Stormers centre Damian de Allende admits that his side have to trade positive words for winning performances after six defeats in nine matches‚ which has left them on the brink of a disastrous campaign. The Stormers start a run of three consecutive home games against the Melbourne Rebels at Newlands on Friday and know another loss would spell the end of what little play-off qualification chances they have left. After losing 24-17 to the Sharks in Durban last weekend‚ the Stormers’ play-off ambitions are now on life support. They are bottom of the SA Conference on 14 points and have a huge amount of ground to make up. "It is tough for us to get any kind of message across with words at this point; we have to trade words for action‚" De Allende said. "We need to go out there and produce on the field. Hopefully our performance on Friday will be a message that will bring in the crowds for the following week," De Allende added. And with a resurgent Bulls and a classy Chiefs heading to New...
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