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FULL-TIME: LIONS 22-35 BULLS. The Bulls are victorious in the Jukskei derby once again. A second half blitzkrieg secures them a 13-point win over the Lions.
The Lions are running out of time and ideas here. The clock is in the red.
Kriel's long range penalty attempt sails just wide of the target.
By contrast, the Lions have let their frustration get the better of them in the second half. They've by horribly ill-disciplined.
By contrast, the Lions have let their frustration get the better of them in the second half. They've by horribly ill-disciplined.
The Bulls' energy levels are just extraordinary. They are contesting everything.
That is a comical error by the Bulls, who win a penalty and opt for the lineout. But the ball goes directly into touch because it was tapped before the kick.
Rass does well to break the Bulls' line, but he is hammered in the tackle by Canan Moodie, who was the last line of defence.
The Lions suddenly find themselves 13 points down. This after the officials confirmed that Kriel's conversion attempt was miss.
CONVERSION, BULLS, KRIEL. 22-37.
TRY, BULLS, VAN DER MERWE. 22-35. The Bulls are running away with it now.
Willie le Roux kicks to the line for the Bulls.
Hanekom hits a gap again. This is poor defence by the Lions. It has been all the Bulls in the last 10 minutes or so.
The Lions need to find their spark. They are getting outmuscled and out-played.
CONVERSION, BULLS, KRIEL. 22-30.
TRY, BULLS, COETZEE. 22-28. The loose forward powers over. The Lions defence is fractured.
Nizaam Carr takes the Bulls within 2 metres from the tryline.
The Lions trail by a point, as Francis misses the conversion again.
TRY, LIONS, OOSTHUIZEN. 22-23. The Lions pick and go from the ruck and the lock burrows over from close quarters.
The Lions set a rolling maul. The Bulls collapse the maul just before the tryline.
PENALTY, BULLS, KRIEL. 17-23.
The Lions' front row gets pinged by the referee. This should be an easy three points for the Bulls.
But just as the referee calls advantage over for the Bulls, who were close to the tryline, they lose the ball forward. The Lions will have a defensive scrum.
The Bulls are playing are rapid pace here. They have found their second wind and come alive.
CONVERSION, BULLS, KRIEL. 17-20.
TRY, BULLS, WIESE. 17-18. The bruising lock pushes through the tackle to reach out and score.
The Lions fail to take the ball cleanly from the restart and Hanekom pounces on the loose ball for the Bulls. They are on attack.
PENALTY, LIONS, FRANCIS. The Lions win a penalty and the flyhalf steps up to knock it over for another three points.
PENALTY, BULLS, CHAMBERLAIN.
PENALTY, LIONS, FRANCIS. 14-10. The Lions were playing under an advantage.
JC Pretorius breaks through on the left side of the field, but he loses the ball in contact.
It's open season at the breakdown. After a couple of double turnovers, the Lions come out on top. They are on attacking inside the 22.
JC Pretorius is having a field day at the breakdown. The loose forwards on show in this clash is amazing.
Correction: Hanekom did go off injured in the first half, but he returned to action at the start of the second half.
The resumes with a Bulls scrum.
That's three Springboks that have now been injured in this derby. Ruan Nortje, Cameron Hanekom and Elright Louw.
Louw is being attended to a several medics on the field. The stretcher is out. He will be carried off.
This is big. Elrigh Louw is down and out and screaming in agony. He looks to have sustained a serious knee injury in contact.
Wow, there's no love lost between brothers Dawid and Richard Kriel, as the former burrows into the latter after the whistle.
KICK-OFF: The Horn gets the second half underway.
HALF-TIME: LIONS 11-10 BULLS. Francis just missed another kick at goal, but the Lions are still ahead at the break.
We're into stoppage time in the first half and the Lions win a kickable penalty.
Petersen is back after getting patched up and Moodie is off.
The Lions attack from the lineout platform and they go close to scoring, but there a knock. Big let off for the Bulls.
It's end to end stuff here at Ellis Park, as Moodie and van der Merwe clashes in a footrace. The latter wins and secures possession right on the try line to save the Lions. He offloads to Van den Berg and he sends the ball downfield. Devon Williams then counter attacks from deep, but JC Pretorius wins a turnover penalty at the breakdown.
Quan Horn tacks it back from the restart.
Francis misses the conversion.
TRY, LIONS, VAN WYK. The Lions chip the ball over the top of the Bulls defence and Henco van Wyk regathers to scuttle away and score despite the attention of two tacklers.
The Bulls feed the scrum on the 10m line, but Kriel losses the ball forward. Lions scrum.
Nizaam Carr and Canan Moodie have replaced Cameron Hanekom and Sergeal Petersen.
Chamberlain tries a drop goal distance, but his efforts sails just under the posts. Sam Francis clears for the Lions.
Hanekom has made his way off the field. It looks like he is off for a head injury assessment (HIA).
PENALTY, LIONS, FRANCIS. 6-10. The Lions convert a penalty into three points. The Bulls were pinged for an off-the-ball tackle.
This is the Lions' best passage of play inside the 22 since the game started.
An excellent penalty kick gives the Lions a lineout inside the 22.
The Lions win a relieving penalty as the Bulls are pinged for a shoulder barge.
The Bulls are absolutely bossing proceedings at the moment. They have dominated territory and possession.
Quan Horn sends the ball long from the drop out.
Chamberlain misses his third attempt at goal. The score remains 10-3 in favour of the Bulls.
The Lions are on the black-foot and under pressure. Penalty to the Bulls.
Hanekom runs through the heart of the Lions defence, but the hosts track back well to put the Bulls into touch.
PENALTY, LIONS, FRANCIS. The Lions win possession from the restart and use their big men bash away at the Bulls line and they get a penalty, which the flyhalf knocks over.
CONVERSION, BULLS, CHAMBERLAIN. 0-10.
TRY, BULLS, KRIEL. The Bulls score off turnover possession. They hacked the ball forward and Petersen beat everyone to before freeing up Kriel.
The Lions are under the pump here. The Bulls are running at them at will.
Papier hoists another kick, but this one isn't contestable. Edwill van der Merwe is under it.
The Bulls are in attacking mode here, showing their intent to take the game to the Lions.
Quan Horn restarts the game and Elrigh Louw takes the ball cleanly and makes metres from a big carry before Papier executes a clearance kick.
PENALTY, BULLS, CHAMBERLAIN. 0-3.
And the scrum penalty goes the way of the visitors. The Bulls will line up a shot at goal.
The Bulls have an attacking lineout, but there's little knock on as Elrigh Louw loses possession. Scrum to the Lions.
Here comes the Bulls. They are finding a lot of space in the wider channels, making metres easily.
Nortje try to carry on, but he does not look 100%.
There's a break in play as lock Ruan Nortje receives medical attention. This is not looking good.
The Bulls storm forward, but an aimless kick is caught by Van den Berg, who calls a mark.
It's a bit scrappy at the moment, but the Bulls manage to secure clean ball at a lineout.
The Lions set a lineout, but the throw goes awry and the Bulls pounce.
The Bulls retain possession from the kick-off, but JC Pretorius wins a turnover penalty at the breakdown.
KICK-OFF! We're underway with the first half here at Ellis Park… It's the Lions up against the Bulls!
Bulls: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Sebastian de Klerk, 13 David Kriel, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Sergeal Petersen, 10 Boeta Chamberlain, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Elrich Louw, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Ruan Nortje (captain), 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp. Subs: 16 Akker van der Merwe, 17 Alulutho Tshakweni, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 Reinhardt Ludwig, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Canan Moodie, 23 Willie le Roux.
Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Rynhardt Jonker, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Sam Francis, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Franke Horn, 7 Ruan Venter, 6 JC Pretorius, 5 Ruan Delport, 4 Etienne Oosthuizen, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Juan Schoeman. Subs: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 SJ Kotze, 18 RF Schoeman, 19 Raynard Roets, 20 WJ Steenkamp, 21 Nico Steyn, 22 Gianni Lombard, 23 Manuel Rass.
The Bulls have averaged 29.3 kicks in play (2nd), 4.3 retained kicks (2nd), and 7.7 contestable kicks (3rd) per game so far this season.
The Bulls have averaged the most metres per carry (3.7), but the fewest carries over the gainline (39.6) per game this season.
The Bulls have had the best ruck retention rate (96.7%) so far this season; their average ruck speed is the third-slowest of all the teams (4.3s).
Morne Van Den Berg made the most carries (12), tackles (14), and kicks (ten) in Round 8 for The Lions - he also won a turnover.
23.7% of The Lions’ restarts have been contested (2nd), and 15.8% have been retained (1st) so far this season.
The Lions have conceded the fewest penalties (7.4) but the most turnovers (15.4) per game so far this season.
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the URC clash between the Lions and the Bulls, brought to you live from Ellis Park in Johannesburg.
Lions v Bulls, URC, 14:45
