The Vodacom Bulls will host their French counterparts, Stade Francais Paris with their hopes set on qualifying for the EPCR Challenge Cup Top 16 on Saturday at 15:00 (SA Time).
The Vodacom Bulls have to beat Stade Francais Paris with more than twenty-two points ad stop their visitors from earning one log point to qualify for the EPCR Challenge Cup Top 16.
“There is a lot to play for,” said Vodacom Bulls director of rugby Jake White.
“Can we hold them and win by 22 points? Can we keep them to scoring less than four tries and stay 22 points ahead? There are a lot of learnings that we can get out of this game. There is never a dead rubber when the Vodacom Bulls are playing, and that says a lot about us as a franchise. We need 22 points, and that is our goal.”
White added “The EPCR Challenge Cup is all or nothing for us. We want to win and that opportunity for us is now on the Challenge Cup,”
“It’s not a dead rubber for anyone, it will be an interesting one for the supporters too because the numbers will change with each point scored.”
On the opposite side, Stade Français Paris, the Vodacom Bulls mentor remarked: “They are going to do everything in their power to get that single point that they need,”
“Every time they get three, it becomes tougher for us and that is going to be a test for us as a group and it will be interesting to see how we handle that decision-making process.”