Stormers sharpen playoff edge with former captain Salaam Moerat comeback and Suleiman Hartzenberg and Jonny Roche returning for crucial Cardiff URC clash at Cardiff Arms Park next to the Principality Stadium in the heart of the Welsh capital.
The young midfielder said he would happily answer the Stormers’ call to pack down in a scrum if the need arises, but he would like to be part of a maul as well. This is a sign of a player keen to bind himself into the collective effort rather than stand alone in the spotlight.
Beyond the emotion of tighthead prop Neethling Fouché’s 100th appearance, this fixture offers a fascinating tactical contrast: the Stormers’ ability to turn broken play into gold against a Lions side intent on slowing the game down and winning the collision battle.
Venter, a bullish loosehead who was summoned in June as injury cover, gets his first cap alongside van der Merwe and Fouché, both of whom had their appetisers against the Barbarians. Now comes the main course – beefy Georgian opposition who treat the set piece like a sacred ritua
“Somebody will say it’s an excuse but not through substitutions or selections, but to play that game without Deon [Fourie], Evan [Roos], Keke, BJ, Frans, Kitsie, Damian, Sacha, Manie – it’s not insignificant.
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