I’m not going to be too hard on the guys for missing bonus point, says Bulls’ Jake White

Cape Town — While he would’ve liked to see his team grab a bonus-point victory over the Lions, Bulls coach Jake White said he was “not going to get too hard on the guys” for not doing so in their 21-13 United Rugby Championship victory at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.

The Bulls managed to score their third try — by fullback Kurt-Lee Arendse — in the 49th minute, and had more than enough time to produce a fourth touchdown.

But despite scoring 21 unanswered points after the Lions took an early 6-0 lead, the home side were unable to land the knockout blow, even though they camped inside the visitors’ half as they wasted several attacking opportunities.

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“I just said to the players now: I’m never going to get arrogant about (a victory). To get nine points against the Lions in two weeks — considering where we were — we would’ve taken it,” White said in the post-match press conference.

“Remember two weeks ago, we were coming into the change room here (after the loss to the Stormers) and we had to find a way to jump up the log.

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“I would obviously like a bonus point, but we mustn’t get ahead of ourselves. I think we had enough chances, and we didn’t score. We can’t now… Canan Moodie for instance, at the end there, kicks the ball out. I mean shame — it’s a 19-year-old guy, and when I asked him ‘Why did you kick it out?’, he said ‘I felt like I was isolated’!

“So, it’s the right answer! He’s on his own there and probably thinking (he could get turned over). It isn’t ideal, and I would’ve liked to have got a