{"id":23466,"date":"2026-01-14T18:54:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/23466\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:54:06","slug":"bok-star-in-doubt-for-stormers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/23466\/","title":{"rendered":"Bok star in doubt for Stormers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A key Springbok could miss Saturday\u2019s must-win <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epcrugby.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Investec Champions Cup<\/a> match for the Stormers against the Leicester Tigers in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netwerk24.com\/sport\/rugby\/europese-kampioenebeker\/stormers-moet-tigers-dalk-sonder-bok-ster-tem-20260114-0870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Netwerk24<\/a> reports that Damian Willemse is in doubt after undergoing a head injury assessment during last weekend\u2019s heavy defeat to Harlequins in London.<\/p>\n<p>While Willemse has since been medically cleared, the Stormers are weighing up whether to risk him this week or rather manage his workload ahead of next Saturday\u2019s Vodacom URC match against the Sharks in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarugbymag.co.za\/venter-stormers-embracing-knockout-pressure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">VENTER: Stormers embracing knockout pressure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Should Willemse be rested, Jonathan Roche could slot into the midfield alongside the returning Ruhan Nel.<\/p>\n<p>Dobson will also need to appoint a stand-in captain, with regular skipper Salmaan Moerat unavailable for family reasons. Nel is viewed as one of the leading candidates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarugbymag.co.za\/stormers-set-for-backline-boost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">MORE: Stormers get backline boost for Tiger fight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Paarl Gim and SA Schools star Markus Muller has trained with the Stormers this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI watched him at Craven Week and he\u2019s a great player,\u201d winger Leolin Zas told Netwerk24. \u201cHe\u2019s a bit nervous, which is normal, but he\u2019s settling in well. I\u2019m keen to share what I can and help him find his feet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netwerk24.com\/sport\/rugby\/europese-kampioenebeker\/stormers-moet-tigers-dalk-sonder-bok-ster-tem-20260114-0870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">FULL STORY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A key Springbok could miss Saturday\u2019s must-win Investec Champions Cup match for the Stormers against the Leicester Tigers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[131],"class_list":{"0":"post-23466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-south-africa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}