{"id":237566,"date":"2025-07-04T14:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T14:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/237566\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T14:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T14:02:12","slug":"jake-white-leaves-bulls-with-immediate-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/237566\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake White leaves Bulls with immediate effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Vodacom Bulls head coach Jake White before the United Rugby Championship match between Munster and Vodacom Bulls at Thomond Park in Limerick. (Photo By David Fitzgerald\/Sportsfile via Getty Images) https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/news\/jake-white-leaves-bulls-with-immediate-effect\/ <\/p>\n

Jake White and the Bulls<\/a> have mutually agreed to part ways following an end of season review. <\/p>\n

The decision has been reached after the Bulls fell short in the United Rugby Championship<\/a> final last month to Leinster, their second final loss in a row and third in four years. <\/p>\n

Despite ultimately being unsuccessful in his pursuit of a URC title, the former South Africa<\/a> head coach did collect some silverware during his five-year stint in Pretoria, winning Super Rugby Unlocked<\/a> in 2020 and the Currie Cup<\/a> the year later. <\/p>\n

In a statement released by the Bulls, White said: \u201cI have made the decision to move on. With many years\u2019 coaching experience, I felt it would be difficult to get the squad to perform to the next level. Therefore, in the best interest of both myself and the Bulls I feel it\u2019s time for a new chapter. It\u2019s time for this group to have a new voice.<\/p>\n

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South Africa <\/p>\n

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Italy <\/p>\n

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\u201cI have enjoyed my time in Pretoria. I met some wonderful friends. I believe that rugby is like life \u2013 you win some you lose some. You learn as you grow. You need to be strong and courageous and, most importantly, it isn\u2019t always fair.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to thank all the loyal supporters, the Bulls staff that worked tirelessly, and to the players for their hard work and dedication. I wish BBRU president Willem Strauss and the amateur game lots of success in the future. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo the shareholders, I will always be grateful for all the support and financial backing they gave, far and beyond any other club. Thank you for the privilege. To the Board for their support and CEO, Edgar Rathbone, coaches and management, it was great to be part of this winning culture. To be part of Bulls rugby history has been an absolute honour. I wish Bulls rugby all the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bulls CEO Edgar Rathbone said: \u201cJake has tremendous rugby IP, and that has been visible in the way he was able to transfer it into our structures and as a club we remain grateful for those contributions made during his tenure.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did amazing work here and it was a privilege to work with him as he helped our team become a superpower again. He has given us a great platform to build upon with a talented crop of young players who are just finding their true offering.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe also helped the bigger playing group develop, with 10 emerging to play for the Springboks. This encouraging growth also ensured we were often in the mix for silverware.\u201d<\/p>\n

Club president Willem Strauss added: \u201cOn behalf of the club, the supporters, the staff and all our shareholders, I would like to thank Jake for the work he has done, the love and passion he has shown to our players, people and community during his time with us. <\/p>\n

\u201cHis leadership has left a fantastic mark on our club, and the way he fought to get us up when we needed it the most will make him a hero of ours for a long time to come. He leaves the club in a better place than when he arrived.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring his rugby directorship, he helped elevate our grassroots game in the manner that he devised our integration strategy between the high-performance environment and our club ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"mens united-rugby-championship Vodacom Bulls head coach Jake White before the United Rugby Championship match between Munster and Vodacom…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-237566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114795337925802753","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}