Cape Town - Stormers coach Allister Coetzee believes his squad is in a better space physically heading into their four match Vodacom Super Rugby tour of Australasia than was the case when they embarked on the corresponding trip last year.
The supersport.com website reports that in 2014 the Stormers left for the Antipodes after just two games in the competition already severely weakened by injury, but although there have been a few players sitting out along the way in the five games played thus far in 2015, there is only one player who was considered among the frontliners at the start of the season who will be absent when the group of 27 flies out from Cape Town on Sunday.
“Rynhardt Elstadt broke his leg in round two and we are sorry to be without him but fortunately he is the only player who might otherwise have toured who is absent and that is a good space for us to be in if you compare it to the situation we were in during the last few seasons,” said Coetzee.