Saints sweat over star for crunch Bulls clash
The Northampton Saints await news on the availability of a key member in their backline for Saturday’s duel against the Vodacom Bulls.
The Northampton Saints await news on the availability of a key member in their backline for Saturday’s duel against the Vodacom Bulls.
Relishing an opportunity to unleash a dangerous backline, Chris Smith believes that the Vodacom Bulls will rise to the challenge in a crunch Champions Cup playoff on Saturday.
Vodacom Bulls boss Jake White insists that the challenges of travelling to Europe at short notice undermines SA teams’ chances to be competitive in EPCR competitions.
Embrose Papier said the Vodacom Bulls are ready to battle the elements and an unfavourable travel schedule in their crunch clash against Northampton Saints this week.
Kurt-Lee Arendse and Elrigh Louw were among the top individual performers from the round of 16 of the Champions Cup, as the Vodacom Bulls cruised to secure a first-ever place in the quarter-finals.
Jake White hailed the Vodacom Bulls’ playoff win on Saturday, but fired shots at SA Rugby about travel logistics related to the Champions Cup quarter-finals.
Embrose Papier and Sebastian de Klerk scored a brace of tries apiece as the Vodacom Bulls thrashed Lyon on Saturday in Pretoria to progress to the Champions Cup last eight for the first time.
Jake White made three changes to the @Vodacom Bulls lineup for the Champions Cup playoff against Lyon in Pretoria, with the injured Marco van Staden missing the game.
Marcell Coetzee has urged the Vodacom Bulls to rise from the canvas after a heavy loss against Leinster ahead of the Champions Cup playoff clash with Lyon in Pretoria on Saturday.
Follow the live action as the @Vodacom Bulls face Lyon in an #InvestecChampionsCup knockout clash at Loftus Versfeld. #BULvLOU