Stormers coach Robbie Fleck is relaxed about his position at the franchise, despite rising pressure on the Cape Town side to deliver silverware after 20 seasons in Super Rugby. The Stormers will start their third campaign under Fleck’s coaching when they take on the Jaguares at Newlands on Saturday‚ though for the coach 2018 feels more like his second year in charge. When Western Province management handed the coaching reins to Fleck early in 2016 it was an act of desperation. Eddie Jones‚ who had signed as Stormers coach in late 2015‚ left less than a month into the job to take the England job. WP director of rugby Gert Smal went on a frantic search for another high-profile coach to replace Jones and eventually presented current Bulls coach John Mitchell to the board. But the board‚ wary of Mitchell’s acrimonious departure from the Lions‚ rejected Mitchell and the job fell to Fleck. The former Bok centre has done an admirable job in the circumstances and grown into the position. In...
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