The Bulls, riding a six-match winning streak in the URC, have racked up a remarkable 70 tries while conceding 44 — by far the best tries-for/tries-against ratio among the South African sides.

A 30-23 victory ended a run of six losses against the Cape outfit in Johannesburg, but their inability to score four tries kept them from leapfrogging the inaugural URC champions on the points log.

With two rounds left to go, there is a real possibility that none of the four URC franchises may make the playoffs of this ...