{"id":9282,"date":"2012-03-25T03:26:24","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T01:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/rugby-bulls-humiliate-defending-champions-queensland-reds\/"},"modified":"2012-03-25T03:26:24","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T01:26:24","slug":"rugby-bulls-humiliate-defending-champions-queensland-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-bulls-humiliate-defending-champions-queensland-reds\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Bulls humiliate defending champions Queensland Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">PRETORIA, South Africa, March 24<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Defending Super<br \/>\nRugby champions the Queensland Reds came horribly unstuck at<br \/>\nLoftus Versfeld on Saturday when they were hammered 61-8 by the<br \/>\nNorthern Bulls.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was the second time in five years that the Reds had been<br \/>\nhumiliated at Loftus following a record 92-3 loss in 2007.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Reds were missing several injured members of their<br \/>\ntriumphant 2011 team, notably flyhalf Quade Cooper, centre<br \/>\nAnthony Faingaa and wing Digby Ioane, and they were never in the<br \/>\ncontest on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Bulls scored just one try in the first half through<br \/>\nfullback Zane Kirchner after a five-metre scrum but flyhalf<br \/>\nMorne Steyn kicked three penalties and a conversion to give them<br \/>\na handy 16-3 lead.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, the Bulls were creating space on attack almost at<br \/>\nwill and the Reds plunged into despair midway through the second<br \/>\nhalf as the Bulls scored three tries to open up a 37-3 lead.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The powerful running of flank Jacques Potgieter and the<br \/>\ngreat hands of Steyn put centre Wynand Olivier over for a try in<br \/>\nthe second minute of the half, before the strength of lock Flip<br \/>\nvan der Merwe carried him over the line in the 15th minute.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Potgieter then scored the try of the match as he burst clear<br \/>\nrom the halfway line and held off the cover defence to score<br \/>\nthe bonus point try.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Replacement scrumhalf Jano Vermaak sniped over from a<br \/>\nruck in the 66th minute, before flank CJ Stander, who chased<br \/>\nturnover ball well all evening, scored from a rolling maul six<br \/>\nminutes later.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Replacement flyhalf Louis Fouche&#8217;s conversion put the Bulls&#8217;<br \/>\nscore past the half-century mark and the substitutes continued<br \/>\nto tear into the Reds, with centre JJ Engelbrecht and fullback<br \/>\nBjorn Basson scoring tries in the last five minutes.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRETORIA, South Africa, March 24 (Reuters) &#8211; Defending Super Rugby champions the Queensland Reds came horribly unstuck at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday when they were hammered 61-8 by the Northern Bulls. 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