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Bulls agree extension with head coach and sign new tighthead
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Bulls coach Pote Human has signed a one-year extension to his season-long contract with the South African Super Rugby franchise, the club have announced.
Human, 59, is in his first season in charge after replacing former All Blacks coach John Mitchell, who left after the last campaign to become one of Eddie Jones's assistants with England.
"It's a massive honour to be entrusted with this role, especially knowing that I have the backing of the people around me," said Human, who has won four of his first six games but saw his side thrashed 56-20 at home by Waikato Chiefs last month.
They bounced back with a narrow 19-16 away win over the Sharks in Durban on Saturday.
"It's been a good start thus far and I firmly believe that we are heading in the right direction as a team.
"However, there is a long season ahead with lots of work to be done, and I am excited to get on with things," Human said in a statement.
The Bulls have also signed prop Wiehahn Herbst, who returns to Super Rugby after spending five years at Ulster.
The 30-year-old played for the Sharks between 2009 and 2014 before moving to Irish rugby.
He could be in contention for a debut on Saturday against the Jaguares at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
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Nah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
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It could be achieved by outsourcing all your IP and players to New Zealand, Japan, and America, with a big Super competition between those countries raking it in with all of Australia's best talent to help them at a club level. When there is enough of a following and players coming through internally, and from other international countries (starting out like Australia/without a pro scene), for these high profile clubs to compete without a heavy australian base, then RA could use all the money they'd saved over the decades to turn things around at home and fund 4 super sides of their own that would be good enough to compete.
That sounds like a great model to reset the game in Aus. Take a couple of decades to invest in youth and community networks before trying to become professional again. I just suggest most aussies would be a bit more optimistic they can make it work without the two decades without any pro club rugby bit.
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