Razzle-dazzle Stormers won't abandon identity against physical Ulster – Hlungwani

ENJOYED the Stormers’ running-rugby festival last weekend?

- ASHFAK MOHAMED

Well, assistant coach Rito Hlungwani says Cape fans can expect more of the same in Friday’s clash against Ulster in Belfast (9.35pm start).

Despite having lost more games than they have won, the Stormers are somehow still in playoff contention to the United Rugby Championship.

They are on 33 points from 13 matches, with six victories and seven defeats, which have put them in eighth position on a congested log that sees John Dobson's team trailing fifth-placed Cardiff by just two points.

The Stormers played some dazzling rugby in holding off the Scarlets 29-17 in Llanelli last Saturday, with André-Hugo Venter’s vital late try securing the bonus point.

But now they need to back it up against a difficult Ulster outfit who are also caught up in the log-jam in ninth spot on 32 points, with the same win-loss record as their South African opponents.