Bulls VS Brumbies: The Bulls carried on with their hopes at defending their Super 14 title when they took on the Brumbies at the fortress in the Highveld, Loftus, and won convincingly.

Two games down in Super 14 2010 and two 50 pointers on the board for the Bulls, who look to go from strength to strength in the early rounds of this year’s competition. With a number of Bulls players making strong statements early on in the competition, with the likes of Wynand Olivier, Pierre Spies, young Gerhard van den Heever, but non more so than #10, Morne Steyn who seems adamant on making me eat my words week in and week out.

The Brumbies opened the try scoring in the 14th minute, when #8, Rocky Elsom crossed the chalk and did exceptionally well to ground the ball. The Brumbies didn’t stop their however. Again, it was Elsom who sparked the Brumbies second try, when he intercepted a wrap around pass. The ball made it to George Smith, who dotted down under the posts.

The Bulls hit back shortly after that though, when Fourie Du Preez, in all his rugby wisdom, strolled over the Brumbies’ line to touch down under the poles. With the taste for blood after Du Preez’ try, the Bulls went on the rampage, building their lead and closing the Brumbies out to win the game.

My two cents worth:

• The Bulls were on the better end of the stats, spending a total of  5min30sec in the Brumbies’ 22m area.
• The Bulls also took the ball through an incredible 141 phases, managing to take it through 15 phases at one stage.
• It was great to see Rocky Elsom back in Super Rugby. What an incredible player.
• Stirling Mortlock uncharacteristically missed 2 tackles in the midfield.
• Olivier keeps impressing week in and week out in the #12 jumper, with powerful running and try scoring ability. Wouldn’t if be great if he played as well in the Green and Gold?

Bulls VS Brumbies 2010 Highlights: [WRNrugbynews]

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