RECAP: Bulls v Dragons

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our live coverage of the United Rugby Championship Round 14 encounter between the Bulls and Dragons at Loftus Versfeld.

The Bulls are the other South African side climbing the table nicely and should continue to do so against a Dragons team second-last on the standings.

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Teams

Bulls: 15 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Madosh Tambwe, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Arno Botha, 7 Cyle Brink, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Jacques van Rooyen, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenkamp.

Replacements: 16 Joe van Zyl, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Reinhardt Ludwig, 20 WJ Steenkamp, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Morné Steyn, 23 Cornal Hendricks.

Dragons: 15 Jordan Williams, 14 Jared Rosser, 13 Adam Warren, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Sam Davies, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Ollie Griffiths, 7 Ben Fry, 6 Harri Keddie (captain), 5 Ben Carter, 4 Huw Taylor, 3 Chris Coleman, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Aki Seiuli.

Replacements: 16 Taylor Davies, 17 Josh Reynolds, 18 Leon Brown, 19 Joe Davies, 20 Lennon Greggains, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Will Reed, 23 Ioan Davies.

Referee: Frank Murphy (England)

Assistant referees: Marius van der Westhuizen, Morne Ferreira (both South Africa)

TMO: Ben Blain (Scotland)