DHL Stormers John Dobson confirmed that crucial injuries were the price the Stormers had to pay for their 34-00 win over Scarlets, Friday night in Llanelli.
Deon Fourie will be returning home for an operation after suffering a serious injury to his arm and is expected to return to the injury bench for an extended period.
“A lot of tears in the change room. It’s a serious bicep injury that will require surgery, so he’ll go home. It’s an emotional change room, as much as the win is pleasing, it shows how tight this team is that they’re so upset about Deon.”
Dobson also confirmed that prop Sazi Sandi is not expected to be available soon.
“Sazi will get scanned, and we’ll see where he stands, but for now, he’s out. That’s three really good tightheads in Frans, Neethling, and Sazi unavailable, and I don’t think any team can cater for that in their roster. But luckily we’ve got a great scrum culture and guys like Porthen are coming through, we’ve got Hencus van Wyk, Corne Welbach, Oli Kebble can swing, so we should be able to keep our scrum culture going.”