Bulls vs Bordeaux Bègles 33-46 · Champions Cup

Match report

Bordeaux Bègles beat Bulls 46-33 away from home at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Tshwane/Pretoria in round 1 of the Champions Cup on Saturday, 6 December 2025.

Karl Dickson refereed.

Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.

Head to head

1

Bulls wins (50%)

0

Draws (0%)

1

Bordeaux Bègles wins (50%)

Last 2 meetings, since January 2024

Biggest Bulls win

46–40

20 Jan 2024

Biggest Bordeaux Bègles win

46–33

6 Dec 2025

Last 2 meetings

6 Dec 2025 · European Rugby Champions Cup
Bulls33
Bordeaux Bègles46
6 Dec 2025Bulls33–46Bordeaux BèglesEuropean Rugby Champions Cup
20 Jan 2024 · European Rugby Champions Cup
Bulls46
Bordeaux Bègles40
20 Jan 2024Bulls46–40Bordeaux BèglesEuropean Rugby Champions Cup

Lineups

Avg. age

29.3

Avg. age

28.5

Bulls

1Alulutho Tshakweni(28)
2Akker van der Merwe(35)
3Mornay Smith(28)
4Cobus Wiese(29)
5JF van Heerden(22)
6Marco van Staden(31)
7Reinhardt Ludwig(24)
8Marcell Coetzee(35)
9Paul de Wet(30)
10Handre Pollard(32)
11Sebastian de Klerk(26)
12Harold Vorster(33)
13David Kriel(27)
14Canan Moodie(23)
15Willie Le Roux(37)

Replacements

16Johan Grobbelaar(28)
17Gerhard Steenekamp(29)
18Wilco Louw(32)
19Ruan Nortje(28)
20Elrigh Louw(27)
21Jeandre Rudolph(32)
22Embrose Papier(29)
23Stravino Jacobs(26)

Bordeaux Bègles

1Jefferson Poirot(33)
2Maxime Lamothe(28)
3Carlu Johann Sadie(29)
4Boris Palu(30)
5Adam Coleman(35)
6Bastien Vergnes Taillefer(29)
7Cameron Woki(27)
8Temo Matiu(25)
9Maxime Lucu(33)
10Mathieu Jalibert(27)
11Louis Bielle-Biarrey(23)
12Yoram Falatea-Moefana(26)
13Nicolas Depoortere(23)
14Damian Penaud(30)
15Romain Buros(29)