Great cross-kick from Black to Matt Duffie, who takes it very well. Great first touch! He offloads to Perofeta, who scores the try!

Black's kick hits the post; no conversion.

14 - 20 Blues after 60 minutes.

Sotutu penalised for tackling a player without the ball (early tackle). Tuipulotu gets some strapping (right ankle).

The Bulls replacement 10 has butchered two important kicks already. This could have been a Bulls' line-out close to the Blues' try line. Instead, it's a Blues scrum in the middle of the field.

Again a Blues' player penalised for tackling a player without the ball. This time it's Parsons.

Tu'inukuafe replaced by Lindenmuth. 67 minutes played.

Sotutu in trouble? Yep, yellow card for repeated infringement (dangerous tackle).

Hmmm. Not so sure about that one.

Parsons injured on the ground.

Could be a dislocated shoulder, or worse, broken collarbone.

Eklund comes on.

@Stargazer a tackle only the ref saw

Try Bulls after a good scrum.

@Stargazer Hmm for all his good work this year that's his 2nd yellow this season.

The conversion is good and the Bulls are back in front: 21 - 20.

@Stargazer Akira Ioane wouldn't have given away a yellow there.

@African-Monkey Yeah, he is excellent in many ways, but he really needs to work on his tackling. Giving away too many penalties and collecting cards.

Hmmm looks like another irritating close loss coming up for the boys?

@sparky He might not have attempted to make a tackle at all. :fishing_pole:

I really rate Sotutu. Just a young pup needing to work on his tackling technique.

The Blues coaches are just dumb. Halfback is their biggest problem, yet Ruru plays the whole game. Clearly should've been subbed along time ago

A very necessary turnover from Tu'ungafasi; stopping the Bulls' driving maul.

Two minutes left. Come on Blues!

@Stargazer said in Bulls v Blues:

@sparky He might not have attempted to make a tackle at all. :fishing_pole:

I really rate Sotutu. Just a young pup needing to work on his tackling technique.

Ditto. Sotutu will be some player.

Carrol making great metres. Ruru loses the ball forward, but Bulls have given away a penalty. Should be kickable.

Black's boot wins the game for the Blues!!! Great kick.

FT: Bulls 21 - 23 Blues

@Stargazer please his tackle was never dangerous. These SA refs makes up shit

@Rebound I'd need to see it again, but his arm looked close to the Bulls' player's neck. Sotutu has a bit of a habit of making that mistake, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was the case. The ref was in a better position to see it, than we could with that camera angle.

Well done the Blues. Any win in Pretoria by a NZ side is sweet.

@Stargazer Are you serious?! We actually turned a loss into a win?! WOOOOHOOOO!!!!! Or am I dreaming???

Haha thanks again mate for the updates much appreciated.

UP THE BLUES!!!!!

@Stargazer it wasn't a Aussie ref. It was a SA ref again and making up shit, like the previous game. Sotutu's tackle gets made every minute. He just ministered the player and the ref found a reason to give a yellow

@African-Monkey Haha, no, you're not dreaming. A deserved win, too.

Not a great game, due to the wet weather making the field - and the ball - slippery. The first half deserved a draw, but the Blues were better than the Bulls in the second half.

My stand-outs were Sotutu, Robinson and Black, who has been a much needed improvement on Perofeta at 10.

Crucial win for the boys there. First time we've won 2 of our first 4 games since 2013 so it keeps us in the hunt to maybe do something this year especially with both wins coming away from home.

We'll do well to get anything next week however against a strong Stormers side.

@Stargazer How did Plummer and Perofeta look in their new positions?

Not the prettiest game, but in those conditions, I'm happy enough to come away with any type of win. I actually can't remember the last time we won over there.

Parsons looks like he'll be out for a while, so I'm guessing Tolai will be flown over for the Stormers game.

@African-Monkey Perofeta definitely better at 15 than at 10. Had a few nice touches, so I'd give him a pass mark. The Blues' midfield was quite anonymous in this game.

@African-Monkey said in Bulls v Blues:

@Stargazer How did Plummer and Perofeta look in their new positions?

Perofeta wasn't bad, but Plummer looked lost on defense at 12. He let in a few big linebreaks in the first half.

@Dice I see a tech issue here for @Duluth (I've noticed it before): instagram posts not embedding properly.

I guess Plummer was only used to give Faiane a rest and to have fresh legs in altitude as well as us having no backup 12s. I'd expect Faiane to come back next week. Glad Perofeta played well too. I think he'd go better at the back in a 2nd playmaker type role as I don't think he's the man to be guiding us around the paddock from 10 at this stage.

@Dice 2012 was the last time we won there 29-23. Gareth Anscombe scored all our points on debut and I remember Morne Steyn having a shocker with the boot that day too.

They did lose veteran hooker James Parsons late in the piece to what looked a serious shoulder injury and he now looks a doubtful starter for next week's visit to the Stormers who have opened the season with four straight victories..

@African-Monkey Yeah, TJ needed a rest after playing every minute in the first 3 games.

Perofeta definitely looks much better at fullback.

That's right, I forgot all about that win in 2012. Should've been easy to remember considering it was Anscombe's debut and he scored all the points.