Stormers thrown into Euro Cup ‘pool of death’
The DHL Stormers will face defending champions La Rochelle and Premiership finalists Sale Sharks after being drawn in a tough pool for the 2023-24 Champions Cup.
The DHL Stormers will face defending champions La Rochelle and Premiership finalists Sale Sharks after being drawn in a tough pool for the 2023-24 Champions Cup.
On 18 June 2022, the DHL Stormers won the inaugural Vodacom United Rugby Championship following a narrow win over bitter rivals, the Vodacom Bulls, in Cape Town.
Hacjivah Dayimani scored twice as Western Province ended their Currie Cup campaign on a high with a bonus-point victory over the Sharks in Cape Town on Saturday.
The Stormers are reportedly in “advanced negotiations” to sign a rising star of English rugby in a significant boost to the team’s outside backs.
Western Province Rugby has moved to clarify that no formal offer has been made to Cheslin Kolbe or his representatives to join the DHL Stormers.
Ben-Jason Dixon has already played more for the Stormers and Western Province than he expected but is fired up for a final push towards the Currie Cup semi-finals.
The Sharks and Vodacom Bulls are making early moves as they gun to take the South African conference title away from the Stormers, writes DYLAN JACK.
DHL Stormers coach John Dobson shared a moment with Munster opposite number Graham Rowntree before their teams locked horns in the 2022-23 Vodacom URC final.
Cheslin Kolbe has reportedly turned down a final bid R15-million offer from the Stormers that would make him among South Africa’s highest-paid players.
The Stormers have welcomed back one of the wizards of their Vodacom United Rugby Championship title win.