Bulls Confirm Currie Cup Coaching Staff

The Blue Bulls have confirmed that Pote Human will assume the role of head coach during the 2018 Currie Cup season. Executive Rugby and Super Rugby head coach, John Mitchell, will focus on his other roles, including spending more time at the junior ranks ensuring that the ‘blueprint’  functions throughout the club, while also preparing for the 2019 Super Rugby Season.

The 59-year-old, Human, is a rugby man to the core and boasts a proud playing record as a ‘no-nonsense’ eight-man, having played at Craven week and for the SA schools team, before going on to represent Eastern Province in 116 matches and the Free State in 84 (captaining 62 of those). Human, was also a legend at club level, winning two National club titles with Dispatch in the Eastern Cape.

He is no stranger to coaching at this level, as he held the reigns in 2006 when captain Gary Botha and his men famously drew with the Cheetahs at Loftus to share the Currie Cup. His highlight, however, is assisting Heyneke Meyer in 2007, as the forwards coach, to steer the Bulls to their maiden Super Rugby title. In 2011, he accepted a three-year deal in Kimberley where he once again took the role of head coach, leading a spirited Griquas team into the competition. Human also had a stint in Japan and a few successful seasons at Tuks winning two Varsity Cup titles.

The remaining management team for the Currie Cup season will mostly remain as it did for the Super Rugby competition, with the most noticeable change being that technical analysist, John-Williams Meyer, will now also be responsible for the defence.

Team management:

HEAD COACH: Pote Human

ASSISTANT COACHES: Gary Botha, Hayden Groepes

TECHNICAL AND DEFENSE: John-Williams Meyer

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING: Jacus Coetzee, Ghafoer Luckan

HIGH PERFORMANCE MANAGER: Xander Janse van Rensburg