The Bulls received the rugby equivalent of classroom corporal punishment when they went down 44-14 to Exeter Chiefs in their second Champions Cup outing at Sandy Park on Saturday. | Sport24news
It was to be expected after director of rugby Jake White fielded a team that, without Springboks Morne Steyn, Nizaam Carr, Bismarck du Plessis and Lizo Gqoboka, would have been a Vodacom Cup team.
Everywhere you looked, there was an international in a ruby red jersey: Wallaby Scott Sio at loosehead, Englishmen Sam Simmonds, the No 8, Henry Slade and Jack Nowell on the wings. Wandisile Simelane made the Bulls' first try with a scything midfield break, darting in his usual slippery way, before the Bulls set up an extra phase to put wing Stravino Jacobs straight through in the sixth minute.
Winger Slade danced his way past the hapless Bulls defence for the fourth Exeter try of the half with less than five minutes left before the break.
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