In 2019, the participated in the 2019 Super Rugby competition, the 24th edition of the competition since its inception in 1996. They were included in the South African Conference of the competition, along with the , , and .

The Bulls won eight, drew two and lost six of their matches during the regular season of the competition to finish second in the South African Conference, and in 5th place overall to qualify for the finals as a wildcard team. They lost in their quarterfinal match to the .

Personnel

Coaches and management

The Bulls coaching and management staff for the 2019 Super Rugby season were:

2019 Bulls coaches and management Name Title Alan Zondagh Director of Rugby Pote Human Head coach Chris Rossouw Backline and attack coach Daan Human Scrum and maul specialist coach Anton Leonard Lineout specialist Hayden Groepes Skills coach (incl. kicking and kicking strategy) Pine Pienaar Defence coach John-William Meyer Technical analyst

Squad

The following players were named in the Bulls squad for the 2019 Super Rugby season:

2019 Bulls squad Player Position/s Date of birth (age) Super Rugby Bulls Apps Pts Apps Pts Loose forward 1 0 1 0 Prop 2 0 2 0 Loose forward 30 5 14 0 Fly-half 32 246 3 11 Hooker 63 20 0 0 Lock 60 25 20 20 Loose forward 29 20 29 20 Loose forward 0 0 0 0 Hooker 0 0 0 0 Centre 0 0 0 0 Outside back 34 60 34 60 Prop 37 10 37 10 Hooker 1 0 1 0 Wing 27 55 0 0 Prop 40 0 0 0 Outside back 39 50 39 50 Centre 1 0 1 0 Lock 40 35 40 35 Loose forward 31 10 31 10 Centre 34 40 15 35 Centre 61 75 61 75 Fly-half 8 13 8 13 Loose forward 28 15 28 15 Prop 0 0 0 0 Scrum-half 0 0 0 0 Hooker 33 20 8 0 Prop 0 0 0 0 Outside back 8 15 8 15 Prop 5 0 5 0 Prop 91 15 49 0 Centre 43 15 43 15 Scrum-half 10 5 10 5 Fly-half 46 437 46 437 Outside back 14 15 14 15 Centre 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 24 35 0 0 Loose forward 25 15 25 15 Fly-half 0 0 0 0 Lock 0 0 0 0 Lock 39 10 39 10 Wing 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 3 0 3 0 Loose forward 11 0 11 0 Outside back 2 0 2 0 Loose forward 0 0 0 0 Prop 10 0 0 0 Loose forward 16 10 16 10 Prop 17 5 17 5 Scrum-half 17 0 17 0 Loose forward 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 109 40 0 0 Hooker 36 5 36 5 Scrum-half 13 15 13 15 Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 15 February 2019, the date of the opening round of the competition.

Standings

Round-by-round

The table below shows the Bulls' progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position:

Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 QF SF Final Opposition Bye Bye Cumulative Points Position (overall) Position (SA Conf.) Key: win draw loss bye

Matches

The Bulls played the following matches during the 2019 Super Rugby season:

Player statistics

The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Bulls in 2019 is as follows:

2019 Bulls player statistics Player name QF SF F App Try Con Pen DG Pts 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 2 0 0 0 10 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 1 0 0 0 5 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 6 20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 7 4 4 7 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 16 4 0 0 0 20 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 14 2 0 0 0 10 9 9 9 21 21 9 9 21 21 21 21 21 9 13 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 14 3 31 38 1 194 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 13 5 0 0 0 25 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 4 0 0 0 20 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 9 4 0 0 0 20 14 23 14 14 11 12 13 13 13 13 11 13 12 13 1 0 0 0 5 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 3 0 0 0 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 2 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 1 0 0 0 5 18 18 18 18 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 5 19 5 5 19 7 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 8 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 21 9 9 21 21 9 9 9 9 21 21 21 14 1 0 0 0 5 22 22 22 22 22 10 22 22 22 22 22 10 10 22 22 22 9 3 3 7 0 42 23 23 12 12 23 13 13 23 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 14 14 14 23 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 5 0 0 0 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 6 7 19 7 4 4 4 7 19 19 19 19 4 19 15 0 0 0 0 0 20 7 20 20 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 15 15 15 23 23 23 15 23 23 23 15 23 23 13 1 0 0 0 5 19 8 20 20 20 6 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 14 3 2 0 0 0 10 16 2 2 2 16 16 16 16 16 2 2 11 1 0 0 0 5 22 22 22 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 20 20 6 8 6 6 10 2 0 0 0 10 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 20 16 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 21 9 9 9 21 9 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 penalty try – 1 – – – 7 Total 17 46 34 45 1 438

(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Con" to the number of conversions kicked, "Pen" to the number of penalties kicked, "DG" to the number of drop goals kicked and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.

Matthys Basson, Marnitz Boshoff, Nick de Jager, Carel du Preez, Stedman Gans, Travis Ismaiel, Madot Mabokela, Theo Maree, Edgar Marutlulle, Duncan Matthews, Nqoba Mxoli, Hendré Stassen, Muller Uys and Jano Venter did not make any appearances

See also Bulls 2019 Super Rugby season

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