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Bulls targeting all tour games

rugby10 March 2020 06:01| © SuperSport
By:Brenden Nel
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Trevor Nyakane © Gallo Images

The Vodacom Bulls believe their tour of Australasia will gel them more as a family, and will want to use their new-found confidence to win every game of the four week tour.

The Bulls set off on Monday afternoon for Brisbane where they will open their Vodacom Super Rugby tour against the Reds this weekend but captain Trevor Nyakane believes the confidence will help them make this a successful tour.

Coach Pote Human believes while the team are still far behind the leaders, the tour will determine whether or not they still have a chance of making the playoff rounds and with just one win from five games, they will need to make up some ground on the tour.

Nyakane believes they can target every game and use their new-found momentum to keep themselves in with a chance.

“We want to have a good tour even though it is never been easy on the road in Super Rugby, but the confidence we take out of this win. It will be a big challenge but saying that it will not be impossible. The guys have some confidence and are willing to work hard. Once you’re working hard and believe then it is possible to achieve anything,” he said.

“It will be a tough one next weekend, they are a good setpiece team as well so it won’t be easy, but we will go out and try and win every game. At this point in time for us to be able to even think of a playoff we need to take it every step every week, and if the result sorts itself out, we never know where we are going to end.

“We are going out there with confidence and we are going to try and win every game.

Nyakane believes the team are well-positioned for a good tour, and the key is to “get personal” and truly live out their family mantra.

“It’s time away from your family and surroundings, but at times you need that bit of time for teams to stick together and gel together. Last year we showed we enjoyed the time and we will show the youngster who have come in. It is important for us and me especially to get to know the guys on a personal level and not just what they do on the field.

“The more you get to know guys on that level, the more you understand how they do things and can relate, and that transfers onto the field. You always get why they do this situation. Why they are playing rugby, we all have different reasons but when you start understanding why it helps you gel as a team. We are looking forward to spending time together and looking forward to a bit of time with the youngsters.

“I am going to ask them a few personal questions and hope they do the same. We need to know each other, and in order to become a family we need to know each others’ likes and dislikes. Hopefully spending time together we will become stronger.”

The win against the Highlanders was a massive step for the side.

“It was a very important thing for us (to beat the Highlanders). Our fans have been very faithful for us and that’s why I thanked them after the game for sticking with us. We actually did owe them a victory, something for them to enjoy as well,” Nyakane said.

“It was very important for us to get the victory and to get onto the plane with a bit of confidence. The boys executed very well and we managed to get the victory. The youngsters that came through fitted in like a glove and did what was required from them, that is why we did well.”

“When you get into games like this when it is a bit of an arm-wrestle you want to build an innings. We always say we know we will break the wall at some point. It won’t be open and free flowing from the first minute but with pressure things start changing and it is demoralising when you keep getting scrummed. We knew if we keep on doing that somewhere it will fall our way. As coach said we just needed to keep on doing what we are doing and it would fall our way and in the second half it happened.”

The Bulls are set to name their team on Wednesday.

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