List of Bulls (rugby union) records and statistics

This article collates key individual and team honours, awards, records and statistics relating to the Bulls – the professional South Africa rugby union club based in Pretoria, currently competing in United Rugby Championship, EPCR Challenge Cup and domestically in the Currie Cup.

Club honours

Major international and domestic honours Major honours in international competitions Competition Span Titles won Runner-up Semi-finalists Quarter-finalists Qualifying-finalists Round of 16 Super 10 1993 (0) (0) Super Rugby 1996–2020 (3) 2007, 2009, 2010 (0) (4) 1996, 2005, 2006, 2013 (1) 2019 (1) 2012 Super Rugby Conference trophy 2011–2019 (1) 2013 (4) 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019 United Rugby Championship 2021–2025 (0) (3) 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25 (0) (1) 2022–23 United Rugby Championship SA Shield 2021–2025 (1) 2023–24 (2) 2021–22, 2022–23 Pro14 Rainbow Cup 2021 (0) (1) 2021 Super Rugby Unlocked 2020 (1) 2020 (0) European Rugby Champions Cup 2022–2025 (0) (0) (0)(1) 2023–24 (2) 2022–23, 2025–26 EPCR Challenge Cup 2025 (0) (0) (0) (1) 2024-25 (0) Major honours in domestic competitions Currie Cup 1939–2025 (25) 1946, 1956, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2020–21, 2021Title shared in 1971, 1979, 1989, 2006 (9) (10) (1) Currie Cup First Division 2000 (1) 2000 (0) (0) Lion Cup 1983–1994 (3) 1985, 1990, 1991 (3) 1987, 1988, 1989 (4) 1983, 1984, 1986, 1993 (1) 1994 Vodacom Cup 1998–2015 (3) 2001, 2008, 2010 (6) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011 (4) 2005, 2012, 2014, 2015 (2) 2000, 2013 Rugby Challenge 2017–2019 (0) (0) (1) 2017 (1) 2018 Toyota Challenge 2022 (0) (1) 2022 (0) M-Net Nite Series 1992–1995 (3) 1992, 1993, 1995 (0) Percy Frames Trophy 1986–1994 (6) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 (1) 1994 Teljoy Cup 1986–1992 (5) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992 (1) 1991 Ellis Park Challenge Series 1985 (1) 1985 (0)

Minor honours Minor honours Competition Number of titles Runner-up Gauteng Rugby Cup (1) 20132013 (0) Sanlam Challenge Shield (1) 20152015 (0) Lafarge Zimbabwe Champions Cup (0) (1) 20162016 World Club 10s (2) 2017, 2018 (0) Officeconomix Goodwill Challenge (1) 20222022 (0) IBG Challenge Cup (1) 20242024 (0) Mapungubwe Rugby Cup (1) 20242024 (0)

Statisitics

Currie Cup

This is a complete list of point scorers in the Currie Cup in the professional era for Northern Transvaal (1996–1998) and the Bulls (1999–2025). This list was compiled by using the Wayback Machine on the SA Rugby website and archive news articles from Die Beeld and Rapport newspapers. Due to lack of archive evidence, the player caps cannot be established.

+ Full list of point scorers for Northern Transvaal 1996–1998 and Blue Bulls 1999–2025 in the Currie Cup Name Tries Conversions Penalties Drop goals Points Morne Steyn 17 188 129 10 875 Derick Hougaard 11 132 107 24 712 Casper Steyn 25 79 101 0 586 Jacques-Louis Potgieter 3 46 67 0 308 Louis Fouche 3 43 59 5 293 Tian Schoeman 3 61 50 0 287 John Mametsa 44 0 0 0 220 Franco Smith 9 43 28 0 215 Chris Smith 2 57 21 0 187 Jaco van der Westhuyzen 13 28 19 1 181 Tony Jantjies 5 49 23 0 174 Johan Goosen 4 49 16 0 166 Francois Brummer 1 23 33 1 153 Louis Strydom 3 41 15 0 142 Anton Leonard 28 0 0 0 140 Akona Ndungane 28 0 0 0 140 Manie Libbok 8 29 13 0 137 Ettienne Botha 27 0 0 0 135 Hannes Venter 20 12 3 0 133 Johan Roets 24 0 1 3 131 Derick Kuun 26 0 0 0 130 Theo van Rensburg 2 28 15 0 111 Roland de Marigny 2 8 26 1 107 Lance Sherrell 2 26 15 0 107 Pedrie Wannenburg 21 0 0 0 105 Joshua Stander 5 32 5 0 104 Jamba Ulengo 20 0 0 0 100 Bjorn Basson 20 0 0 0 100 Marius Delport 20 0 0 0 100 Jacques Olivier 20 0 0 0 100 Burton Francis 2 19 13 1 90 JP Nel 19 0 0 0 95 Wynand Olivier 19 0 0 0 95 Joost van der Westhuizen 18 0 0 0 90 Wim Meyer 18 0 0 0 90 Frikkie Welsh 18 0 0 0 90 Jaco van der Walt 4 21 8 0 86 Gerhard van den Heever 17 0 0 0 85 Cornal Hendricks 17 0 0 0 85 Conrad Breytenbach 16 0 0 0 80 Johan Wasserman 16 0 0 0 80 Deon Stegmann 16 0 0 0 80 Marnitz Boshoff 0 28 4 0 77 David Kriel 15 0 0 0 75 Handre Pollard 0 10 13 1 73 McNeil Hendricks 14 0 0 0 70 Danie Rossouw 14 0 0 0 70 Nicky van der Walt 13 0 0 0 65 Fourie du Preez 13 0 0 0 65 Boeta Chamberlain 0 26 4 0 64 Warrick Gelant 12 0 1 0 63 Francois Hougaard 12 0 0 0 60 Johan Grobbelaar 12 0 0 0 60 Travis Ismaiel 12 0 0 0 60 Zak Burger 12 0 0 0 60 Andre Snyman 11 0 0 0 55 Dries Scholtz 11 0 0 0 55 Burger Odendaal 11 0 0 0 55 CJ Stander 11 0 0 0 55 Arno Botha 11 0 0 0 55 Keagan Johannes 5 12 1 0 52 Gary Botha 10 0 0 0 50 Embrose Papier 10 0 0 0 50 Stravino Jacobs 10 0 0 0 50 Grant Esterhuizen 10 0 0 0 50 Schutte Bekker 9 0 0 0 45 Bryan Habana 9 0 0 0 45 Dewald Potgieter 9 0 0 0 45 Piet van Zyl 9 0 0 0 45 Ruan Steenkamp 9 0 0 0 45 Jade Stighling 9 0 0 0 45 Francois Venter 9 0 0 0 45 Stefan Watermeyer 9 0 0 0 45 Jan-Hendrik Wessels 9 0 0 0 45 Kennedy Tsimba 3 8 4 0 43 Dawie du Toit 6 0 4 0 42 FA Meiring 8 0 0 0 40 Keegan Fredericks 8 0 0 0 40 Marquit September 8 0 0 0 40 Kefentse Mahlo 8 0 0 0 40 Joe van Zyl 8 0 0 0 40 Mpilo Gumede 8 0 0 0 40 Jannie Claassens 7 0 0 0 35 Norman Jordaan 7 0 0 0 35 Tiger Mangweni 7 0 0 0 35 Jaco Pretorius 7 0 0 0 35 Sibongile Novuka 7 0 0 0 35 Hanro Liebenberg 7 0 0 0 35 Dean Greyling 7 0 0 0 35 Andre Warner 7 0 0 0 35 Ivan van Zyl 7 0 0 0 35 Juann Else 7 0 0 0 35 Boeta Wessels 0 5 8 0 34 Zane Kirchner 6 2 0 0 34 Jannie Kruger 0 9 4 1 33 Ruben Kruger 6 0 0 0 30 Wessel Roux 6 0 0 0 30 Tiaan Joubert 6 0 0 0 30 Gavin Passens 6 0 0 0 30 Warren Brosnihan 6 0 0 0 30 Wikus van Heerden 6 0 0 0 30 Jacques Cronje 6 0 0 0 30 Stefan Basson 6 0 0 0 30 Werner Kruger 6 0 0 0 30 Roelof Smit 6 0 0 0 30 Lizo Gqoboka 6 0 0 0 30 Elrigh Louw 6 0 0 0 30 Harold Vorster 6 0 0 0 30 Chris Barend Smit 6 0 0 0 30 Marcell Coetzee 6 0 0 0 30 Marius Goosen 4 0 2 1 29 Rynhard van As 0 10 2 0 26 Graeme Bouwer 4 1 1 0 25 Lourens Campher 5 0 0 0 25 Archer Dames 5 0 0 0 25 Bakkies Botha 5 0 0 0 25 Heini Adams 5 0 0 0 25 Rosko Specman 5 0 0 0 25 Gurthro Steenkamp 5 0 0 0 25 Jaco Engels 5 0 0 0 25 Tapiwa Tsomondo 5 0 0 0 25 Duncan Matthews 5 0 0 0 25 Marco van Staden 5 0 0 0 25 Ulrich Beyers 5 0 0 0 25 Dries Swanepoel 5 0 0 0 25 Sampie Mastriet 5 0 0 0 25 Jano Vermaak 5 0 0 0 25 Juan Mostert 2 7 0 0 24 Jurgen Visser 2 1 4 0 24 Divan Rossouw 4 1 0 0 22 Kurt Webster 1 6 1 0 20 Danie van Schalkwyk 4 0 0 0 20 Jannie Brooks 4 0 0 0 20 Adriaan Richter 4 0 0 0 20 Chivago Breda 4 0 0 0 20 Wium Basson 4 0 0 0 20 Johan Schutte 4 0 0 0 20 Danie Coetzee 4 0 0 0 20 Coenraad Groenewald 4 0 0 0 20 Richard Bands 4 0 0 0 20 Victor Matfield 4 0 0 0 20 Danwel Demas 4 0 0 0 20 Riaan van der Bergh 4 0 0 0 20 Richard Kriel 4 0 0 0 20 Tim Dlulane 4 0 0 0 20 Madosh Tambwe 4 0 0 0 20 Dayan van der Westhuizen 4 0 0 0 20 Jacques du Plessis 4 0 0 0 20 Warwick Tecklenburg 4 0 0 0 20 Pierre Spies 4 0 0 0 20 Ruan Snyman 4 0 0 0 20 Juandre Kruger 4 0 0 0 20 Flip van der Merwe 4 0 0 0 20 Ruben van Heerden 4 0 0 0 20 Marco Jansen van Vuren 4 0 0 0 20 Mornay Smith 4 0 0 0 20 Canan Moodie 4 0 0 0 20 Kurt-Lee Arendse 4 0 0 0 20 Jeandre Rudolph 4 0 0 0 20 JT Jackson 3 1 0 0 17 Tinus de Beer 0 6 1 0 15 Willie Enslin 3 0 0 0 15 Henry Tromp 3 0 0 0 15 Krynauw Otto 3 0 0 0 15 Pierre Ribbens 3 0 0 0 15 Louis van Straaten 3 0 0 0 15 Jaco Barnard 3 0 0 0 15 Clive Terre Blanche 3 0 0 0 15 Frans Allers 3 0 0 0 15 Geo Cronje 3 0 0 0 15 Wylie Human 3 0 0 0 15 Piet Krause 3 0 0 0 15 Hilton Lobberts 3 0 0 0 15 Schalk Erasmus 3 0 0 0 15 Janko Swanepoel 3 0 0 0 15 Alcino Izaacs 3 0 0 0 15 Aphiwe Dyantyi 3 0 0 0 15 Johnny Kotze 3 0 0 0 15 Jano Venter 3 0 0 0 15 Edgar Marutlulle 3 0 0 0 15 Lionel Mapoe 3 0 0 0 15 Nic de Jager 3 0 0 0 15 Paul Willemse 3 0 0 0 15 Simphiwe Matanzima 3 0 0 0 15 Bismarck du Plessis 3 0 0 0 15 James Verity-Amm 3 0 0 0 15 Cyle Brink 3 0 0 0 15 Steadman Gans 3 0 0 0 15 William Small-Smith 3 0 0 0 15 Devon Williams 3 0 0 0 15 Henry Immelman 3 0 0 0 15 Francois (Swys) Swart 0 1 3 1 14 Kobus Engelbrecht 2 2 0 0 14 Ralf Schroeder 2 0 0 0 10 Thys Stoltz 2 0 0 0 10 Gerhard Laufs 2 0 0 0 10 Piet Boer 2 0 0 0 10 Peet Arnold 2 0 0 0 10 Brendell Brandt 2 0 0 0 10 Rayno Hendricks 2 0 0 0 10 Adriaan Fondse 2 0 0 0 10 Ruan Vermeulen 2 0 0 0 10 Okkie Kruger 2 0 0 0 10 Neil Powell 2 0 0 0 10 Wayne Julies 2 0 0 0 10 Tim Agaba 2 0 0 0 10 Jaco Visagie 2 0 0 0 10 Pierre Schoeman 2 0 0 0 10 Marvin Orie 2 0 0 0 10 Jason Jenkins 2 0 0 0 10 Grant Hattingh 2 0 0 0 10 Jesse Kriel 2 0 0 0 10 Adriaan Strauss 2 0 0 0 10 Lappies Labuschagne 2 0 0 0 10 Wiaan Liebenberg 2 0 0 0 10 Rudy Paige 2 0 0 0 10 Jacques Potgieter 2 0 0 0 10 Gerrit-Jan van Velze 2 0 0 0 10 Wilhelm Steenkamp 2 0 0 0 10 Stephan Dippenaar 2 0 0 0 10 Bandise Maku 2 0 0 0 10 Jannes Kirsten 2 0 0 0 10 Corniel Els 2 0 0 0 10 Nqoba Mxoli 2 0 0 0 10 Abongile Nonkontwana 2 0 0 0 10 Callie Visagie 2 0 0 0 10 Franco Naude 2 0 0 0 10 Renaldo Bothma 2 0 0 0 10 Bernard van der Linde 2 0 0 0 10 Reinhardt Ludwig 2 0 0 0 10 Muller Uys 2 0 0 0 10 Robert Hunt 2 0 0 0 10 Ruan Stefan Vermaak 2 0 0 0 10 Francois Klopper 2 0 0 0 10 Gerhard Steenekamp 2 0 0 0 10 Walt Steenkamp 2 0 0 0 10 WJ Steenkamp 2 0 0 0 10 Nizaam Carr 2 0 0 0 10 Cameron Hanekom 2 0 0 0 10 Cheswill Jooste 2 0 0 0 10 Sintu Manjezi 2 0 0 0 10 Cornel Smit 2 0 0 0 10 Nama Xaba 2 0 0 0 10 Katlego Letebele 2 0 0 0 10 JP Joubert 1 0 0 1 8 Conrad Stoltz 1 0 0 0 5 Derick Grobbelaar 1 0 0 0 5 Dewald Kamffer 1 0 0 0 5 Brent Moyle 1 0 0 0 5 Peet van Deventer 1 0 0 0 5 Johan Otto 1 0 0 0 5 Kosie Alberts 1 0 0 0 5 Andries Truscott 1 0 0 0 5 Derrick Grobbelaar 1 0 0 0 5 Mike Marais 1 0 0 0 5 Jean Pieters 1 0 0 0 5 John Williams 1 0 0 0 5 Robbie Rein 1 0 0 0 5 Rudi Rohrs 1 0 0 0 5 Christo Bezuidenhout 1 0 0 0 5 Draadkar de Lange 1 0 0 0 5 Naka Drotske 1 0 0 0 5 Chris le Roux 1 0 0 0 5 Ryno Hendricks 1 0 0 0 5 Giscard Pieters 1 0 0 0 5 Gavin September 1 0 0 0 5 Kobus Calldo 1 0 0 0 5 Andries Human 1 0 0 0 5 Kobus van der Walt 1 0 0 0 5 Francois van Schouwenburg 1 0 0 0 5 Trompie Nontshinga 1 0 0 0 5 James van der Walt 1 0 0 0 5 Sbu Nkosi 1 0 0 0 5 Mihlali Mosi 1 0 0 0 5 Eugene Hare 1 0 0 0 5 Wandisile Simelane 1 0 0 0 5 Ruan Nortje 1 0 0 0 5 Cebo Dlamini 1 0 0 0 5 Dewald Donald 1 0 0 0 5 Jaco Labuschagne 1 0 0 0 5 Hottie Louw 1 0 0 0 5 Dawid Kellerman 1 0 0 0 5 Conraad Van Vuuren 1 0 0 0 5 Dylan Sage 1 0 0 0 5 Rabs Maxwane 1 0 0 0 5 Boom Prinsloo 1 0 0 0 5 Ashton Fortuin 1 0 0 0 5 RG Snyman 1 0 0 0 5 Bongi Mbonambi 1 0 0 0 5 Alandre van Rooyen 1 0 0 0 5 Freddy Ngoza 1 0 0 0 5 Dan Kriel 1 0 0 0 5 Theo Maree 1 0 0 0 5 David Bulbring 1 0 0 0 5 Rocco Jansen 1 0 0 0 5 Jean Cook 1 0 0 0 5 Marcell van der Merwe 1 0 0 0 5 Jono Ross 1 0 0 0 5 Willie Wepener 1 0 0 0 5 Clayton Blommetjies 1 0 0 0 5 Franco Mostert 1 0 0 0 5 Chiliboy Ralepele 1 0 0 0 5 Hayden Groepes 1 0 0 0 5 Fudge Mabeta 1 0 0 0 5 Jacques Burger 1 0 0 0 5 Corne Beets 1 0 0 0 5 Akker van der Merwe 1 0 0 0 5 Dylan Smith 1 0 0 0 5 JJ Theron 1 0 0 0 5 Riyaad Bam 1 0 0 0 5 Jean Erasmus 1 0 0 0 5 Jaco Grobbelaar 1 0 0 0 5 Junior Pokomela 1 0 0 0 5 Johan Grobbelaar 0 0 1 0 3 Clinton Swart 0 1 0 0 2 Franco Knoetze 0 1 0 0 2 FC du Plessis 0 1 0 0 2 Jandre Burger 0 1 0 0 2 Vaughen Isaacs 0 1 0 0 2 Penalty tries 5 points 9 45Penalty tries 7 points 7 49

All matches included from 1996 to 2025, including all play-off matches included (quarterfinals, semifinals and finals) 2000 Bankfin Cup included 2005, 2016 Currie Cup qualification included

Vodacom Cup and SuperSport Rugby Challenge

This is a complete list of point scorers in the Vodacom Cup 2003–2015 and in the Rugby Challenge 2017–2019. Due to lack of archive evidence, the player caps cannot be established and 1998–2002 Vodacom Cup scorers are not able to be established.