Bulls do not reach quarterfinal in Super Rugby tournament
The Bulls ended their Super Rugby campaign Saturday with their ninth win of the season.
The Lions will face the Crusaders next week in Johannesburg, the Stormers host the Chiefs in Cape Town and the Sharks have to travel to Wellington, New Zealand, for clash against the Hurricanes after the Super Rugby quarter-final draw was confirmed this weekend.
The draw for the playoffs was finalised following completion of round 17, the final round of regular fixtures, over the weekend.
In the last match of the round, which kicked off just before midnight SA time on Saturday, the Lions lost 34-22 to the Jaguares in Buenos Aires, which placed them second overall on the combined standings.
Earlier on Saturday the Stormers finished as Africa Conference 1 winners after beating the Southern Kings 52-24 and they enter the playoffs as third seeds. The Sharks won their Friday evening match 40-29 against the Sunwolves in Durban to clinch their wildcard qualification spot.
The Bulls won their last campaign fixture 43-17 against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday, but the Pretoria side missed out on a place in the knockout phase.
Two tries each from Travis Ismaiel and Renaldo Bothma, and a solo-effort by Jamba Ulengo secured the Pretoria side a comfortable win. Flyhalf Tian Schoeman added three conversions and he also succeeded with four penalties.
Clayton Blommetjies and Carl Wenger each scored a try for the home side, while the rest of the points came from the kicking efforts of Fred Zeilinga (a conversion and penalty) and George Whitehead (one conversion).
The two rivals were playing for pride as the Pretoria side knew they could not make the knockout stage following the Cell C Sharks’ win over the Sunwolves on Friday.
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