Bulls vs Dragons

No score after 3 minutes.

Great try by the Bulls. Petersen made the telling break and offload, De Klerk brought the speed, Kriel was there in support to finish. Johannes misses the conversion. 5-0

Wiese onto the short pass and he's straight through with a nice step past the last tackle. 12-0

Hanekom almost gets Nortje away with the offload but probably just delayed it a fraction too long.

De Klerk in for the Bulls after a long period in the Dragons 22. Bulls looking slick and professional.

19-0

Dragons blow a try after superb backline move. Created numbers on the outside, couldn't get the ball there.

Scrums eat up so much game time. It was a struggle last night, it's a struggle in this game.

Hanekom wins a turnover penalty.

Bulls almost through as a Dragons player gets in the way of the last pass.

Xaba now with the turnover penalty. Bulls have a lineout 5.

Bulls score off the maul through Akker. 26-0 halftime, pretty much one way traffic.

Importantly, has anybody been injured and did Lydia make an appearance?

I'll be on for the 2nd half.

Think that's a no on both counts. I tend to tune out when someone goes down for injury so she might have been on though, there has been a stoppage or two.

Dragons start the half with a try and I missed it. 26-5

Williams scores a super try for the Dragons. Break off the ruck, chip over the top, wins the chase. 26-10

Dragons immediately concede a penalty off the kickoff as they pick up a ball lost forward, which is offside. Bulls lineout 5.

Wholesale subs for the Bulls.

Akker breaks off the back of the maul and storms over. 31-10

Johannes's kick causes problems, bounces right for Moodie but he can't hang on to it otherwise he was over.

Moodie for me has had less of an impact at 13 than he usually has on the wing.

Van der Linde breaks, feeds Petersen, steps inside and scores. 38-10

Injury Dragons. Look sharp, Plum.

There she iiiiiis, can barely see the injured player past those thighs.

Petersen in again off Johannes's wide pass. Deadly finisher. Impressive buildup from the Bulls.

43-10, Johannes not kicking well for posts.

Brilliant try Bulls. Three offloads in a row. Van der Linde again the catalyst with a great break from the ruck. 50-10

Bulls have hands down the most competent forward pack in SA. Their support, cleaning out, competing, ball retention is impressive.

Devon Williams through after another relentless forward onslaught by the Bulls.

Johannes misses a fairly easy conversion. 55-10

Eina, poor Dragons.

So many tries it's barely worth commenting.

Geez these Welsh sides are bad.

Conversely, the Bulls have looked better every time they've run out this season. I think Jake will be happy with his team peaking now.

Dragons get a consolation score. 55-15. Five minutes left but I'm off, will be back for the Sharks.

Strange that Moz hasn't been on any of the game threads.

...Dragons get another one

Last week all the chat was about the Bulls switching off. But with a lead like this it's almost impossible to stay switched on.

...eek, Dragons' try canceled because of a forward pass.

Moz may be golfing or something.

Dag manne. Just arrived back from a trip to NY….and watched the half time highlights. I agree with Pakie’s comment on Moodie, not as convincing at 13.

Good goal line stand…just couldn’t get a turnover

My feed is massively delayed.

"Dag manne. Just arrived back from a trip to NY"

Did you visit any galleries?

Moodie is hardly going to be convincing at 13 if Jake plays him there once in 10 games now is he?

Yes we spent the morning and lunch at the MOMA. Little weak on Post War…saw no great Twombly’s for example. The usual ugly Pollocks. But Starry Night is always a moment and the food is a work of art in itself.

A grandkid was graduating from Art school, so we saw lots of work from promising young artists.

The city was packed to the gills. And the trip itself was weird. Hit by lightning flying into NY. Leaving, the plane stopped for 40 minutes near the gate and while we were told it was a quick fix, they ultimately canceled the flight.

There were no good later options, so back to the hotel which put me back in the same room, and then I discovered the room number was also the flight number the next day. Probability of 1 in a thousand. Twilight zone stuff, not for the superstitious.