Bulls are on their Australasian tour and Springbok prop Trevor Nyakane is filled with enthusiasm as he hopes being away will bring results and team togetherness.
The Bulls on tour will face the Reds, Warathas, Hurricanes and Chiefs. The Bulls had a fairly successful outing last year, replicating that sort of form will be hard acknowledges Nyakane but he's firm that if the unit tackles each game as they come, results will soon follow.
"We will not say we are targeting certain games, we are targeting all of them. We want to have a good tour even though we know it will not be easy but the road has never been easy in Super Rugby, it has not been easy for us lately. I think it is going to be a big challenge for us to get a few points. With that being said, it is not impossible," said Nyakane.
Last week Saturday against the Highlanders, the Bulls secured their first victory of the season, Nyakane believes that the win has propelled them towards the right direction in the season especially going into this weekends game against the Reds.
"I think the guys have found their foot and are out to work hard. Once you find a team that that wants to work hard and stick together, add a little bit of work rate; it is possible to achieve what you want to achieve.
So it is going to be a tough one against the Reds, they are a good set piece team so it is not going to be easy. We are going to go out there with energy and try to win every game. For us to even think about the playoffs we need to take a step every week and beat whoever we play. If the results sort themselves out we never know where we are going to end. We are going out there with confidence and to win." added Nyakane.
Relishing the tour, as a senior member of the Bulls squad, the World Cup winner is looking forward to bonding and getting to know the younger players off the field in the hopes of increasing cohesiveness in the team.
"It's time away from your family, time away from your surroundings, friends and everything. At times you need that bit of time for a team to stick, to gel and be together to get to know each other better. Last year we showed we enjoyed the tour on the field and off the field, so we will try to do more of the same.
There are some new youngsters that just came in now and it is important for me to get to know the guys on a personal level off the field. The more you get to know a person like that, the more you understand how they think, how they do things and the more you can relate and that transfers on the field. Looking forward to spending time with the youngsters, going to ask a little bit of personal questions, hopefully they can do the same," concluded Nyakane.
The Bulls announced the team to face the Reds and captain Burger Odendaal is included in the starting line up after he had been out injured for two weeks. Coach Pote Human keep the young forwards and flyhalf Mannie Libbok.
Bulls Team:
15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Johnny Kotze, 12 Burger Odendaal (captain), 11 Rosko Specman, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Muller Uys, 7 Josh Strauss, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Ian Groenewald , 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Lizo Gqoboka.
Replacements:
16 Corniel Els, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Wiehahn Herbst, 19 Ryno Pieterse, 20 Ruan Steenkamp, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Morné Steyn, 23 Divan Rossouw.
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