Bulls forget Jaguares to eye Lions derby
The Bulls have put their defeat against the Jaguares behind them and are eyeing a victory against their bitter rivals
Bulls stand-in captain Handrè Pollard says they have put behind them their setback against the Jaguares in Buenos Aires last weekend and are prepared to make amends in the Super Rugby derby against the Lions on Saturday. The Bulls started their campaign with an emphatic 40-3 win over the Stormers two weeks ago at Loftus but they stumbled to a 27-12 defeat to the Jaguares last weekend. Pollard said they were hard on themselves after that defeat. “Absolutely‚ we are hard on ourselves when things don’t go right because we have set high standards‚” he said at Loftus on Wednesday where coach Pote Human made a few injury-enforced changes to the team to make the short trip across the Jukskei to face the Lions. “We are a process- and results-driven team and the Argentina result left us all frustrated for a couple of days. But we have put that behind us and we are looking forward to the match against the Lions this coming this weekend.” Pollard‚ who will captain the side in the absence of in...
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