SA-born fullback Wes Goosen expects Edinburgh to “go toe to toe” with the Vodacom Bulls in Saturday’s URC quarter-final at Loftus.
Goosen was born in East London before emigrating to New Zealand with his family at the age of four. He represented Wellington and the Hurricanes before joining Edinburgh in 2022.
The 29-year-old returns to South Africa for Saturday’s URC quarter-final against the Vodacom Bulls and will have relatives watching in the stands.
The Bulls beat Edinburgh 22-16 in the URC league stage last October, but lost the EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-final against Sean Everitt’s side at Hive Stadium, 34-28.
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“It gives us the confidence it can be done,” said Goosen of that playoff victory. “For the first 60 minutes of the game in Edinburgh, we really dominated and then we let them back in.
“But if we do what we do, we push them and stay in the hard moments, I think we can go toe to toe with the Bulls.
“It’s not going to be easy. They are a very physical team with a lot of superstars, but you look at our team – we’ve got good players as well.”
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