Another loss for Bulls

If ever a team had the right to say we were robbed it is the Bulls who were beaten 26-23 by the Hurricanes at Loftus on Fiday night. Not only was Australian referee George Ayob very liberal with the penalties he awarded the New Zealanders, but TV ref Linston Manuels made what will go down as the worst mistake ever this season. Akona Ndungane scored a try for the Bulls that was disallowed by Manuels – a decision everyone watching could simply not fathom and that eventually cost the home side the match. The disallowed try would have been Ndungane's second of the evening after scoring in the opening minute of the game after the Bulls had stolen a Hurricanes lineout and ran it down the line.

Earlier, the Cats had no excuse when they went down 43-15 to the Crusaders in Christchurch. The South Africans simply had no answer to the far superior Kiwi side.