Western Province coach Allister Coetzee wants his team to adopt a more conservative approach, following their 22-30 Currie Cup defeat at the hands of the Blue Bulls at the weekend.

However, captain Luke Watson is confident his team will "pick their game up" when they face the Cheetahs in a Round Three match at Newlands on Friday.

The WP coach, Coetzee, felt his team needs to "show more patience" if they were to avoid another defeat like that which they suffered at Loftus Versfeld at the weekend.

Despite dominating possession - putting the Bulls under constant pressure in the scrums and generally having an edge in the set pieces - the Bulls managed to outscore the visitors by three tries to one.

It was the unerring boot of flyhalf Willem de Waal that kept WP in touch throughout the game.

"Very disappointing," Watson said about his team's inability to turn their opportunities into points, adding that the Bulls "deserved the win".

"They were more clinical and came away with the points in the end," the Province captain said.

"We certainly had enough opportunities, but we didn't capitalise on those," Watson continued, adding that "we got to pick our heads up, pick the game up and carry on."

Coetzee echoed similar sentiments.

"We definitely had enough chances to win the game," the WP coach said.

However, Coetzee suggested that his team did not show enough patience and that presented the Bulls with their scoring opportunities.

"Maybe we started playing too early in our own half. We knew that the Bulls have a good kicking game. We knew that we had to have patience," said Coetzee.