French giants Toulouse easily dispatched the Bulls 33-9 in the Heineken Champions Cup last 16 on Sunday to set up an exciting quarterfinal clash against the Sharks.
Toulouse scored three unanswered tries in the second half — by Emmanuel Meafou, Matthis Lebel and Thibaud Flament.The Bulls’ nine points came from the boot of flyhalf Chris Smith. The hosts led 12-6 at the break.The five-time winners of the Champions Cup will now host the Springbok-laden Sharks in the Pink City next weekend.The Bulls had a positive start and were the first to get points on the scoreboard but their lack of discipline let them down in the opening half.
But the visitors started conceding too many penalties and Ramos scored all his four kicks for the poles between the eighth and 34The Bulls’ discipline issues resulted in them being reduced to 14 men as centre Harold Vorster was yellow-carded with 10 minutes left before half time.Conceding too many penalties appears to be a serious concern for the men from Pretoria — they were penalised 17 times in their previous match, a United Rugby Championship defeat to Ulster.
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