SUPER RUGBY
Tour to sort Blue Bulls from boys
The Bulls will take on the Blues at the QBE Stadium in Auckland on Saturday and the Chiefs in Waikato the following weekend
The next two weeks will have some bearing on how far the Bulls will go in the 2017 Super Rugby competition as they have daunting back-to-back clashes against New Zealand sides, Blues and Chiefs. The Bulls‚ who left the country this week after beating the Sunwolves 34-21 at Loftus on Friday‚ take on the Blues at the QBE Stadium in Auckland on Saturday and the Chiefs at the FMG Stadium in Waikato the following weekend. There is also the matter of a return clash against the Sunwolves at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in Japan, where they will be looking to complete the double over the Africa Conference One strugglers who have lost their opening four matches. Bulls captain Adriaan Strauss‚ who has taken over the captaincy from flyhalf Handré Pollard following his return from injury‚ said the trip to New Zealand will test their relatively young and inexperienced side. "It’s a huge opportunity for the guys‚ we are excited about the tour and we are fully aware that it is going to be ...
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