Jake and I chatted at length and a compromise has been reached. We have agreed to carefully manage the players (in other words, they will not be run into the ground) and in return there will be no prejudice against them when Jake selects his squad for the end-of-year tour.

[A politician is] a person skilled in the art of compromise. Usually an elected official who has compromised to get nominated, compromised to get elected, and compromised repeatedly to stay in office.

I think we all know that their forwards are really physical and enjoy confrontation, but I'd imagine the Bulls are also going to be chasing a bonus-point win and would therefore want to score tries.

He's in the mould of (retired Blue Bulls No 8) Anton Leonard.

We have come across footage that confirms the incident.

I can honestly say that we as the coaching staff tried to impress upon the players beforehand that victory was not the most important thing in this first game. In this competition you can get lucky and win here and there, but if you don't start to consistently produce quality high-class performances, then you go nowhere.