Leinster's Dan Sheehan, who is also part of the British and Irish Lions squad for the 2025 tour to Australia, said that physical effort would determine the winner of the United Rugby Championship.
"I think everything comes off the back of physicality. You can have the best game plan in the world, and it won’t go well if your physicality is not right, whereas if you have a poor game plan and you get your physicality right, sometimes, a lot of the time it works, so that’s definitely one."
"Obviously, the Bulls have the best scrum in the league stats-wise,” said Sheehan. "They are very hard to play and I’m sure they will have a plan to disrupt our scrum and try and get over the top of us, and we’ll do similar and bring energy too."
“It’s physical. You have to be brave and put yourself in front of these big fellas. They’ll try to test you. They’ll push buttons; it’s chat after the ball. It’s rubbing your head in the dirt, but you know they get you both sides of the ball, and I think people enjoy it."
"When you get it right, it’s incredibly rewarding to get a win over a South African team. We’ve experienced it over the years, I think it’s a good battle and it’s a good spectacle, and I hope there’s good excitement building through the week and we get a good crowd there."
Sheehan said Leinster must focus on their own game: “We need to make sure we get our stuff right,” he said. “I think that’s probably where we fell off last time, not getting our own stuff right rather than dealing with some of their stuff.”