Jake White bemoans Bulls 'inexperience' after another Stormers loss: 'We can beat them'

Bulls Director of Rugby and head coach Jake White said "inexperience" was a factor in his side's 37-27 loss to the Stormers in Friday night's pulsating United Rugby Championship (URC) clash at DHL Stadium.

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In an epic North v South derby that will be remembered for years to come, the Stormers rocked their visitors with three second-half tries in five minutes to deliver the knockout punch after the sides were deadlocked at 13-13 after the first half.

The Stormers were breathtaking in a period of play that had 30 000 at the iconic stadium roaring in full voice.

The Bulls, though, were flat-footed and out of answers, and the result means that they have lost all four of their URC fixtures against the champion Stormers since the beginning of last year's competition.

In his post-match press conference on Friday night, White fielded a range of questions that delved into the performance on the night, his selection policy and the ever-growing rivalry with the Stormers and their coach John Dobson.

The Bulls had played 20 minutes of the first half with 14 men after yellow cards to Marco van Staden and Elrigh Louw, so they would have been pleased to be level at the break, but the blitz delivered from the home side between the 49th and 53rd minutes was too much to recover from.

"I think we just showed moments of inexperience," said White after the match.

"That's the only disappointing thing I can think of. There was a tap penalty on their line, where we've got five or six plays that we run, but we tap the ball and run and knock it on.

"Then I was making a substitution, and we got the timings wrong where there was one less defender on the far side when they ran the ball from the kick-off