{
  "id": 16749084,
  "title": "Stormers issue SOS to retired Scarra Ntubeni amid hooker injury crisis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/stormers-issue-sos-to-retired-scarra-ntubeni-amid-hooker-injury-crisis",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T12:16:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/sport/rugby/urc/2026-10-27-stormers-issue-sos-to-retired-scarra-ntubeni-amid-hooker-injury-crisis/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After losing three hooker options in a single match against Scarlets, the Stormers have turned to 35-year-old veteran Scarra Ntubeni as an emergency \" medical joker\" for Saturday's clash with Ulster.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}