DHL Stormers Director of Rugby, John Dobson said they are well placed in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship after beating the Hollywoodbets Sharks 24-20, moving them up to the ninth position on the URC log.
"The Sharks fought and made so many disruptions, and we couldn’t bury them. When they slowed our ball down, we really struggled."
"It was messy but in that second half I thought we opened them up quite well."
"We said at the start that we need 10 points from these last two games. I think we’re properly in the mix now for our URC season."
"If you look at our fixtures I know we’ve got Leinster and Ulster away but if you look through the teams that are coming here, I don’t want to be disrespectful but they’re beatable."
"We should start one of our normal marches to the top now but this was a defining time, and if we didn’t get the win today, things would have got pretty tough."
"We will give it a spin in two weeks’ time, like really have a crack, shackles off. There’s nothing to lose and if we get it, then we’ll go on a proper tour to Europe."
“But if we lose to Sale, the Racing 92 game the next week will be purely academic."
Stormers' captain Deon Fourie said they will take the win despite how close it was and the errors made.
"I said after the game, we made our own errors, and that is fixable, but there is one thing you can’t buy or teach is fight. It’s something to be proud of."
"And also the difference between the first URC season and now is we’ve got magical players. Sometimes you have to rein them in and say, listen, there’s structure and you have to earn the magic, but that’s what makes them brilliant players."
“We were our own worst enemies at times, just letting loose balls go and individual errors cost us momentum and field position. That is definitely something to look at going forward.”