Cheeky Roos gets ‘bored’ watching Stormers
Commenting from the touchlines at Cape Town Stadium, injured DHL Stormers No 8 Evan Roos critiqued his teammates’ performance against the Sharks on Saturday.
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Commenting from the touchlines at Cape Town Stadium, injured DHL Stormers No 8 Evan Roos critiqued his teammates’ performance against the Sharks on Saturday.
The DHL Stormers won the race for the South African Shield, but now face a battle from Ulster for second place as the Irish side has the defending champions in their crosshairs.
After another weekend of thrilling SA derbies in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, the DHL Stormers and Lions laid down a marker before a two-week hiatus in the competition.
The DHL Stormers all but secured the battle for the South African Shield in front of over 30,000 fans, while a planned protest from the union’s former administrators flopped in the build-up to the match on Saturday.
John Dobson admitted he was panicking as the Stormers threatened to let slip a 20-point lead and an SA Shield ‘grand slam’ against the Sharks on Saturday .
Neil Powell rued the misfires in a loss to the DHL Stormers that has put the Sharks’ Vodacom United Rugby Championship playoff chances under the gun.
The Lions’ stunning victory over the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus on Saturday ensured the DHL Stormers were crowned back-to-back SA shield winners, following the Cape side’s tense win against the Sharks.
The Stormers staved off a Sharks comeback at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday to extend their unbeaten streak at home and fortify second place in the Vodacom United Rugby championship.
The rivalry between the DHL Stormers and Sharks resumes when the teams do battle in a Vodacom URC clash in Cape Town on Saturday.
With SA derbies on the Vodacom United Rugby Championship menu in round 15, here are five South Africans enjoying a breakout 2022-23 campaign.