DHL Stormers

34 – 24

Halftime: 19 – 12

Attendance: 19256

Cardiff Rugby

Halftime: 19 – 12

Attendance: 19256

Friday 16th May 2025

KO 19:00 SAST Africa/Johannesburg

DHL Stadium

Ref: Gianluca Gnecchi

United Rugby Championship

Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat.	DHL Stormers	Cardiff Rugby
Tries	Leolin Zas (9), (32) Suleiman Hartzenberg (24), (46) Connor Evans (71)	Danny Southworth (13) Gabe Hamer-Webb (36) Harri Millard (56) Dafydd Hughes (76)
Conversions	Damian Willemse (24), (33) Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (72)	Callum Sheedy (14), (77)
Penalties	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (79)

Match Stats

Stat.	DHL Stormers	Cardiff Rugby
Posession First Half	63%	37%
Posession Second Half	59%	41%
Territory First Half	56%	44%
Territory Second Half	66%	34%
Tries	5	4
Conversions	3	2
Penalties Conceded	8	10
Turnovers Conceded	16	12
Passes	206	98
Tackles	79	164
Scrums Won	5	7
Lineouts Won	17	10
Red 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	Sti Sithole	5	0	0	2	0	3	6	0
2	Joseph Dweba	4	0	0	2	0	4	4	0
3	Neethling Fouche	9	0	0	4	0	3	6	0
4	Salmaan Moerat	6	0	0	2	0	8	8	0
5	JD Schickerling	5	1	4	47	0	9	5	0
6	Dave Ewers	7	0	0	2	0	3	5	0
7	Louw Nel	8	1	0	13	0	1	10	0
8	Marcel Theunissen	14	0	1	26	5	10	6	1
9	Herschel Jantjies	5	1	1	13	0	62	2	0
10	Manie Libbok	7	0	0	20	1	28	2	0
11	Leolin Zas	8	1	1	49	2	5	1	1
12	Dan du Plessis	14	0	0	34	2	11	6	0
13	Wandisile Simelane	13	1	0	82	0	8	4	0
14	Suleiman Hartzenberg	16	2	7	114	1	6	0	0
15	Damian Willemse	9	1	5	35	2	5	1	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	CB	DB	M	O	P	T	TW
16	Scarra Ntubeni	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
17	Vernon Matongo	3	0	0	3	0	1	2	0
18	Sazi Sandi	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19	Connor Evans	4	0	0	35	1	2	0	0
20	Paul de Villiers	5	0	0	12	0	2	4	0
21	Paul de Wet	9	0	0	31	0	19	2	0
22	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu	9	3	0	30	2	12	2	1
23	Ben Loader	3	0	1	6	1	2	0	0

No.	Cardiff Rugby	C	CB	DB	M	O	P	T	TW
1	Danny Southworth	2	0	0	1	0	1	7	0
2	Evan Lloyd	7	1	1	46	2	6	16	3
3	Keiron Assiratti	4	0	0	1	1	1	7	0
4	Josh McNally	3	1	2	6	2	4	10	0
5	Teddy Williams	5	0	0	14	0	5	20	1
6	Alun Lawrence	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	0
7	Alex Mann	4	0	1	18	0	1	15	2
8	Taulupe Faletau	8	0	2	16	1	3	13	0
9	Aled Davies	2	0	0	3	0	36	5	0
10	Callum Sheedy	5	0	2	6	1	11	13	0
11	Gabe Hamer-Webb	4	1	2	22	0	3	6	1
12	Ben Thomas	6	0	0	0	1	9	6	0
13	Harri Millard	6	1	0	54	0	0	7	0
14	Josh Adams	2	0	2	0	0	0	5	1
15	Cam Winnett	7	1	1	19	0	3	2	0

Replacements

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

No.	Cardiff Rugby	C	M	P	T	TW
16	Dafydd Hughes	1	1	1	0	1
17	Corey Domachowski	3	1	3	5	0
18	Rhys Litterick	0	0	2	6	0
19	Rory Thornton	0	0	2	0	0
20	James Botham	3	4	1	4	0
21	Dan Thomas	2	9	3	4	1
22	Johan Mulder	0	0	3	1	1
23	Rory Jennings	0	0	0	2	0

Match Line-up

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Line-up

	DHL Stormers	Cardiff Rugby
1	Sti Sithole	Danny Southworth
2	Joseph Dweba	Evan Lloyd
3	Neethling Fouche	Keiron Assiratti
4	Salmaan Moerat	Josh McNally
5	JD Schickerling	Teddy Williams
6	Dave Ewers	Alun Lawrence
7	Louw Nel	Alex Mann
8	Marcel Theunissen	Taulupe Faletau
9	Herschel Jantjies	Aled Davies
10	Manie Libbok	Callum Sheedy
11	Leolin Zas	Gabe Hamer-Webb
12	Dan du Plessis	Ben Thomas
13	Wandisile Simelane	Harri Millard
14	Suleiman Hartzenberg	Josh Adams
15	Damian Willemse	Cam Winnett

Replacements

	DHL Stormers	Cardiff Rugby
16	Scarra Ntubeni	Dafydd Hughes
17	Vernon Matongo	Corey Domachowski
18	Sazi Sandi	Rhys Litterick
19	Connor Evans	Rory Thornton
20	Paul de Villiers	James Botham
21	Paul de Wet	Dan Thomas
22	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu	Johan Mulder
23	Ben Loader	Rory Jennings

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
9		Cardiff Rugby	18	8	1	9	409	477	-68	13	47

Form Guide

DHL Stormers	Played	Score	Win/Loss
Cardiff Rugby	Home	34-24	Win
Dragons RFC	Home	48-12	Win
Benetton Rugby	Home	56-5	Win
Connacht Rugby	Home	34-29	Win

Cardiff Rugby	Played	Score	Win/Loss
DHL Stormers	Away	34-24	Loss
Vodacom Bulls	Away	45-21	Loss
Munster Rugby	Home	26-21	Win
Ospreys	Away	19-36	Win

Past Meetings

Fri 24th Nov 2023
KO 19:35 GMT

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

United Rugby Championship

Cardiff Rugby

31

V

24

DHL Stormers

Match report

Sat 22nd Oct 2022
KO 19:35 BST

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

United Rugby Championship

Cardiff Rugby

30

V

24

DHL Stormers

Match report

Sun 20th Mar 2022
KO 14:00 SAST

DHL Stadium

Africa/Johannesburg

United Rugby Championship

DHL Stormers

40

V

3

Cardiff Rugby

Match report

Head-to-head

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

From data since 2003