Stormers star Hacjivah Dayimani is not a man to do things halfpad, he goes all in.
Ask anyone who saw images of him still drinking champagne in his matchday Stormers kit days after the team had won the United Rugby Championship last season.
To Dayimani it was time to celebrate, and he did so in typically unique fashion.
So when the Stormers kicked off their new season in their 38-15 win over Connacht in Stellenbosch last weekend, business returned as usual.
Not for Dayimani, though, who was still in celebratory mode, having turned 25 the day before.
His celebrations took on a different style this time around, with the looseforward first helping to set up Andre-Hugo Venter’s 62nd minute try in the left corner, before scoring in the right corner himself after a superb linebreak.
Such is his utility that Dayimani, who is also a dangerous No.8, can play anywhere in the back row and such is his skill and pace that he could easily slot in on the wing as well.
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But he is going all-in for the No.7 jersey and says: “The whole season I played seven, I provably played two or three games at No.8 last season, so I think seven is actually the position I favour at this point. But wherever the coach picks me, I am comfortable.”
Dayimani is hellbent on becoming a complete player and says of his game: “I am trying to be involved more often [in the game], I’m trying to find myself in the game and communicating with Manie [Libbok] on the field [is essential to that]. “The more I do my homework, the better I understand the game, the more I can get involved.”
Dayimani will be looking to get involved big time again when the Stormers host Edinburgh in their first match at Cape Town Stadium this season on Saturday.