Stormers players share their best schoolboy rugby memories ahead of this weekend’s Vodacom URC origin round.
Imagine growing up with Damian Willemse in your age-group at Paul Roos like Ben Jason Dixon did. Vodacom URC Origin Round next week. #inittogether pic.twitter.com/qKLJiPKlh5
— DHL Stormers (@THESTORMERS) February 21, 2026
With @Vodacom #URC Origin Round coming up next week, we got Suleiman Hartzenberg to tell us about some of his best schoolboy rugby memories. #inittogether pic.twitter.com/jghjQPKhbS
— DHL Stormers (@THESTORMERS) February 20, 2026
Streets won’t forget Tim Swiel at Bishops and neither will Jonny Roche who watched him in awe as a young kid. Who was your schoolboy rugby
? #inittogether @Vodacom #URC #OriginRound pic.twitter.com/m6J31IL6ia
— DHL Stormers (@THESTORMERS) February 22, 2026
A young Cobus Reinach was sent a long way to fetch balls from Frans Steyn’s kicking session at Grey College in Bloemfontein. #inittogether @Vodacom #URC #OriginRound pic.twitter.com/d3WG8G0irY
— DHL Stormers (@THESTORMERS) February 23, 2026
Rikus Bothma’s rugby career was cut short, but the Paarl Gim skipper will always be remembered as an inspirational and fearless competitor by his friend and teammate JD Schickerling. #inittogether @Vodacom #URC #OriginRound pic.twitter.com/3OMH3btJtU
— DHL Stormers (@THESTORMERS) February 24, 2026
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