When Brok Harris parted company with the Dragons in June 2021, he thought that was the end of his playing days. After all, he was 36 and he’d put in a long old shift at the scrummaging coal-face.
But some 20 months on, he is a Vodacom United Rugby Championship title winner and still going strong as a first-team regular with the DHL Stormers.
“They said they knew I wanted to go into the coaching side of it, but Steven Kitshoff was with the Springboks, while they also had injuries, and they felt they needed some experience just to guide the young guys through the start of the first URC season. “I look back on my time at the Dragons fondly. It was harsh at times on-field. Having five coaches in eight seasons says it all basically.“You can’t ever build something if you don’t have consistent coaching staff. You are trying to build something and then a new one comes in and he tries his way. It always felt like a rebuilding thing.
From that landmark victory, the Stormers went from strength to strength, ultimately winning the URC title with victory over the Vodacom Bulls in the final in Cape Town, where Harris came off the bench to share in the triumph. “The first year South Africa are in the URC and it’s a Stormers-Bulls final in Cape Town and we won it. It’s a big story to write.”
The Stormers are making a very decent fist of their defence of the URC title. They lie second in the table, with only Leinster above them, and are firmly on course for a home quarter-final in the play-offs.
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