Willemse to bring the heat in chilly Clermont
The DHL Stormers expect a red-hot outing from playmaker Damian Willemse as the Capetonians hunt for a maiden win on their Champions Cup debut in France on Saturday.
The DHL Stormers expect a red-hot outing from playmaker Damian Willemse as the Capetonians hunt for a maiden win on their Champions Cup debut in France on Saturday.
Ruhan Nel wasted no time in picking up where he left off for the DHL Stormers, starring in a sensational try-scoring return from injury.
The DHL Stormers are expecting to make their Champions Cup debut in minus temperatures in France, but are more concerned over a worrying pattern that has emerged in their last two games.
One of five DHL Stormers players with Champions Cup experience, Deon Fourie says the Vodacom United Rugby Championship title-holders are looking to make a statement against Clermont on Saturday.
Frans Malherbe and Marvin Orie have been omitted from a 26-man DHL Stormers squad that will travel to France for the Champions Cup match against Clermont on Saturday.
John Dobson will pick the strongest possible squad to battle three-time silver medalists Clermont on Saturday in the DHL Stormers’ Champions Cup debut.
Three bonus-point wins in an unbeaten round for the local teams in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship has the DHL Stormers, Vodacom Bulls and Lions firmly in the race for the playoffs.
Having relocated to Cape Town after the high of a championship run with the Pumas, hulking loose forward Willie Engelbrecht is ready to help drive the DHL Stormers back to great heights in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
The DHL Stormers held on for a thrilling Vodacom United Rugby Championship win over the Dragons at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday.
John Dobson chalked it up to a learning experience after the DHL Stormers faded in a bonus-point Vodacom United Rugby Championship win over Dragons on Saturday afternoon.