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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>CAPE TOWN – After his first-choice players conquered South Africa last season, Bulls coach Jake White is confident his youngsters can continue to grow the team\u2019s legacy of success in future years.<\/p>\n

Following a few early defensive lapses by the Bulls, White was delighted with how his young team improved to see off the Pumas 48-31 at Mbombela Stadium on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

It was the ultimate test for this group of players, after they were dispatched 44-14 by the Pumas at the same venue during the Currie Cup in January.<\/p>\n

The home team began with the same vigour on Tuesday, knocking the Bulls back on attack and punching holes in their defence.<\/p>\n

Despite a few early maul tries from the Pretoria outfit, the Pumas roared back and were trailing by just two points at 19-17 after 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

But a Gerhard Steenekamp touchdown just before half-time, followed by a conversion and penalty from Chris Smith, gave the Bulls a 10-point lead at the break, which the Pumas were never able to haul in during the second half.<\/p>\n

Being able to handle that kind of pressure against a more experienced Pumas side bodes well for White\u2019s depth ahead for the Rainbow Cup and PRO16.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019m chuffed about is that there is nice depth in our squad going forward \u2013 probably not for now, but in the next couple of years, we\u2019re going to have a good team and need to keep them together,\u201d the former Springbok coach said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecond half was always going to be tough, as I\u2019m sure Jimmy (Stonehouse, Pumas coach) gave them a rev at half-time \u2013 always difficult for us after half-time.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut saying that, we let them score 17 points in the first 21 minutes, and they didn\u2019t score again until the 70th minute.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, even though it didn\u2019t look like the second half was great, defensively, we were much stronger in the second half than we were in the first half.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing, that I enjoyed the most, is that the average age of this group is about 22. A boy who matriculated at Affies last year played (lock Reinhardt Ludwig), and Jan-Hendrik (Wessels, prop) is still Under-20.\u201d<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: Bulls v Stormers will bring \u2018a lot of emotion\u2019 for Nizaam Carr<\/p>\n

The Bulls\u2019 captain on the night Nizaam Carr praised his young teammates for standing strong in the face of the Pumas onslaught.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was an absolutely tough match for us. We had to dig deep, and full credit to the Pumas \u2013 they came at us. At times, they did put us under a lot of pressure, but we held close together,\u201d Carr said during a post-match TV interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think towards the end, we had a number of younger boys \u2013 the average age was about 21, 22. It\u2019s a good lesson for them to learn, to adapt and see how the system and the structures work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really proud of the way we showed that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next up for the Bulls are the Stormers at Loftus Versfeld next Friday, a game Carr said would hold \u201ca lot of emotion\u201d for him against his former team.<\/p>\n

@AshfakMohamed<\/b><\/p>\n

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