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Zas returns for DHL Stormers in Swansea
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Zas returns for DHL Stormers in Swansea

Leolin Zas will make his return to the DHL Stormers starting line-up for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship encounter with Ospreys in Swansea on Friday. Last season’s top try-scorer is back from injury in one of seven changes to the starting line-up for the clash at the Swansea.com Stadium, which kicks off at 20h35 SA […]

Know your opposition: Ospreys
3 Weeks Ago | Archived

Know your opposition: Ospreys

The DHL Stormers are up against defending Welsh Shield winners the Ospreys in Swansea on Friday night. Find out more about the team we are up against. Ospreys have won the competition four times previously. Having been founded in 2003, they won the Guinness PRO12/14 in 2004/5, 2006/7, 2009/10 and 2011/12. The only previous encounter […]

Zas back and ready to go full throttle
3 Weeks Ago | Archived

Zas back and ready to go full throttle

A catalyst for the DHL Stormers’ championship run last season, lethal finisher Leolin Zas missed the final after a cruel twist of his fate, and his ankle. Now he’s back, and ready to take care of unfinished business. Having been relegated to the sidelines on the eve of the 2021/22 Vodacom United Rugby Championship decider […]

Direct threat from fit-again Du Plessis
3 Weeks Ago | Archived

Direct threat from fit-again Du Plessis

Back and firing on all cylinders, Dan du Plessis has anchored the midfield and is set to play an important role in the DHL Stormers’ Vodacom United Rugby Championship title defence. With Rikus Pretorius having moved to Japan, Damian Willemse away on Springbok duty, and injuries to Ruhan Nel and Juan de Jongh, Du Plessis […]

Dobbo's Diary: Squad goals
3 Weeks Ago | Archived

Dobbo’s Diary: Squad goals

How bloody exciting is this league? Three matches played and three five-pointers, 15 league points in total and with our four-try bonus-point coming in the final minute of every match. My gratitude goes to those boys who play for 80 minutes and beyond the hooter in each match. You can’t coach that, and you can’t […]

DHL Stormers progressing their game
3 Weeks Ago | Archived

DHL Stormers progressing their game

The DHL Stormers managed to progress specific focus aspects of their game on top of take the five log points they earned from their win against Zebre Parma. The defending champions scored the bonus point try at the death for the third straight week, to move up to third on the Vodacom United Rugby Championship […]

DHL Stormers start Champions Cup in France
4 Weeks Ago | Archived

DHL Stormers start Champions Cup in France

The DHL Stormers will take on Clermont Auvergne at the Stade Marcel-Michelin in their first-ever Heineken Champions Cup fixture on December 10. The following week London Irish will visit DHL Stadium on 17 December, with the two reverse fixture taking place in January. With BT Sport, SuperSport and beIN SPORTS broadcasting every match live in […]

DHL Stormers claim full house in Parma
4 Weeks Ago | Archived

DHL Stormers claim full house in Parma

The DHL Stormers claimed a late bonus point for the third week running as they picked up a 37-20 win against Zebre Parma at the Stadio Lanfranchi on Saturday. Inside centre Sacha Mngomezulu turned in a flawless goal-kicking performance and scored the crucial fourth try in the 80th minute as the DHL Stormers took their […]

LIVE: DHL Stormers v Zebre
4 Weeks Ago | Archived

LIVE: DHL Stormers v Zebre

The DHL Stormers are in Parma where they face Zebre in the first match of their three-week tour. Follow all the action live here with our updates. A win in Parma today will make it three in a row this season and 14 consecutive victories overall for the defending Vodacom United Rugby Championship winners. Centre […]

Moerat leads with Leuia on debut for DHL Stormers
4 Weeks Ago | Archived

Moerat leads with Leuia on debut for DHL Stormers

Salmaan Moerat will captain a DHL Stormers team which features centre Alapati Leuia on debut against Zebre Parma at the Stadio Lanfranchi on Saturday. There are a number of changes to the team for the first away match of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship season, which kicks off at 16h00 on Saturday in Parma. Moerat […]

Know your opposition: Zebre Parma
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Know your opposition: Zebre Parma

Zebre Parma have shown that they can mix it with the best teams in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship already this season ahead of their encounter with the DHL Stormers in Parma on Saturday. The DHL Stormers start their three-week tour in Italy, where they are up against a Zebre Parma side that has been […]

Dobbo’s Diary: Planes, trains and automobiles
2 Days Ago | Archived

Dobbo’s Diary: Planes, trains and automobiles

Statistically, we couldn’t as a coaching group, a management and a playing squad have asked for more than 10 league points from the opening two home matches. The devil is always in the detail, so it isn’t as simple as saying ‘job done’ based on the league points. We know our discipline should be a […]

DHL Stormers head to Italy
3 Days Ago | Archived

DHL Stormers head to Italy

A 27-man DHL Stormers touring squad will leave Cape Town on Monday evening ahead of a three-match tour to Italy and Wales. Having started their Vodacom United Rugby Championship title defence with home wins against Connacht and Edinburgh, the next three weeks will see them face Zebre Parma, Ospreys and Cardiff on the road. DHL […]

Character and work-rate pulled DHL Stormers through
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Character and work-rate pulled DHL Stormers through

DHL Stormers Head Coach John Dobson put his team’s bonus point win against Edinburgh down to the character and work-rate of the team in the second half at DHL Stadium. Despite trailing 10-7 at half-time, the DHL Stormers put together an impressive second 40 minutes in front of the Faithful at DHL Stadium on Saturday. […]