John Dobson made no excuses after the DHL Stormers were beaten by Exeter Chiefs in the Champions Cup quarter-finals, despite the absence of Deon Fourie and the tricky travel schedule to England.
Exeter Chiefs blew a very flat Stormers side off a blustery Sandy Park to claim a 42-17 victory and progress to the Champions Cup semi-finals on Saturday night.The damage was all done in the first half, as Exeter scored three tries in the opening half-hour, while the Stormers lacked their characteristic intensity and accuracy on defence.
The Stormers did face a tricky task of navigating their way to Exeter during the week and were without influential veteran flank Deon Fourie due to a facial fracture. “I just think Exeter were so sublime. It was a performance of yore, when they were European champions. I can’t really extrapolate that onto the travel.
“We did miss him a hell of a lot. I didn’t expect it to be quite like it was. Credit to Exeter for how they played, but we did miss him and Nama Xaba, out and out stealers.”
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