Champions Cup winner Dave Ewers will be part of the DHL Stormers to alleviate their damage headache within the again row and mentor up-and-comers Paul de Villiers and Divan Fuller.
The DHL Stormers on Thursday introduced that Ewers will be part of the crew on a short-term contract forward of the 2024-25 season.
Ewers, who was born in Zimbabwe, completed his education in England and loved a excessive profitable profession at Exeter Chiefs, the place he remodeled 250 appearances and gained a Champions Cup and Premiership double in 2020.
The 33-year-old spent the 2023-24 season within the Vodacom URC with Ulster, the place he was joined by Steven Kitshoff within the pack.
The Stormers expect to be with out Deon Fourie, Evan Roos and BJ Dixon for the primary a part of their URC marketing campaign, whereas Hacjivah Dayimani has departed for France.
“By means of Kitsie, we heard that he was obtainable,” Stormers assistant coach Dawie Snyman mentioned. “They had been each at Ulster collectively.
“It happened due to our accidents. Deon Fourie will solely be prepared after the URC tour. Evan Roos has gone for an operation and BJ Dixon is with the Springboks. So we would have liked depth.”
A part of Ewers’ duties will probably be to make use of his expertise to help the expansion of up-and-coming unfastened forwards Fuller and De Villiers.
The dynamic duo have teamed up impressively for Western Province within the Currie Cup and will get the chance to take the subsequent step of their careers when the URC will get underway in September.
“We’re very enthusiastic about these two,” Snyman mentioned. “It’s nice that they’ve the chance to play senior rugby now. They’re getting higher with each sport.
“They’re feeding off one another slightly bit, each of them are sturdy over the ball. It’s wholesome for us that they’re coming by and are getting lots of publicity.
“We’ve had earlier experiences with guys like Jamie Roberts coming over right here. Bringing over senior gamers who performed on that facet of the world to assist the children right here.
“We will certainly be getting Dave to assist us in that regard.”
Subsequent up for WP is a conflict with the defending champions Cheetahs in Cape City on Saturday.
“We’re positively giving ourselves an opportunity to win. We’ve ready very well,” Snyman mentioned.
“The Cheetahs are a extremely good facet, however they’ve to return right down to Cape City. Taking part in at 7pm at our stadium is a bit totally different to enjoying within the afternoon in Bloemfontein. We’ve plans round that.
“We’ve developed properly as a bunch and a crew over the previous two or three weeks, We’ve some good continuity. So we will certainly be going for this one.”
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