White admits Stormers were better, takes swipe at officials: 'Best TMO, best ref in SA'

Bulls director of rugby Jake White was not a happy camper after his side's 33-21 defeat to the Stormers in the URC quarter-finals in Cape Town on Saturday.

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The Bulls were on the backfoot from the word go as a fired-up Stormers put them to the sword in impressive fashion.

It was the Bulls' sixth straight loss to the Stormers in the URC and White and his charges will have some soul-searching to do after an indifferent season.

During his post-game press conference, White lauded the Stormers for their victory and admitted the Capetonians deserved to win.

"Credit to the Stormers, they're champions, they've got a good team. They've got an incredible record here. They've got 10 incumbent Springboks," White said.

What was clear, however, was that White was not pleased with the officiating of referee Jaco Peyper and television match official (TMO) Marius Jonker.

That indifference became apparent when he was probed on what injury fullback Johan Goosen suffered after being stretchered off: "I think some guy whacked him on the head in a tackle. There were a couple of head to head clashes tonight which no-one saw.

"[I] watched a Test match where some of those tackles get red carded ... tonight [we] had the best TMO, the best referee in South Africa, but there's nothing wrong [with the tackles]." 

White called on tournament organisers, officials and coaches to get together to improve the standard of officiating.

"A lot work goes into preparing video clips of things. The answers are that it won't be allowed ... then you see the same pictures in [today's] game and it is allowed.

"So, it think one thing we're going to have to work out is how can we, though the URC, find a way