Legend has it that once you over power the New Zealand sides you frustrate them and then they retaliate with bad antics, that was the case when the Hurricanes could not contain with the Stormers forward pack.
Fuming Stormers Coach John Dobson called out the Hurricanes for their bad disciplined performance from Saturdays game. During the Siya Kholisi went out injured after 25 minutes after he was hit by a late tackle by Ricky Riccitelli while Bongi Mbonambi went out with a calf tear and many players going to the ground seeking medical attention after horrible tackles.
"I thought that it was a mean spirited game (speaking of Saturdays game) that was not good for the tournament going forward. We reviewed the game quite a few times and we got more and more angry . I think Peter-Stepth went through a hard time, he had his hair pulled twice. We were not happy with anything that had happened, a lots of stuff happened in the field. Apparently Riccitelli apologised to Siya but its fair to say Siya is not happy either," said Dobson.
Containing the Stormers who have a dominant force similar to the Springboks is something which is beingcontemplated by their rivals but throwing "cheap shot" to take them out of the game is not the way to go about it according to displeased Coach John Dobson, who admitted that they were not aware of the dangerous incidents that had taken place during the and could not speak out about them to the Hurricanes Head Coach Jason Holland
The Canes were virtually outplayed in every sphere resulting in them instigation to bad behaviour, they conceded 12 penalties and had 2 yellow cards.
"If this becomes the general trend of the competition, then I would be very worried, it was disappointing. If you have a Pieter-Steph du Toit who is World Player of the Year and the way of dealing with him is cheap shots, then it is a problem," added Dobson
The Stormers are heavy favourites for this years Super Rugby and teams will be gunning for them, Dobson signaling out the dirty play his team received from the New Zealanders is a way of protecting his players. If they were to be played like they were in the previous week in every game they would end the season with a crippled squad.
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