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Stormers legends back emotional home win as farewell tribute to Chippie Solomon

De Villiers, Burger and Shimange are backing the Stormers to send Chippie Solomon off in style — and the piece captures the emotional stakes around his departure from those closest to WP rugby.

With Chippie Solomon's tenure coming to an end, Jean de Villiers, Schalk Burger, and Hanyani Shimange are all expecting the Stormers to deliver a performance with meaning at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday. The piece taps into the emotional weight surrounding Solomon's departure and the expectation — from those who know the culture of Western Province rugby intimately — that the squad will rise to the occasion.

Short on hard tactical analysis, this is more of a sentiment piece, but it carries weight given who's speaking. If you want to understand the mood inside the Cape rugby fraternity around Solomon's exit, it's worth a read.

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