{"id":3222,"date":"2021-09-29T11:58:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T11:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/?p=3222"},"modified":"2021-09-29T11:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T11:58:30","slug":"preview-of-bulls-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/29\/preview-of-bulls-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview of Bulls at home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-acast wp-block-embed-acast\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Bulls home preview Oct 2021\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/5fbd0c8df7be0c153a19ab19\/615452cfe8fab70013e04d04#?secret=iFFaNqdcN5\" data-secret=\"iFFaNqdcN5\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"110\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week&#8217;s podcast sees the return of our South African correspondent, Morgan Piek, to get 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