The Bulls travel to Cape Town as underdogs to face the Stormers in the United Rugby Championship final on Saturday. Bulls coach Jake White has already written another impressive chapter in his story.

When he became first XV rugby coach at Jeppe Boys High in 1989, Jake White met with the school's headmaster and governing body.

"Do we want Jeppe to be known as a top rugby school, or just continue as we are? If we want the school to be recognised as a rugby breeding ground then we have to ensure every team, from the under-13Es to the first team, is properly coached."

In the next six years Jeppe produced 26 Craven Week players, and two Springboks - James Dalton and Brent Moyle - emerged from Jeppe sides under White. In the decade before his appointment, Jeppe only produced seven Craven Week players and its last new Springbok was Wilf Rosenberg, who made his debut in the second Test against the 1955 British & Irish Lions.

Subsequently, the school continues to be a production line of rugby talent, with 2019 World Cup winner Sbu Nkosi the most recognised among them.

Others such as Wandisile Simelane, Tyrone Green and Hacjivah...