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Dynamic Lions tighthead prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye can push his Springbok ambitions against the Bulls ’ Gerhard Steenekamp today. Photo: AFPBut we’ve seen this movie before from the Johannesburg side. They made a four-match winning start to the season, beating Ulster, Edinburgh, Dragons and Zebre – the last two away from home.
They can only answer that in this afternoon’s United Rugby Championship showdown against the Bulls at Ellis Park . Jake White’s Pretoria side, though, played with much better cohesion and seemed to regain their rhythm on attack, which was made easier by a dominant pack, where the much-vaunted Springbok front row of Gerhard Steenekamp, Johan Grobbelaar and Wilco Louw drilled their opponents in the scrums.
The same goes for their powerful No 8 Francke Horn, who is knocking on the national-selection door, but will have his hands full in trying to contain Bulls superstar Cameron Hanekom.
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