Jake White expressed his delight with the fluency of the BlueBullsRugby attack following their 48-31 CurrieCup semi-final victory over WP_RUGBY. By ashfakmohamed | IOLsport
“We basically won the game in the first 25 to 30 minutes, and I think some of the plays that we ran were outstanding. The accuracy, the control, the understanding of when to call them – and that is also sometimes for coaches, you want to see players calling the right plays in the right parts of the field, and I thought that was outstanding.”
For WP coach John Dobson and his team, it was just a bridge too far after their superb performance against the Sharks in Durban last weekend. Their forwards weren’t able to stop the giant Bulls pack in their tracks, which meant that the backline seldom got front-foot ball to put their opponents under pressure.
“The damage was done in those first 10 minutes – 17-0 down. And I think that was the winning margin in the end! The Bulls just physically overwhelmed us at the start of the game. We knew their runners off nine would be really big and mean, and they certainly played very well and took the game away from us, and we were in trouble for the rest of the game,” Dobson said.Edwill van der Merwe denied what would have been a brilliant hat-trick try, after a close call on review.
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