Bulls boss Jake White 'disappointed' with Sbu Nkosi: 'He's got to make decisions'

Bulls director of rugby Jake White placed the onus on Sbu Nkosi regarding the Springbok winger’s precarious future at the franchise.

Nkosi has been linked with a move away from the Bulls following his struggles since moving from Durban to Pretoria last year.

The 2019 Rugby World Cup winner scored twice in a World XV versus Barbarians exhibition game at Twickenham last weekend, proving his try-scoring abilities once more.

However, the moment was soured when his social media post made the rounds with some interpreting his words as a dig aimed at his current employers, with whom relations appear to be strained.

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White said he was disappointed with what Nkosi wrote but insisted the player’s future was in Nkosi’s hands.

"It was reviving to my passion, to spend a mere week with men who are pure of heart. A break from being judged by men who are bigger in their minds than they are in reality," Nkosi wrote on his Instagram profile.

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"I'm very disappointed with what he wrote on social media. He knows that. I’ve had a meeting with him," said White.

"Considering the Bulls let him go and play in a game overseas, to read the comments he made was obviously disappointing.

"But he's got to make decisions. He's a big boy now and he’s got to make decisions about where he wants to go and it's not always in anyone else’s hands other than the player.

"At this point in time, as I said, he's got to look and see where he wants to go. But he's not playing well enough, not training hard enough and I don’t see him warranting