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Recap: Stormers vs Hurricanes LIVE | Super Rugby
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Follow all the action on the RugbyPass live blog from the Super Rugby match between the Stormers and the Hurricanes at DHL Newlands.
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Springbok World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi will lead a Stormers side that includes a debut for Wales and British and Irish Lions international Jamie Roberts. There are seven RWC winners in the starting XV.
The Hurricanes last visited Newlands in 2014 when a late try secured a dramatic one-point win for the DHL Stormers.
Eight of the last nine games between the two sides have been won by the home team on the day and the last time the Hurricanes won in Cape Town was in March 2006.
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Stormers coach John Dobson and captain Siya Kolisi set the scene ahead of the Super Rugby Opener
The last time the two teams played the opening game of the season was at Newlands in 2012 when Kolisi made a try-scoring debut off the replacements' bench.
STORMERS: 15. Dillyn Leyds; 14. Sergeal Petersen, 13. Ruhan Nel, 12. Jamie Roberts, 11. Seabelo Senatla; 10. Damian Willemse, 9. Herschel Jantjies; 8. Siya Kolisi (capt), 7. Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6. Jaco Coetzee, 5. Chris van Zyl, 4. Salmaan Moerat, 3. Frans Malherbe, 2. Bongi Mbonambi, 1. Steven Kitshoff. Reps: 16. Scarra Ntubeni, 17. Ali Vermaak, 18. Wilco Louw, 19. David Meihuizen, 20. Ernst van Rhyn, 21. Johan du Toit, 22. Godlen Masimla, 23. Rikus Pretorius.
HURRICANES: 15. Jordie Barrett; 14. Wes Goosen, 13. Billy Proctor, 12. Ngani Laumape, 11. Ben Lam; 10. Fletcher Smith, 9. TJ Perenara (cap); 8. Gareth Evans, 7, Du Plessis Kirifi, 6. Reed Prinsep, 5. Scott Scrafton, 4. James Blackwell, 3. Tyrel Lomax, 2. Ricky Riccitelli, 1. Fraser Armstrong. Reps: 16. Asafo Auma, 17. Pouri Rakete-Stones, 18. Tevita Mafileo, 19. Vaea Fifita, 20. Devan Flanders, 21. Jamie Booth, 22. Jackson Garden-Bachop, 23. Vince Aso.
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Nah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
Go to commentsYeah nar, should work for sure. I was just asking why would you do it that way?
It could be achieved by outsourcing all your IP and players to New Zealand, Japan, and America, with a big Super competition between those countries raking it in with all of Australia's best talent to help them at a club level. When there is enough of a following and players coming through internally, and from other international countries (starting out like Australia/without a pro scene), for these high profile clubs to compete without a heavy australian base, then RA could use all the money they'd saved over the decades to turn things around at home and fund 4 super sides of their own that would be good enough to compete.
That sounds like a great model to reset the game in Aus. Take a couple of decades to invest in youth and community networks before trying to become professional again. I just suggest most aussies would be a bit more optimistic they can make it work without the two decades without any pro club rugby bit.
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