{"id":11998,"date":"2012-07-01T00:05:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T22:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/rugby-six-try-bulls-give-cheetahs-a-mauling\/"},"modified":"2012-07-01T00:05:53","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T22:05:53","slug":"rugby-six-try-bulls-give-cheetahs-a-mauling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-six-try-bulls-give-cheetahs-a-mauling\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Six-try Bulls give Cheetahs a mauling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Ken Borland<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">PRETORIA, South Africa, June 30<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; The Bulls ran in<br \/>\nsix tries and were 40-0 up after an hour as they breezed past<br \/>\nthe Cheetahs 40-24 in their all-South African Super Rugby match<br \/>\nat Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Cheetahs gave the scoreline a respectable look by<br \/>\ngrabbing four tries in the final quarter.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Bulls are now fourth in the overall standings, eight<br \/>\npoints behind the first-placed Chiefs, and second in the South<br \/>\nAfrican Conference, four points adrift of the Stormers.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The home team were full of ideas from the start and the<br \/>\nopening try by forward Pierre Spies came after wing Akona<br \/>\nNdungane counter-attacked from a poor kick.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A scintillating break by scrumhalf Francois Hougaard then<br \/>\nset up the second touchdown by loosehead prop Dean Greyling.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fullback Zane Kirchner also dived over before Hougaard<br \/>\npounced for another try in the 36th minute as the Bulls opened<br \/>\nup a 26-0 advantage by halftime.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Cheetahs were reduced to 14 men early in the second<br \/>\nperiod when centre Andries Strauss was yellow-carded for pulling<br \/>\nthe hair of flanker Jacques Potgieter in a ruck.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Prop Werner Kruger claimed the fifth try before wing Bjorn<br \/>\nBasson scored the touchdown of the match, bursting clear from 60<br \/>\nmetres out.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Cheetahs refused to give in and replacement prop WP Nel<br \/>\nnotched two tries.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fullback Willie le Roux then dived over after a 55-metre<br \/>\ncharge before flanker Heinrich Brussow showed the pace of a wing<br \/>\nto land the fourth try for the visitors.    <\/p>\n<p> (Editing by Tony Jimenez)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ken Borland PRETORIA, South Africa, June 30 (Reuters) &#8211; The Bulls ran in six tries and were 40-0 up after an hour as they breezed past the Cheetahs 40-24 in their all-South African Super Rugby match at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. 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