Marcel Theunissen South Africa Belfast Durban United Rugby Championship URC Rugby Marcel Theunissen South Africa Belfast Durban

Dobson hails Stormers' depth after Sharks rout: 'We don't want to be a one-hit wonder'

news24.com

The Stormers avoided a third consecutive URC loss as they powered to a 46-19 win against Neil Powell's men in Durban.The win came after a 35-5 defeat to Ulster and a 24-17 loss to Glasgow Warriors and now puts the defending champions second on the log behind Leinster, who lead by 11 points.Dobson hailed his side for their bounce-back ability as a rampaging Stormers outfit scored six tries to win the coastal derby."There was a horrible negative emotion when we lost 35-5 last week and it was our biggest defeat, but we were always coming for this game," Dobson told reporters on Saturday."And that's why we didn't take people to Ulster.

It was very important in terms of the South African conference... There was emotion when we lost the two URC games in a row, but our plan was to come for this game, we grabbed the opportunity and I didn't quite expect it to work out like it did."WATCH | Libbok assists Jantjies for Stormers' opening tryDobson was pleased with his side's depth as the Western Province franchise continued to manage a busy summer with URC, Champions Cup and the upcoming Currie Cup to contend with."When we won the URC last year, our main task this season was to make sure we have a sustainable thing.

Before the season, I said that we didn't want to become a one-hit wonder," said Dobson."The key to that, especially competing in three competitions, including the Currie Cup, was to create depth.

Our mindsets have changed very much."A while ago, there was the devastation of [losing] Evan Roos and leaving Hacjivah (Dayimani) out of this game, but then we see what Marcel Theunissen did this afternoon...

Related News
M alcolm Macdonald will never forget the extraordinary contrast of pain and perfection. To this day, the memory leaves him torn between angst and awe. On 28 February 1976, Dennis Tueart left Macdonald and his Newcastle teammates shattered after scoring the most exquisite winning goal imaginable in front of 100,000 fans at Wembley as Manchester City won the League Cup final 2-1.
Following their 23-19 United Rugby Championship (URC) win over the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, the Stormers are on track for a clean sweep of local derbies, certainly no easy feat if they accomplish it. 
Stormers coach John Dobson has made two changes to his forward pack for Saturday's North-South URC derby against the Bulls in Pretoria.
Dusi Canoe Marathon favourites Andy Birkett and Christie Mackenzie took the stage honours in contrasting races after day one of the 2023 edition of the famous race. 

Latest News

Change privacy settings
This page might use cookies if your analytics vendor requires them.