The Vodacom Bulls have been in knockout mode since the latter stages of the regular season and captain Marcell Coetzee says this counts in their favour as they stampede into the Vodacom United Rugby Championship semi-finals.
The Bulls have jetted out to Dublin, where they will take on Leinster – log leaders and defending champions – at the RDS Arena on Friday night.The Irish provincial team opened the season by slamming the Bulls 31-3 in Dublin and have gone on to win 13 of their 18 matches this season. Leinster have lost just once at home all season – to Irish rivals Ulster last November – and Coetzee and his teammates need no extra motivation to knock the eight-time champions off their perch.
“There’s obviously always is going to be an atmosphere where the pressure is high when you play a semi-final, but getting over the psychological barriers is also important. A chink in Leinster’s seemingly impenetrable armour was exposed in the Champions Cup final by La Rochelle, as the unfancied French outfit used the set piece and power of their pack to claim the European title.
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