Jaguares complete road win over Bulls

Los Jaguares completed an away bonus point win over the Bulls this afternoon in Pretoria. The 39-24 victory was by six tries to three.

Los Jaguares started the match with perfection. In their first attack, fullback Santiago Carreras broke free and put Emiliano Boffelli over in the left corner. Fly half Joaquín Díaz Bonilla was wayward with his attempted conversion from the sideline.

The Bulls hit-back through Marco van Staden. His try was converted by Morné Steyn, and with it the home side held a 7-5 lead after ten minutes.

Jaguares N8 Rodrigo Bruni made it tries in back-to-back starts for Los Jaguares. His 17th minute score would also be unconverted by Díaz Bonilla. He would find target with his third kick, a conversion from Guido Petti’s impressive finish. That try followed a score by Warrick Gelant.

Pete’s try came three minutes from half-time, yet there was time for one more. This time Díaz Bonilla was the creator as a chip over the top from half way was gathered by Matías Moroni. The center stepped and guided forward, swan-diving over for a try. The conversion gave Los Jaguares a 24-14 half-time lead.

The Bulls needed to score first in the second half and they succeeded in ding so. The wingers showed flair with Rosko Specman getting past Sebastián Cancelliere  and Santiago Carreras. He was stopped, but quick ball saw Cornal Hendricks over in the right corner.

Fly halves Díaz Bonilla and Steyn exchanged penalties and the two sides also exchanged disciplinary problems. John-Ben Kotze and Díaz Bonilla were both yellow carded for contact with the head area.

Jaguares hooker, Julián Montoya went close to scoring on two occasions. His replacement, Santiago Socino would get over for a try. The 72nd minute effort finished the scoring for that match.

Los Jaguares now travel to Durban to prepare for game three of their three-match tour of South Africa. They face the Sharks who are flying home following a successful tour of New Zealand and Australia.

SCORING

BULLS
Try: van Staden (10′), Gelant (34′), Hendricks (42′)
Conversion: Steyn 3 (12′, 36′, 43′)
Penalty: Steyn (55′)

JAGUARES
Try: Boffelli 2 (4′, 50′), Bruni (17′), Petti (37′), Moroni (40′), Socino (72′)
Conversion: Diaz Bonilla 3 (38′, 41′, 52′)
Penalty: Diaz Bonilla (58′)

TEAMS

BULLS
1 Lizo Gqoboka, 2 Jaco Visagie, 3 Trevor Nyakane (capt.), 4 Andries Ferreira, 5 Juandre Kruger, 6 Marco van Staden, 7 Josh Strauss, 8 Jeandre Rudolph, 9 Embrose Papier, 10 Morné Steyn, 11 Rosko Specman, 12 John-Ben Kotze, 13 Nafi Tuitavake, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 15 Warrick Gelant

Replacements: 16 Corniel Els, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Wiehahn Herbst, 19 Ruan Nortje, 20 Ruan Steenkamp, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Divan Rossouw

JAGUARES
1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2 Julián Montoya, 3 Joel Sclavi, 4 Guido Petti, 5 Marcos Kremer, 6 Francisco Gorrissen, 7 Tomás Lezana, 8 Rodrigo Bruni, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 10 Joaquín Díaz Bonilla, 11 Emiliano Boffelli, 12 Jerónimo de la Fuente (capt.), 13 Matías Moroni, 14 Sebastián Cancelliere, 15 Santiago Carreras

Replacements: 16 Santiago Socino, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Santiago Medrano, 19 Lucas Paulos, 20 Bautista Pedemonte, 21 Domingo Miotti, 22 Juan Cruz Mallia, 23 Santiago Chocobares