Stormers to Host Cardiff in URC Quarter-Finals
The Stormers will have an extra week to fine-tune their game ahead of the URC quarter-finals, which kick off next weekend. Their first opponents will be Cardiff, a team they lost to 22-16 away on Friday. The Stormers finished the league stages in third place.
The Stormers will host Cardiff in a rematch at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town next Saturday at 15:30. Coach John Dobson acknowledged that his team was beaten by the better side on the night. “We’re going to have to regroup quickly,” Dobson said. “We know what’s in this group and we’ll regroup quickly. We’re a very bruised team who were beaten by the better team on the night and we’ll have to do much better than this in the quarter-final.”
Dobson praised Cardiff’s performance, saying they were desperate and played with a strong attack and defence. “They put us under pressure defensively, got yards on us, very clever attack, and they were just really desperate,” he said.
URC Quarter-Finals Schedule
The URC quarter-finals have been rescheduled due to the EPCR finals taking place this weekend. Here are the fixtures:
Quarter-Finals Lineup
* Friday, 29 May: Glasgow Warriors vs Connacht at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow, 20:45 SA time
* Saturday, 30 May:
+ Bulls vs Munster at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, 13:00
+ Stormers vs Cardiff at DHL Stadium, Cape Town, 15:30 SA time
+ Leinster vs Lions at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, 21:00 SA time
Several Stormers players are set to attend the Springbok alignment camp this week. The team will look to bounce back from their loss to Cardiff and make a strong showing in the quarter-finals.
