Chance for Bulls players to impress

Bulls players have a last chance to impress coach Pote Human when they take on the Sharks in their last friendly match in Durban on Saturday before the start of the eagerly anticipated Super Rugby campaign next weekend.

The Bulls start their Super Rugby campaign with a potentially explosive derby against the Stormers at Loftus on February 16.

“There are still a few guys who must show me that they want to play Super Rugby this season and we will see on Saturday‚” Human said when he announced a strong squad to travel to Durban this weekend to be led by Lood de Jager.

Looking back at the preseason loss to the Stormers last weekend‚ Human lamented that the Bulls gave away soft tries and the penalty count was against them.

De Jager said: “It was a good start for us but we conceded some soft tries‚ which was disappointing‚ and that comes with rustiness.

“We had a review of the Stormers game and there are a few things that we must improve on and focus on the processes‚” he said‚ also disputing the belief that he was turning into a master of offloads.

“It is just to go out there and play good rugby. When an offload is on‚ I do it properly.”

Bulls: Warrick Gelant‚ Cornal Hendricks‚ Jesse Kriel‚ Dylan Sage‚ Rosko Specman‚ Handre Pollard‚ Embrose Papier‚ Duane Vermeulen‚ Thembelani Bholi‚ Ruan Steenkamp‚ Lood de Jager (c)‚ Jason Jenkins‚ Trevor Nyakane‚ Schalk Britz‚ Lizo Gqoboka.

Subs: Johan Grobbelaar‚ Matthys Basson‚ Conraad van Vuuren‚ Hanro Liebenberg‚ Paul Schoeman‚ Jannes Kirsten‚ Tim Agaba‚ Andre Warner‚ JT Jackson‚ Jade Stighling‚ Divan Rossouw.