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Deon Fourie's chances are 50-50 for 'no-tomorrow' semi-final clash, says Stormers coach Dobson

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Stormers flanker Deon Fourie has a "50-50" chance of playing against Connacht in Saturday's URC semi-final in Cape Town, coach John Dobson revealed on Wednesday.READ | WP playing devil's advocate to prep Stormers for Connacht: 'We never made it easy for them'Fourie suffered a hamstring injury in last Saturday's 33-21 quarter-final win over the Bulls at Cape Town Stadium.Fourie watched Wednesday's training session at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch from the touchlines as he nursed his leg injury.Dobson told reporters he was hopeful that Fourie would recover in time but couldn't give a definitive answer."Deon is probably 50-50 at best.

We'll make a call at the captain's run on Friday. It's a tough one, because there's no tomorrow ... a semi-final ... it's everything."The consequences ...

if we were to win ... and also his own aspirations this year. It's a tricky risk we have to take. That's where our mind is at the moment. "There's no pressure on him on Friday, if he wants to play then it's fine.

But we haven't pulled him out yet and we've made plans without him, so it's literally 50-50," Dobson said.Dobson added that it was tough to test the injury outside of a match scenario."He's feeling good.

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