VIDEO: Jake's plan for URC home stretch
The Bulls’ 28-34 loss to Edinburgh at the weekend signalled the end of South Africa’s last hope of claiming European silverware – as the Sharks did last season.
The Pretoria team will now shift focus to the United Rugby Championship, where they will have two tough away fixtures—against Munster and Glasgow Warriors—before finishing the regular season against Cardiff and the Dragons at Loftus Versfeld.
The Bulls are currently third on the URC table, and two away victories coupled with two home matches against the inconsistent Cardiff and bottom-placed Dragons could see them lock down second place on the log before the play-offs.
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Despite the Challenge Cup quarterfinal loss to Edinburgh, there were some outstanding performances from the Bulls’ replacements, especially those recently returned from injury lay-offs – assisting them to stage the fightback in the second half.
White was optimistic about his returning players’ performances as they’re heading into the final stretch of the URC.
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“That is a massive positive,” the Bulls’ Director of Rugby said.
“A lot of guys are coming back now, and they’ll enjoy the fact that they’ve got some game time and played well.
“We’re still very disappointed [with the Challenge Cup loss].
“I think people realise that the Bulls want to win every time we play in a competition.
“That’s why we brought the team we did [on this four-match tour] and did the things we’ve done by staying in Biarritz and preparing properly.
“So there will be a huge amount of disappointment.
“What I expect next week is that we kick on from the second half in terms of what we did [in Edinburgh].
“It’s not going to get any easier for us as a group, with Munster and Glasgow away – [the latter] the defending URC champions.”
