A delighted John Dobson stated the DHL Stormers will likely be travelling to Edinburgh filled with confidence after opening their Vodacom URC account with a bonus-point win over an enhancing Zebre facet.
The Stormers scored 4 tries on their solution to a commanding 36-5 bonus-point win in Parma on Saturday night time.
It was the primary win of the URC season for the guests, as they confirmed good composure to take all 5 factors on supply in Italy, forward of the ultimate match on tour towards Edinburgh.
With the Stormers bouncing again from a season-opening defeat to Ospreys, Dobson stated they may journey to sort out a wounded Edinburgh in excessive spirits.
“Our purpose from the tour is to get two wins. We used our free hit final week,” Dobson stated.
“Edinburgh will likely be a really, very completely different prospect up on the Hive. It’s going to be a tough recreation, however we’ve acquired confidence from tonight. We need to get two wins.
“Had we gone there with no win, we might have lacked a little bit of confidence. Now. it’s all the pieces to play for, for us. I really feel like we’re in area.
“The opposite good factor is despite the fact that we deliberate for Steven Kitshoff and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu to be with us right now and so they couldn’t, it appears to be like like we haven’t picked up any accidents. We’re a wholesome and joyful squad and we are going to put all the pieces into getting a second win on tour subsequent weekend.”
Flyhalf Jurie Matthee kicked 14 factors, whereas Leolin Zas scored a brace and was joined on the scoresheet by fellow wings Angelo Davids and Suleiman Hartzenberg because the Stormers broke down a resolute Zebre facet.
“It was all the time going to be a scoreboard-pressure constructing of the innings. We should give credit score to Zebre. They’re a really completely different workforce,” Dobson stated.
‘Their defence and physicality could not have come throughout on TV, however it was like a wall in entrance of us. We simply needed to construct the scoreboard stress to make them chase the sport.
“With quarter-hour to go, we have been the place we wished to be, constructing the innings. There have been one or two compelled passes after we realised a fourth strive was on the desk and determined to push for it. However we actually wished to financial institution a win.
“By way of what we wished, this was precisely the efficiency. We put them beneath the pump bodily. It took rather a lot to interrupt that defensive wall down.
“The message got here up from the gamers that the ball was slippery due to the circumstances, so we struggled to get distance passes. However we’re joyful.”
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