The Stormers’ forwards battered Connacht into submission with a relentless carrying game, but Rito Hlungwani wants more from the backs. “Don’t feel sorry for our forwards,” he says. The message ahead of Edinburgh is clear: the pack will create the space, the backs must be smarter enough to exploit it.
The Vodacom Bulls livewire was on Thursday named the South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship Player of the Season after a campaign that crackled with electricity and precision.
The Stormers have lost one of the competition’s most gifted attacking players at the worst possible time. Yet in Jurie Matthee they possess a flyhalf whose game may be tailor-made for the unforgiving demands of knockout rugby.
For South African rugby, it is a reminder that the country’s greatest export may not be its players alone. Its coaching talent continues to leave footprints across the global game.
By the end of Saturday, two teams will advance to the URC Grand Final. Yet regardless of who survives, South African rugby will already have secured a notable victory.
The Stormers will leave Cape Town carrying a semi-final ticket in one hand and a medical report in the other. The victory glittered like silverware in the sunshine. The injury list lurked like a loose forward at a breakdown, waiting to pounce.
The Stormers booked their place in the United Rugby Championship (URC) semi-finals with a dominant 44-21 victory over Cardiff Rugby in front of 30,595 supporters at DHL Stadium on Saturday.
The DHL Stormers have spent the past fortnight staring into the rear-view mirror of a bruising Welsh ambush. Cardiff marched into the previous meeting and clipped the Cape side’s wings with a gritty 22-16 victory…
For the Stormers faithful, the message is clear. Their favourite son is back. And somewhere inside Cape Town Stadium, the ghosts of defenders beaten by Kolbe’s dancing feet are already groaning in anticipation.
South Africa will have three teams in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-finals after a dramatic final round for the Vodacom Bulls, DHL Stormers and Fidelity SecureDrive Lions. The Bulls sealed a top-four finish with…
John Dobson did not mince his words after the Stormers were shut down 22-16 by Cardiff at the Arms Park. The defeat leaves the Cape side needing a rapid reset before the URC quarter-finals.
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