The Bulls Director of Rugby, Jake White, has promised that they will bounce back after losing the United Rugby Championship final on Saturday in Pretoria.

The Glasgow Warriors fought back in the second half to silence the Loftus faithful with a well-deserved 21-16 victory in the Grand Final.

The Bulls played in the final for a second time, and lost the intercontinental competition for a second time.

Following the game White made numerous excuses including blaming the match official, but added they will set the record straight next season when they travel to Scotland to tackle the Warriors at the Scotstoun Stadium.

“It’s probably tougher for me as I get older, I start to work those things out in my head,” said White.

“But we will be back. I’ve already marked the date, we are playing Glasgow away, I already know the date.

“That’s all I can say and there is nothing I am going to say that is going to make it any easier.”

Jake White - Morgan Piek

The 2007 Rugby World Cup winning coach added that he is perhaps missing something with regards to his coach and he is going to have to reflect and work it out.

“Perhaps I missed a trick. I wonder if I'm missing a trick but I'm going to have to find out what that trick is. It is a checklist I have to work out.

“We lost away to the Stormers and now we’ve lost at home. I lost a Super Rugby final to the Chiefs, lost a Rainbow Cup final in Benetton, and lost two URC Finals.

“So I’ll probably have to look at what I have to do as a coach to try and get over the line.”

Round one of the 2024/25 URC kicks off on 21 September. The Bulls first game in the new campaign will be away to the Stormers in Cape Town.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport