VIDEO: Bulls star lifts lid on tour 'secret' ahead of quarterfinal

SPOTLIGHT: Bulls loose forward Marcell Coetzee has revealed the reason for his side’s recent surge in form.

The Bulls are fresh off a 32-22 Challenge Cup Round of 16 victory against Bayonne.

The result marked their third consecutive victory in all competitions following their agonising 16-19 United Rugby Championship defeat to the Stormers on March 1.

They will now face fellow URC outfit Edinburgh in a Challenge Cup quarterfinal clash in Scotland this coming weekend.

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“We’ve grown immensely as the season progressed. Especially the last couple of weeks,” Coetzee told @rugby365com.

“In the previous games, we let ourselves down by our own doing.

“We had soft moments letting the opposition in where we weren’t accurate and the opposition got 22 metre entries.

“But we’ve managed to limit that to an extent and go back to what works for us as a group.”

That recipe for success was there for all to see in last weekend’s victory over Bayonne.

“We love our set-piece battles. The backs also had an awesome game [against Bayonne] and gave us good pictures,” Coetzee added.

“You could see the try they scored was phenomenal.

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“The secret is definitely the enjoyment we’re trying to make out of the tour.

“It forces you to spend a lot of time with the guys and get to know them on a different level, preparation-wise.

“We see each other every day, so we can always manage to cover something if it was missed.

“There’s a lot of time that goes in behind the scenes, but we’re trying to get the balance right between enjoyment and being professional.”