{"id":525872,"date":"2024-06-19T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betcentral.onpressidium.com\/?p=525872"},"modified":"2024-06-19T10:20:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T08:20:02","slug":"urc-final-bulls-v-glasgow-warriors-key-battles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/rugby\/united-rugby-championship\/urc-final-bulls-v-glasgow-warriors-key-battles\/","title":{"rendered":"URC Final: Bulls v Glasgow Warriors &#8211; Key Battles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quintin van Jaarsveld identifies and examines the key head-to-head battles of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/rugby-union\/united-rugby-championship\/20240622\/bulls-vs-glasgow-warriors\/\">Saturday\u2019s United Rugby Championship grand final <\/a><\/strong>between the Bulls and the Glasgow Warriors in Pretoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/rugby-union\/the-rugby-championship\/\" style=\"background-color:#f2a12a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bet Now: Rugby<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">Johan Grobbelaar v Johnny Matthews<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The set pieces will go a long way in determining who lifts the coveted trophy at Loftus Versfeld. 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It\u2019s the one obvious weakness the Warriors have and Louw is like a 138kg great white shark that smells blood in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hungry to return to the Test arena, having won the last of his 14 Springbok caps back in 2017, the 29-year-old has been a smashing machine all season and dominated Ireland and Leinster loosehead Andrew Porter last weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bhatti is no slouch. The 123kg unit has 34 caps for Scotland but he\u2019s heading into a lion\u2019s den for one of the most daunting duels of his career. Warriors&#8217; fans should wish him well, because he\u2019s going to need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">Cameron Hanekom v Jack Dempsey<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hanekom heads into Saturday\u2019s decider with plenty of hype around him, all of which he\u2019s earned in his remarkable rookie season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bulls\u2019 breakout star walked the walked and talked the talk last weekend, going full beast mode in a monstrous Man of the Match performance to help the Bulls claim an epic 25-20 win over vaunted Leinster before proclaiming, \u201cThis is our home, and you don\u2019t come and mess around by us\u201d in his post-match interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 22-year-old Springbok in waiting will have to back up those words this weekend and after overshadowing Ireland\u2019s Caelan Doris with his semi-final show-stealing shift, he\u2019ll be going up another seasoned international in Dempsey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 30-year-old has represented Scotland on 34 occasions and knows all the tricks of the trade. Aside from his physicality, he\u2019s one of the Warriors\u2019 primary pilferers and his breakdown battle against the Bulls blue-chipper should be a fiercely contested one. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">Harold Vorster v Sione Tuipulotu<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the Bulls\u2019 unsung heroes meets one of Glasgow\u2019s most revered stars in midfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vorster has been an unheralded performer his whole career and this season has been no different. 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