Home playoff ‘critical’ for Stormers in Champions Cup
The carrot of a potential Champions Cup last 16 and quarter-final in Cape Town has the DHL Stormers eager to make the most of their final pool match against Clermont on Saturday night.
The carrot of a potential Champions Cup last 16 and quarter-final in Cape Town has the DHL Stormers eager to make the most of their final pool match against Clermont on Saturday night.
Catch up on the action as Lyon thrashed the Vodacom Bulls in a Champions Cup clash at Matmut Stadium on Friday night.
John Dobson says the DHL Stormers will continue to “build a new history” for Western Province rugby at Cape Town Stadium when they host Clermont in the Champions Cup on Saturday.
Makazole Mapimpi will miss the Sharks’ final Champions Cup pool match after being found guilty of reckless contact with the eye area during the match against Bordeaux.
No 8 Nizaam Carr will skipper the Vodacom Bulls against Lyon at Matmut Stadium on Friday night as they look to secure safe passage to the last 16 of the Champions Cup.
Former Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll has sung the praises for South Africa’s inclusion in the Champions Cup, as the Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers look set to join the Sharks in the playoffs.
The DHL Stormers see Manie Libbok’s concussion-enforced absence from Saturday’s crucial Champions Cup clash with Clermont as a perfect opportunity to test their depth at flyhalf.
DHL Stormers No 8 Evan Roos will undergo a fitness test on Thursday that could put him in line to face Clermont in a Champions Cup rematch in Cape Town on Saturday.
South African teams were in top form in European competition last week, and six SA-born players were awarded with places in the best XV of the third round of the Champions Cup.
Bongi Mbonambi and Boeta Chamberlain aren’t fit, but Curwin Bosch has been cleared for take-off in a 28-man Sharks squad travelling to London for a Champions Cup rematch with Harlequins on Saturday.