The Blue Bulls’ scrum bore the brunt of Western Province’s explosive first half at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday and they need some fast fixing. Their versatile Springbok prop Trevor Nyakane is all too aware of this‚ especially with the Blue Bulls conceding two tries from set play during Saturday’s 34-7 drubbing. Nyakane said that they have much to work on and their set piece is one of the facets that needs rapid improvement. Despite the wet conditions‚ Wilco Louw washed the Blue Bulls scrum away in a similar manner the storm in Pretoria did to proceedings on Saturday. Louw and the rest of Province’s bristling pack will be lying in wait for the Blue Bulls at Newlands in Saturday’s second Currie Cup semifinal.

"If you’re a player‚ you know exactly what happened and there are a lot of things we need to fix on the training field before we can even think of going to Cape Town and doing something‚" said Nyakane. "There are a lot of things we need to work on. It gets you angry as a ti...

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