Chuck the ball around at your peril, Stormers

• Published date: 26 April 2024
• Author: eighton Koopman
• Publication title: Cape Argus (Cape Town, South Africa)

A few things went wrong last weekend against the Ospreys that the home team will want to set straight at the Cape Town Stadium (7.05pm kick-off) as they look to get their campaign back on track

Independent Newspapers looked at three critical areas in their game they have to be better at to push them to victory …

Getting that scrum dominance

The last time the Stormers had some proper scrum dominance was way back against Ulster and Steven Kitshoff.

In the past couple of games, though, the Cape side struggled to get their main weapon going forward, with veterans Frans Malherbe and Brok Harris the props.

If the scrum is not firing on all cylinders, it’s difficult for the Stormers’ backline to strut their stuff.

Leinster will certainly look to shut down this weapon of the home team.

Hot potato flop

The Stormers are known for giving the ball air more than most of the teams in the tournament.

But the way they were chucking the ball around without almost any regard shows how they got their plan wrong against the Ospreys.

Yes, there were some magical tries, but that came through patience.

They can create space out wide to be dangerous on the attack, but for that to happen, they have to...