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Scarlets beaten 54–26 by Bulls in Pretoria despite four tries

Scarlets scored four tries, through John McKee, Sam Lousi, Archie Hughes and Joe Roberts, but Bulls ran in eight at Loftus Versfeld and won 54–26.

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Sat 15:00 · Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria · United Rugby Championship

Match report

Scarlets lost 54–26 to Bulls in the United Rugby Championship at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The Welsh region scored four tries but conceded eight.

How the scoring went

Bulls scored through Jeandre Rudolph, Willie le Roux, Dylan Maart (twice), Marcell Coetzee (twice), Sebastian de Klerk and Johan Grobbelaar, with Curwin Bosch kicking seven conversions. Scarlets replied with tries from John McKee (30 minutes), Sam Lousi (36), Archie Hughes (51) and Joe Roberts (55), and Carwyn Leggatt-Jones kicked all three conversions. Bulls centre Stedman Gans was shown a yellow card on 48 minutes.

The numbers

Scarlets had 44% of possession and 41% of territory, according to the URC match centre, but gained more metres, 516 to 437, and made more clean breaks, 15 to 12. Scarlets also made 154 tackles to Bulls' 114 and missed 26 to Bulls' 27. Scarlets conceded 10 penalties to Bulls' eight and had five scrum offences to one.

The match in numbers

The numbers

Bulls · Scarlets

8
Tries
4
56%
Possession
44%
59%
Territory
41%
437
Metres gained
516
12
Clean breaks
15
114
Tackles
154
27
Missed tackles
26
13
Lineouts won
10
8
Penalties conceded
10
1
Yellow cards
0

Source: URC match centre

Teams

Rugby team sheets

Bulls

Starting side

  1. 1Alu Tshakweni
  2. 2Jan-Hendrik Wessels
  3. 3Khutha Mchunu
  4. 4Ruan Vermaak
  5. 5JF van Heerden
  6. 6Jeandre Rudolph
  7. 7Hanro Liebenberg
  8. 8Cameron Hanekom
  9. 9Paul de Wet
  10. 10Curwin Bosch
  11. 11Stravino Jacobs
  12. 12Harold Vorster
  13. 13Stedman Gans
  14. 14Dylan Maart
  15. 15Willie le Roux
Replacements (8)
  1. 16Johan Grobbelaar
  2. 17Gerhard Steenekamp
  3. 18Francois Klopper
  4. 19Cobus Wiese
  5. 20Marcell Coetzee
  6. 21Zak Burger
  7. 22Sebastian de Klerk
  8. 23Hakeem Kunene

Scarlets

Starting side

  1. 1Corey Domachowski
  2. 2John McKee
  3. 3Harri O'Connor
  4. 4Tom Allen
  5. 5Alex Groves
  6. 6Sam Lousi
  7. 7Josh Macleod
  8. 8Fletcher Anderson
  9. 9Gareth Davies
  10. 10Carwyn Leggatt-Jones
  11. 11Isaac Murray-MacGregor
  12. 12Gabe McDonald
  13. 13Joe Roberts
  14. 14Archie Hughes
  15. 15Ioan Nicholas
Replacements (7)
  1. 16Isaac Young
  2. 17Sam O'Connor
  3. 18Gabe Hawley
  4. 19Harvey Cuckson
  5. 20Dan Davis
  6. 21Jac Davies
  7. 22Gareth Anscombe

Source: URC match centre

Recent form and next fixtures

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