The Bulls will be targeting history on Saturday when they tackle the Glasgow Warriors in Pretoria in the final of the United Rugby Championship.

On the weekend the Bulls beat Leinster 25-20 to secure a first-ever home final for the team from the capital city.

Importantly, Franco Smith’s Warriors stunned the much-more fancied Munster 17-10 in Limerick.

This means that this weekend a first-time champion in the URC will be crowned.

The Bulls Director of Rugby, Jake White, said despite his yellow card, the former Cheetah, Sergeal Petersen, may have a big role to play this week, as he knows what it is like to win the URC.

“I was very chuffed with Sergeal, except for at half time, when I gave him a bollocking for getting a yellow card for trying to get in between players and not making a tackle,” said White.

“I said to him, ‘You’ve got to be brave, Sergeal, you can’t run in between people, you’ve got to tackle’. I gave it to him and not for any other reason than he is better than that.

“So, credit to him, he made his tackles, jumped in the air, won the ball, and chased. He realised that he better do his job.

“The one guy who has won the URC in our team is Sergeal. So, who knows, maybe this week he’s the most important guy in our team because he will have to explain to us what it’s like to win this competition.

“We also shouldn’t underplay a guy like Devon Williams, because he was outstanding. I thought for a guy who comes in and catches all those up-and-under's, the one he should’ve caught, he knocked on and it would’ve been a try under the poles.”

Petersen, who was part of the historic first Cheetahs team to play in the then PRO14, is set to become the only player to play in two URC finals for two different teams.

Saturday’s big final at Loftus Versfeld will kick-off at 18:00.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport