John Dobson reveals that he didn’t see Deon Fourie as a starter when the Stormers head coach brought him back to the Kaap in 2021.
But Brannas, after playing for French clubs Grenoble and Lyon, kept pouring shots and got sterker and sterker.
Fourie’s return to the Stormers in 2021 after leaving the franchise in 2014 turned out to be a helse success, culminating in a historic call-up to the Springboks at the age of 36 - making him the oudste Bok debutante in history.
Fourie contributed significantly to the Stormers winning the United Rugby Championship in 2021/22, their first major franchise trophy.
At 37, he also captained South Africa at the death in their 2023 Rugby World Cup final win.
Despite initially intending to leverage Fourie’s experience off the pitch, Dobson revealed that the wily loose-forward seized his chance and emerged as a match-winner” Dobbo says on the Stormers’ official website: “I’d love to claim that I saw Deon coming here and being a match-winner, but I can’t do that.
Deon Fourie's second stint as a DHL Stormer has been a resounding success in every sense. #iamastormer #dhldelivers https://t.co/OoTwi1BalE
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“The intention when we heard Deon was available was to bring him back for his experience.
“He’d been a WP captain and had played a lot of rugby both here and overseas and we wanted him to bring experience that would rub off on the other players.”
Meanwhile, former Maties flyhalf Jurie Matthee has reportedly signed a new long-term contract with WP Rugby following a kwaai start to his professional career.
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30 wins out of 33 matches at home since the start of the @Vodacom #URC in 2021, just shows what a huge impact the Faithful make for our team. #iamastormer #dhldelivershttps://t.co/7vlrzJdW7z
Matthee’s agent, Michael Thomas, told Netwerk24 that the 23-year-old has inked a two-year contract to keep him with the Kapenaars until June 2026.
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