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Bulls vs Cardiff Rugby · United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
Bulls
40–7
Cardiff Rugby

Match report

Bulls beat Cardiff Rugby 40-7 at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Tshwane/Pretoria in round 13 of the United Rugby Championship on Friday, 20 March 2026.

Eoghan Cross refereed.

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

Head to head

5
Bulls wins (100%)
0
Draws (0%)
0
Cardiff Rugby wins (0%)

Last 5 meetings, since October 2021

Biggest Bulls win
45–9
3 Dec 2022

Last 5 meetings

  • 20 Mar 2026 · United Rugby Championship
    Bulls40
    Cardiff Rugby7
  • 10 May 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Bulls45
    Cardiff Rugby21
  • 10 Nov 2023 · United Rugby Championship
    Cardiff Rugby12
    Bulls18
  • 3 Dec 2022 · United Rugby Championship
    Bulls45
    Cardiff Rugby9
  • 9 Oct 2021 · United Rugby Championship
    Cardiff Rugby19
    Bulls29

Lineups

Avg. age
28.5
Avg. age
28.7

Bulls

  1. 1Gerhard Steenekamp
  2. 2Johan Grobbelaar
  3. 3Francois Klopper
  4. 4Cobus Wiese
  5. 5Ruan Nortje
  6. 6Marcell Coetzee
  7. 7Elrigh Louw
  8. 8Nizaam Carr
  9. 9Embrose Papier
  10. 10Handre Pollard
  11. 11Kurt-Lee Arendse
  12. 12Stedman Gans
  13. 13Canan Moodie
  14. 14Cheswill Jooste
  15. 15David Kriel
Replacements
  1. 16Marco van Staden
  2. 17Jan-Hendrik Wessels
  3. 18Khutha Mchunu
  4. 19Ruan Vermaak
  5. 20Cameron Hanekom
  6. 21Jeandre Rudolph
  7. 22Paul de Wet
  8. 23Willie Le Roux

Cardiff Rugby

  1. 1Rhys Barratt
  2. 2Liam Belcher
  3. 3Javan Sebastian
  4. 4Josh McNally
  5. 5George Nott
  6. 6Alan Lawrence
  7. 7Daniel Thomas
  8. 8Taine Basham
  9. 9Aled Davies
  10. 10Callum Sheedy
  11. 11Mason Grady
  12. 12Ben Thomas
  13. 13Harry Millard
  14. 14Jacob Beetham
  15. 15Cameron Winnett
Replacements
  1. 16Dafydd Hughes
  2. 17Danny Southworth
  3. 18Sam Wainwright
  4. 19Rory Thornton
  5. 21Taulupe Faletau
  6. 22Ellis Bevan
  7. 23Ioan Lloyd