Stormers blow off Kolbe hype

Cape Town - There’s a lot of fuss being made in the Cape about where Cheslin Kolbe should be deployed in the Stormers team following Nick Mallett’s comments from the SuperSport studio that he should perhaps play scrumhalf because of his size, and there has also been some hysterical overreaction to the attention paid to Kolbe by Sharks centre Frans Steyn in the coastal derby last weekend.

However, when it comes to the player himself, and the management who decide where he plays, it is a case of all calm on the western front, reports the supersport.com website.

Kolbe knows he is playing a physical sport where the gladiatorial attitude prevails, and that opposition targeting you just comes with the territory in rugby and can actually be seen as a compliment.