Sharks lock Eben Etzebeth said Ulster won't provide a window into what Ireland will bring in the July Test series. (Steve Haag/Gallo Images)
It would be easy to think that Ulster's visits to Durban to play the Sharks and the following week's trip to Cape Town to play the Stormers would serve as dry runs for the club banger that is the Irish Test tour in July.
Sharks lock Eben Etzebeth doesn't see it that way with Leinster and Munster still having to come to South Africa late next month.
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