All four South African United Rugby Championship sides are in Europe this week with some spending more than 50 hours in the air travelling north to take on their international opposition.
The Bulls start 2023 with the goodwill of the Springboks after selecting Wandi Simelane in his preferred position at outside centre for Friday night's URC meeting with the Dragons.
Cell C Sharks recorded their sixth United Rugby Championship victory from nine starts this season after they brushed aside the Vodacom Bulls 47-20 in Durban.
When Jake White talks about how his Bulls squad is still a young one, he'll cite Saturday evening's somewhat chaotic 47-20 defeat to a shrewd and powerful Sharks at Kings Park as a prominent example.