{"id":59821,"date":"2024-01-19T16:38:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bulls-coach-jake-white-confident-supporters-will-buy-into-the-champions-cup"},"modified":"2024-01-19T17:13:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:13:21","slug":"bulls-coach-jake-white-confident-supporters-will-buy-into-the-champions-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bulls-coach-jake-white-confident-supporters-will-buy-into-the-champions-cup","title":{"rendered":"Bulls coach Jake White confident supporters will buy into the Champions Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Bulls coach Jake White says rugby supporters will eventually fully understand and warm up to the Champions Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Support at Loftus has not been the best during the premier tournament which may be the result of confusion caused by the Champions Cup playing concurrently with the United Rugby Championship (URC) where teams largely use different players.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking as the Bulls prepared to take on French side Bordeaux Be\u0300gles at Loftus on Saturday, White said South Africans also took time to buy into the concept of Super Rugby which became a roaring success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will pick up, when Super Rugby started the format changed a bit. I heard from a fanatical Free State fan who wanted to know why the Cheetahs are playing in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he is a rugby guy but he doesn\u2019t understand why his team is playing in Amsterdam, what is the likelihood that an average supporter in South Africa will understand what is happening with the Champions Cup and URC?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupporters are asking themselves why one week this team is playing and next week that team is playing. All I can say is when they get it, they will understand the best clubs in rugby come together and play in the Champions Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sure people will understand that Champions Cup rugby is where the best 24 teams in the world play against each other. Therefore, every guy aspires to be tested at that level, every boy in South Africa wants to be a Springbok, but the next level of where he is going to be tested against international players is in the Champions Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFree State are trying their hardest to come out of the Challenge Cup and into the Champions Cup and teams that are playing in the URC are fighting their lives to make sure they finish in the top eight to qualify for the Champions Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many things at play, but supporters will eventually get to understand. It is sad when you play a team here and they have 10 or 15 internationals but the stadium is not full.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is almost like a Test match, but you don\u2019t fill the stadium. I spoke about our game against Saracens recently; you have Owen Farrell who has played more than 100 times for his country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is the captain of England, he has played in two World Cups and he is not just an average rugby player. Maro Itoje and Jamie George are in the same category.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou would think having gone through what we [did] with a shortage of international sport, when we get these big games and teams everyone will be excited and want to watch those players,\u201d said White.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will happen. I was part of Super Rugby from 1996 when I was at the Lions and it was the same thing. People did not understand why you play four games on tour and they only play one or two here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it takes off and the public understand that the best players in South Africa are going to play the best of other countries, I have no doubt there will be a buy in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bulls Squad: 1. Gerhard Steenekamp, 2. Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 3. Mornay Smith, 4. Reinhardt Ludwig, 5. Ruan Nortje (c), 6. Marcell Coetzee (c), 7. Mpilo Gumede, 8. Cameron Hanekom, 9. Embrose Papier, 10. Johan Goosen, 11. Devon Williams, 12. David Kriel, 13. Stedman Gans, 14. Sebastian de Klerk, 15. Willie le Roux<\/p>\n<p>Substitutes: 16. Simphiwe Matanzima, 17. Akker van der Merwe, 18. Khutha Mchunu, 19. JF van Heerden, 20. Elrigh Louw, 21. Keagan Johannes, 22. Jaco van der Walt, 23. Cornal Hendricks<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Bulls coach Jake White says rugby supporters will eventually fully understand and warm up to the Champions Cup. 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