The Stormers have released a new Stormers Unfiltered video that shows fans life inside the team camp. It covers the week before their URC coastal derby win over the Sharks, IOL reported.
The video follows the players from their first training session of the week to matchday. It ends with the celebrations after the Cape side beat the Sharks 39-22 at a packed DHL Stadium on Saturday.
The video opens in the changeroom, where captain Ruhan Nel spoke to the squad before the game. “Be in constant communication with the guy next to you. Ask him ‘what do you want from me, what are we doing, what is the call?'” Nel told the players.
“There is a lot of things we can become today, but the one thing we will not become today is loose and disconnected,” he said. He ended with: “All-right boytjies, let’s get stuck in, boys.”
The week also saw Springboks rejoin the squad. Cobus Reinach and fetcher Paul de Villiers came back after some time off following the Test in Australia.
Fans can see how the team prepared during the week. The video shows training, team talks and the mood around the group as the match came closer.
In one scene, utility back Damian Willemse sees team physio Inge Croy. At the end of the visit, Willemse says, “my hips don’t lie.”
On Saturday, Willemse used his sidesteps and hip sways to beat several Sharks defenders. According to IOL, he did this a number of times on attack.
Training grew more serious towards the end of the week. The video shows No 8 Hacjivah Dayimani and tighthead prop Neethling Fouché swearing during work on attack, defence, scrums and lineouts.
Fouché told his teammates to be ready for every set piece. IOL said the forwards then beat the Sharks in the scrums and drove them back with rolling mauls.
The video also covers matchday itself. It includes the pre-match strapping sessions before the players ran out at DHL Stadium.
In another moment, Siya Kolisi takes a closer look at Dayimani and his beach-blonde hair.
Winger Seabelo Senatla is shown doing a backflip to celebrate his try. It was the first try of the new “Men in Black” era in Cape Town.
IOL said the series lets fans see the routines and team culture that usually stay out of sight. Supporters normally only see the team in action on matchday.
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