'JAPPIE'S THE MASTERMIND'

RITO CREDITS THE STORMERS' CONDITIONING COACH FOR HELPING WITH AWAY FORM

- BY DEAN CLOETE

IT'S not often that a team's strength and conditioning coach gets credit publicly for helping to get the span to a higher level.

It therefore speaks volumes of the team culture in the Stormers camp that, when asked what the key to their turnaround in fortunes away from home is, forwards coach Rito Hlungwani did not hesitate to praise the work done by Riefaat Jappie.