Marcell Coetzee will be keen to prove his worth to Bulls coach Jake White tomorrow at the Stadio di Monigo, where Benetton are hard to beat and are on a two-match winning streak.
A few untimely injuries haven’t helped his cause in recent seasons, but it is still a bit strange to see that Marcell Coetzee is not the Bulls captain this year.
Coetzee had to watch from the sidelines in Llanelli last week, when the Bulls somehow went down 23-22 to the Scarlets after leading 19-7 at one stage. “But one thing the defeat taught us is that there were certain aspects that were a bit weak, and that was pointed out over the last few days – and the guys took it on the chin.“It’s not a train smash . But we know that such games where you had chances to win could come back to bite you later in the tournament, on the log.“The positive that we could take out of it was the things that we didn’t do well, and it can just make us sharper and more prepared as the tournament goes on.
Coetzee could form a lethal loose trio with Louw and star No 8 Cameron Hanekom to counter the excellent Benetton back row of Alessandro Izekor, Michele Lamaro and Lorenzo Cannone.
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