Bulls director of rugby Jake White admitted his team was outpaced by the Sharks in their United Rugby Championship match, highlighting the need to address the issue of line breaks. While the Bulls dominated in scrum and maul, the Sharks' speedsters consistently exploited gaps in defense. White acknowledged that pace is difficult to coach but plans to analyze selection, combinations, and game plans to prevent future line breaks.
Bulls boss Jake White said speed could not be coached but they could look at scenarios to prevent linebreaks going forward. Picture: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images
Like wingers Ethan Hooker and Yaw Penxe, and fullback Jordan Hendrikse, he proved simply too quick to catch. “If you go man for man, that is the strength of that team. Grant Williams is really quick, Yaw Penxe is really quick, Jurenzo Julius is really quick. Lukhanyo Am has played outside centre and he’s played wing.
He said pace was something that could not be coached but he would look at selection, combinations and game plans to prevent linebreaks in the future. Even so, there was only so much he could control.boss said perhaps if eighthman Cameron Hanekom had been available for the game his speed might have made a difference in filling gaps before they were created.“We scrummed and mauled them to pieces. We can’t be known as a team that can just mall and scrum… and not get a result.
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