URC | Live scoring: Bulls v Lions

Keep track of the live scoring as the Bulls tackle the Lions in an all-important URC clash at Loftus on Saturday afternoon.

The Lions and Bulls the contest the ball. Image: URC.

There may only be one URC fixture taking place this weekend, but it is an exciting match up between Gauteng rivals, the Bulls and Lions, which should provide plenty of entertainment.

The Bulls will be desperate to make up for their first home defeat of the season against the Sharks last week as they face an encouraging home stretch of six home games and only two away fixtures.

Apart from looking to strengthen their position on the log, the hosts will also be wary of the threat the Lions pose after the men from Joburg beat the Stormers at Emirates Airline Park last week, despite the Capetonians entering the match as favourites.

The Bulls will also be motivated to come away with a win in their quest to retain the SA Shield, which they snatched from the Stormers last season. Victory at Loftus will see the hosts pass the Sharks on the SA Shield log.

The Lions’ only home defeat this season was against the Bulls a month ago, and their determination will be fuelled by last week’s upset against the Stormers, which would see them register back-to-back victories after suffering four consecutive defeats before last week.

Zooming in on the teams’ performances this season, the Bulls boast a much better attack with 12 more tries scored for a total of 36 in their 10 matches to the Lions’ 24 tries in nine encounters, but it’s more even when it comes to tries leaked, with the hosts on 25 and the visitors on 27.

Match Information:

Bulls v Lions
Date: Saturday, 22 February
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
SA Time: 14h00
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron
TV: SuperSport

KEEP TRACK OF THE BULLS V LIONS URC LIVE SCORING BELOW:

HERE IS HOW THE TEAMS WILL LINE UP FOR THIS CLASH:

Bulls: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Sebastian de Klerk, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 David Kriel, 11 Canan Moodie, 10 Willie le Roux, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Mpilo Gumede, 7 Reinhardt Ludwig (captain), 6 Marco van Staden, 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Replacements: 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17 Alulutho Tshakweni, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 Ruan Vermaak, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Keagan Johannes, 23 Sergeal Petersen.

Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Francke Horn (captain), 7 Ruan Venter, 6 Jarod Cairns, 5 Darrien Landsberg, 4 Etienne Oosthuizen, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Juan Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Morgan Naude, 18 Conraad van Vuuren, 19 Ruan Delport, 20 Sibabalo Qoma, 21 Renzo du Plessis, 22 Nico Steyn, 23 Manuel Rass.

Date: Saturday, February 22
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick-off: 14:00
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Morne Ferreira (South Africa), Sean Muller (South Africa)
TMO: Egon Seconds (South Africa)