In the early hours of Sunday morning the Hurricanes are set to play the Bulls in Pretoria and will be the 20th time the two teams have met in Super Rugby. The last time the two sides met was in 2015 where the Hurricanes scraped the win by four points in Pretoria seeing the final score at 13-17. Despite having lost to all other New Zealand sides this season, the Bulls will be a tough team to beat at their home ground.
Here are some key stats from the Hurricanes vs Bulls previous encounters…
10 The number of times the Hurricanes have beaten the Bulls in a Super Rugby match having met 19 times, meaning a loss of nine.
514The number of points the Hurricanes have aggrevated in all matches against the Bulls, made up of 58 tries, 40 conversions and 48 penalties.
498 The number of points the Bulls have aggrevated in all matches against the Hurricanes, made up of 49 tries, 53 penalties and six drop goals.
13The top try scorer for the Hurricanes in 2017 is Vince Aso with 13, which is a new franchise record for most tries scored by an individual in a season.
CAPTION: Vince Aso is top try scorer for the Hurricanes, and in fact in the whole competition. PHOTO: Getty Sport
4 The number of clean-sweeps the Hurricanes have managed in 21 years of playing in South Africa; in 1998, 2003, 2005 and 2015.
59 The Hurricanes winning success percentage against all South African sides.
38 The Bulls winning success percentage against all New Zealand sides.
6 The record for the most tries scored by a Hurricanes player in all matches against the Bulls, shared by Christian Cullen and Tana Umaga.
CAPTION: Tana Umaga in action vs the Bulls at the Loftus Versveld Ground in Pretoria in 2002. PHOTO: Getty Sport
22 The highest number of points scored by a Hurricanes player in a match against the Bulls (five conversions and four penalties), by Jon Preston in New Plymouth in 1997.
72 The Hurricanes have equaled their own record number of tries scored last year (72 in 18 matches) and are well on track to beat the Super Rugby record of 81 set by the Lions in 2016.
4 The Hurricanes have passed 50 points on four occasions this year which beats their previous record of three times in 1997.
Hurricanes vs Bulls previous records
Year | Venue | Won by | Score |
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1996 | Pretoria | Northern Transvaal | 38-20 |
1997 | New Plymouth | Hurricanes | 64-32 |
1998 | Pretoria | Hurricanes | 37-19 |
1999 | Palmerston North | Hurricanes | 37-18 |
2000 | Pretoria | Bulls | 47-33 |
2001 | Wellington | Hurricanes | 26-20 |
2002 | Pretoria | Hurricanes | 37-18 |
2003 | Napier | Bulls | 46-34 |
2004 | Pretoria | Bulls | 40-19 |
2005 | Wellington | Bulls | 21-12 |
2006 | Pretoria | Hurricanes | 26-23 |
2007 | Wellington | Hurricanes | 17-9 |
2008 | Pretoria | Hurricanes | 50-22 |
2009 | Wellington | Bulls | 19-14 |
2010 | Pretoria | Bulls | 19-18 |
2011 | Napier | Bulls | 26-14 |
2013 | Pretoria | Bulls | 48-14 |
2014 | Napier | Hurricanes | 25-20 |
2015 | Pretoria | Hurricanes | 17-13 |
The Bulls were known as Northern Transvaal in 1996 and 1997.