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Bulls wake-up in second half
Pretoria - The Bulls duly won their Super 14 match at Loftus Versfeld against the Reds 33-20 after an improved second half where there was more structure after a very average and quite boring first half against the young Reds side.
There were undoubtedly many positives for coach Frans Ludeke to take home, but also a few worrying aspects - not the least of which was the easy penetration of the Bulls defence on a number of occasions. Usually one of their strong points this lapse could be attributed to an early lethargy and later to the knowledge that they had won.
Too many turnovers at ruck time, too many wrong options and poor handling marred the home side's first-half effort when they led 10-6 after a try in the last second before the break.
The Bulls had just about every crumb of possession in the first five minutes, but were not sharp enough in their handling to get on the board.
When the first points came it was through a Morne Steyn penalty.
The Reds had their first real possession after 14 minutes but kicked directly into touch. By then the Bulls had kicked nine times and the Reds on seven occasions. The Reds then ran from a scrum with Berrick Barnes beating Wynand Olivier on the inside and from the ensuing ruck Ben Lucas evened matters with a penalty.... the rest here