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When will Jacques "Sheep" Du Plessis return? | BullsEye Pod Episode 3

In this weeks episode of the Official Podcast of the Vodacom Bulls: BullsEye Pod, we sit down with Jacques "Sheep" Du Plessis as well as the hot-stepper himself Stedman Gans.

In this weeks episode of the Official Podcast of the Vodacom Bulls: BullsEye Pod, we sit down with Jacques "Sheep" Du Plessis as well as the hot-stepper himself Stedman Gans. We Chat everything from Sheep's imminent comeback, Stedman's Blitzboks Career, our position in the Vodacom URC, and even the ludicrous new tackle height law experiment, before placing our bets for the weekend! 00:00 - 00:38 Intro 00:38 - 01:35 Wilco Louw 01:35-02:54 Jannes Kirsten 02:54-04:37 URC teams in Champions Cup 04:37-07:00 New Tackle Height Law 07:00-10:00 Game vs Lyon 10:00-13:56 URC top 8 13:56-18:00 Where to add Depth? 18:00-21:10 Scarlets 21:10-43:53 Jacques Du plessis Interview 43:53-1:01:20 Stedman Gans Interview 1:01:20-1:06:04 Our bets
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