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Bulls vs Ospreys · United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
Bulls
53–40
Ospreys

Match report

Bulls beat Ospreys 53-40 at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Tshwane/Pretoria in round 1 of the United Rugby Championship on Saturday, 27 September 2025.

Federico Vedovelli refereed.

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

Head to head

5
Bulls wins (100%)
0
Draws (0%)
0
Ospreys wins (0%)

Last 5 meetings, since May 2022

Biggest Bulls win
61–24
27 Apr 2024

Last 5 meetings

  • 27 Sept 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Bulls53
    Ospreys40
  • 12 Oct 2024 · United Rugby Championship
    Ospreys19
    Bulls29
  • 27 Apr 2024 · United Rugby Championship
    Bulls61
    Ospreys24
  • 26 Nov 2022 · United Rugby Championship
    Bulls43
    Ospreys26
  • 20 May 2022 · United Rugby Championship
    Ospreys31
    Bulls38

Lineups

Avg. age
28.1
Avg. age
26.8

Bulls

  1. 1Gerhard Steenekamp
  2. 2Johan Grobbelaar
  3. 3Mornay Smith
  4. 4Cobus Wiese
  5. 6Marcell Coetzee
  6. 8JJ Theron
  7. 9Embrose Papier
  8. 10Keagan Johannes
  9. 11Sebastian de Klerk
  10. 12Jan Serfontein
  11. 13David Kriel
  12. 14Cheswill Jooste
  13. 15Devon Williams
Replacements
  1. 16Juann Else
  2. 17Alulutho Tshakweni
  3. 18Francois Klopper
  4. 19Nicolaas Janse Van Rensburg
  5. 20Nama Xaba
  6. 21Paul de Wet
  7. 22Stedman Gans
  8. 23Willie Le Roux

Ospreys

  1. 1Garyn Phillips
  2. 2Dewi Lake
  3. 3Tom Botha
  4. 4Rhys Davies
  5. 5James Fender
  6. 7Harri Deaves
  7. 8Morgan Morse
  8. 9Reuben Morgan
  9. 10Dan Edwards
  10. 11Keelan Giles
  11. 12Keiran Williams
  12. 13Phil Cokanasiga
  13. 14Daniel Kasende
  14. 15Jack Walsh
Replacements
  1. 16Ethan Lewis
  2. 17Steff Thomas
  3. 18Rhys Henry
  4. 20James Ratti
  5. 21Luke Davies
  6. 22Tom Florence
  7. 23Harri Houston