Bulls admit final was a wake-up call
Bulls head coach Jake White says the Rainbow Cup final loss to Benetton was a massive wake-up call for the side after they had easily won the South African version of the competition.
Bulls head coach Jake White says the Rainbow Cup final loss to Benetton was a massive wake-up call for the side after they had easily won the South African version of the competition.
Check out Jake White’s post-match press conference, with the Bulls coach acknowledging that there could be no excuses for the one-sided loss to Benetton in the Rainbow Cup final.
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Bulls captain Marcell Coetzee and coach Jake White admitted there were harsh lessons to learn after their disappointing performance in the North-South Rainbow Cup final against Benetton in Treviso.
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Victorious Benetton captain Dewaldt Duvenage says the ‘stars were aligned’ for his team’s stunning Rainbow Cup final victory over the Bulls in Treviso.
Benetton gave the Bulls a rude awakening to the realities of playing in the north with an excellent performance in a 35-8 victory in the Rainbow Cup final in Treviso on Saturday.