Jake shuffles Bulls pack
Jake White makes five personnel changes and two positional switches to the Vodacom Bulls starting XV to face the Lions in Saturday’s URC clash at Loftus.
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Jake White makes five personnel changes and two positional switches to the Vodacom Bulls starting XV to face the Lions in Saturday’s URC clash at Loftus.
The Lions won’t lack confidence at Loftus on Saturday, but they don’t have the forward pack to go the distance and overpower the @Vodacom Bulls, writes MARK KEOHANE.
Johan Grobbelaar says the Bulls must leverage their scrum prowess in Saturday’s URC Jukskei derby at Loftus to address a trend of “letting teams in the back door”.
Displaying stunning speed and skill, Jordan Hendrikse, Tino Mavesere and Yaw Penxe carve the Vodacom Bulls apart in the Sharks’ bonus-point URC win in Pretoria.
The Vodacom Bulls have reportedly received a significant transfer fee for Carlu Sadie, with Bordeaux-Begles buying the prop out of his new contract with the Pretoria outfit.
The accuracy of goal-kickers Siya Masuku and Jordan Hendrikse will be key to the Sharks’ chances of upsetting the Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday, writes MARK KEOHANE. @Vodacom #URC
Prop Gerhard Steenekamp says a “proud” Vodacom Bulls pack cannot rest on their laurels at scrum time and must dominate the Sharks when the teams clash on Saturday.
Bulls boss Jake White believes Saturday’s Vodacom URC derby against the Sharks at Loftus Versfeld is a crucial step in the Pretoria outfit’s push for a home playoff.
The Stormers and Bulls’ rescheduled round-one Vodacom URC clash at Cape Town Stadium last week set a new season-high attendance in the competition.
The Stormers were just a successful conversion away from denying the Bulls a long-awaited Vodacom URC victory in Cape Town on Saturday, writes MARK KEOHANE.