Stormers are showing they're not a 'one-season wonder': Dobson

“The original plan was actually to rest Manie this week but things went wrong with Jean-Luc out, we selected him again, but he does need a bit of a break. We need to create more depth and we can’t rely on him all the time.

“He made some mistakes today but these things happen. You can put a robotic No 10 [on the field] and it will probably be safer. But in terms of how the Stormers want to play, Manie is the guy.

“I am excited with what Jean-Luc can do. Libbok was fantastic in terms of opening things up. The first try that he played a part in set the tone for the game and it was instrumental.

“We have created some depth but we have a bit to go in some areas. You would have seen last weekend in Belfast with the backs, where we need to do a bit of work in terms of managing our depth there.

“In the forwards, we really have some nice depth in some positions and I am very happy with that.”

Dobson was also full of praise for flyhalf Manie Libbok who returned with 19 points from a try, four conversions and two penalties.

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