Bulls director of rugby Jake White. (Lee Warren/Gallo Images)

In his latest Rucking with Rob newsletter, Rob Houwing backs Jake White’s Bulls to bust their URC mini-bogey next season.

Boy, didn’t Bulls mastermind Jake White look bleak and shaken during his press briefing after the dramatic United Rugby Championship final on Saturday?

His downbeat, almost trembling demeanour as losing coach to Glasgow’s Franco Smith reminded me very much of one of those incredibly rare opportunities, a dozen years ago, where Stormers (and soon to be national) captain Jean de Villiers noticeably broke away from his trademark wise-cracking, optimistic characteristics in similar circumstances.

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