In the newest spherical of motion because the URC resumed this previous weekend, the Bulls and Sharks did sufficient to complete within the high eight on the United Rugby Championship standings after the seventh spherical.

All 4 South African groups have been in motion on Saturday after having fun with a well-deserved break because of the worldwide Outgoing Series, and the Pretoria and Durban sides registered morale boosting victories.

The Bulls delivered one other spectacular efficiency to defeat Connacht 28-14 in Galway, whereas the Sharks held off a decided problem by the Stormers in Durban for a 21-15 victory in an exhilarating South African derby.

The Lions, in the meantime, suffered their second defeat in six outings as they went down 17-10 in opposition to Munster in a decent encounter in Limerick.

These outcomes noticed the Bulls full the spherical in third place on the desk with 24 factors (trailing log-leaders Leinster by 10 factors), whereas the Sharks are actually sitting in sixth place with 19 factors.

The KwaZulu-Natalians and the fifth-placed Lions are tied on log level, however the Joburg-based facet have a greater factors’ distinction. The Stormers are 13^th after struggling their fourth defeat of the season.

Top half of the United Rugby Championship standings

Bottom half of the log

What’s coming subsequent?

There’s now a two week break from league motion because the EPCR competitions take centre stage.

The groups will now change into Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup mode till the URC resumes on Friday, 20 December.

Arguably the choose of the video games there subsequent weekend would be the Champions Cup conflict between Bristol Bears and Leinster at Ashton Gate, with second within the Premiership taking up first within the URC.

The Cape Town conflict between the Stormers and Toulon will probably be one other mouthwatering encounter, whereas Glasgow host Sale and the Bulls journey to Saracens.

As for URC motion, that can resume with a sequence of festive derbies in Round 8, together with Sharks v Bulls, Leinster v Connacht, Benetton v Zebre and the west Wales showdown between the Ospreys and the Scarlets.

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