URC: Bulls turn on the style to thrash the Scarlets at Loftus

The hosts refreshed their team ahead of the encounter, making as many as 13 changes to the match-day squad, and it seemed inspired with eight tries to the Welsh team's four.

Jeandre Rudolph got the Bulls up and running with the first try of the contest in the 11th minute before Willie Le Roux also got onto the the score sheet.

Dylan Maart went over for his first of his two tries as the Bulls took a commanding lead as Curwin Bosch succeeded with all three conversions.

The Welsh visitors hit back though with a double score before half-time as John McKee and Sam Lousi went over for five-pointers, while Carwyn Leggatt-Jones hit hit one conversion to make the half-time score 21-12.

The hosts pulled away after the interval Marcell Coetzee scored his brace of tries as Sebastian de Klerk, Johan Grobbelaar also went over.

Maart went over for one last five-pointer while Bosch overall was on target with seven out of eight conversions to complete a comprehensive win for the visitors.

Scarlets did add a further two tries to take a consolation bonus-point from the contest but the Welsh outfit did slip to the fourth defeat in five games.

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