DHL Stormers

34 – 29

Halftime: 26 – 24

Attendance: 18211

Connacht Rugby

Halftime: 26 – 24

Attendance: 18211

Saturday 19th April 2025

KO 16:00 SAST Africa/Johannesburg

DHL Stadium

Ref: Sam Grove-White

United Rugby Championship

Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat.	DHL Stormers	Connacht Rugby
Tries	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (2), (18), (25) Evan Roos (13) Suleiman Hartzenberg (47)	Shane Jennings (6), (40) Conor Oliver (16) Dylan Tierney-Martin (35) Josh Murphy (65)
Conversions	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (3), (14), (19)	Jack Carty (7), (17)
Penalties	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (71)

Match Stats

Stat.	DHL Stormers	Connacht Rugby
Posession First Half	48%	52%
Posession Second Half	39%	61%
Territory First Half	45%	55%
Territory Second Half	48%	52%
Tries	5	5
Conversions	3	2
Penalties Conceded	11	12
Turnovers Conceded	10	7
Passes	83	153
Tackles	128	88
Scrums Won	5	2
Lineouts Won	16	14
Yellow Cards	1	1

Player Stats

C: Carries, CB: Clean Breaks, DB: Defenders Beaten, M: Metres, O: Offload, P: Passes, T: Tackles, TW: Turnovers Won

No.	DHL Stormers	C	CB	DB	M	O	P	T	TW
1	Ali Vermaak	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2	Andre-Hugo Venter	11	0	1	20	0	1	1	0
3	Sazi Sandi	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4	Salmaan Moerat	2	0	2	9	0	7	8	1
5	Ruben van Heerden	7	0	2	7	1	6	10	0
6	Paul de Villiers	5	2	3	34	0	5	12	0
7	Marcel Theunissen	5	1	0	31	0	3	3	0
8	Evan Roos	10	0	2	30	0	1	13	1
9	Stefan Ungerer	1	0	0	10	0	36	1	0
10	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu	11	2	5	83	1	6	10	1
11	Seabelo Senatla	5	1	2	26	1	1	4	0
12	Damian Willemse	7	0	4	23	0	7	12	0
13	Dan du Plessis	2	1	0	14	0	2	5	0
14	Suleiman Hartzenberg	6	1	2	29	2	2	6	0
15	Warrick Gelant	5	0	0	23	1	4	4	0

Replacements

C: Carries, CB: Clean Breaks, DB: Defenders Beaten, M: Metres, O: Offload, P: Passes, T: Tackles, TW: Turnovers Won

No.	DHL Stormers	C	M	P	T
16	JJ Kotze	2	4	0	7
17	Vernon Matongo	0	0	0	4
18	Brok Harris	1	1	0	6
19	JD Schickerling	1	0	1	4
20	Louw Nel	0	0	0	6
21	Deon Fourie	0	0	0	1
22	Paul de Wet	0	0	1	0
23	Ben Loader	0	0	0	0

No.	Connacht Rugby	C	CB	DB	M	O	P	T	TW
1	Peter Dooley	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
2	Dylan Tierney-Martin	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	0
3	Finlay Bealham	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
4	Oisin Dowling	4	0	0	3	0	3	9	0
5	Darragh Murray	2	0	1	0	0	4	4	0
6	Cian Prendergast	6	0	0	2	0	7	9	0
7	Conor Oliver	7	0	1	8	0	5	11	0
8	Paul Boyle	4	0	1	13	0	2	7	0
9	Ben Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	35	2	0
10	Jack Carty	4	0	1	19	0	19	3	0
11	Shane Jennings	10	2	3	74	1	2	5	1
12	Cathal Forde	3	0	0	6	0	9	5	0
13	David Hawkshaw	7	1	4	27	0	7	2	1
14	Chay Mullins	7	0	1	13	0	0	4	0
15	Piers O'Conor	9	2	5	43	1	7	0	0

Replacements

C: Carries, CB: Clean Breaks, DB: Defenders Beaten, M: Metres, O: Offload, P: Passes, T: Tackles, TW: Turnovers Won

No.	Connacht Rugby	C	CB	DB	M	O	P	T	TW
16	Dave Heffernan	4	0	0	3	1	2	4	0
17	Jordan Duggan	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
18	Jack Aungier	6	0	0	1	1	2	1	1
19	Josh Murphy	4	0	0	3	0	7	4	0
20	Joe Joyce	2	0	0	6	0	2	1	0
21	Matthew Devine	1	0	0	0	1	33	0	0
22	Santiago Cordero	6	1	3	31	2	2	0	0
23	Sean Jansen	6	1	1	18	0	2	1	0

Match Line-up

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Line-up

	DHL Stormers	Connacht Rugby
1	Ali Vermaak	Peter Dooley
2	Andre-Hugo Venter	Dylan Tierney-Martin
3	Sazi Sandi	Finlay Bealham
4	Salmaan Moerat	Oisin Dowling
5	Ruben van Heerden	Darragh Murray
6	Paul de Villiers	Cian Prendergast
7	Marcel Theunissen	Conor Oliver
8	Evan Roos	Paul Boyle
9	Stefan Ungerer	Ben Murphy
10	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu	Jack Carty
11	Seabelo Senatla	Shane Jennings
12	Damian Willemse	Cathal Forde
13	Dan du Plessis	David Hawkshaw
14	Suleiman Hartzenberg	Chay Mullins
15	Warrick Gelant	Piers O'Conor

Replacements

	DHL Stormers	Connacht Rugby
16	JJ Kotze	Dave Heffernan
17	Vernon Matongo	Jordan Duggan
18	Brok Harris	Jack Aungier
19	JD Schickerling	Josh Murphy
20	Louw Nel	Joe Joyce
21	Deon Fourie	Matthew Devine
22	Paul de Wet	Santiago Cordero
23	Ben Loader	Sean Jansen

Team Stats

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Team stats

The season so far

P: Played . W: Won D: Drawn L: Lost F: For A: Against Diff: Difference BP: Bonus Points Pts: Points (Total)

No.		Team Name	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	BP	Pts
5		DHL Stormers	18	10	0	8	507	418	89	15	55
13		Connacht Rugby	18	6	0	12	420	472	-52	15	39

Form Guide

DHL Stormers	Played	Score	Win/Loss
Connacht Rugby	Home	34-29	Win
Ulster Rugby	Away	38-34	Loss
Scarlets	Away	17-29	Win
Vodacom Bulls	Away	16-19	Win

Connacht Rugby	Played	Score	Win/Loss
DHL Stormers	Away	34-29	Loss
Racing 92	Home	40-43	Loss
Cardiff Rugby	Home	35-20	Win
Munster Rugby	Home	24-30	Loss

Past Meetings

Sat 18th May 2024
KO 17:05 IST

Dexcom Stadium

Europe/Dublin

United Rugby Championship

Connacht Rugby

12

V

16

DHL Stormers

Match report

Sat 13th May 2023
KO 16:00 SAST

DHL Stadium

Africa/Johannesburg

United Rugby Championship

DHL Stormers

43

V

25

Connacht Rugby

Match report

Sat 24th Sep 2022
KO 14:30 SAST

Danie Craven Stadium

Africa/Johannesburg

United Rugby Championship

DHL Stormers

38

V

15

Connacht Rugby

Match report

Head-to-head

	DHL Stormers	Connacht Rugby
Played	4	4
Wins	3	1
Wins at home	2	1
Wins away	1	0
Draws	0	0

From data since 2003