Jake: No more overseas-based Boks
Jake White says it’s time for SA Rugby to close the door to the Springbok squad on overseas-based players.
Jake White says it’s time for SA Rugby to close the door to the Springbok squad on overseas-based players.
Wing Stravino Jacobs says he is ready to take what he learned from the senior players in the Vodacom Bulls squad to improve himself in the upcoming South African leg of the United Rugby Championship.
Coach Jake White says while the break in play came at just the right time, the Vodacom Bulls are now focused on the challenges that lie ahead in the United Rugby Championship following their return to training.
Former Springbok coach Jake White says Frans Steyn should have joined the pantheon of Bok centurions by now while likening the two-time World Cup winner to Danie Craven.
Springbok Arno Botha headlines a group of nine Bulls players selected by Currie Cup fans to take on Kenya at Loftus Versfeld in the inaugural Carling Champions Match on 6 November.
Jake White believes the four South African franchises need to adapt to the refereeing and different interpretations of the laws to compete successfully in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
Here’s a closer look at referee Ben Whitehouse’s decision not to award Madosh Tambwe’s try against Edinburgh, instead penalising the Vodacom Bulls wing for a double movement.
Jake White remained tight-lipped about a contentious refereeing decision that went against the Vodacom Bulls in the dying stages of their defeat to Edinburgh on Saturday.
Jake White and the Vodacom Bulls are set to offer Morne Steyn a contract extension despite the veteran Springbok flyhalf contemplating retiring from the game.
Jake White has confirmed that mercurial Vodacom Bulls flyhalf Johan Goosen will spend the better part of next year on the sidelines recovering from a damaged knee ligament.