You would have thought that Stormers and South Africa scrum-half Herschel Jantjies would have seen fellow No9 Jamison Gibson-Park anger Will Skelton in the Heineken Champions Cup final last weekend, and decided not to copy him. However, it looks as though he did the very opposite in the United Rugby Championship final on Saturday as […]
One of the talking points heading into the United Rugby Championship final this weekend between the Stormers and Munster has bizarrely been the state of the Cape Town Stadium pitch. It looked as though their win over Connacht in the semi-finals was going to be the Stormers’ last game at the stadium this season until […]
Amid his onslaught of carries, offloads and rucks hit on Saturday in the Heineken Champions Cup final, there was one moment that eagle eyed viewers have spotted in La Rochelle lock Will Skelton’s game. It came in the first half after the Australian had taken the ball into contact. After being halted by Robbie Henshaw […]
The officiating at the breakdown during the Heineken Champions Cup final is something that has been called into question this week by fans and pundits. A hugely compelling game was maybe helped by the fact that players were allowed to generate quick ball at the ruck in any way they saw fit. Referee Jaco Peyper […]
