Bulls beat Sharks

BULLS 24 SHARKS 16

Northern Bulls (South Africa) beat Natal Sharks (South Africa) 24-16 (halftime 15-13) in a Super 12 Series rugby union match this morning in Durban, South Africa.

Scorers:
Sharks - Try: Albert van den Berg. Conversion: Butch James.

Penalties: James (3).
Bulls - Tries: Christo Bezuidenhout, Frikkie Welsh.

Conversion: Derick Hougaard. Penalties: Hougaard (2), Louis Koen (2).

Teams:

Sharks: 15-Ricardo Loubscher; 14-Stefan Terblanche (Andre
Snyman, 53), 13-Deon Kayser, 12-Trevor Halstead (Rudi Keil, 53),
11-Wylie Human; 10-Butch James, 9-Craig Davidson (Josh Fowles,
70); 8-Shaun Sowerby (captain), 7-Charl van Rensburg,
6-Luke
Watson (Brad McLeod-Henderson, 76), 5-Albert van den Berg
(Roland Bernard, 47), 4-AJ Venter, 3-Deon Carstens (Etienne Fynn, 47), 2-Gary Botha (Lukas van Biljon, 47), 1-Eduard Coetzee.

Bulls: 15-Jaco van der Westhuyzen; 14-Eddie Fredericks,
13-Frikkie Welsh, 12-Dewey Swartbooi (Fabian Juries, 51),
11-Anton Pitout; 10-Derick Hougaard (Louis Koen, 50), 9-Fourie
du Preez (Joost van der Westhuizen, 50); 8-Jacques Cronje
(Pedrie Wannenburg, 65), 7-Wickus van Heerden, 6-Piet Krause,
5-Geo Cronje (Victor Matfield, 50), 4-Bakkies Botha (Geo Cronje
74), 3-Matthew Proudfoot (Richard Bands, 54), 2-Dale Santon
(Danie Coetzee, 50), 1-Christo Bezuidenhout (captain).

- REUTERS

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