Siya Kolisi leads Bok laden Stormers in Super Rugby opener against the Canes

The Rugby World Cup winning captain‚ who is more at home in the No 6 jersey‚ features in a Springbok laden forward unit.

As expected‚ the backline also includes Wales and British and Irish Lions international Jamie Roberts and his battle with Ngani Laumapi is expected to be a keen feature of the contest. Much of the Boks’ success was built on the toil of the forwards and with Kolisi‚ Steven Kitshoff‚ Bongi Mbonambi‚ Frans Malherbe and world player of the year Pieter-Steph du Toit in their starting line-up‚ the home crowd will hope the free running Hurricanes will be suffocated out of the contest.

“We are very excited about the team that we are putting out this weekend and the potential for us to make a good start to the last season at Newlands.

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