Bulls secure SA u-21 title with late surge
Vodacom Blue Bulls scored two tries in the last three minutes of the SA Rugby u-21 Championship final.
The Vodacom Blue Bulls scored two tries in the last three minutes of the SA Rugby u-21 Championship final at Emirates Airline Park to ease them into a 48-33 win over the Xerox Lions in a high-scoring match that yielded no less than 12 tries.
This handed the Pretoria side their second title in as many years, but this defence was in doubt until five minutes from time in a highly entertaining match worthy of a final and played by the best two teams in the competition.
The champions held their nerve better in the second half and while trailing 17-10 at the break, continued to use their expansive game to good effect, scoring six tries in the second stanza.
The home side dominated the middle part of the match through their pack and their rolling mauls. However, the greater flexibility of the Vodacom Blue Bulls attacking arsenal proved the difference in the end.
Winger Stravino Jacobs was again instrumental and his brace of tries took his overall tally of tries to seven in the competition and he finished top of the try-scoring pile.
