Johan Grobbelaar, Vodacom Bulls hooker, emphasizes the need to capitalize on their strong scrum dominance to avoid conceding late tries against the Lions in the Jukskei derby. He identifies a recurring trend of letting teams back into games after building leads, citing losses against the Sharks and Stormers as examples.
Johan Grobbelaar says the Vodacom Bulls must leverage their scrum prowess in Saturday’s Jukskei derby at Loftus to address a trend of “letting teams in the back door”.
“It’s something we’ve spoken about – when we’re on top of a team we have to bury them, and we haven’t done that well enough the last couple of weeks,” said Grobbelaar in the buildup to the rescheduled round 9 clash against the Lions this week. Saturday’s match is an opportunity for the Herd to reset, but the Lions will head up the M1 buoyed by a 30-23 win over the Stormers. The Pride overpowered their Cape rivals in the scrums while backs such as Henco van Wyk and Quan Horn capitalised out wide.“As you saw with the tries the Lions scored last week they’ve got amazing pace in the outfield. We’re going to have to keep a solid defensive line and our width, and not give away any soft shoulders,” Grobbelaar said.
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