Sport24 chief writer
When John Dobson set about planning his first-time assault on the novel north-meets-south, 16-team United Rugby Championship, he went through the fixture list with a studious toothcomb.
“I thought then, OK, probably Benetton … surely a win over the Lions at some point … maybe steal a result from Connacht … Zebre a definite,” the Stormers head coach recalled in the cosy, garden-side lounge-bar of a Newlands hotel to Sport24 this week.
