Bulls rout Waratahs - Must beat Force

[pieter blackie]

Bulls rout Waratahs

Sydney - The Bulls ended the Waratahs' 11-match unbeaten home run with a convincing 20-6 victory in a Super 14 match on Saturday.

The 2007 champions scored the only tries of the match to nudge the Waratahs out of third spot on points differential after nine rounds.

The Bulls rebounded from losses in their opening two Australasian tour games to dominate the top-four showdown and improve their chances of hosting one of the two playoff games next month.

Tries to winger Bryan Habana and prop Werner Kruger and two conversions, a penalty and drop goal from flyhalf Morne Steyn were enough to end the Waratahs' Australian record-setting winning streak at home.

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Must beat Force

"The win wasn't pretty, but we got the four points that we came here for," Bulls' skipper Victor Matfield said.

"It was all about pushing them into their half and keeping them there with a great defence and kicking game and I think that worked for us."

The comprehensive loss put renewed pressure on the Waratahs, who went try-less in a Super 14 game for the first time in two years and they must now beat the Western Force in next Saturday's Australian derby game in Sydney.

"It's such a fine line between winning and losing games and you have to be up for every game, and tonight we certainly weren't," said Waratahs' skipper Phil Waugh.

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"It was all about pushing them into their half and keeping them there with a great defence and kicking game and I think that worked for us."

We do not have someone that can kick like that and we also do not have a fullback that can defend like that....... unless Sheps is back

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[The InnFORCEr]

I wonder how many eastern states journos will even acknowledge the fact we are playing for an aussie grand slam?
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[blueandblack]

the less the better imho