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Bulls move into top four as late Johan Goosen penalty earns win over Lions
By PA
Johan Goosen kicked a late penalty from inside his own half to send the Bulls into the United Rugby Championship top four after a thrilling 30-28 win over the Lions in Pretoria.
Jordan Hendrikse looked like he might have won it for the visiting Lions with a late long-range penalty of his own but Goosen responded in kind with two minutes remaining to put the Bulls back in front.
There was still time for Hendrikse to have a chance to snatch victory with another 50-metre penalty, but his kick sailed narrowly wide.
Marius Louw had earlier scored a pair of tries for the Lions with Morgan Naude also going over while Akker van der Merwe, Embrose Papier and Mpilo Gumede crossed for the hosts.
Goosen converted all three Bulls tries and added three penalties as kicking proved decisive with Sanele Nohamba only managing to convert one and add a penalty in addition to Hendrikse’s late effort.
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Think we have to accept we have been on the slide for a while now.Still interesting to see the repeated media pieces about the myth of the ABs slipping-I would say slipped past tense.In part don’t we have to give credit for the improvement of other nations particularly Ireland?Isnt that good for the game?Are we beginning to feel the impact of losing the Boks from Super rugby and maybe soon TRC?I would agree we are also ran right now so will be interesting to see how we progress-assuming we do!Isnt that part of sport though to be in improvement mode?Back to the stats though I think the Boks were under 60% leading into 2019?Now with the focus on the RWC does it matter so much what you are doing between tournaments?You just get through your group(remembering the ABs qualified 2nd in 2023)and then you have 3 matches to win the thing.
Go to commentsThe ABs have more than enough back line guys so don’t see issue there. Just the balance at center and feel time for Rieko to sit out.Forwards- balance still not right. Front row ok but miss Codie. But still ok. Locks- you now need to start s a tall timber at middle of lineout- Darry is the right guy. Then move Sititi to 8, move Ardie to 7 and then move Vaai to blindside. He can become the closest to PSdT . Then have proper bench as this is not a demotion but key to dominating last 30 minutes- Patrick, Ofa etc are golden here. Get the balance right between starters and finishers
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