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Ackermann faces familiar rebuild — minus players, minus time
Ackermann must integrate a wave of new signings, absorb significant departing experience and navigate a fractured pre-season — all without ten Boks until late November. The piece maps exactly how steep that rebuild is.
The Stormers, not the Bulls, are the real URC story of what might have been
Gavin Rich argues the Stormers, not the Bulls, carry the real regret of the URC season — a Cardiff loss that cost them home-ground advantage they would likely have converted. He also delivers a frank verdict on the Sharks' poor campaign and rates the Lions as the season's biggest movers.
Pollard and Le Roux endure nightmare as Bulls suffer fourth URC Final defeat
The Bulls' 36-7 capitulation to Leinster at Croke Park marked their fourth consecutive URC Final defeat, with World Cup winners Handré Pollard and Willie le Roux delivering performances well below their usual standards. Two yellow cards for deliberate knock-ons and a series of uncharacteristic handling errors left the Pretoria side chasing shadows as Leinster secured back-to-back titles. The margin of defeat was established within the opening half-hour, raising questions about whether the Bulls had left their best performance at Murrayfield a fortnight earlier.
Bulls' URC Final collapse dissected: a damning scorecard
A damning player-by-player breakdown of the Bulls' third consecutive URC Final defeat, with Pollard (1), Moodie (2), and Vermaak (2) singled out for errors that directly shaped the scoreline. The forwards showed more resolve, but it wasn't close to enough.
Leinster dismantle Bulls 36-7 to retain URC title in Dublin
Leinster retained the URC title with a 36-7 dismantling of the Bulls at Croke Park, the Pretoria side's fourth Grand Final defeat in five seasons after a dismal first-half display yielded a 22-0 deficit.