Stormers Face Crucial Final Four Home Games In Urc Playoff Push
John Dobsons biggest headache over the next four games in the United Rugby Championship URC will be how to fit all his trump cards into one hand as his side pushes for a playoff place in the competition.
They will play their final round-robin matches all at home, and while they are outside of the top eight following a 38-34 loss to Ulster in Belfast this past Friday, they will know precisely what is needed to make the playoffs.
The Stormers, currently 10th, will face Connacht, Benneton, the Dragons and Cardiff at the DHL Stadium and all four games are winnable with a full house of points. Director of rugby Dobson must only figure out over the next couple of weeks what his team selections will look like as they chase to end amongst the top six at least.
He split the more settled centre combination of Wandisile Simelane and Dan du Plessis to accommodate the return of utility back Suleiman Hartzenberg against Ulster. But that experiment did not pan out as expected, and the defensive organisation wasnt up to its standard at the Kingspan Stadium. The injured trio of fullback Warrick Gelant, captain Salmaan Moerat and loose forward Deon Fourie was missed as well.
Still, they were happy with how the two tour games panned out.