Emirates Lions' defence guru Jaque Fourie says it will take a massive effort by his team to counter the high-flying DHL Stormers on Saturday in Cape Town at 19h00 (SA Time) but backs his side to improve come Saturday.
“It’s roughly a year ago since we beat them in Cape Town, but they are a different side now not to mention title holders, said Fourie. In addition, they’ve picked up good momentum during the season and it’s now for us to put last Friday’s result behind us by channelling a positive approach towards a win on Saturday,” said the former Bok centre.
The straight-talking Fourie believes his team’s defensive standards would need a huge step up from last week’s disappointing result against the Sharks, something they’ve been focusing on in downtown Johannesburg this week.
“We are going to have to stay connected in our defence lines as well as looking at closing their space and time,” he cautioned.
“They are a team who are dangerous on the counter-attack and we saw last week how quickly they scored so it’s key for us to maintain our shape,” he concluded.
