STORMERS BOLSTER BREAKDOWN
Robbie Fleck battens down for Hurricanes blast
Stormers coach Robbie Fleck has shuffled his back row for Friday’s Himalayan contest against defending Super Rugby champions the Hurricanes at their home patch in Wellington. Kobus van Dyk will start at openside with skipper Siya Kolisi returning to his preferred blindside flank role in an attempt to gain more balance. Over the past three weekends — against the Lions‚ Crusaders and Highlanders — the Stormers have been comprehensively beaten in the breakdown battle‚ which has contributed to three defeats. Injuries to Rynhardt Elstadt and Cobus Wiese forced Fleck’s hand‚ but Van Dyk will bring a direct approach to the breakdown that the Stormers have missed. Elstadt did join the team in New Zealand late on Tuesday‚ with former skipper Juan de Jongh‚ flyhalf Damian Willemse and prop Caylib Oosthuizen. But it was only the latter who made the final match-day squad. "Rynhardt was good at No6 and Cobus Wiese did an outstanding job‚ but we have been battling to find the right balance recent...
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