By the numbers: Stormers vs Bulls
The DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls renew hostilities when the SA teams lock horns in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship north-south derby at Cape Town Stadium on Friday.
The DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls renew hostilities when the SA teams lock horns in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship north-south derby at Cape Town Stadium on Friday.
The DHL Stormers are without injured lock Salmaan Moerat, but have a few tricks up their sleeve for the north-south derby against the Vodacom Bulls in Cape Town on Friday.
Friday’s North-South derby will present a clash in different approaches to the season, but the DHL Stormers are confident that opting for continuity will serve them well against the @Vodacom Bulls in Cape Town.
The Sharks made it two wins on the trot as the DHL Stormers and Lions opened their accounts, but the Vodacom Bulls and Cheetahs suffered heavy defeats before a three-week hiatus in the Champions and Challenge cups.
The Lions await news on star Henco van Wyk ahead of a derby clash against the Sharks in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Friday.
Springbok flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit is reportedly set to join a South African franchise next year.
The Stormers’ celebrations of a first Champions Cup victory was dampened with the news that Salmaan Moerat is expected to be out for a long period of time.
In the wake of the Vodacom Bulls’ 30-point Champions Cup defeat to Exeter Chiefs, Jake White has again made his case for the top South African talent playing abroad to return home to boost the local franchises.
The Vodacom Bulls and Cheetahs suffered heavy defeats against the Exeter Chiefs and Scarlets respectively, while the DHL Stormers secured a bonus-point win over London Irish in Saturday’s European Cup action.
World Cup-winning scrumhalf Fourie du Preez has been selected among the Top 30 Springboks of the past 40 years.