The Stormers host the Ospreys in the United Rugby Championship in Cape Town on Saturday and both sides looking to strengthen their positions in the play off spots.
Stormers v Ospreys, Saturday 20th April, Cape Town, KO 19:15 (South African time)
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Cwengile Jadzweni (South Africa) and Hanru van Rooyen (South Africa)
TMO: Chris Busby (Ireland)
Weather Forecast – Cape Town
Stormers:
The Stormers are back in URC action after suffering disappointment with a 22-21 defeat to La Rochelle in the Ro16 of the Champions Cup in Cape Town on 6th April.
The Stormers have a URC record of 8 wins and 5 defeats, they are fifth in the standings and their tally of 39 log points is 4 shy of fourth placed Munster.
In URC Round 13 the Stormers were 13-7 winners at home to Ulster to maintain their 100% record in front of their own supporters.
Earlier matches against Welsh opposition this season saw the Stormers thrash the Scarlets 52-7 in a Round 2 home fixture but they lost 31-24 in Cardiff in Round 6.
In the outright betting the Stormers are priced at 97/10 to win the URC title with BoyleSports
Ospreys:
The Ospreys have been in Challenge Cup action over the last 2 weeks. They saw off Sale Sharks 23-15 in a Ro16 home fixture but last week they bowed out after going down 23-13 away to Gloucester.
As far as the URC is concerned the Ospreys are in seventh spot with a record of 7 wins and 6 defeats and they are 4 points adrift of the Stormers. In Round 13 they were 36-21 winners at home to the Lions and in a Round 3 home fixture staged at Twickenham Stoop they beat the Sharks 19-5. The Ospreys top the Welsh Shield where they are 2 points better off than Cardiff.
In the outright betting the Ospreys are 110/1 long shots to win the tournament with BoyleSports
Team News
Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Ben Loader, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Hacjivah Dayimani, 6 Nama Xaba, 5 Gary Porter, 4 Adre Smith, 3 Frans Malherbe (c), 2 JJ Kotze, 1 Brok Harris
Replacements: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Ruben van Heerden, 20 Willie Engelbrecht, 21 Marcel Theunissen, 22 Paul de Wet, 23 Damian Willemse
Ospreys: 15 Max Nagy, 14 Luke Morgan, 13 Keiran Williams, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Morgan Morris (c), 7 Harri Deaves, 6 James Ratti, 5 Huw Sutton, 4 Victor Sekekete, 3 Rhys Henry, 2 Sam Parry, 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Lewis Lloyd, 17 Garyn Phillips, 18 Ben Warren, 19 Adam Beard, 20 Jeandre Rudolph, 21 Luke Davies, 22 Jack Walsh, 23 Evardi Boshoff
The Betting,
Stormers -17.5 points at 9/10
Ospreys +18.5 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 looks well set and I am battling to find a strong betting angle. The Ospreys are a team that has impressed me at times this season and I think this could turn out to be an entertaining match with tries both ends.
A small play on overs at this stage and anything further will be posted in the forum
BET: 4 units over 50.5 points at 9/10 at WSB
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
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