WATCH: Cape Town crowd goes wild for Siya Kolisi
Check out this special reaction from the crowd in Cape Town when Siya Kolisi was shown on the big screen during the Stormers game.
This past weekend, the Stormers moved one step closer to possibly defending their United Rugby Championship title after booking their second successive home semi-final in the competition.
The Cape side achieved yet another victory over the Bulls at the DHL Stadium, and during one memorable off-field moment during the encounter, the camera panned to Siya Kolisi sitting in the stands.
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The Springbok captain is currently recovering from knee surgery, and as the crowd caught sight of him on the big screen, the reaction was immensely wholesome as the crowed went wild – drawing a warm smile from Kolisi.
Kolisi is of course one of the Stormers’ favourite sons, having played in the Cape for the better part of a decade between 2010 and 2020.
Saturday’s crowd in Cape Town also reserved a special cheer for another Stormers legend Schalk Burger, but the roar the reverberated around the stadium when Kolisi appeared was something special.
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Watch the moment Kolisi was spotted in the crowd below:
The Stormers are leading the way once again for the SA teams
The Stormers will host Connacht in the first semi-final on Saturday, 13 May, at 16h00 at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town, while Leinster will go up against Munster in the other encounter at 18h30 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
These fixtures were confirmed after the Stormers defeated the Bulls 33-21 in Cape Town, Leinster outplayed the Sharks 35-5 in Dublin, Connacht surprised Ulster 15-10 in Belfast and Munster toppled the Glasgow Warriors 14-5 in Glasgow in the four quarter-finals.
The semi-final winners will meet in the Grand Final on Saturday, May 27 at the venue of the highest-ranked of the two teams.
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