Bulls hope to whitewash Dragons this weekend

The Bulls are aiming for a whitewash victory against Dragons when the teams play in their last United Rugby Championship league phase match at Loftus on Saturday (kick-off 3pm).

The Bulls also hoped to keep Cardiff off the scoreboard in their match last weekend. Though the Bulls won the game at Loftus with a bonus point, it wasn’t the perfect win they hoped for when they fell asleep in defence at certain points and let the Welsh side score three tries (final score 45–21).

But the Pretoria outfit will not go easy on bottom-placed Dragons, even though the Bulls only need a losing bonus point to guarantee a second-place finish on the URC log should Glasgow Warriors beat Leinster with a bonus point.

Bulls hooker Johan Grobbelaar told media they will be striving for a perfect game and play without the fear of injury.

Bulls have ‘no room for errors’

“We wanted to give them (Cardiff) zero points on the board, same as this weekend [against Dragons],” Grobbelaar said. “We were on track and then they got those three tries that didn’t make any difference to the result or the log. But it is something we want to fix going into the playoffs.

“When we play those big matches, there won’t be room for errors.”

The Dragons have only won one match so far this season, beating Ospreys eight months ago in September. Still, Grobbelaar said there would be no complacency among Bulls players before and during the game.

“There’s a lot of motivation. At this stage of the competition, you want to keep building. You want to be at your best. This week won’t change much about the log, but it is good for building form and confidence.

“You don’t want to wonder what is going on and what went wrong last weekend when you go into a quarter-final. We’re going to have to be on top of our game against Dragons.”

Touching on star flyhalf Johan Goosen picking up another knee injury last weekend, Grobbelaar said injuries were a reality but no one would be holding back for fear of picking one up.