Boasting four wins from as many encounters over their South African counterparts, the Bulls can undoubtedly claim they have the upper hand in the derbies.
Jordie Barrett celebrated the return to his favoured fullback position with two tries in the opening six minutes as the Hurricanes overran the Chiefs 47-19.
"Bobby trained yesterday completely normally. It was not high-intensity we just had to work on set-pieces a little bit and here and there a couple of things."
The Sharks are generally good travellers, so it is more than possible that they will get it right in this tour opener.
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