It’s still early days in the URC, but the Stormers will be desperately disappointed to currently be currently sitting at the foot of the log.
With this in mind, the Cape side will want to make the most of the opportunity to play in front of their home crowd for the first time when they meet Munster in a repeat of the 2022/23 grand final.
Kick off on Saturday is at 18:00.
YOU CAN FOLLOW THE STORMERS’ LIVE SCORING IN THE URC BELOW:
Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Dan du Plessis (c), 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Marcel Theunissen, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Adre Smith, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Sti Sithole.
Subs: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Ruben van Heerden, 20 Dave Ewers, 21 Louw Nel, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Jurie Matthee.
Stormers v Munster
Date: Saturday, 19 October
Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town
SA Time: 18h00
Referee: Mike Adamson
TV: SuperSport
Spicing up the clash, both teams will be desperate to bounce back after disappointing performances last week where the Stormers went down against Edinburgh, and Munster against Leinster, which will add to their desperation going into this clash.
The Stormers will be aware of the fact that they need to step up their attack, in particular, with 67 points scored to Munsters’ 103 to date – although the hosts do have a game in hand – but they will place a heavy emphasis on their more effective defensive display with only 80 points conceded compared to Munster’s 101, which will certainly boost their confidence.
Interestingly, Munster have won all four of the matches they played against the Stormers in the tournament dating back to 2021, however, the hosts will want to keep their impressive home record of late intact which shows only one defeat in their last nine outings in Cape Town.
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