Bulls to bring home the Boks

BY ASHFAK MOHAMED

IN THE aftermath of the 32-7 drilling at the hands of Leinster in th final of the United Rugby Championship, Bulls coach Jake White was beating his ‘Bring the Boks home’ drum once more – and the Pretoria side will be getting their fair share next season.

White admitted that the Bulls were utterly outplayed by the streetwise Dublin outfit in the United Rugby Championship final at Croke Park on Saturday evening.

But to compete on an equal footing, he voiced his oft-stated view about having the best Springboks playing for South African franchises.

In that regard, White confirmed a well-known secret that former Bulls centre Jan Serfontein will be returning to Loftus Versfeld next season after a number of years at Montpellier.

Previously, the Bulls had announced that Bok stalwart flyhalf Handré Pollard will be back in Pretoria on July 1 to spearhead a fresh URC title challenge.

White says: “Next year, we signed Handré Pollard. He’s coming as a 10. Signed Jan Serfontein, who’s a real young prodigy that was at Montpellier.

“And then again, it’s two really good signings: Paul de Wet… and Nicolas Janse van Rensburg…”