Sport | ‘Eskom’ light at end of tunnel for Bulls, Jake finds positives after Leinster thrashing

Simnikiwe Xabanisa

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Marco van Staden. (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

The one ray of light to seep through the dark cloud that was the Bulls paying premium school fees in their United Rugby Championship (URC) top-of-the-table clash against Leinster last Friday was that Marco ‘Eskom’ van Staden’s injury has been deemed as less severe than initially thought.

Bulls’ director of rugby Jake White had resigned himself to the Springbok flanker only returning to play during the business end of their URC campaign, but it would appear that Van Staden, who left the field in the Leinster game in the 21st minute due to a Medial Collateral Ligament strain t