JONSSON KING’S PARK, 5.15PM

LOFTUS VERSFELD, 3.05PM

LOGIC dictates the Bulls should be too hot to handle for the Chiefs following their first bye-weekend break and playing at home at Loftus Versfeld.

The form local franchise has been a revelation this year and will be looking for their third consecutive victory.

But Super Rugby has no respect for logic or any sort of trend curve so aptly demonstrated by the results in week three.

The form book was thrown out the window as the Sunwolves upset the Chiefs, the Bulls beat the Lions at Ellis Park and the Stormers beat the Sharks in Durban.

It is perhaps one of the reasons why Bulls coach Pote Human comes across as over cautious about the challenge.

The results sheet and the log suggests the Bulls should take this one with one arm tied behind their backs.

But that would be a silly assumption with the Chiefs posing a completely different challenge to the one the Bulls have faced up to this point.

Plus, the Chiefs seems to be finding their feet with the 23-23 draw with the Hurricanes last weekend supporting this notion.

“They have an awesome side if they click they will be difficult, so I am worried that they will click on Saturday,” Human said. “Somewhere they must find their rhythm...”

If we want to be brutally honest with ourselves the Bulls should, in theory, make easy work of the travelling Chiefs.

That is unless they self destruct and lose their heads the way they did against the Jaguares in Argentina.

They have home advantage, playing at altitude and at a time of day when only the brave or stupid are willing to play a high-intensity game.

The Bulls rely on their beastly pack to give them front-foot ball with the in-form Handre Pollard, above, dictating the game plan from the back.

The Chiefs will find it difficult to stop the Bulls, even with the towering Brodie Retallick driving the Chiefs engine room and playmaker Damian Mckenzie launching attacks at the back. THE SHARKS have shown in this season of Super Rugby that they have the skill and guile to beat the free-flowing teams like the Sunwolves and the Blues.

However, when it comes to the grind and grunt of a South African derby there is some work to be done in catching up to that physicality and abrasion.

With the Rebels in town, it will more than likely be a game the Sharks can pounce on and not get overdone in the trenches from the Australians.

The Rebels have also been hamstrung somewhat by the Australian Rugby Union as they have mandated a rest for some key Wallabies in this World Cup year.

The biggest loss for them is that Will Genia sits out, and the double whammy is that Quade Cooper loses a lot of his power without his right hand man.

The duo have been feeding off each other for years.

But it is not only Genia who is missing; they are also without Adam Coleman and Dane Haylett-petty, who is injured.

The Sharks will also know that they have now not won a game for three weeks, following the bye, and the pressure will be very much on their shoulders to pick up a win.

The Sharks’ season, still very early one, sits on the precipice as they have some good points from the early win, but another loss here and they will be going for a month without accumulating anything towards their total.

The Sharks have also chosen a good side with a few changes being made from their game against the Bulls.

They have welcomed back talismanic big centre in Andre Esterhuizen, above, as well as handed a starting role to Pepsi Buthelezi, the youngster an all action option on the flank.

The Sharks have also re-signed a stalwart of their club, Craig Burden. The Hooker is back from a long stint in France to help provide a bit of experience to a group of young hookers and will no doubt be a good team man to bolster the Sharks.