The Vodacom Bulls are the only South African side that has made it to the quarter-finals of European rugby this year. They will face off against Edinburgh away from home on Saturday in hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup. We will take a look at this match from a betting angle and offer up a possible bet for your consideration.
Edinburgh v Vodacom Bulls – Click here to bet
Edinburgh
Edinburg are coming off back-to-back wins, beating the Lions at home last week with the score ending 24-12 and the Dragons the week before in the URC. They have now won three of their last five matches in all competitions. They have had an impressive season at home winning eight of their ten matches and its no easy place to go and win.
Edinburgh Lineup
15 Wes Goosen, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Matt Currie, 12 James Lang, 11 Ross McCann, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Ben Vellacott (cc), 8 Magnus Bradbury, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist (cc), 4 Sam Skinner, 3 Javan Sebastian, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Boan Venter
Replacements: 16 Dave Cherry, 17 Pierre Schoeman, 18 D’arcy Rae, 19 Rob Carmichael, 20 Ben Muncaster, 21 Ali Price, 22 Cammy Scott, 23 Mosese Tuipulotu
Bulls
The Bulls have been on a solid run of form, winning four of their last five matches with their only loss coming against the Stormers at home a few weeks ago. They travelled to play Aviron Bayonnais away from home last weekend and pulled off a solid 22-32 win to send them through to the quarter finals.
Bulls Lineup
15 Devon Williams, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 David Kriel, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Stravino Jacobs, 10 Keagan Johannes, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Jannes Kirsten, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Ruan Nortje (c), 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Akker van der Merwe, 1 Simphiwe Matanzima
Replacements: 16 Johann Grobbelaar, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Reinhardt Ludwig, 20 Marco van Staden, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Johan Goosen, 23 Canan Moodie
Head-to-head
The two sides have met each other four times over the last few year, twice in Edinburgh and twice in Pretoria. Both teams have won their two matches that were played at home. The most recent match, which was played in Pretoria, ended 22-16 in favour of the Bulls while the last time they played in Edinburgh, Edinburgh won 31-23.
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Betting and Verdict
Edinburgh are marginal favourites at 1.83 with the Bulls 2.20 and the draw 23.00
Handicap: Edinburgh -1.5
Conditions look good and I was considering backing the Bulls over 25.5 points but will keep things simple and will back them to win.
Suggested bet: Bulls win at 2.20
Prices correct at time of posting but subject to change.
