DHL Stormers injury report – 28/04/14

Ntubeni has not featured for the DHL Stormers since their tour-opener against the Crusaders back in early March, but his return – along with Tagicakibau’s – will be a major boost to his team.

The DHL Stormers went down 22-35 to the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein last weekend and will play host to the Highlanders at DHL Newlands this Saturday (kick-off 15h00).

The full DHL Stormers injury report (28/04/14):

– Hooker Scarra Ntubeni (calf muscle) and wing Sailosi Tagicakibau (sternum) are fit and available for selection once again.
– Flyhalf Catrakilis (broken nose) will probably need one more week before he can take full contact.
– Wing Cheslin Kolbe (knee) needs one more week to prove his fitness and will have his workload increased this week to make sure he is 100% ready.
– Hooker Tiaan Liebenberg (neck), prop Pat Cilliers (knee), locks Eben Etzebeth (foot), Rynhardt Elstadt (shoulder), De Kock Steenkamp (groin), Manuel Carizza (wrist), Jean Kleyn (ankle) and Gerbrandt Grobler (leg/shoulder) and wing/fullback Gio Aplon (elbow) are still unavailable for selection.

DHL Stormers coach Allister Coetzee told www.iamastormer.com: “The loss (to the Cheetahs) was very disappointing. The big concern for us was how flat-footed we were in the last thirty minutes of the first half after our excellent start.

“It’s very important for us to bounce back with a win this week – from a mental point of view – and we will be giving it our all once again come the weekend.”

“The big thing is that the game cannot function if your set-piece doesn’t function consistently well,” added Coetzee.

“Last week (against the Lions) our set-piece did much better than this week (against the Cheetahs) and that is a bit of a frustration. I know we are missing players and we don’t want to talk about it week in and week out but it is a reality.”