 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Mwaka wakatevera, muna 1997, Western Province haina kukwidziridzwa kuenda kuSuper 12, uye nzvimbo yeCape Town haina kumiririrwa mwaka iwoyo, sezvo zvikwata zveSouth Africa zvaikwikwidza zvaive, Gauteng Lions, Free State neNorthern Transvaal. Mwaka unoteveraMuna 1999, South Africa yakatora nzira yakafanana neyaNew Zealand neAustralia, ichigadzira zvikwata zvina zvematunhu matsva, uye ichibvisa kodzero kuburikidza neCurrie Cup. Rimwe remapoka akaumbwa raiva Stormers, kana kuti Western Stormers. Mwaka wekutanga weStormers waive wakafanana neweWestern Province muna 1996, kuhwina mitambo mitatu chete kubva pamitambo gumi nerimwe, kunyangwe vakapedza vari pachinzvimbo chechipfumbamwe zvachose patafura. 