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After overcoming a six-month injury setback, Evan Roos is back with the Stormers, eager to reclaim his spot in the Springbok squad.
As Springboks lose Jasper Wiese to neck surgery, Rassie Erasmus faces a selection dilemma with Evan Roos and Cameron Hanekom emerging as frontrunners for the crucial No 8 position ahead of the 2025 Test season.
In a thrilling encounter, the Cape side's discipline proved costly as they fell to a loss at the Kingspan Stadium to a fighting Ulster
The Cape outfit triumphed over their arch-rivals in a gripping North-South derby, with key moments including a weather delay and a standout performance from Evan Roos.
Star No 8 Evan Roos said that the Stormers had focused on a fast start, and ‘just be in their faces for the full 80 minutes’ against the Bulls.
Evan Roos will want to strengthen his position with the Cape side and reignite his Springbok chances during crucial upcoming local derbies in the United Rugby Championship.
Evan Roos is one of three Stormers players exchanging the treatment room for the pitch, with prop Sti Sithole and English wing Ben Loader also back in training.
Loose forward Evan Roos, who can also play at lock, has just a handful of international caps to his name, but at 24-years-old he still has a long career ahead of him potentially.
the chances of history repeating itself and the Springboks falling to Os Lobos (The Wolves) at the Free State Stadium are remote, even if the hosts have chosen an experimental matchday 23.
The Stormers gave their fans a dose of good and bad news ahead of their URC playoff match against the Glasgow Warriors.
The Bulls are also the top side when it comes to points scored with 639, which is also a tournament record, eclipsing the 613 they scored in their first season in the United Rugby Championship.
Another potential absentee from two eagerly-awaited home Tests against Ireland in July is outside centre Lukhanyo Am, nursing shoulder and rib injuries.
Kwagga Smith may now be the favourite to wear the No 8 jersey, but the Springboks will certainly miss the energy and dynamic play he brings off the bench.
Even Roos becomes the fourth players to commit to the Stormers, who recently also announced new deals for Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Dan du Plessis and and Ruben van Heerden.
The Stormers seemed to be playing within themselves in the first half against the Dragons, before producing a superb second-half display.
Suleiman Hartzenberg was the chief destroyer with a hat-trick of tries for the home side, as their free-flowing style was too strong for their Scottish opponents.
This week IOL Sport has looked at the backs who had the chance to state their case at the camp, and now we look at the loose forwards.
Reinhardt Ludwig has been excellent as a No 4 lock this season, but was handed the responsibility of the No 7 jersey by Bulls coach Jake White when he named his team on Friday.
The Stormers will be confident of an eighth victory in a row against the Bulls, but can’t afford to be complacent.
Stormers loose forward Hacjivah Dayimani was the driving force behind the Capetonians’ memorable charge to the 2022 United Rugby Championship title.
Hacjivah Dayimani has certainly been visible since returning to action for the Stormers, piling up the statistics for metres made and getting stuck in physically.
Stormers coach John Dobson has heaped praise on his troops following an inspiring United Rugby Championship win over the Bulls in Cape Town on Saturday.
The duel between Stormer’s Herschel Jantjies and the Bulls’ Bok scrumhalf Embrose Papier would’ve been a mouthwatering one as well, but that is now on ice with Paul de Wet likely to take the nine jersey.
Hacjivah Dayimani, 26, recently became a father, and celebrated that milestone and his return to the starting line-up in the United Rugby Championship with a vital win over Zebre in Stellenbosch last weekend.
Stormers coach John Dobson will hope his returning Springboks like Manie Libbok and Damian Willemse will change their fortunes in the United Rugby Championship.