Having had to endure another game in which his team looked like a million bucks with ball in hand and paupers without it, Bulls director of rugby Jake White again did his best to explain why his side's Brazil approach (we score more points than you do) shouldn't induce panic with the United Rugby Championship (URC) playoffs around the corner.
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To be sure - White was suitably unhappy with his side blowing a 26-0 lead to give visiting Italian side Benetton a leg up in the race for playoff spots by conceding five converted tries in a 56-35 victory - but he did put forth what he thought were mitigating circumstances for what looks to everyone else like concentration lapses.