Vodacom Bulls v Hollywoodbets Sharks | Instant Highlights | Round 7 | URC 2023/24

Watch instant highlights of the action as Vodacom Bulls took on Hollywoodbets Sharks in ROUND 7 of the BKT United Rugby Championship.
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00:00:00 - Match Start by Vodacom Bulls
00:00:15 - Disqualified Try by Willie Roux
00:00:37 - TMO Decision by Willie Roux
00:00:50 - Try by Stedman-Ghee Gans
00:01:11 - TMO Invoked by Fez Mbatha
00:01:24 - Card by Fez Mbatha
00:01:33 - Try by Stedman-Ghee Gans
00:01:50 - TMO Invoked by Stedman-Ghee Gans
00:02:00 - TMO Decision by Stedman-Ghee Gans
00:02:12 - Try by Kurt-Lee Arendse
00:02:32 - Try by Akker Merwe
00:02:49 - Try by Cell C Sharks
00:03:03 - Card by Gerhard Steenekamp
00:03:15 - Try by Elrigh Louw
00:03:33 - Try by Akker Merwe
00:03:55 - Match End by Vodacom Bulls

[@James-dv6hb]

Flippen awesome atmosphere today at loftus... 24 000 strong. Brilliant Bulls, you are making Bulls supporters proud again.

[@bunnychowmuncher]

Very well played from a Sharks supporter. Your number 8 needs to be seriously looked at by Rassie.

[@thanduxoloponti2415]

@@bunnychowmuncher That number 8 playing like SBW. We need him in the Springbok setup

[@bunnychowmuncher]

@thanduxoloponti2415 He likely has the ability to play as a back too which makes bench splits easier

[@wlk2408]

Lions, Stormers and Bulls eights are from the same school but different years but still very young. Horn, Roos and Hannekom.

[@bunnychowmuncher]

@@wlk2408 Paarl must be arguably the best town (not city) in the World for producing Rugby talent. The place just churns out first class players and Boks - even Canaan Moodie, Curtley Arendse and Grant Williams are from there. Even Paarl schools outside of the big two are even churning out players now.

[@Justin-gm2fi]

That bulls loose trio could potentially be our future bok trio, Elrigh Louw in great form

[@jason3681]

Same, was at the game. Great atmosphere, Crowd was singing, specially the 2nd half. Bulls look to have strengthened the correct areas in the pack. Hopefully they can keep it up for the whole season. I see the Bulls have the best attacking stats in the URC this season, even with losing 2 games. Hope a good crowd turns up for next week against Saracens.

[@coolprof20]

Think there will be strong crowd against Saracens as we bought some tickets last week and some of the blocks were basically sold out (like about 5-10 seats left in some blocks)

[@johanstephanvermaak2025]

I was there and let me tell you David Kriel was a beast. A Springbok in the making.

[@user-vj2dt9jg5i]

Over who though?

[@clintondanton9887]

He is versatile, can play from 11 to 15

[@boemomolefe8303]

@@clintondanton9887 Over who though?😂😂

[@monster_spencer]

I like him . . . but with his frame I doubt he will generate enough go-forward ball as an inside centre at test level, I do think he would make a great outside centre or utility player at that level.

[@sancojoseph4939]

​@user-vj2dt9jg5i Willemse is a starter these days..That opens up the utility bench option for someone..Willie will retire after making it to 100 caps..So there's hope for Kriel for sure

[@sifisomagagula5476]

I was burning in the sun but it was worth every minute. Initially I was scared of the Bok laden Sharks but after 10 minutes I knew it was going to be a Bulls fest.

[@henkstols9326]

Just shows you how the Boks actually bring in the crowds, great match for the Bulls and my team will need to regroup and get serious.

[@AgentMoray]

I like it when both sides try to win.

[@coatknight]

These are slightly better highlights compared to the usual URC drivel. Premiership has some of the best highlights, the URC need to take note.

[@agonsfitness7308]

Best part of this game was how the Bulls defence has improved from last season to this one. Limiting that Bok laden backline to just 1 try is mightily impressive.

[@johannrugby3811]

It's because they now have Gary Gold as their defence coach.

[@johanesterhuizen1842]

Yes very impressive defense, but the Sharks backline doesn’t have any Boks who played in the last 3 matches at the World Cup, plus having an useless 10 and 12 so the Sharks backline players are not as good as made out to be

[@jj56x7.5mm]

​@@johanesterhuizen1842The entire shark back line are boks

[@johanesterhuizen1842]

@@jj56x7.5mm yes I’m aware of that , currently none of them would be in the a Bok 23, including Am. They are just not good enough as a backline, that’s what I’m saying.

[@jj56x7.5mm]

@@johanesterhuizen1842 Sharp mate it is worrisome sa need the sharks to be strong maybe drop am and Mapimpi until they get there form back

[@Mad_Intalect]

For all the talent the Sharks have, they should not be so terrible smh.

[@andilemxotwa8356]

They need a better coach 😤

[@rotinethononda3696]

4:12

[@Alias-gy3tz]

@@andilemxotwa8356 They need to make way for the Cheetahs. The Sharks suck.

[@user-jl9ux1zp9v]

Briliant Bulls. You are making us so proud . Keep it up boys

[@ivandeetlefs]

Wow the Bulls!

[@PetersAdventures212]

Miss the packed crowds for the super rugby games and the epic atmosphere especially around 2007-2009

[@wlk2408]

Super Rugby? What is that? No way buddy. Watching rugby having a braai with steak and brannas is much better than watching rugby having Kelloggs and coffee. 😂 Long live URC!

[@jaquesherbst5577]

Lekker Bulle, so many Springboks in the shark team. The Bulls are looking promising so far. A few new Springboks in the making .

[@Wildlife_SA.]

Well done my Bulls team! You proved your critics wrong again! 👍🏉💙

[@francoisdurandt9893]

Wow.... best I have seen bulls play in a while

[@wlk2408]

Great attacking rugby. Awesome to watch and it seems the SA teams are starting to play much more attacking rugby. Blessed with young 8's Horn, Roos and Hannekom, three real talents.

[@placebo8705]

SA teams have always played attacking rugby all the way through the age groups. At international level they play winning rugby.

[@wlk2408]

@@placebo8705 That is why I used the word "more". As for age group rugby, up north primary school rugby is definitely not attacking rugby. More like kick and hope. In the South they always run the ball.

[@mzimkhulufuzile]

Stedman Gans👌

[@Againstdhawa]

Bulls on fire man

[@agonsfitness7308]

Plumtree made a massive mistake benching Nche. Sure that works when you have someone like Kitshoff to start. But Wilco Louw ate their scrum for breakfast and by the time Nche came the Bulls had already scored four tries.

[@chris5240]

True. You can't blame him though. Last week the plan went well.

[@jj56x7.5mm]

Ox was shocking poor the bulls destroy him he is highly overrated

[@know_more95]

Willie is actually playing well 😅 ..

[@jpricey]

100%. I watched him in Cardiff, great player. Decision making let's him down at times but that will come

[@Christian_1980]

Better highlights from this channel. Bulls are good.

[@LloydMacharia]

I just started watching rugby, where should I start😢, loving it so far

[@jimmymaputla9859]

My favourate team Blue Bulls

[@markbond8736]

So we just gonna ignore the fact that we saw embrose paper outrun aphelele fassi

[@louisjwiese5515]

Geez, so many officiating stoppages. Game is becoming an officiating nightmare. Congrats to the bulls though. Looking good this year.

[@gc4610]

You can thank NH rugby for that. Game is going to played in the past every minute soon.

[@ebhi-rn5hr]

@@gc4610 Springboks cant win without the TMO though can they 😉

[@matthewvanrensburg3824]

How is it the refs fault players keep making mistakes/transgressing the rules?

[@ebhi-rn5hr]

@@matthewvanrensburg3824 I heard Wayne Barnes and Brian O'keefe are moving to SA after their retirement after all of the love they have received and being national heroes down there

[@wlk2408]

​@@ebhi-rn5hr 🏆🏆🏆🏆, cry me a river sweetheart. At least the Kiwi's always win the dance trophy. It could have been worse though, they could have been the Irish. That lot can win 17 test, a series in New Zealand but they can't get to a semi. Maybe Viagra should sponsor them? As for our refs, we look after their retirement and we will do so again when we collect the 🏆 in 2027. Not even the messiah of New Zealand, Razor the blazer will be able to get them to win a World Cup that is not held in their backyard in the middle of nowhere.

[@kgonthemagaela2222]

Bulls are well coached, the sharks with all the stars but

[@danglybit1]

just love this ref..

[@internal1000]

This goes to show, South African Coaching and tactics outshines kiwi! Jake white set the bar for SA!

[@KekeHimona]

How so? You weren’t playing NZL

[@internal1000]

@@KekeHimona coaching, tecnique. Brand Rugby.

[@KekeHimona]

@@internal1000 I would understand if the Sharks were a NZL team…but they’re not. Great game by Bulls. NZL teams for your info don’t start Super Rugby till next year. I don’t believe Bulls will ever face a NZL team since we don’t play in same tourneys…but good luck with your premise

[@Alias-gy3tz]

Spot on!

[@Alias-gy3tz]

@@KekeHimona Let us clarify... OUR coaches are better than yours! Our National team is better than yours as well. Plum needs to go home. He is ruining our Springboks.

[@FrancoisVandermerwe-tx4uk]

Highlights have improved! Bulls to win this year!

[@rns_ravenchrisofficial7373]

Well done Bulls!! What a darn good performance!!

[@TGDarwell]

The urc highlights seem like they're put together by someone who either doesn't like rugby or has never used an editing software before

[@cornedenecker1636]

Sharks😂😂😂 look like a school team vs the Bulls

[@phillipstrydom4643]

I think this mite be a good year for the Bulls

[@Slayer-kx5fz]

Plumtree needs to go! There is no reason such a talented team can be so poor.

[@Ricardo.08]

You will never in your life see the bulls doing this to the Stormers

[@rns_ravenchrisofficial7373]

Remember your statement

[@Ricardo.08]

@@rns_ravenchrisofficial7373 i will you poes

[@Ricardo.08]

​Was i wrong when we faced you?

[@Alias-gy3tz]

That comment didn't age well.... 40-22. The Bulls are back where they belong, the best team in South Africa 😜

[@aleccastro4761]

Sharks team lacks identity. (But when your name is 'HollywoodBets' .. no surprise)

[@phar3046]

Let's laugh at the sharks😂

[@mthokohgumede7761]

Without taking anything away from the man, but Makazole Mapimpi's defence is a suspect.

[@cray-d_rsa]

Bulls have a way of always breaking my heart . .this goes back to the 2007 currie cup final😢 .

[@agonsfitness7308]

Super rugby final. In 2007 the Bok deprived Bulls lost their semi against a mostly unaffected cheetahs team. You'll remember 90% of the RWC winning team came from the Bulls and Sharks.

[@jj56x7.5mm]

Am still looking wich side Gans gone pass him

[@ghotio1927]

I counted 3 forward passes from bulls lol

[@wlk2408]

Well done, we didn't even know you can count.

[@itsovergetuptherejoe]

I’m so sick of losing to the BULLS!

[@bluehar5505]

Lol

[@agonsfitness7308]

If it makes you feel better I feel the same way but in regards to the Stormers. 6-0

[@DavyBrando]

@@agonsfitness7308As a Stormers fan, I suspect that will change. The Bulls are looking absolutely formidable and we’ll have to really step up to take it to them

[@ruanniemann2604]

Sorry brother, i love my Bulls, but SA rugby needs the Sharks to be better than this, so i feel your pain.

[@G2GPressurewashing]

Kurt-Lee stepping Eben was too easy... Looks like he fades away when he doesn't play for the right team

[@DRIVER-SEBVET]

Excellent teamwork from our team, nice thrashing of the 🦈🦈🦈😂😂😂

[@draterlarebil4506]

Eben must wonder how the hell he ended up in this team.😂😂😂😂

[@Kelly_730]

Eben was schooled in this game along with Mapimpi😂😂😂

[@sandilezulu4319]

What’s wrong with the Sharks😢?

[@sammysinalo566]

They seem so demotivated…. Look at how Fassi runs in the first highlight

[@sandilezulu4319]

Exactly, so demotivated.

[@jj56x7.5mm]

Need a new director of rugby the fool that is there now know nothing, urgently need a captain an a new no 13 centre am is poor Mapimpi can not tackle

[@jonathandavis8599]

@@jj56x7.5mm AM is poor? Your eyes are poor. He was the only one doing something for the Sharks

[@wlk2408]

​@@jj56x7.5mm You just got one of the most successful sevens coaches in rugby history as your director of rugby and you think he is a fool? So who should they get genius? 😂

[@tokolohomokoena7882]

Warrepen Kegan?

[@ruanniemann2604]

😂

[@lesiba5382]

Geez sharks?

[@user-sl2nd3kf7e]

Goosen is still a strong bokcontender while Libbok was useless last nigt So is Wilco Louw and Franke Horn strong bokcontenders

[@bravestarr1797]

Sharks keep disappointing, even for a neutral like me. I was expecting a tight, hard fought game, but it ended up a blowout. I think their problems are at 10 and 15

[@jj56x7.5mm]

An 13 Am is useless overated

[@captain16crush46]

Don't forget that Am was literally one of the best centers in the world less than a year ago. The man just has to get back into his rhythm after his injury. @@jj56x7.5mm

[@Alias-gy3tz]

Their problem is their American sponsor, thaeir ridiculous name, AND their useless kiwi coach.

[@darrenredden3289]

Just look at those empty stands... 20 plus years ago this game would be sold out. Is domestic rugby dying in SA? (I lived there for 20 years by the way)

[@Tshikonelo]

I predicted 50 points for the Bulls. That's how bad the Sharks are

[@Del353]

Jirre Mapimpi moet aan sy tackle werk

[@Alias-gy3tz]

Blame the kiwi coach.

[@user-fk7ck4rb8r]

Fire Plumtree NOW!!!

[@moosmckenzie5972]

The sharks don't want to play they give away to much soft tries

[@babalwabaca9815]

Sharks cant play without the ball

[@user-pk5pr8rv4g]

Looking good this season Bulle!!! Also, that card for Sharks 2 is ridiculous. Kurt Lee ran into the guy just standing on a rugby field. Pathetic WR laws.

[@sifisomagagula5476]

You are wrong. The guy made an illegal tackle. Running into someone means that someone is standing still or moving with no intention to play the ball carrier (Kurt-lee in this case). The tackler here (note: tackler) made an illegal tackle. It’s simple rugby rules

[@user-pk5pr8rv4g]

@@sifisomagagula5476 The laws are clear. If there is any contact to the head/neck it’s a red/yellow. But the laws are wrong. If the attacker runs into a player (ie, man standing his ground) then how can a man standing his ground be penalised? WR legislating against physics. Who do we think will win?

[@sifisomagagula5476]

@@user-pk5pr8rv4g I said to you that man wasn’t just standing. He MADE AN ILLEGAL TACKLE. Go watch the highlights

[@user-pk5pr8rv4g]

@@sifisomagagula5476 weak

[@ciaranfortune4192]

Why are the sharks so bad this season ?

[@ruanniemann2604]

Its weird, they have all the ingredients for a great team. They just seem flat.

[@Alias-gy3tz]

Where they good last season? Or the season before? 🤣🤣🤣

[@seanjefferies889]

The Sharks are rubbish this season and for that there is no defence. But bulls seem to often get the rub of the green. Gans try at 23 minutes was a joke (there was clear separation) and in build up to Akker VDM try in 71st minute, I'm pretty sure a bulls player entered a ruck illegally and whacked a sharks player on the head, which doesn't appear to have been reviewed. Early in the match, I remember sharks on attack and bulls player cleared away from the ruck with a neck roll, also not reviewed. So, when the bulls are heavily penalised elsewhere, it feels like the chickens come home to roost.

[@reese8097]

Sharks fans forget that marketing=/= talent...foreigners and the gov burn money marketing your mediocre players, that's all.

[@John-ny7jn]

Terrible highlights again from URC - this ref seems pretty good but nobody wants to see conversations over the actual action like the ‘dangerous tackle’ Nice to see URC succeeds in spite of the organisation rather than bc of it

[@andrewworrall4302]

TMO seems to be the main ref

[@Hammersteyn]

😂

[@aldobonaso3481]

the broadcast director / or cameramen, were pathetic in this match...hardly ever showing important moments from the right angles...and then there was the TMO...I thought the ref had a good game for the most part, but horribly let down by the TMO. Probably had no effect on the game's result, but it still leaves you very frustrated, which is not what you want for the fans if you're interested in expanding the viewership of the sport...

[@mlondolozidiko9506]

Sharks defense is very poor

[@thabomazwayi4422]

Sharks are pathetic. Bulls have found their mojo😊😊😊

[@coatknight]

Rubbish to award a penalty try AND give a yellow card. Overkill and deflates the contest. Make it either or, not both. Or perhaps give the attacking captain the the option to pick one.

[@reinhardthuman3565]

Well done bulls

[@Del353]

Fok maar die sharks is absolutely useless. Eben moet maar n ander club soek want met daai club gaan hy fokkel wen

[@tarreckbyrne492]

Kak highlights again

[@mow3186]

That no hands shoulder charge on the last try by Bulls was a shameful, he should get a ban, instead they get advantage, terrible officiating, what on earth was the touch judge and TMzo at ?

[@ld3795]

Mapimpi is kak

[@ruanniemann2604]

i want to tell you that your comment is kak, but i kinda agree.

[@captain16crush46]

he had a poor performance against the Bulls, but he will always remain a two time RWC champ 🏆 @@ruanniemann2604

[@RealAshjit]

This is what happens when you BEE the **** out of a Franchise 😂😂😂