The Stormers host Cardiff in the United Rugby Championship in Cape Town on Friday, the home side are play off bound whilst the visitors need a positive result to make sure they stay in the tournament.
Stormers v Cardiff, Friday 16th May, Cape Town, KO 19:00 (South African time)
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (France)
Assistant Referees: AJ Jacobs (South Africa), Hanru van Rooyen (South Africa)
TMO: Andrea Piardi (France)
Weather Forecast – Cape Town
Stormers:
The Stormers are up to 5th place with a record of 9 wins and 8 defeats for 50 log points and there participation in the play offs is now confirmed. They can finish no higher than their current position so they will be travelling in the first round of the play offs.
Last weekend the Stormers were 48-12 winners at home to the Dragons whilst other recent home games saw them edge out Connacht with a 34-29 and they thrashed Benetton 56-5.
In the outright betting to win the URC title the Stormers are 20/1 shots with WSB.
Cardiff:
With an overall record of 8 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats Cardiff are ninth on the same number of points as the two teams above them, Munster and Benetton and the sixth placed Scarlets are 2 points better off.
Last week they went down 45-21 to the Bulls at Loftus, a defeat which saw them tumble from 5th to 9th. In earlier matches against SA opposition in Round 10 they lost at home to the Sharks (42-22) but in Round 13 they beat the Lions 20-17 in another home game.
Cardiff are 100/1 shots in the outright betting to win the URC title with WSB
Team News
Stormers: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Marcel Theunissen, 7 Louw Nel, 6 Dave Ewers, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain), 3 Neethling Fouché, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Sti Sithole.
Replacements: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Vernon Matongo, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Paul de Villiers, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23 Ben Loader
Cardiff: 15 Cam Winnett, 14 Josh Adams, 13 Harri Millard, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Gabe Hamer-Webb, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Aled Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Alex Mann, 6 Alun Lawrence, 5 Teddy Williams (c), 4 Josh McNally, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Evan Lloyd, 1 Danny Southworth
Replacements: 16 Dafydd Hughes, 17 Corey Domachowski, 18 Rhys Litterick, 19 Rory Thornton, 20 James Botham, 21 Dan Thomas, 22 Johan Mulder, 23 Rory Jennings
The Betting,
Stormers -16.5 points
Cardiff +17.5 points
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
Betting Angle
Posted 16 May 00h10
This looks a tough game to bet on. The Stormers who need to win to wrap up 5th spot are rightly favourites against Cardiff who need to win to in all liklihood qualify.
The handicap is in the mid teens and although the Stormers have been playing well I am not convinced they are going to beat this handicap.
The points line is 56.5 and conditions look good.
I am coming down very gently on the side of Cardiff and remember to keep your eye on the forum for more bets
Bet: 3 units Cardiff +17.5 at 0.87/1 at Betxchange
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
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