Stormers head coach John Dobson is under no illusion as to the challenge that awaits them when they face Connacht in Cape Town next week.
Despite taking over the position from which he was fired in 2012, returning Sharks head coach John Plumtree insists he has nothing to prove.
Stormers number eight Evan Roos is ready to get stuck in against the Bulls in Saturday's crunch United Rugby Championship quarter-final in Cape Town.
Springbok veteran Duane Vermeulen is one of 10 players that will leave the United Rugby Championship side Ulster at the end of the season.
Stormers skipper Steven Kitshoff is eyeing back-to-back titles with the Cape Town side as he enters his final few games for the club.
All-action No.8 Evan Roos is looking forward to what he says will be a spectacle when the Stormers take on the Bulls in a United Rugby Championship quarterfinal on Saturday.