The Blue Bulls were in rampant form as they scored 10 tries to book their spot in the SA Rugby u.21 Championship Final with an impressive 72-26 win over the Sharks at Emirates Airline Park on Sunday.

The men from Pretoria held a 20-0 lead at the break and kept increasing that margin in a second half that saw 78 points being scored.

The coastal side had no answer to the support play shown by the team in blue, and did themselves no favours with some ill-discipline earlier in the match, which helped the Blue Bulls to break the shackles and apply some score board pressure on their opponents.

After 30 minutes and 17-0 down, the Sharks suddenly were chasing the game. The Blue Bulls, on the other hand, kept their composure and waited for their opponents to make mistakes. And there were plenty, allowing fullback Richard Kriel to slot a penalty goal from right in front with the first half siren looming.

From the restart, the Blue Bulls’ hooker Janco Uys scored his side’s fourth try. The Sharks failed to gather the kick-off, the men in blue pounced and Uys ran onto the final pass to get his third try of the tournament.

From there on it was basically one-way traffic and the Blue Bulls scored the tries on a regular basis.

The boys from Pretoria are the defending champions and have a bye next Sunday, but their big win over the Sharks guaranteed them top spot on the log (15 log points), so all eyes will be on the remaining four teams next Sunday, all of whom still have a mathematical change to qualify for the 30 October showpiece.

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