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TimesLIVE
35 minutes ago
- Sport
- TimesLIVE
Stormers bullied by physical Glasgow, says Dobson
The Stormers were bullied when they crashed to a heavy 36-18 defeat against Glasgow Warriors in a United Rugby Championship (URC) quarterfinal clash, coach John Dobson said. In the aftermath of a devastating loss at Scotstoun Stadium on Friday, a perplexed Dobson said he did not know how his team would be able to fix their inability to dominate the gain line. The victory kept Glasgow's hopes of lifting back-to-back URC titles alive after they beat the Bulls 21-16 in the 2024 final at Loftus Versfeld Stadium. 'We were bullied physically, everything went wrong, and they put us under pressure,' Dobson said. 'To get so well beaten is disappointing and it was probably our worst game of the season. Things such as the line-outs and technical stuff we can fix and we also lost the technical battle and we can work on that.
The Citizen
5 hours ago
- Sport
- The Citizen
Dobson finds silver linings in disappointing end to Stormers' season
John Dobson was left hunting for the positives after the Stormers were dumped out of the URC knockouts by Glasgow Warriors. Stormers coach John Dobson was left hunting for silver linings after their heavy URC quarterfinal defeat to Glasgow Warriors over the past weekend. Picture: Cole Cruickshank/Gallo Images Stormers Director of Rugby John Dobson was left hunting for silver linings after a dreadful end to their United Rugby Championship (URC) season, with a heavy quarterfinal defeat to defending champions, Glasgow Warriors. Heading into the match the Stormers were on a terrific run of form, having won six of their last seven pool matches, including a four game winning streak, while Glasgow were in poor form, having lost three straight games. In the pre-match presser Dobson touted the feel-good feeling in the squad, and said that they were extremely confident, admitting that they would be disappointed to not get over the line. In the end it wasn't even close, as Glasgow hit the front in the ninth minute and never looked back, as they cruised to a comfortable 36-18 win in the end, setting themselves up with a massive semi against Leinster, who were made to work in their 33-21 quarterfinal win over Scarlets. Reflecting on the match Dobson said that Seabelo Senatla, who scored the team's only two tries, and their impressive scrum performance were the only real positives they could take from the game. Silver linings 'Our scrum and Seabelo were the two silver linings to a very dark cloud, and some of the youngsters coming through. Youngster like Paul (de Villiers) will be better for the experience. In terms of broadening our depth, we've had a good season,' said Dobson. 'What worried me (in the match), I felt like we didn't win the gainline. We can fix the lineout or the kicking plan, it just worried me a little bit that we didn't dominate the collisions as much as I'd like to have. But to fade off like we did tonight (Friday) is disappointing. 'I think we weren't far off getting ourselves into fourth (on the log), despite everything that happened over the season. The growth in terms of the squad, and our scrum culture is superb. That gives me a lot of reason for optimism.' Dobson highlighted their misfiring lineout and poor defensive showing as major reasons for their heavy defeat, and lamented the fact that they saved one of their most dreadful performances in recent times for their knockout. 'We'd been going 90% lineouts for the last four games, then suddenly dropped in the 70s. We dropped down to giving away 17 line breaks, dropped down to 65% tackle completion, which is a credit to Glasgow (in terms of) how they attacked,' explained Dobson. 'But we kept our worst performance probably in a couple of years for a knockout game, which is really disappointing.' The Stormers now take a break before some of the players get back together for the Currie Cup kicking off in late July.
BBC News
13 hours ago
- General
- BBC News
Your views as Glasgow win & Edinburgh lose in URC quarter-finals
We asked for your thoughts after Glasgow beat Stormers and Edinburgh lost to Bulls in the URC a taste of what you had to say:GLASGOWStuart: Same as last year - game management was spot on. Played in the right areas when it mattered. Hopefully we can do the same next Glasgow starting to peak just at the right What a great result for the Warriors. I thought Tom Jordan was excellent and a good few others. Very proud to be a GW supporter. Bring on Leinster. Two in a row?Charlie: Great victory. Some fantastic attacking play and many excellent performances from the backs. A colossal performance by the departing Henco It appears Edinburgh hit the elevation wall a good 20 minutes before the Bulls, having been in control and playing as well as they have seen all season. A fair result on balance, but strange that our normally prolific ruck penalty count was so low. Stair: Great end of season for Edinburgh. With 40 minutes gone we were the best team. As always we fell away in the third 20, only to come back into the game and almost create an upset. Far better outcome than I thought possible after our home surrender to Zebre some weeks ago. Well done and let's look forward to next year.
IOL News
a day ago
- Sport
- IOL News
Seabelo Senatla shines despite Stormers' defeat to Glasgow Warriors
Winger Seabelo Senatla's remarkable resilience was once again on display for the Stormers against Glasgow Warriors. The Stormers may have struggled for positives after their 36-18 humbling against the Glasgow Warriors in the United Rugby Championship quarter-final on Friday, but winger Seabelo Senatla's performance was one of the silver linings to a dark cloud for head coach John Dobson. Senatla's early yellow card at the Scotstoun Stadium in Scotland proved costly for the visitors from the Cape. In the time he was off the field, Glasgow scored two tries. The former Springbok Sevens star seemed determined to make amends on his return from the bin, scoring two tries that brought his team right back into the match as he energised the Stormers attack. He showed the kind of indomitable spirit that has seen him overcome personal tragedy. A horiffic car crash in 2023 sidelined him from the game for more than a year, threatening to end his career. "Sabelo was magic. He was very obviously our best player," head coach Dobson said in the aftermath of the disappointing defeat. "I'm very chuffed for him, given what he's been through. That was brilliant. "I don't think we rolled over, we just made so many mistakes; Sasha running with ball and it just pops out of his hand. That was our evening."
BBC News
a day ago
- General
- BBC News
Glasgow 36-18 Stormers: Three things we learned
Darge responds to Lions disappointmentRory Darge told BBC Scotland on last week's Scotland Rugby Podcast he's using the disappointment of missing out on selection for the British and Irish Lions as motivation. It certainly looked that way against the was outstanding. Time and again he chopped down the big South African ball carriers and stymied their momentum by being his usual menace at the led the way in the tackle charts with 23 and threw in two turnovers for good is consistently good at the best of times, but a Rory Darge with a point to prove? That's one heck of a weapon for Glasgow in this United Rugby Championship play-off shows his classTom Jordan is another player who can feel slightly aggrieved at missing out on the Lions after his sterling Six Nations performances for fans still feel aggrieved they will not see Jordan at Scotstoun next season, with the fly-half heading for Bristol this clean breaks, eight defenders beaten and 100m made tells only part of the story of Jordan's was constantly testing the Stormers defence, refusing to be put down in the tackle, and the way he pumped up the crowd in key moments demonstrated a ferocious will to will be a seismic loss to the team and the club, as a player and a character. Glasgow will hope he has one, ideally two, big performances left in to work on for semi-finalIt was a rather curious game in some lost the penalty count 16-4. Normally a disparity like that means the team on the wrong end is also on the wrong end of the result.A combination of five excellent tries, some titanic goal-line defence and the Stormers sloppy handling meant being on the wrong side of the officials did not prove costly, but Glasgow will need to sort that out in the semi-final against scrum, in the absence of Zander Fagerson, also creaked at various points and after the game Franco Smith identified the set piece as an area that must improve before next is a definite sense, however, that the defending champions are starting to show what they're all about.
