The Stormers won’t die wondering and will be going full metal jacket when they take on struggling Ulster in their United Rugby Championship (URC) clash in Belfast on Friday night. It was a good past weekend for the Stormers as they claimed a full house of points in beating Scarlets 29-17 in Llanelli , which lifted them up into the URC top eight. The result means that this weekend’s game against Ulster isn’t as important as it could have been, as they can afford to lose the game, with a solid four game home run to finish the pool phase of the competition still to come.
Full-strength team But despite having that luxury, Stormers Director of Rugby John Dobson said that the team would be going all out to get the win and that they would be naming a near to full strength team, with just a few forced changes. Flank Deon Fourie has been ruled out of the match with concussion, after suffering a nasty collision with teammate Salmaan Moerat as they attempted to make a tackle during the Scarlets game. “Unfortunately, it’s an HIA 1, by the fact that he was knocked out.
It means he’s out for the next game. So, that’s a bit of a blow for us,” explained Dobson. “He didn’t want to come off, but the damage was done.
When you snore on the field, it is worse than snoring next to your wife. You’re out. So he will miss the next game but that’s it.
Hartzenberg return Utility back Suleiman Hartzenberg will also make his return to the match 23, with Dobson explaining he was av.
