll have a lineout in their half.
Keagan Johannes makes no mistake with the boot.
We take the man out in the air at the lineout, and the Bulls will have a shot at goal.
The boys are here to play! We attack from deep and get into Bulls territory, but don’t release at the breakdown so the hosts will regain possession.
It’s end to end breathless stuff at Loftus!
GET IN THERE!! Our first attack, and our first try!! We go through the phases with RT pulling the strings, before firing wide through Lang and Watson, who feeds Wes Goosen to dot down in the corner!
RT nails it from out wide. How good!
De Klerk sees yellow, and we kick into Bulls territory!
The referee is looking at the challenge from de Klerk that left Darcy injured.
The Bulls are on the charge and find some space with Darcy Graham receiving treatment. Harry Pat goes long with the boot to calm things down!
The Bulls look to apply some early pressure, but we hold firm and force them to go to the boot. Papier spots a gap at the back, but he’s kicked it dead.
Our put in midway in our half.
The Bulls get us underway at Loftus Versfeld! Come on Edinburgh!!
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Kick-off 12:30 pm
