Kurt-Lee Arendse scored a brace of tries as a 14-man Vodacom Bulls outfit beat the Ospreys to kick off their European tour with a bonus-point win in Swansea on Saturday.
Tries from winger Arendse, co-captain Elrigh Louw and scrumhalf Embrose Papier and three conversions from flyhalf Boeta Chamberlain powered the Bulls to a 26-5 half-time lead within the spherical 4 Vodacom URC conflict at Swansea.com Stadium.
Nonetheless, the guests had been right down to 13 males quickly after the restart, inside centre David Kriel seeing pink for a harmful fend on flyhalf Dan Edwards, earlier than Louw earned 10 minutes on the naughty chair for a deliberate knock-on.
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Alternative Bulls prop Alulutho Tshwakweni additionally copped a yellow card for a head-on-head collision, however Chamberlain cut up the uprights from the kicking tee inside the ultimate minutes to place the sport out of attain of the hosts in a 29-19 win for Jake White’s expenses.
For the Ospreys, Edwards and Jack Walsh notched a conversion apiece to enhance tries from hooker Dewi Lake, left winger Ryan Conbeer and No 8 Morgan Morris.
The unbeaten Bulls will now regroup to face the Scarlets at Parc y Scarlets on Friday, earlier than bringing the curtain down on their abroad journey in opposition to Benetton in Treviso on 25 October.