‘Not much Stormers can do’ about CT Stadium pitch

Leighton Koopman

“It’s on its last legs.” That’s how Stormers assistant coach Dawie Snyman laughingly described the playing surface of Cape Town Stadium ahead of his team’s semi-final in the United Rugby Championship against Connacht. And with rain expected later in the week in Cape Town, there will probably not be enough time to try and fix some patches to the outfield to prevent a mud bath ahead of Saturday’s (4pm kickoff) match. But luckily for the defending URC champions, they get to train on the field and have been playing and winning despite the surface not being ideal. After beating the Bulls in the quarter-finals, where they scored some pretty impressive tries with their running rugby despite the situation with the pitch, the Stormers will be looking to do the same…

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Cape Argus (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2023-05-09

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