
Stormers lead but Sharks the top draw
The Stormers may be the best performing South African team in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, but the Sharks lead in the popularity stakes.
The Stormers may be the best performing South African team in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, but the Sharks lead in the popularity stakes.
Leinster boss Leo Cullen is wracking his brain as to how to thwart “dynamic” Stormers No 8 Evan Roos on Saturday, reports DEVIN HERMANUS.
Scarra Ntubeni has been ruled out for an extended period and the Stormers have scrambled to secure a replacement hooker as they prepare for a visit from league leaders Leinster. DYLAN JACK reports.
The Stormers were left to count the cost of the vital bonus-point victory over Glasgow Warriors after Scarra Ntubeni had to be helped off the field early in the second half of the match. DYLAN JACK reports.
Rikus Pretorius’ try just before half-time was singled out as the turning point in Friday’s match by both Stormers captain Steven Kitshoff and Glasgow Warriors head coach Danny Wilson.
The Stormers scored 32 unanswered points in their bonus-point victory over the Glasgow Warriors on Friday to climb into second place on the Vodacom United Rugby Championship table.
Warrick Gelant made a telling second-half impact to steer the Stormers to a vital bonus-point victory over the Glasgow Warriors in Cape Town on Friday night.
Stormers captain Steven Kitshoff says his long friendship with Glasgow loosehead prop Oli Kebble will be put aside when the teams do battle in Cape Town on Friday night. DYLAN JACK reports.
The Stormers will be without breakdown king Deon Fourie when they take on the Glasgow Warriors but coach John Dobson is confident Junior Pokomela will fill the void with aplomb. DYLAN JACK reports.
Warrick Gelant and Salmaan Moerat have both returned to fitness and have been included in the Stormers’ matchday squad to face Glasgow Warriors in Cape Town on Friday night.