John Mitchell’s first assignment as Blue Bulls coach will be against the Pumas in Nelspruit on Friday after previous coach Nollis Marais was put on gardening leave this week. Mitchell‚ as the Bulls’ new director of rugby‚ knows the challenges that he and the team face to begin their turnaround strategy. Two wins out of five in the Currie Cup is not good enough for a team that expects to be competing for the title and there has to be a positive change starting on Friday. In theory‚ a match against the Pumas should be the easiest of the premier division‚ but this week the Bulls will run into a home team buoyed by a superb win over Griquas last weekend. Home coach Brent Janse van Rensburg therefore has only one enforced change to his team with influential flank Chris Cloete sidelined with flu. Thembelani Bholi will replace him. Suddenly, the trip to Mpumalanga looks tricky for the Bulls. But the Pretoria side have won all five of the Currie Cup matches between these teams since 2011‚ w...
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