How to watch Bulls vs Scarlets: TV channel, live stream and kick-off time

Bulls 54–26 Scarlets: the result

Bulls beat Scarlets 54–26 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday, scoring eight tries to four. Anyone who wanted to know how to watch Bulls vs Scarlets can use the broadcast section further down this page as the record of where the match could be seen: Premier Sports 1 in the UK, with kick-off at 3.00pm UK time.

Scarlets were level at 26–26 with 56 minutes gone before the home side pulled clear in the final quarter, and Bulls led 19–12 at half-time. It was Scarlets’ second losing bonus point in successive weeks in South Africa, but it leaves them with one win from five United Rugby Championship matches this season and fifteenth in the table going into the international break. Bulls stay unbeaten at home and move up to fifth.

How Scarlets got back to 26–26

Bulls had seemed certain to pull away when Rudolph, Willie le Roux and Dylan Maart all crossed inside the opening half-hour to make it 19–0. Scarlets responded through hooker John McKee and a try from lock Sam Lousi, only the second of which Carwyn Leggatt-Jones converted, to cut the gap to 19–12 at the interval.

Scarlets had two tries ruled out early in the second half, the first by Gareth Davies for offside and the second by Archie Hughes after a TMO review. Stedman Gans was then shown a yellow card for a trip on Josh Macleod, and Hughes scored in the corner to make it 26–21.

Scarlets were level four minutes later. Full-back Ioan Nicholas broke clear and put Joe Roberts over for his fourth try in two matches, though the conversion was missed, leaving the score at 26–26. That was as close as the visitors came.

Where the match went away from Scarlets

Scarlets could not deal with the restart after drawing level, and Bulls went back in front almost immediately through replacement back-rower Coetzee. A second Coetzee try, this one from a rolling maul, followed by scores from de Klerk and Grobbelaar, took the game away from the visitors, and Maart twisted over for his second try late on. Bosch converted seven of the eight.

Scarlets travelled without a number of players on international duty and had others unavailable through injury, and the strain showed as the bench took effect in the closing quarter. Gabe Macdonald and Isaac Murray-MacGregor were making their first United Rugby Championship starts, and Archie Hughes began the match on the wing after a late change.

There were individual performances worth noting in defeat. Joe Roberts has now scored four tries across the two weeks in South Africa, and Fletcher Anderson carried heavily on both sides of the ball. Lousi’s try came at a cost, ending his afternoon through injury, and prop Harri O’Connor was forced off before the half-hour.

The full scoring sequence and team details are in Scarlets’ match report, and the background to the teams is in our Bulls team news for the Scarlets match.

What next for Scarlets

The United Rugby Championship now breaks for the November internationals and does not return until the first weekend of December. Scarlets’ next fixture is at home to Connacht at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday 5 December, when they will look to turn two encouraging performances in South Africa into a first away win of the season.

How to watch Bulls vs Scarlets: channel and stream

Premier Sports 1 was the UK channel showing Bulls against Scarlets. The United Rugby Championship Round 5 fixture was played on Saturday 31 October. The match kicked off at 3.00pm UK time.

Can I stream it?

Premier Sports subscribers could stream the match through the Premier Sports app, which carried the same feed as Premier Sports 1. Bulls against Scarlets in Round 5 of the United Rugby Championship kicked off at 3.00pm UK time.

Kick-off time and venue

Kick-off was at 3.00pm UK time on Saturday 31 October 2026. Bulls were the home side, and the match was at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria. It was a Round 5 fixture in the United Rugby Championship.