Stormers director of rugby John Dobson said he was astounded at the type of criticism flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and former captain Salmaan Moerat were receiving lately.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu has been under the pump, first for underpar performances and having the captaincy taken from him after three games last month, and now for not trying a drop-goal in the dying minutes of their Champions Cup last-16 defeat to Toulon, which they lost by one point .
The flyhalf, who played from the bench for the first time, admitted afterwards that in hindsight perhaps a drop-goal would have been best, though the Stormers did get over the line and only tough refereeing decisions saw them fail to snatch a win.