Stormers captain Corne Krige signalled a change to his team's tactics for Friday's Super 12 match against the Hurricanes in Wellington.

The Stormers were dreadful in losing 7-35 to the Waratahs in Sydney on Sunday, and Springbok loose forward Krige suggested an obsession with getting the ball wide at all costs was a big part of the problem.

"We didn't play the right game," he said. "We didn't give our forwards enough chance to take the ball up and get us some go-forward. We tried to swing the ball wide every time and we just ended up going straight across the field. Even though we've got good backline players, it doesn't help to give them ball on the back foot."

Krige said the Stormers badly missed powerful young inside centre De Wet Barry - out for six weeks with a fractured cheekbone, courtesy of a high shot from Cats player Japie Mulder in the first round.

"We missed him a hell of a lot, because at times when we did play like that he was the one guy who took us forward a little bit. But we have to learn to play without him, because we don't have him. We just have to get our forwards involved in the game more. Hopefully that will happen at the weekend," Krige said.

The bad start by the Stormers - just one bonus point from the first two matches - didn't signal a crisis time yet, he said. "Fortunately this tournament is of such a nature that one can do badly for a few games and pick up points later on.

"Different teams peak at different times. Canterbury showed that one year when they lost four or five in a row, and then won the tournament."

The Stormers have precious little time to prepare for the match with the Hurricanes. They played on Sunday night, travelled Monday, and were to have their one major training session on Tuesday at Rugby
League Park.

"We'll definitely look at our style of play more than anything else, and at what we have to do to make sure we don't play laterally," Krige said.

The side escaped without major injury in Sydney. "More bruised minds than anything else. This was one of the games we were targeting, and the guys are very disappointed."

The Stormers planned to spend Monday night watching a video of the Hurricanes versus the Bulls. "They're (the Hurricanes) a very dangerous side, pretty much like us - they have a very dangerous backline, but the forwards have to give them good ball," Krige said.

He noted the Hurricanes still managed to win, despite not playing at a high level against the Bulls. "That's the nice thing, if you don't play well and win games. That's in the Hurricanes' favour. We haven't played well in two games, and we've won neither. But we will be looking to pick up some points this week."

Coach Alan Solomons agreed his side played poorly on Sunday. "It was a very poor game of rugby, to be honest. The journey probably had something to do with that," he said. - Sapa