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STORMERS attack coach Dawie Snyman wysed the Kaapse span’s backline are ready to open up their bag of tricks for Saturday’s United Rugby Championship (URC) clash against Zebre in Parma, Italy.

The Stormers have won three games on the bounce and are the early leaders in this season’s URC campaign.

Despite the wins, with two secured without conceding a point, the attacking side of the Stormers’ play has not really sparked.

In last week’s 34-0 win against Scarlets in Wales, the Kapenaars outmuscled the Welsh team with three of their five tries scored by their marauding pack.

Snyman admits the changes made to the backline, with Springboks Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Damian Willemse roped in at flyhalf and fullback respectively, probably cost them some cohesion as it was both players’ first game back.

With the advantage of a full week of training with their franchise, Snyman expects Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Willemse to settle in nicely ahead of Saturday’s clash with Zebre.

And of lighting up Parma with some attacking flair, Snyman wysed: “We still have a lot left in the tank. There is a lot of stuff that we have not showed yet.

“And the way our previous games turned out, it was a bit difficult to go full tilt in that department.

“But this backline is capable of much more.”

 Of Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Willemse settling in nicely, he added: “It was a bit of an adjustment for them. It was the first time that we have had them with since we started our pre-season training.

“We did make some changes to our systems during that time, but they deserve credit for making those adjustments in the game and obviously it will just get better the more they play and understand exactly what we want to do.”

Snyman also had some good news on the injury front with tighthead prop Sazi Sandi’s scans revealing a stomp on his foot did not cause huge damage.

Of escaping serious injury, Snyman explained: “We expected the worst but Sazi will be okay. “Someone stepped on his foot and it could have led to ligament damage or broken bones but the scans showed it was not that bad.”