Bulls trample half-hearted, overmatched Lyon to advance into first Champions Cup quarterfinal
Bulls flyhalf Johan Goosen competes for possession in the Champions Cup meeting with Lyon at Loftus on Saturday.
After a build-up spent looking for the comfortable confines of the underdog status, Bulls' director of rugby Jake White would have wondered what the fuss was all about after his side barely broke a sweat in putting French side Lyon away 59-19 in their Champions Cup clash on Saturday. Up against a team not sporting all its big guns because they have bigger fish to fry - or indeed bacon to save - because of a precarious situation in which they are 13th in the Top 14, White's charges positively strolled their way into their first ever quarterfinal in the competition.South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism.
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