Stormers coach weighs loss in Cardiff against building his squad’s capacity
Stormers head coach John Dobson. Picture: STEVE HAAG/GALLO IMAGES
Though they failed to win the past two matches they were still able to harvest nine log points in their three matches on tour, which should serve them well later in the campaign. It was an opportunity for Dobson to run the rule over some of the emerging talent in his group. He may have to do the same at Ellis Park this weekend in the absence of Bok-bound Damian Willemse, Steven Kitshoff, Frans Malherbe, Joseph Dweba, Salmaan Moerat, Deon Fourie and Herschel Jantjies.“It is one of the reasons we blooded so many guys on this tour, we knew what was coming up. So, we have got a team for Joburg who have all played for the Stormers this year.
They would have learnt a lot about how to roll with the punches and how to adapt to the referee’s interpretations.“Me talking about my very real and substantial frustrations with referees is going to sound like a poor loser, which I don’t want to come across. It means a lot to them and they did really well.