John Dobson praises Stormers' decision making in big win over Glasgow Warriors

The Cape outfit was coming off a disappointing 33-24 defeat to Connacht a week ago. In that game, early mistakes saw them fall behind and need to chase the game, whereas against Glasgow they did not need to take any undue risks.

The win moves the Stormers to the top of the URC standings with their two games of the season remaining. However, they will need to travel to Europe for tough fixtures against Ulster and Cardiff to close out the league phase of the competition.

Dobson revealed part of the Stormers' poor performance against Connacht was due to the mental toll on the team following the passing of team manager Chippie Solomon in the lead up to the match.

"I think we could focus a bit more on the rugby this week," he said about their preparations for the Glasgow clash.

"Last week we were desperate and forced things, shovelling inferior ball. This week we applied pressure, we knew we could put some pressure on set-piece wise and that was effective.

"We didn't need to create the magic today, so that helped. I thought the decision-making was excellent.

"We got a lot of criticism for the Connacht performance, but to understand what this team was going through, or what Chippie meant to us and to this organisation. To expect those guys to perform normally.

"It's just a lack of humanity in my mind, the pressure they were under.

"We wanted to put in a proper performance, so to have done it like that and in the manner that we did, it's a really happy change room at this stage and we can build on this."

Stormers captain Ruhan Nel said he could feel the side was itching to get back to winning ways.

"You could feel from the start of the week the boys were ready to get back to business. The energy shifted. It was about doing something for ourselves.

"We embrace criticism, but there was a lack of understanding about what we went through," he said. "I just feel like there was a lack of respect, a lack of understanding towards the team and what we went through.

"That also was part of the motivation this week, that put a little bit of an anger in us. That added motivation."