Stormers under a dark cloud but still have a chance to make the play-offs
It has been a bleak season for the Cape Town side and boardroom squabbles have made things worse for coach Robbie Fleck
The Stormers’ Super Rugby season makes for bleak reading on many fronts‚ yet they still have a chance of making the play-offs despite a 36% winning record in 2019. They are only four points off conference leaders the Bulls and Sharks. That says more about the general lack of quality and overall inconsistency of the SA Conference than it does about the Stormers. Saturday’s 30-25 defeat at the hands of the Jaguares in Argentina was not entirely unexpected considering how difficult it is to win in Buenos Aires‚ but it was infuriating because it was another game the Stormers should have won. They had their chances‚ especially at the back-end of the match with a lineout 10m from the opposition line and with the Jaguares down to 14 men. But‚ just as on several crucial occasions earlier this season‚ they botched the lineout and the chance was gone. Coach Robbie Fleck has often lamented after a game that opportunities were created but poor execution let them down. It was the same story in...
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