Springbok and Bulls star Canan Moodie interacts with fans. Photo: @BullsRugby via X.
Bulls spearhead SA teams’ resurgence in URC
The South African franchises turned their fortunes around in round 7 of the URC this past weekend.
Springbok and Bulls star Canan Moodie interacts with fans. Photo: @BullsRugby via X.
The Bulls, Lions and the Stormers recorded valuable United Rugby Championship home victories in a rewarding weekend for the SA domestic sides as the competition begins to heat up with most Rugby World Cup stars back in action.
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SOUTH AFRICAN SIDES GO THREE FROM FOUR
Only the Sharks were unable to build on their first victory of the tournament last week in their local derby against the high-flying Bulls, with the KwaZulu-Natalians going down 44-10 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
The result saw the hosts remain in third position on the table after seven rounds, while the Durbanites find themselves closer to the foot of the log in 15th position with only one win to their name so far in the competition.
The Lions, in turn, registered an impressive 49-24 victory against a spirited Dragons outfit at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, while the Stormers returned to their winning ways in SA after four defeats on the trot on tour with a morale-boosting 31-7 victory against Zebre Parma in Stellenbosch.
These results saw the Lions maintain their ninth place on the log – although they managed to close the points gap and are currently tied on 19 points with the eighth-placed Connacht.
The Stormers jumped up one position into 10th place – a reversal of their recent trajectory and one they will be determined to build on in the coming weeks and months.
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