Overview
- The Bulls lost 26-22 to Munster at Thomond Park on Saturday after opening the URC season with a big win in Parma, keeping the match tight until a late Munster finish.
- Ruan Vermaak, Francois Klopper and Jeandré Rudolph scored the Bulls’ three tries, which kept them within striking distance but did not overturn Munster’s territorial control.
- Coach Johan Ackermann singled out handling errors, poor kicking and passing decisions and a failure to exit pressure as the main causes of the loss.
- Ackermann also said two incidents were missed by the television match official, one that he believes should have been a Bulls penalty and another a Bulls lineout, and he linked those calls to Munster points.
- Stravino Jacobs, Marcell Coetzee, Thaakir Abrahams and Janco Uys will undergo scans after the game, the defeat dropped the Bulls to seventh on the URC table, and the squad returns to Pretoria to prepare for a home match with the Lions.