Relief as Kriel red is scrapped

The Bulls have received some good news ahead of their next United Rugby Championship match against Scarlets this weekend - centre David Kriel has been given the all-clear to play after being shown a red card in the team's win against Ospreys last weekend.

- Jacques van der Westhuyzen

Centre Kriel was sent straight from the field after the referee and TMO panel found he had performed a dangerous act in trying to fend off a tackler in the Bulls' 29-19 win. It was the team's third straight win of the campaign, after earlier victories against Edinburgh and Ulster.

The sending-off of Kriel early in the second-half knocked the Bulls, who later also lost two men to yellow cards, which resulted in the team finishing the match with just 12 men on the field.