The Bulls are not the first outfit to undermine the European Cup by picking an understrength team, with some French clubs – Bourgoin in particular – taking that route in the past. Bayonne also did the same this season in the pool phase against Northampton.
However, it is hard to recall any team that has earned a quarter-final place in the best club tournament in the world fielding a reserve line-up like the Bulls did against Northampton at Franklin’s Gardens last weekend.
Jake White is a World Cup-winning coach who is turning the Bulls back into a formidable force, but, even allowing for cri...