Jake ‘realistic’ as Bulls pick their battles
Jake White has further explained his decision to retain the Vodacom Bulls squad of veterans and youngsters for the Champions Cup clash against Exeter Chiefs on Saturday.
Jake White has further explained his decision to retain the Vodacom Bulls squad of veterans and youngsters for the Champions Cup clash against Exeter Chiefs on Saturday.
Jake White has named a 29-man Vodacom Bulls tour squad for the Pool A Champions Cup clash away to Exeter Chiefs on Saturday.
Jake White will split the Vodacom Bulls squad, with one half flying to Exeter for Saturday’s Champions Cup clash, while the other half stays in SA to prepare for the DHL Stormers.
Jake White has heaped praise on the Vodacom Bulls’ performance after they survived a late comeback from French giants Lyon at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday in their Champions Cup debut.
The Cell C Sharks and Vodacom Bulls held on for tense home victories over Harlequins and Lyon respectively, while the DHL Stormers suffered a disappointing loss away to ASM Clermont Auvergne on Saturday.
Morne Steyn will lead a heavily changed Vodacom Bulls team featuring only three other capped Springboks in their Champions Cup debut against Lyon in Pretoria on Saturday.
The Vodacom Bulls and Sharks will charge to victory on Champions Cup debut at home, according to the SARugbymag team.
The South African teams must be ruthless when hosting the English and French to go the distance in their debut season in the Champions and Challenge cups, writes MARK KEOHANE.
Antoine Dupont, the 2021 World Player of the Year, hit out at the inclusion of South African teams in the new-look Champions Cup, saying it was “no longer the European Cup”.
Vodacom Bulls wing Sbu Nkosi says he went missing for three weeks because he was struggling to cope mentally with the pressures at the top level of rugby.