It's a stinker ... will it be toodle-oo to Bulls in Toulouse?

Rucking with Rob Houwing

The Bulls will have vividly come to appreciate the drawbacks involved in failing to land a home fixture in the first knockout round of the prestigious Heineken Champions Cup.

As the only members of South Africa’s “big three” to have to cross the equator (again) in late March, the Loftus-based side could hardly have received a tougher round-of-16 date than being pitted against Toulouse in France.