It was Lions coach Swys de Bruin‚ and not his grizzled Bulls counterpart John Mitchell‚ who delivered some home truths in the aftermath of the trans Jukskei derby. Although the Bulls are in the throes of a revival and have embraced a new free-spirited playing style‚ the Lions went all medieval on their rivals by using their muscle men upfront to beat the hosts into submission. The 49-35 scoreline flatters the Bulls a tad but they did play with 13 players for a while due to ill-discipline. "You can only play the game you want to play if your tight phases are up to scratch. That’s your bread and butter. "Our bread and butter was good‚" De Bruin noted sagely. The Lions’ driving maul proved the slow poison for which the Bulls had no antidote. "Three of our tries were maul tries and that builds character in the pack‚ as well as confidence. "Hats off to coach Philip Lemmer and Franco [Mostert] and the tight boys upfront‚ as well as Waza’s [Warren Whiteley’s] leadership." Knowing what bene...
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