The Stormers return to DHL Stadium with their Springboks, their famous black jerseys and a serious problem to solve. They lost 11 lineouts in Edinburgh. Now an unbeaten Sharks side is coming to town. Deon Fourie says Vernon Paulo should not carry the blame alone. Saturday’s coastal derby could be explosive.
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 Stormers have loaded the cannon. A 56-man squad. 17 internationals. 15 Springboks. Four Junior Springbok champions. 18 players from the historic 2021/22 URC-winning squad.And Siya Kolisi, Cheslin Kolbe and Wilco Louw are back in Cape Town.John Dobson says this is the deepest Stormers squad in recent seasons. Project 2029 is gathering serious momentum
A 64-point Paarl thriller sees the Bulls score six tries to five. Lleyton Davids was a standout for the Stormers, while the Bulls’ attack impressed but their scrum and lineout came under serious pressure.
Yaqeen Ahmed has been cooking up a rugby storm, and the young flyhalf now has the ingredients for his biggest opportunity yet. Nicknamed “The Chef” during his schoolboy days at Wynberg Boys’ High School, Ahmed…
The Men in Black are back. The DHL Stormers and adidas have unveiled their 2026/27 Home and Away jerseys, blending the club’s iconic blue-and-white hoops with a bold revival of the legendary 1999 Men in Black era.
“Roots Run Deep” is more than a slogan. These jerseys carry generations of Stormers memories while being engineered for the modern game. Which one gets your vote?
They had arrived with plenty of scepticism surrounding them. The pre-match noise suggested the All Blacks would turn the occasion into a slaughterhouse. Instead, the Stormers stood toe-to-toe with one of rugby’s giants and briefly had them wobbling.
The All Blacks made a winning start to their Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour with an emphatic 38-21 victory over the DHL Stormers in front of a crowd of 47,130 at DHL Stadium on Friday evening.
All Blacks loose forward Wallace Sititi is looking forward to returning to Cape Town as New Zealand prepare to face the Stormers in the opening match of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Tour at DHL Stadium on Friday.
From rugby warrior to rising wizard. Deon Fourie returns after injury to face the All Blacks, while exciting young fly-half Yaqeen Ahmed is set to make his Stormers debut alongside Imad Khan. One career seeks another chapter. Another is only beginning. Could history repeat itself?
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