The Bulls are the first of three South African sides in United Rugby Championship quarter finals action on Saturday when they face at Munster at Loftus
Bulls v Munster, Saturday 30th May, Pretoria, KO 13:00 (South African time)
Referee: tbc
Assistant Referees: tbc
TMO: tbc
Weather Forecast – Pretoria
Bulls:
The Bulls finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of 12 wins and 6 defeats. With 59 log points they were 1 shy of the Stormers, 4 behind Leinster and 6 adrift of Glasgow Warriors who topped the log.
The Bulls won each of their last 6 matches to force they way into the top 4 and secure a home quarter final and included in that sequence was a 34-31 home win over Munster in Round 14.
In other matches against Irish opposition the Bulls beat Leinster 39-31 in a Round 2 home game, they lost 28-7 to Ulster in Belfast in Round 3 and edged out Connacht (28-27) in Galway in Round 4.
In the outright betting to win the URC title the Bulls are now 6/1 with Sportingbet with Leinster topping the boards at even money, Glasgow are 11/4 and the Stormers 11/2.
Munster:
Munster finished in fifth position with a record of 11 wins and 7 defeats and they earned 55 log points, 4 fewer than the Bulls.
Their place in the play offs was only secured in the final round of regular season and it came courtesy of a victory over South African opposition, 24-17 against the Lions in a home fixture.
Munster were on tour in SA in Rounds 13 and 14 where they lost 45-0 to the Sharks in Durban and 34-31 to the Bulls at Loftus. In earlier an earlier home game against the Stormers in Round 6 Munster went down 27-21.
In the outright betting to win the URC title Munster are 20/1 shots with Sportingbet
Line Ups:
Bulls: tbc
Munster: tbc
The Betting,
Average early show
Bulls -11.5 points at 9/10
Munster +11.5 points at 9/10
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
Bets:
Tips, more news and betting angles for the URC Quarter Finals will be available on Brent Graham's betting blog which is available here.
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