The outstanding performance and effort they had to put in to dispatch Leinster in the United Rugby Championship (URC) semifinal the week before introduced a sense of foreboding about how the Bulls might fare in the Loftus decider.

Rugby history is rife with instances where teams, when they get to the game that will determine whether they end the season as champions or also-rans, find  they played their final a week early...

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