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Bulls agree extension with head coach and sign new tighthead

Bulls squad in huddle. (Photo by Gordon Arons/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

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.

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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.

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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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In other news: All Blacks scrum half Aaron Smith pens new deal

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JW 15 minutes ago
Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

This piece is nothing more than the result of revisionist fancy of Northern Hemisphere rugby fans. Seeing what they want to see, helped but some surprisingly good results and a desire to get excited about doing something well.


I went back through the 6N highlights and sure enough in every English win I remembered seeing these exact holes on the inside, that are supposedly the fallout out of a Felix Jones system breaking down in the hands of some replacement. Every time the commentators mentioned England being targeted up the seam/around the ruck or whatever. Each game had a try scored on the inside of the blitz, no doubt it was a theme throughout all of their games. Will Jordan specifically says that Holland had design that move to target space he saw during their home series win.


Well I'm here to tell you they were the same holes in a Felix Jones system being built as well. This woe is now sentiment has got to stop. The game is on a high, these games have been fantastic! It is Englands attack that has seen their stocks increase this year, and no doubt that is what SB told him was the teams priority. Or it's simply science, with Englands elite players having worked towards a new player welfare and management system, as part of new partnership with the ERU, that's dictating what the players can and can't put their bodies through.


The only bit of truth in this article is that Felix is not there to work on fixing his defence. England threw away another good chance of winning in the weekend when they froze all enterprise under pressure when no longer playing attacking footy for the second half. That mindset helped (or not helped if you like) of course by all this knee jerk, red brained criticism.

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