'People outside of our circles, the Boks and Stormers, will always have an opinion'

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu was a “very happy” man after taking a starring role in the DHL Stormers’ revenge win over the Hollywoodbets Sharks.

The Stormers suffered back-to-back BKT URC defeats at the hands of their coastal derby rivals in January, which Director of Rugby John Dobson called the low point of last season.

But they made amends in convincing fashion as they defeated the previously unbeaten Sharks 39-22 in Cape Town, with No 8 Hacjivah Dayimani scoring two of their six tries.

The Player of the Match award went to Springboks fly-half Feinberg-Mngomezulu who pulled the strings expertly and slotted four shots at goal on his first outing of the campaign.

“That was good. They gave us a tough time last season,” said the 24-year-old.

“We had 45,000 odd here. It’s a special home ground that we have got here and I am very happy that we got the result.

“I just play for my team. There is endless motivation. People outside of our circles, the Springboks and Stormers, will always have an opinion and we enjoy that. But it’s just about staying low for me.

“It’s special to be back in Cape Town. The fans stay loud throughout the game.

“We last played here before the BKT URC semis and I forgot a bit what it is like, because it was a while ago. So it was great.”

Director of Rugby Dobson said: “It was a great atmosphere and a pretty compelling performance by us.

“I never felt we were in trouble. I thought we stood up physically and defensively. Then when we got into their half we played some pretty nice rugby.

“It was a very pleasing performance.”