World media reacts to Stormers' win
SOCIAL SPOTLIGHT: Congratulations poured in as Stormers claimed the United Rugby Championship title in Cape Town on Saturday.
The Stormers lifted the inaugural URC trophy following a hard-fought 18-13 win over the Bulls in the Grand Final at the Cape Town Stadium.
The win is the team’s 11th consecutive of the season.
Social media was buzzing after the famous victory, with Springbok stars Breyton Paulse and Flip van der Merwe, along with renowned sports personality Robert Marawa among the people taking to Twitter to congratulate John Dobson and his side.
⚡️ @THESTORMERS ARE THE URC CHAMPIONS 🏆#URC | #STOvBUL | #AllFor1 pic.twitter.com/2QIQjCXmBv
— United Rugby Championship (URC) (@URCOfficial) June 18, 2022
THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO WIN THE URC 1 GRAND FINAL 🤩#URC | #STOvBUL | #AllFor1 | @THESTORMERS pic.twitter.com/Eyrzw3LLnx
— United Rugby Championship (URC) (@URCOfficial) June 18, 2022
John Dobson relives the Grand Final emotion 😍#URC | #STOvBUL | #AllFor1 | @THESTORMERS pic.twitter.com/Ke6mI6UStm
— United Rugby Championship (URC) (@URCOfficial) June 18, 2022
Unity 🤝#URC | #STOvBUL | #AllFor1 | @THESTORMERS pic.twitter.com/GBBjUtsUJB
— United Rugby Championship (URC) (@URCOfficial) June 19, 2022
You are witnessing greatness at work! 🕺⚡️💃#URC | #AllFor1 | @THESTORMERS | @WiaanLaing pic.twitter.com/5VA3kho6Dy
— United Rugby Championship (URC) (@URCOfficial) June 19, 2022
Does it get much better than drinking out of the cup after a Vodacom Man of the Match performance in your 100th game? Nobody deserves this more than @Deonf #iamastormer #dhldelivers #brannas @Vodacom #URC pic.twitter.com/kJypmWM5wA
— DHL Stormers (@THESTORMERS) June 19, 2022
John Dobson is a special human. I don’t think anyone else could have won the Stormers the URC – genuinely.
Only someone as dyed-in-the-wool Western Province could have kept that team together through the tempest of the last few years.
— A-P (@rugby_ap) June 19, 2022
Congrats to Coach Dobson and the entire Stormers family. So happy for their wonderful fans. https://t.co/b6Tndtc752
— Marco Masotti (@MarcoMasotti_) June 19, 2022
Fuck yeah baby,Stormers are CHAMPIONS OF URC,SALUTE GUYS!!!
— Breyton Paulse (@BreytonPaulse) June 18, 2022
Was always gonna be difficult for Bulls to win when other bulls have been dominating the headlines for the past two weeks!!🙆🏾♂️
CONGRATULATIONS Stormers..🙌🏾🙌🏾🥂
— robertmarawa (@robertmarawa) June 18, 2022
Tough one to accept for the Bulls, but well done to the Stormers, especially, hats off to Deon Fourie, no one deserves a big trophy more than him!
In all, a great win for SA Rugby, teams showing their intentions and appreciation of the new @URCOfficial in the very first season.— Flip van der merwe (@flipvandermerwe) June 18, 2022
