Ulster charged by second half Bulls blitz

Coetzee sinks his former side in Pretoria

Luke Marshall's try could not prevent Ulster from falling on Saturday
Author: Chris BrennanPublished 2nd Apr 2022

Ulster crashed to a 34-16 defeat in the URC on Saturday afternoon to the Bulls.

Marcell Coetzee, who spent five years at the Kingspan Stadium side, was the man to do the damage. He scored one of four second half tries from the Bulls as the game got away from Ulster.

The visitors shipped 17 unanswered points after the half-time interval. However a Luke Marshall try gave them renewed hope.

That proved to be a false down however as Johan Grobbelaar and Kurt-Lee Ardense went over late on to seal the Bulls success.

Ulster will need to re-group quickly however. They face a trip to Toulouse next Saturday in round five of the Heineken Champions Cup.

Bulls: Arendse, Moodie, Hendricks, Vorster, Tambwe, Smith, Burger; G Steenkamp, Grobbelaar, Smith, W Steenkamp Nortje, Coetzee (capt), Brink, Louw.

Replacements: Van Zyl, Matanzima, Hunt, Ludwig, Botha, Johannes, Steyn, Mapoe.

Ulster: Lowry, Moxham, Hume, Marshall, McIlroy, Madigan, Doak; Warwick, Roberts, M Moore, Treadwell, Henderson (capt), Murphy, Timoney, Vermeulen.

Replacements: Stewart, O'Sullivan, O'Toole, Kearney, Rea, Cooney, Rea, S Moore.