A strong first-half propelled the Bulls to a 34-0 win over the Southern Kings, and into the top three in the Super Rugby standings, in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on Saturday.
A bonus point allowed the injury-plagued Bulls to go top of the South African conference as the Pretoria-based franchise scored a fifth win in eight matches.
An early try from centre Jan Serfontein, who turned 20 last week, spoilt the homecoming for Southern Kings, returning to Port Elizabeth after a surprisingly successful run of results in Australasia over the past month.
A crowd of almost 45 000 at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was hopeful the Kings could continue their unexpectedly proficient start to a debut Super Rugby season but was silenced by the early dominance of the visitors.
The opening try, after just five minutes, was followed by a second in the 23rd minute as the Bulls ran from deep in their half in an uncharacteristic free-flowing surge which ended with scrumhalf Jano Vermaak sliding over the wet pitch to score.
Both tries were converted by flyhalf Morne Steyne, who also added a penalty and drop goal as the Bulls dominated in all phases, particularly the driving mauls and the kicking game, to go into the break leading 20-0.
They lost their momentum after the interval and the second half went scoreless until the final four minutes when the Bulls scored two more tries to take a potentially important bonus point. – globalpost
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