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    Good news:A Springbok prop will join the Stormers at the end of the current season.

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    BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 20: Ntuthuko Mchunu of South Africa during the 2024 Castle Lager Incoming Series match between South Africa and Portugal at Toyota Stadium on July 20, 2024 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. (Photo by Anton Geyser/Gallo Images)
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    Bok prop signs for Stormers.

    Sharks loosehead Ntuthuko Mchunu made his Test debut against Wales in 2022, along with future Stormers teammates Evan Roos and Deon Fourie

    The powerful 25-year-old has been earmarked as one of the rising stars of South African rugby and will be looking to take the next step in his career in Cape Town.

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    He will add to the depth in the Stormers front row and compete with the likes of Ali Vermaak, Sti Sithole and Vernon Matongo for the No 1 jersey next season.

    Director of rugby John Dobson said that Mchunu’s signing is an exciting one for several reasons.

    “Ntuthuko has played rugby at the highest level at a very young age and we are looking forward to seeing him develop his game further here.

    “He can be devastating in loose play as a really athletic loosehead and working with the likes of Frans Malherbe and Neethling Fouche each week can only make him a better prop.

    “At just 25, the future is bright for Ntuthuko and we are thrilled that he decided this was the best place for him to realise that considerable potential.”

    Mchunu, who has made 11 appearances for the Sharks in the 2024-25 season, said he is looking forward to starting this new chapter of his career in Cape Town.

    “This is a fantastic opportunity to work with some of the best players and coaches around and take my game to the next level.

    “The Stormers environment seems a special one from the outside and I want to get involved and contribute everything I can when I join at the end of the season.”

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    Just In:Stormers boss lauds ‘unheralded’ rookie who did a ‘really good job’ in Bulls win

    Stormers director of rugby John Dobson singled out rookie fly-half Jurie Matthee for special praise after his side clinched a morale-boosting victory over the Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday.

    The men from the Cape ended a four-match losing streak courtesy of a 19-16 triumph over the Bulls with Matthee finishing with a 14-point contribution courtesy of four penalties and a conversion.

    The fixture was played in atrocious weather conditions, with heavy rain pelting down for long periods, but apart from solid goal-kicking, Matthee also impressed with his game management.

    Limited game-time for Matthee

    The 24-year-old has had limited game-time since making his debut for the Stormers in 2023 but with Springboks stars Manie Libbok and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu currently sidelined due to injury, Dobson has been forced to start with Matthee in the number 10 jersey.

    Dobson praised the fighting spirit displayed by his charges in front of an intimidating crowd at Loftus Versfeld and said he was delighted with Matthee’s performance.

    “It’s obviously a special place to win. From the first kick-off, the way we counter-rucked, we just fought and fought and fought for every scrap, every contact point, everything like that,” he said.

    “So that was probably the most pleasing thing.

    “And then if I was to single somebody out, I’d say Jurie Matthee. He’s an unheralded guy and in those conditions, he did a really, really good job. But the most pleasing thing was our fight, you know, we didn’t go away.

    “I still thought we did a bit (too much) with the ball, and the first half was a bit frustrating. I thought we could have kicked earlier. And we were trying to sort of move it around a bit, which was one of the messages at half-time.

    ‘We were really a bit more direct with the kicking’

    “That sounds really simplistic, kick quicker, kick sooner. I thought we were poor like that in the first half. But then in the second half, we were really a bit more direct with the kicking.”

    Although the Bulls held the upper hand in the scrums, Dobson feels his side were more competitive in that department as the match progressed.

    He said he is happy with their improvement in the scrums after they were demolished in the set-piece battle when they faced the Bulls in the corresponding fixture in Cape Town last month.

    “We had one or two scrums early where we looked promising (in Pretoria),” explained Dobson. “But they got us in the third or fourth scrum where they deserved the penalty.

    “I couldn’t see what was happening on the far side of Wilco (Louw) and Ali (Vermaak) in the first half.

    “There were two AR (assistant referee) calls which left us a little bit frustrated. They took our soul in Cape Town (at scrum time), I know the Clayton Blommetjies missed conversion is blamed (for the loss), but the damage was done in the scrums. So it was a big focus.

    “They didn’t get that massive dominance they got in Cape Town, but they still got four or five penalties, which worries me a little bit.

    “When you get destroyed in the scrum, you lose your energy. So, the huge thing this week was about absorbing that pressure and stopping their big carriers off nine. For some reason they didn’t get that going in the match.”

     

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