Champions Cup

Grobbelaar is the STECO Hybrid Power Tool Hero

Published

2 months ago

9th April 2026

Keo

Bulls hooker Johan Grobbelaar produced the most complete performance in the Investec Champions Cup against Glasgow to be the latest STECO Hybrid Power Tool Hero.

Every week, on the Keo & Zels Show, a winner is picked from the most hybrid performance of the weekend’s action.

I loved the performances of Bordeaux’s flying French winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Bordeaux’s Tongan prop ‘Big Ben’ Tameifuna in the Investec Champions Cup last 16 win against Leicester, but there is always a South African first policy and it came down to the Stormers or Bulls.

Here’s how the discussion went.

26:40 – Keo

Alright, you give me yours and I’ll give you mine, then we’ve got to make a choice.

26:45 – Zels

Mate, I thought the one Sacha created for Imaad Khan the Bishops duo, under the sticks just the way they cut the game open. It was so tight, they weren’t making metres anywhere, and then he just pulled something incredible out of nowhere.

For me, that was the moment, but I’m very happy to defer to your option.

27:06 – Keo

Look mate, I knew you were going to go with that, and I was going to go with that too. But people are going to say: you guys live in Cape Town, you support the Stormers, they’ve got the nicer jersey, nicest team, nicest stadium, nicest weather, Zels was on a boat catching tuna, you were in Arniston Paradise at the Arniston Hotel why do you always go Stormers?

So I looked at another game and looked at Johan Grobbelaar’s try for the Bulls the day before. Offload, Johan Grobbelaar on the wing in those incredibly tough conditions, sliding in and scoring.

Then I went to the EPCR homepage 24 hours later and looked at his match stats. He played 80 minutes. Twenty-five tackles. Four dominant tackles.

As much as I want to give it to the Bishops one-two, I just want to give it to Grobbies and show that I’m not biased and I do watch rugby independently.

But it’s up to you.

28:32 – Zels

No mate, I like that. I think that’s a great shout. Let’s go with Grobbies.

He and Marco van Staden started in those kilts, driving them crazy, and that seemed to bring out the best in them. He had a great game. Spectacular try and a great effort for the Bulls in that match.

And I believe it’s that 48-hour build-up where they can ham it up in those kilts and loosen up it gets them going.

An incredible performance from Grobbies.

We know Malcolm Marx, without comparison, is number one for the Boks and one of the best in the world. Dan Sheehan is pushing him. Peato Mauvaka is right there too.

But in South Africa, Grobbelaar has certainly entrenched himself as number two. Probably Andre-Hugo Venter behind him as number three at the moment.

But jeez, he was good.

29:02 – Keo

And thanks to Zels, he is our Ryobi Steco Power Tool hero of the week.