Jake White: Bulls V Stormers Are The Games That Make You Get Up In The Morning

The Stormers are languishing in 12th position on the United Rugby Championship log, and are missing several influential Springboks for Saturdays much-anticipated clash against the Bulls.

In fact, the Pretoria side are clear favourites to emerge victorious at the Cape Town Stadium 2pm start, considering that they have many of their star players available and are sitting pretty in third position on the standings.

But their wily old coach, Jake White, has seen this movie too many times before in his illustrious career, and was not falling for what he called a trap of taking the Stormers lightly.

John Dobsons team tend to draw on the energy from their fanatical supporters, who will arrive in droves to the 55 000-capacity arena, as well as an innate never-say-die attitude when it comes to squaring off with the Bulls, whenever they face Whites side.

The challenge for the Bulls, then, is being able to step into that cauldron and still produce their best rugby under pressure which hasnt always happened at the Cape Town Stadium, most notably in the 2022 URC final.