White celebrates Bulls' comeback quarter-final victory

BULLS director of rugby Jake White praised his team's fighting spirit after their comeback win over Edinburgh in Pretoria yesterday to secure a home semi-final in the United Rugby Championship (URC).

- LEIGHTON KOOPMAN

Having trailed their Scottish visitors 21-8 at a stage after an early yellow card, the Bulls mounted a superb fight-back before and after halftime that blew the opposition out of the water to secure the victory at Loftus Versfeld.

They scored six brilliant tries and the interplay between the backs and forwards was outstanding for most of them.

Although they leaked five tries, of which at least two were questionable, their defensive effort in the final 20 minutes will give them plenty of confidence heading into the next match. However, the experienced coach feels they didn't play as well as they could have.

He lamented their yellow cards especially, although he believes they might have been a bit harsh.

"We learned our lessons from the last time we played them in Edinburgh," White said.