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Bulls loose forward Marco van Staden acknowledges the team's poor performance against Northampton Saints in last year's Champions Cup quarter-final but vows to improve and secure victory in both the United Rugby Championship (URC) and Champions Cup this season.
The Bulls had one bad game when they lost to Northampton Saints 59-22 in last year's Champions Cup quarter-final, Marco van Staden said. Bulls loose forward Marco van Staden says the team are out to with the URC and Champions Cup this year.
Picture: Johan Orton/Gallo Images The Bulls “slipped up” in their 59-22 drubbing by Northampton Saints in last year’s Champions Cup quarter-final but they are determined to right that wrong and go all the way this time around.at StoneX Stadium on Saturday that they simply had a bad game against their English opponents in the knock-out round last season, but that they have grown since then.“I wouldn’t say anything went wrong last season. We just slipped up in a crucial game, and that was in the quarter-finals,” said Van Staden.Van Staden said the Bulls’ mindset is still the same though and they will go “all out to win the competition”.“We don’t take any competition lightly. Any competition a Bulls team participates in, we participate in it to win it.” Hence, the team are currently focusing on winning both the Champions Cup and the United Rugby Championship . The Bulls are third in URC with five wins from six games, but they have work to do to catch up to Leinster and Glasgow Warriors, who are 10 and three points ahead of the Bulls, respectively, though they both have played one more game than the Bulls. Van Staden said winning the Champions Cup may prove even more challenging than the URC because the competition features teams from England and France while the URC doesn’t.“Teams are loaded with international players so the level of competition is definitely up,” he said. “It is almost Test level so you need to bring more intensity.” Van Staden said much like international sides do, clubs have to do more preparation and analysis ahead of big matches like this weekend’s clash against a European powerhouse.Van Staden, who has 25 caps for the Springboks, said he and fellow Bok Cameron Hanekom had learned to take preparation far more seriously going back to club rugby after playing internationally.before the knockouts as they’re slated to meet in a pool 3 game at Loftus Versfeld next week Saturday.Download our app and read this and other great stories on the move. Available for Android and iOS.
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