The weather outside, it’s cold, it’s raining, the stadium will be sold out again, it’s going to be a harsh environment. Most of the guys know the environment we are going into. “We need to make sure our basics are good. Those were the two points we addressed in this whole competition thus far and in this last game it just came together for us. “And if you look at this last game, I think the work rate, every individual worked very hard.
The effort and the off-field work the guys are doing every day, hopefully that will show the difference for us this weekend,” the coach said. It’s the same for both teams, we both have to train in the wet, go out early in the dark, come back in the dark. “If you look at the log now, those four points we got out of those first three games, that’s like an extra win for us. But the most important thing is that we got points out of most of those games,” Pieterse told the media this week. “We felt all the other games, it could’ve gone either way. Log leaders the Bulls have three bonus points in the bag at the moment. No other team on the log have amassed four points and only Zebre has more with their five. The Lions lost all three their first games narrowly (33-35 v Stormers, 16-17 v Edinburgh, 10-15 v Benetton) but walked away with bonus points.Īccording to defence coach Barend du Plessis those bonus points have been vital in keeping them somewhere close to the middle of the log.
