WP club rugby season postponed
WP Rugby has been forced to push back the start of the 2018 club rugby season due to the ongoing water crisis in the Western Cape.
WP Rugby has been forced to push back the start of the 2018 club rugby season due to the ongoing water crisis in the Western Cape.
Nine of the players named in the 47-man Stormers’ squad will miss their opening Super Rugby match against the Jaguares as well as the three-game tour to Australasia. Stormers coach Robbie Fleck named his greater training squad at Newlands on Thursday. Fleck confirmed that Springboks Eben Etzebeth (shoulder), Frans Malherbe (neck) and Jano Vermaak (knee), as well as SP Marais… Read more →
Wilco Louw suffered a hip flexor injury in the Stormers’ Super Rugby warm-up match against the Bulls on Saturday. The sides played to a 26-26 draw at Boland Stadium in Wellington, but the Stormers are counting the costs of the result following the injury to their first-choice tighthead prop. The Stormers have confirmed Louw underwent scans, but further assessments are… Read more →
The Stormers drew 26-26 with the Bulls in a Super Rugby warm-up match in Wellington on Saturday.
The Stormers have named a strong 28-man squad for their friendly against the Bulls in Wellington on Saturday.
Western Province Rugby Union president Thelo Wakefield has hinted that No 8 Duane Vermeulen is not part of their plans going forward. Vermeulen has been playing for Toulon since 2015, but the French club recently confirmed his departure at the end of the current season. It was expected that the Bok No 8 would rejoin the Stormers, but according to… Read more →
The Stormers have granted utility back Craig Barry permission to return to the Cheetahs until the end of the Pro14 season. Barry was initially loaned to the Cheetahs on a short-term deal stretching between November 2017 and June 2018. However, following his excellent form in recent weeks, the Stormers informed the Cheetahs that last Saturday’s match against the Kings would… Read more →
Juarno Augustus and Herschel Jantjies scored two tries each as the Stormers cruised to a 77-0 win over the SWD Eagles at Outeniqua Park on Saturday. The Stormers fielded a young match-day squad, but still had enough firepower to run 11 tries past the Eagles in front of their home crowd in George. Despite playing in damp, misty and rainy… Read more →
Siya Kolisi was an inspiration on and off the field in 2017, writes JON CARDINELLI. Siya Kolisi is determined to make a difference. This becomes increasingly clear as we chat about his recent performances, his rise as a leader, the birth of his second child, the launch of his new underwear business, his drive to unite sports teams in the… Read more →
The Super Rugby warm-up match between the Bulls and Stormers will no longer be played in Los Angeles. According to a Bulls press release, this is due to issues regarding the agreed upon transfers and logistics. ‘Player welfare and the management thereof are extremely important to the Bulls as well as the Stormers, and will not be compromised on in… Read more →