Springboks will have to do without the Bulls players until they have run their race in the URC.
Springboks’ coach Rassie Erasmus says the Bulls’ United Rugby Championship semi-final against Irish side Leinster in Pretoria on Saturday will have far-reaching implications for the national side. The Boks are without the Bulls players, until they finish their business in the URC.
“If the Bulls can pull it through, we are fully behind them if it means we have to play without the Bulls’ players. But a South African franchise goes through, I think that is very important and it will boost us overall to eventually get champions cup victories and so on. I think the URC is another step, it is not only the Stormers vitally important.”
Erasmus says having a side like Leinster, whose standards rarely drop, would add another dimension to the national side. The Springboks will have to do without the Bulls players until they have run their race in the URC, which Erasmus says is a big sacrifice.
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