The Bulls are away to Castres in the European Champions Cup on Saturday and in terms of keeping qualification hopes alive it's a must win game for the visitors
Castres v Bulls, Saturday 11th January, Castres, KO 22:00 (South African time)
Referee: Matthew Carley (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Hamish Smales (Eng), Jamie Leahy (Eng)
TMO: David Rose (Eng)
Weather Forecast - Castres
Castres:
Castres started their pool campaign away to Northampton Saints are they finished well beaten, going down 38-8. They put themselves on the board in Round 2 when they edged out Munster 16-14 and they start the round in fourth place in the pool with 4 log points.
In the Top 14 Castres are just below halfway in the standings with 7 wins and 7 defeats, all 7 of those wins came in home fixtures, they have lost just once in front of their own supporters and that came against league leaders Bordeaux.
Castres finish up this pool away to Saracens and in the outright betting to win the Champions Cup they are priced at around 200/1
Bulls:
The Bulls are 1 of 2 sides in this pool who are yet to earn a log point, Stade Francais are the other. They began their Champions Cup campaign away to Saracens and they went down 27-5. A subsequent home fixture against Northampton Saints also finished in defeat (30-21) leaving them with plenty to do here and in their final pool match at home to Stade Francais.
In the URC the Bulls are in fourth place with a record of 5 wins and 2 defeats and although log leaders Leinster are well clear the Bulls have 2 games in hand on the top 3 sides. They played just the 1 match over the festive period and it ended in a 20-17 defeat to the Sharks in Durban.
In the outright betting to win the Champions Cup the Bulls are priced at around 35/1
Team News
Castres: tbc
Bulls: tbc
The Betting
Average early show, to be updated
Castres -3.5 points at 9/10
Bulls +3.5 points at 9/10
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
Betting Angle
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Bet: To follow
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
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