After two bonus point home wins the Stormers head off on tour at the top of the United Rugby Championship and their next assignment comes at Glasgow Warriors on Friday
Glasgow Warriors v Stormers, Friday 3rd November, Glasgow, KO 21:35 (South African time)
Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: David Sutherland (Scotland) and Michael Todd (Scotland)
TMO: Colin Stanley (Ireland)
Weather Forecast - Glasgow
Glasgow:
The Warriors have 1 win and 1 defeat against their name. In Round 2 they were beaten 34-26 away to Connacht, leading 19-14 at the break but overhauled in the second half although with 3 tries a piece the Warriors did earn a bonus point.
Glasgow opened their campaign at home to outright favourites Leinster. They fielded a strong side including several Scottish internationals (Leinster were without their Irish internationals) and they came out on top 43-25 scoring 6 tries to 3 to secure a bonus point.
At home to South African sides last season the Warriors beat the Bulls 35-21 and the Stormers 24-17 whilst in SA they lost to the Sharks 40-12 and the Lions 35-24
In the outright betting the Warriors are 28/1 shots to win the tournament with BoyleSports
Stormers:
After 2 rounds of matches the Stormers top the log as the only side with the full house of 10 log points. In Round 2 they made short work of the Scarlets in Stellenbosch, running in 8 tries on their way to a 52-7 victory.
The Stormers (5.5 point favourites) made a winning start away to the Lions in an SA derby in the opening round but they had to survive a Lions fightback to cling on to a 35-33 victory. They led 27-7 at half time and were 32-7 to the good at one stage in the second half before the Lions late rally came up just short.
As far as recent form against Scottish opposition is concerned the Stormers lost to the Warriors 24-17 in Round 12 last season whilst a Round 3 home clash with Edinburgh saw them win 34-18.
After this the Stormers visit Benetton, Munster and Cardiff. In the outright betting the Stormers are 57/10 second favourites to win the tournament with BoyleSports who make Leinster 13/20 favourites.
Team News
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Ollie Smith, 14 Sebastian Cancelliere, 13 Sione Tuipulotu, 12 Stafford McDowall (captain), 11 Kyle Rowe, 10 Tom Jordan, 9 George Horne, 8 Sione Vailanu, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Greg Peterson, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Oli Kebble
Replacements: 16 Angus Fraser, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Lucio Sordoni, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Alex Samuel, 21 Henco Venter, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Duncan Weir
Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Angelo Davids, 13 Ben Loader, 12 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Evan Roos, 6 Willie Engelbrecht, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Ben-Jason Dixon, 3 Neethling Fouche (captain), 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Ali Vermaak.
Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Brok Harris, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Gary Porter, 21 Marcel Theunissen, 22 Stefan Ungerer, 23 Clayton Blommetjies
The Betting,
Warriors -7.5 points at 9/10
Stormers +8.5 points at 9/10
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
Betting Angle
The handicap on this game opened Warriors -3.5 and the money has come for the home team who are starting to approach full strength. The Stormers are trying a few new combinations but still field what I think is a decent side and while at -3.5 I would back the home team I think the current handicap is about right.
Total points is set at 44.5 which seems low but there is bad weather about so will sit that one out.
I am going to go for a Glasgow win but by no more than 12 points.
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BET: 2 units Glasgow win at 29/20 at Betxchange
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
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