Stormers hooker Ramone Samuels is not having sleepless nights about throwing in against the most efficient lineout in the competition when his side meets the Bulls at Newlands on Saturday. The Bulls‚ with lock Lood de Jager and RG Snyman in the vanguard‚ have a 90% lineout success in 2018. Both players missed the previous meeting between the sides at Loftus‚ which the Bulls won 33-23. "It’s a tough challenge this weekend because of the Bulls’ lineout success‚ but we are doing our homework‚" Samuels said. "We have been studying the contesting plans they used against the Highlanders last week and against us previously. "They have De Jager and Snyman back‚ which will make it tougher‚ and if they pick Jason Jenkins at flank again‚ they will have three contesting pods coming at us. But we are happy with the way we are going. Since our last meeting at Loftus we have won 95% of our lineout ball so I just have to keep on doing what I do and [lock] Pieter-Steph du Toit with [forwards coach] ...
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