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Match Report: Bulls rally to beat Jaguares as Stormers see off Sharks
By Iain Strachan
The Bulls recovered from a rapid Jaguares start to win 43-34 in Super Rugby on Saturday, while the Stormers saw off the Sharks at home.
Nicolas Sanchez, captain Pablo Matera and Gonzalo Bertranou scored tries, two of them converted, to open up a 19-0 advantage for the visiting Jaguares inside the opening 20 minutes at Loftus Versfeld Stadium.
Roused into action, Bulls responded emphatically.
Johnny Kotze, Embrose Papier and Jesse Kriel went over and fly-half Handre Pollard added the extras to see the South African franchise take a narrow 21-19 lead into the half-time break.
Bertranou touched down again in the 46th minute and Sanchez slotted the conversion, but a brace of tries from Jamba Ulengo - together with a score from Marco van Staden - afforded the hosts a degree of comfort.
And Matera's second try of the match arrived too late for the Argentine side to close the gap, as their seven-match winning streak came to an end.
Later, first-half tries from Cobus Wiese, EW Viljoen and Raymond Rhule set Stormers up to see off Sharks 27-16.
After Robert du Preez kicked three penalties before the break to keep the visitors in touch, Kobus van Wyk ran in a 43rd-minute try, which fly-half Du Preez converted.
But two late Joshua Stander penalties made the result safe for Stormers.
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I wonder Jake, who do you think is the best fit for Australia as a coach? Not since Joe Schmidt took over as coach did Australia look any good, however, there is always this debate around not having an Aussie coach by the fans and so called pundits and old players.
Some of them are changing their minds now however, but I would love to see who you would choose. I think Joe Schmidt is an excellent coach, who puts in everything for the team he is coaching. To him, there is no such thing as being biased.
Go to commentsExcept for the 6N he has won nothing. No WC's, no Lions tours not anything. He is ranked even behind Eddie Jones, who has won a WC with SA and have a better victory rate than Gatland. Keep your so called "best coach" in the world. No one but Wales wants him. A very harsh Hell No comes to mind if anyone asks if they would want Gatland as head coach.
Guess the man is wearing blinders. Rob Howley is howling mad describing Gatland as the best. What a load of 💩
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