Just when we all thought the DHL Stormers have forgotten how to win a match, they finally savoured a win after three consecutive defeats when they triumphed 20-15 against the 2011 Super Rugby champions the Reds at a chilly Newlands on Saturday evening. [More]

Just when we all thought the DHL Stormers have forgotten how to win a match, they finally savoured a win after three consecutive defeats when they triumphed 20-15 against the 2011 Super Rugby champions the Reds at a chilly Newlands on Saturday evening. [More]

Two players who have yet to play Super Rugby have been named in the DHL Stormers' 22-man match day squad to play the Reds at Newlands on Saturday. It is a most unlikely scenario to be fielding two debutantes since the Stormers have already played 11 matches this season but the injury crises has has dealt the side one crippling blow after the other. In addition, lock Gerbrandt Grobler, will be making a run-on debut after he joined the fray as a substitute in last [More]

The DHL Stormers suffered three potential injury-blows during their 15-21 Vodacom Super Rugby defeat to the Waratahs at Allianz Stadium on Saturday. The Stormers led 15-11 going into the final ten minutes of the game, but conceded a late converted try – followed by a penalty on full-time – to suffer a second narrow tour loss. [More]

Stormers skipper Jean de Villiers hailed the NSW Waratahs' newfound steel after Berrick Barnes and man of the moment Israel Folau conspired to sink his side and keep their Super Rugby finals hopes alive on Saturday night. The stingy DHL Stormers threatened to suffocate Folau and his Waratahs teammates until the classy fullback stormed onto Barnes's season-saving pass to cross three minutes from fulltime and clinch a tense 21-15 victory at Allianz Stadium. [More]

Eben Etzebeth, a second-half replacement for injured De Kock Steenkamp against the Blues, showed over the weekend that he is ready for a run-on slot in the DHL Stormers team to face the Waratahs in Sysdney, Australia, on Saturday. Stormers coach Allister Coetzee said on Monday that Etzebeth will join Andries in the second row on Saturday. "Eben will start and he showed that he is ready to play a full game now," said Coetzee, at Monday's press conference which was staged via telephone. "We're always looking at continuity because it is important for us. [More]

The Blues weathered a furious fightback by the DHL Stormers to win a Super Rugby cliffhanger 18-17 in Auckland and cement their place in the southern hemisphere competition's top six on Friday. Flyhalf Chris Noakes scored all of the hosts' points at North Harbour Stadium with six straight penalty kicks but the match was nearly stolen by an inspirational two-try effort by Stormers captain Jean de Villiers. [More]

Fyhalf Chris Noakes kicked six penalties to lift the Auckland-based Blues to an 18-17 win over South Africa's Stormers in their Super Rugby showdown on Friday. Noakes became the first Blues player to kick six penalties in a match, missing only one attempt at goal as his team heavily punished the Cape Town-based Stormers for lapses in composure and technique. [More]

The Stormers are targeting an all-round performance improvement in their Super Rugby match against the Blues in New Zealand on Friday. Speaking from the team base in Auckland on Tuesday, Stormers forwards coach Matt Proudfoot said team had time to reflect on their recent game against the Hurricanes, and there is a need to refine their performance. [More]

The DHL Stormers were the only Vodacom Super Rugby team to win away from home this weekend as the Vodacom Bulls and Toyota Cheetahs opened up a slight gap at the top of the South African Conference. The Capetonians kicked off their Australasian tour on the best way possible when they beat the Hurricanes by 18-16 in Palmerston North on Friday morning, with the highlight coming just before halftime when Bryan Habana charged down an attempted conversion by the ‘Canes. [More]