Overview
- The Vodacom Bulls ran in eight tries to win 54-26 at Loftus on Saturday after a 26-26 second-half tie, closing the game with a dominant final quarter.
- Dylan Maart and Marcell Coetzee each scored two tries, Curwin Bosch added seven conversions, and Jeandre Rudolph was named Player of the Match.
- Coetzee played after being cleared at a midweek disciplinary hearing, removing selection uncertainty that had shadowed the build-up to the game.
- The result was the Bulls' fourth win in five URC matches and kept their perfect home record intact, while Scarlets remain low on the table with one win from five and the Sharks beat Munster 15-3 in another weekend result.
- The win gives the Bulls momentum and stronger seeding prospects going into the November break, and Loftus conditions plus late forward power exposed Scarlets' fatigue and away-form weaknesses.