The Stormers are at the Arms Park this evening to face Cardiff in the United Rugby Championship’s sixth round.
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Stormers coach John Dobson is eager to test his team’s depth.
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“Now it has become a case of us showing that we have depth in the next tier of players to compete in this competition,” Dobson told Rugby365.
“It is an opportunity for us to see how depth we have in the next generation – players like Sacha [Feinberg-Mngomezulu], Marcel [Theunissen], Nama [Xaba], Andre-Hugo [Venter] and Keke [Morabe].
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“This is their opportunity,” he said, adding that it has been a long tour and this is a crucial game for the Stormers.
“We need to get those five points.
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“We know that we face a big challenge at Arms Park, but it is one we are looking forward to taking on.
“I want us to go and get the win and see guys like that play really well so we can say: ‘The cupboard is well-stocked and we have a lekker future’.
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“I do think we have a good future,” the coach said.
Teams
Cardiff: 15 Cam Winnett, 14 Harri Millard, 13 Willis Halaholo, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Mason Grady, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Ellis Bevan, 8 Lopeti Timani, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Rory Thornton, 4 Seb Davies, 3 Will Davies-King, 2 Liam Belcher (captain), 1 Corey Domachowski.
Replacements: 16 Evan Lloyd, 17 Rhys Carré, 18 Rhys Litterick, 19 Josh Turnbull, 20 Mackenzie Martin, 21 Jamie Hill, 22 Jacob Beetham, 23 Gabriel Hamer-Webb.
Stormers: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Courtnall Skosan, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 11 Ben Loader, 10 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Marcel Theunissen, 7 Willie Engelbrecht, 6 Nama Xaba, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Adre Smith, 3 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 2 Andre-Hugo Venter, 1 Brok Harris (captain).
Replacements: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Hendré Stassen, 21 Keke Morabe, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Warrick Gelant.
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Dewi Phillips (Wales); Carwyn Williams (Wales)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)