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Vodacom URC 24/25 fixtures confirmed
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Vodacom URC 24/25 fixtures confirmed

The full Vodacom United Rugby Championship schedule for the 2024/25 campaign has been announced in the first-ever in-season launch of the following seasons’ fixtures. The DHL Stormers will start their campaign with a North-South clash against the Vodacom Bulls at DHL Stadium on 21 September. The DHL Stormers will then leave on a three-match tour […]

DHL Stormers v Emirates Lions: All you need to know
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DHL Stormers v Emirates Lions: All you need to know

The DHL Stormers end the regular season of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship with a South African derby against the Emirates Lions at DHL Stadium on Saturday. Here is all you need to know. Gates at DHL Stadium will open at 10h00 ahead of the curtain-raiser between DHL Western Province U21 and Toyota Cheetahs U21, […]

DHL Stormers flashback: Derby win in the Den
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DHL Stormers flashback: Derby win in the Den

Deon Fourie and Hacjivah Dayimani were at the heart of the DHL Stormers’ bonus-point win against the Emirates Lions at Emirates Airline Park in the 2021/22 Vodacom United Rugby Championship. The back-rowers, with Evan Roos, formed an explosive loose trio during a title-winning campaign for the DHL Stormers, as the Capetonians’ powerful pack of forwards […]

Sithole ready to go hard at DHL Stadium
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Sithole ready to go hard at DHL Stadium

Having made his return from injury on tour, loosehead prop Sti Sithole is looking forward to doing his thing at DHL Stadium on Saturday. Having made his first start since March in the win over Dragons RFC at Newport, Sithole is excited to make an impact in the last match before the Vodacom URC knockout […]

Quick tap with Andre-Hugo Venter
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Quick tap with Andre-Hugo Venter

Hooker Andre-Hugo Venter on being a part-time loose forward, his 1967 Land Cruiser and balancing his studies with his rugby. You played a bit of loose forward at school. When did you make the switch to hooker and do you ever wish you could play at the back of the scrum again instead of in […]

Hartzenberg wants to spark joy at DHL Stadium
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Hartzenberg wants to spark joy at DHL Stadium

Suleiman Hartzenberg says the DHL Stormers want to make Cape Town smile at DHL Stadium on Saturday before heading into the Vodacom URC play-offs. The DHL Stormers head into the final round of the league phase having already qualified for the last eight. This post-season assurance has done nothing to appease the DHL Stormers’ desire […]

DHL Stormers legend: Cobus Visagie
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DHL Stormers legend: Cobus Visagie

The powerful Cobus Visagie was one of the world’s great scrum anchors and a DHL Stormer with an unbelievable dedication to his craft. A technical scrum master, Visagie worked like an anaconda, slowly winding and bending his opponent before suffocating the life out of him at the set-piece. He was the first-choice tighthead prop at […]

Boks v All Blacks at DHL Stadium - Ticket sales process
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Boks v All Blacks at DHL Stadium – Ticket sales process

Tickets for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test between the Springboks and All Blacks at DHL Stadium will go on sale to the public on 19 June, following a public registration process. Given the high expected demand for tickets, a public registration of interest will be held from 27 May to 9 June and a […]

Libbok signs on for more with DHL Stormers
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Libbok signs on for more with DHL Stormers

World Cup winner Manie Libbok has signed a three-year contract extension with the DHL Stormers. The talented playmaker has made a big impression in the number 10 jersey over the last three years and will continue to pull the strings for the DHL Stormers until at least 2027. A flyhalf who is blessed with a […]

DHL Stormers Flashback: Hurricanes blown away
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DHL Stormers Flashback: Hurricanes blown away

Herschel Jantjies scored a try and set up another as the DHL Stormers kicked off their final Super Rugby season in 2020 with a 27-0 bonus-point win against the Hurricanes at Newlands. The Capetonians started what would be their final season at the fabled rugby stadium with four unanswered tries in a polished display against […]

Quick tap with Paul de Wet
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Quick tap with Paul de Wet

Scrumhalf Paul de Wet talks about his love of fishing, his family’s need for speed and his favourite bands. How is the injury rehab progressing? Have you found anything else to occupy your time while you recover? It is really going well, we have been training intensely for the last two weeks and have had […]

DHL Stormers playing for something more
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DHL Stormers playing for something more

They may have already qualified for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship play-offs and have their place in the Investec Champions Cup next season all but secured, but the DHL Stormers will be playing for something more in their last league match of the season against Emirates Lions at DHL Stadium. Their hard-fought 16-12 against Connacht […]