Lawes lashes Bulls over Euro cup ‘carnival’

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England hardman Courtney Lawes has weighed in on the Vodacom Bulls’ travel saga and so-called ‘B team’ for the EPCR clash against the Northampton Saints last week.

Director of rugby Jake White slammed accusations that the Bulls fielded a second-string side for the Champions Cup quarter-final at Franklin’s Gardens, where the Pretoria outfit slumped to a nine tries to three defeat.

The buildup to the playoff was marred by White taking shots at SA Rugby about travel logistics, and speaking to former Scotland international Jim Hamilton on the, Saints star Lawes accused the Bulls of making a meal of it while disrespecting the Champions Cup by sending a weakened squad.“My take was it’s a very South African thing to do that whole carnival around it, putting it out in the press about the eight different flights, this and that,” the Test centurion said.

 

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