Can John Dobson’s Project 29 Deliver?
The Stormers have a Springbok problem. John Dobson has a plan. With 15 players potentially involved in the Springbok system, managing availability could make or break the DHL Stormers’ 2026/27 URC campaign.
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Dobson says rugby’s ‘Worst Law’ cost Stormers this season
Stormers coach John Dobson believes the current law, which rewards the defending side with a goal-line dropout after an attacker is held up in-goal, has swung the pendulum too far away from attacking rugby.
“It’s the worst. It’s one law in rugby that has to change change. I’m not saying because it’s against us. I don’t understand this concept. You do so well, and you’re rewarded with receiving the ball back on your ten-yard.”
Dobson: ‘We shovelled rubbish out there’
A farewell script rarely follows the plan. At DHL Stadium, a day meant to honour Christopher “Chippie” Solomons and celebrate Scarra Ntubeni’s final bow twisted into a bruising lesson as Connacht stunned the Stormers 33-24…