News24.com | Bulls’ URC home flakiness against SA teams piques Du Toit’s interest ahead of playoff

Thomas du Toit. (Photo by Steve Haag/Gallo Images)

• The Bulls are an imposing outfit at home, but the Sharks found a way to beat them at Loftus Versfeld in the United Rugby Championship.
• The teams meet at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday afternoon in the tournament’s second quarter-final.
• The Bulls are a difficult prospect to handle in playoff games at home, but will be under pressure to deliver.

The Bulls may have lost seven United Rugby Championship matches this season, but it’s the two defeats at Loftus Versfeld that have piqued Thomas du Toit’s interest.

One of those defeats was against the Sharks on 12 February as the Loftus Versfeld fortress wasn’t as impregnable as the Bulls thought it could be.

With the Sharks heading up the N3 and N1 for their URC quarter-