The Bulls may have dined from the canvass of late‚ but the high-flying Lions are reading more into the Pretoria side’s pedigree than their recent lean pickings. The two clash at Ellis Park on Saturday and they will go into the Super Rugby match having experienced contrasting fortunes this year. The Bulls have suffered a full seven defeats‚ the last two‚ painful for different reasons‚ at home against the Crusaders and the Highlanders. The Lions have just returned from an unbeaten three-match tour of Australia and although their confidence is in the stratosphere‚ captain Warren Whiteley has urged his teammates to keep their feet rooted. "You can’t underestimate anyone in this competition‚" Whiteley warned. "I don’t need to mention what we’ve seen over the last couple of rounds. Anything can happen.
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