The Stormers are one of two remaining South African representatives in the Champions Cup Round of 16 and they travel to France to take on Toulon on Saturday.
Toulon v Stormers, Saturday 4th April, Toulon, KO 16:00 (South African time)
Referee: Christophe Ridley (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson (Eng), John Meredith (Eng)
TMO: Ian Tempest (Eng)
Weather Forecast – Toulon
Toulon:
Toulon finished as runners up to Bath in Pool 2. They won 3 and lost 1 of their matches to come home ahead of third placed Castres, Edinburgh were fourth, Munster fifth and Gloucester were eliminated.
Toulon went down in Edinburgh (33-20) in their opening pool match before back-to-back home wins over Bath (45-34) and Munster (27-25) and a 31-14 victory away to Gloucester.
In the Top 14 Toulon are down in eleventh place with aa record of 9 wins, 1 draw and 10 defeats
In the outright betting to win the Champions Cup title this season Toulon are 16/1 with Hollywoodbets
Stormers:
The Stormers won 3 and lost 1 of their matches in Pool 3 to finish third behind Leinster and Harlequins. Leicester Tigers made it through in fourth with Stade Rochelle a big casualty in fifth and Bayonne never got in a blow.
The Stormers began with a 26-17 win in Bayonne before putting Stade Rochelle away 42-21 in Cape Town. They crashed to a 61-10 defeat away to Harlequins before a 39-26 home win over Leicester Tigers confirmed qualification.
In the URC the Stormers are in second spot with a record of 11 wins and 3 defeats. They are 4 points behind Glasgow Warriors, 4 better off than third placed third placed Ulster with Leinster a point furth back in fourth.
In the outright betting to win the Champions Cup title this season the Stormers are 33/1 with Hollywoodbets
Team News
Toulon: 15 Marius Domon, 14 Gaël Dréan, 13 Nacho Brex, 12 Antoine Frisch, 11 Setariki Tuicuvu, 10 Tomás Albornoz, 9 Ben White, 8 Mikheil Shioshvili, 7 Charles Ollivon (c), 6 Junior Kpoku, 5 David Ribbans (c), 4 Corentin Mézou, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Teddy Baubigny, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros.
Replacements 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Dany Priso, 18 Beka Gigashvili, 19 Giorgi Javakhia, 20 Matthias Halagahu, 21 Zach Mercer, 22 Mathis Ferté, 23 Ma’a Nonu
Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Damian Willemse, 13 Ruhan Nel (c), 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Jurie Matthee, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Hacjivah Dayimani, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Connor Evans, 4 Adré Smith, 3 Neethling Fouché, 2 André-Hugo Venter, 1 Oli Kebble.
Replacements 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 JD Schickerling, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Imad Khan, 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23 Wandisile Simelane
The Betting,
Updated 14h56 03 April
Toulon -5.5 points at 9/10
Stormers +5.5 points at 9/10
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
Betting Angle
Posted 03 April 14h58
The Stormers have picked a decent side and that includes the bench where Sascha can come on as gamebreaker if needed. French teams are always strong at home but Toulon are in the middle of a slump and look ripe for the taking.
The handicap is Stormers +5.5 but I am going for the longer odds and a win that would put them into the quarters.
The points line is 55.5 and it looks well set for what look like good conditions.
BET: 2 units (1-5) Stormers win at 18/10 at WSB
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