'Wandi is going to be special': Simelane fires as Stormers backline finds spark

24 Mar

Lloyd Burnard

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Wandisile Simelane of the Stormers in action against Edinburgh in Cape Town on Saturday (Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images)

One of the major individual positives for the Stormers in their 43-21 win over Edinburgh on Saturday was the performance of Wandisile Simelane.

It wasn't that the 26-year-old outside centre was necessarily better than those around him - the Stormers backline had a collectively brilliant day at the office - but more that Simelane hit the ground running in his first start for the franchise.

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