The Stormers have beefed up their forward pack for what is shaping up to be a physical South African Super 15 derby against the Bulls at the weekend.
Blue Bulls coach Frans Ludeke has backed his side to overtake the Stormers and lead the South African Super Rugby conference at the weekend.
Replacement flyhalf Peter Grant slotted a penalty three minutes from time to give the Stormers a 15-12 win over the Sharks.
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/ 26 February 2012
For the second time in two years, Stormers’ captain Schalk Burger has been sidelined by a knee injury.
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Lions flyhalf Elton Jantjies has been included in the upcoming warm-up match against the Super Kings after missing a game due to injury.
Schalk Burger will captain the Stormers in Friday’s Super Rugby warm-up clash against the Lions at Newlands.
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Rassie Erasmus will consider a number of possible options after resigning as senior professional coach of the Stormers.
The Canterbury Crusaders’ semifinal upset of the Stormers in Cape Town continued their remarkable odyssey in a tragedy-tinged Super season.
Dan Carter scored 19 points as the Crusaders eased past the Stormers 29-10 in their Super rugby semifinal at Newlands on Saturday.
When Stormers skipper Schalk Burger admits to having pre-match butterflies, one can only imagine how excited the younger players are.
The Auckland Blues and Canterbury Crusaders will attempt to become the first teams since 1999 to win Super Rugby semifinals on foreign soil.
It has been more than a decade since any team won a Super Rugby play-off match outside their own country.
Depleted Super Rugby semifinalists Western Stormers signed Schalk Brits on loan from English club Saracens on Monday.
Stormers coach Allister Coetzee has announced that eighthman Duane Vermeulen has been forced out of the Super Rugby semifinal.
The Stormers secured second place in the Super rugby table, and a home semifinal in the play-offs, when they beat the Cheetahs 44-34.
Saru said Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has called off a national World Cup planning camp due to potential Super Rugby commitments.
All bets are off on the remaining fixtures as the Super Rugby tournament has created constantly changing fortunes.
Ahead of Saturday’s clash against the Stormers, Bulls captain Victor Matfield says the pressure is on both teams to qualify for the Super Rugby play
The Stormers have overpowered the Melbourne Rebels 40-3 to march into the Super 15 top two in Melbourne.
Replacement flyhalf Dewaldt Duvenage converted Schalk Burger’s last-minute try to give the Stormers a 28-26 win over the Blues on Friday.
It has been a bad couple of weeks for the Stormers, writes <strong>Andy Capostagno</strong>.
The Blues will try to nullify the Stormers’ imposing rolling maul in the showdown of the Super 15’s SA and NZ conference leaders on Friday.
The Chiefs overcame a 17-point half-time deficit and capitalised on a controversial penalty try and yellow card to upset the Stormers on Saturday.
Richie McCaw returns to his trademark open-side flanker role on Saturday as the Canterbury Crusaders face a showdown with the Stormers.
As the Super Rugby tournament reaches its halfway mark, fans are growing weary of the repetition.
After nearly 10 months out of the game, flanker Jean Deysel has been named on the bench for their crucial Super Rugby clash against the Stormers.
The impact of injuries will be heavily felt in the Super 15 tournament as teams with the ability to replace key players are favoured in matches.
Former champions’ slide in the log speaks of a "been there, done that" attitude.
Queensland Reds Quade Cooper kicked 14 points and Mike Harris scored a late try in a 19-6 win on Saturday which ended the Stormers’ unbeaten run.
The high-flying Queensland Reds will put the Stormers’ unbeaten six-match run to the test in the feature match of this weekend’s Super 15.
After a month on the sidelines, Schalk Burger has returned to lead the Stormers in their Super Rugby clash against the Sharks in Durban.
Last Saturday at Loftus Versfeld the team that dominated the lineouts and scrums kicked well, and showed infinite patience as the minutes ticked by.