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Bulls cemented their place within the United Rugby Championship play-offs after placing the Dragons to the sword with a dominant 55-15 victory.
The hosts ran riot with 9 tries to consolidate second place within the desk and guarantee they are going to host a quarter-final on the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in two weeks’ time, whereas the Dragons suffered a seventeenth defeat of the season which leaves them minimize adrift on the backside.
It didn’t take lengthy for the Bulls to make their mark, scoring twice within the opening seven minutes by means of David Kriel and Cobus Wiese, they usually secured a four-try bonus level earlier than the break when Sebastian de Klerk ran over earlier than Akker van der Merwe crossed on the stroke of half-time.
The Dragons had been second finest within the first interval however responded with two tries of their very own within the second.
Huw Anderson ran over two minutes after the interval following a breakdown penalty and their second came in sensational fashion as Rhodri Williams collected from his personal kick to place 10 factors on the board.
However, any hopes of an unlikely Dragons comeback had been snuffed out when Van der Merwe added his second of the afternoon and a procession of Bulls tries adopted.
4 got here within the house of 11 minutes, with Sergeal Petersen crashing over twice earlier than Marcell Coetzee and Devon Williams received in on the act to stretch their benefit to 45. Lewis Morgan’s closing attempt of the sport for the Dragons was nothing greater than a comfort.
