This Saturday's Super Rugby clash between the Stormers and Bulls at Newlands will be "war". That is the view of Bulls coach Nollis Marais, who was speaking ahead of his side's tournament opener in Cape Town. The Bulls have not won at Newlands since 2011, while they did beat the Stormers at Loftus in 2016. Marais spoke on Thursday about his relationship with Stormers coach Robbie Fleck and breakdown specialist John Dobson, but he was under no illusions about what this fixture meant to both sides. "There is no love lost between north and south... Bulls and Stormers.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 24, 2017 04:52 UTC