LIVE SCORING | URC quarter-final: Stormers v Cardiff
· The South African
Ordinarily, there would have been no doubt that the Stormers would have been the favourites on paper heading into this quarter-final, but with a draw and defeat in their last two matches, they will be under pressure to deliver a top-quality performance..
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John Dobson’s team trump Cardiff in their attacking and defensive statistics going into the match, but history has proven that this will count for nothing on Saturday.
The visitors have struggled away from home this season, winning only three matches against teams who failed to make the playoffs, but there is no doubt that they will be charged up to register back-to-back victories against the Stormers and make history by progressing to the top four.
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Stormers v Cardiff
Date: Saturday, 30 May
Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town
SA Time: 15:30
Referee: Eoghan Cross
TV: SuperSport
STORMERS – 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Seabelo Senatla, 13 Ruhan Nel (c), 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Imad Khan, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Adré Smith, 3 Neethling Fouché, 2 André-Hugo Venter, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu.
Bench: 16 JJ Kotzé, 17 Vernon Matongo, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 Salmaan Moerat, 20 Ruan Ackermann, 21 Marcel Theunissen, 22 Stefan Ungerer, 23 Jurie Matthee.
CARDIFF – 15 Cam Winnett, 14 Jacob Beetham, 13 Ben Thomas, 12 Rory Jennings, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Ioan Lloyd, 9 Johan Mulder, 8 Taine Basham, 7 Dan Thomas, 6 James Botham, 5 Rory Thornton, 4 Josh McNally, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Liam Belcher (c), 1 Rhys Barratt.
Bench: 16 Daf Hughes, 17 Danny Southworth, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 George Nott, 20 Alun Lawrence, 21 Evan Lloyd, 22 Ellis Bevan, 23 Tom Bowen.
All to play for
Director of Rugby John Dobson said that his team is determined to make the most of home advantage.
“We enjoy incredible support at DHL Stadium, and we know that this will be another memorable occasion as knock-out rugby returns to Cape Town.
“We have some key players returning, which makes this one of the most experienced DHL Stormers teams that we have ever selected.
“We have earned this opportunity to play a Quarter-Final in front of our fans and we want to make it count,” he said.