The Stormers have been dreadful on their Australasia tour and now they've copped a huge monetary fine as well because they'be brought the game into disrepute. After three tour games, the Stormers have one win to show and have landed in a lowly 10th position on the Super Rugby standings. The SANZAR Judicial Hearing conducted by Mr Terry Willis (Australia) on Wednesday found the Stormers team guilty of misconduct [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 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]

The Vodacom Bulls jumped from third to first in the South African Vodacom Super Rugby Conference after their bonus-point victory over the Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Their fourth try was scored in injury time, but it was enough for the Vodacom Bulls to return to Pretoria with five points which saw them go to 28 log points halfway through the league phase of the competition. They won 34-0. [More]

The Bulls scored two tries in the last four minutes to register an important bonus point as they recorded a 34-0 over the Southern Kings in their Super Rugby fixture at a capacity Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. The visitors led 20-0 after 34 minutes, but had to wait until the 76th minute before they added to that score as Jacques Potgieter and Akona Ndungane crossed for tries to complete an outstanding win in which the Bulls' defence and forward play were impressive. [More]

The DHL Stormers bounced back from recent defeats in spectacular fashion by defeating the South African Conference log-leaders, the Sharks, 22-15 in their Vodacom Super Rugby derby against the Sharks at Newlands on Saturday evening, after leading 16-6 at halftime. The outcome was a fitting reward for the Stormers, who have been [More]

The DHL Stormers held a deserved 16-6 lead at the break in their Vodacom Super Rugby derby against the Sharks at Newlands on Saturday evening. The loss of an early line-out may have been a hint that there problems in store for the home side, but they shook off the setback with dashing forays into Sharks territory. The pressure they created forced the Sharks [More]

The DHL Stormers discard Burton Francis has come back to bite the Newlands franchise wearing the colours of the Cheetahs. The 26-year-old Francis who was born and bred in Paarl contributed 16 points in the Cheetahs' 26-24 win over the Stormers in Bloemfontein on Saturday. His 'Man-of-the-Match' performance kept his side in [More]