Bulls v Stade Francais: Five takeaways as ‘hot’ Springboks prospect’s hat-trick and Rudolph ‘magic’ downs Parisians

Following a 56-20 victory for the Bulls over Stade Francais on Saturday, here’s our five takeaways from the Investec Champions Cup fixture.

The top line

The Bulls got their Champions Cup campaign off to a perfect start as they claimed a maximum against their Parisian visitors in hot conditions.

Cheswill Jooste’s impressive hat-trick was complemented by tries from Cobus Wiese, Cameron Hanekom, Marco van Staden, Jeandre Rudolph and Jan-Hendrik Wessels, with Handre Pollard converting every one of those eight crossings in a faultless performance off the kicking tee.

Jacques Botha and Petero Mailulu claimed Stade’s tries with Ihaia West and Louis