The Stormers defeated the Dragons 48-12 on the DHL Stadium on Saturday afternoon, retaining fifth place within the United Rugby Championship desk.
Right here’s how we rated the Stormers gamers.
15 Warrick Gelant: The internationally capped full-back made good work of his day, being absolutely concerned in all of the motion. All the time a gifted character, his skillful flicks and passes didn’t at all times come of, nevertheless, discovering his teammates on completely different wavelengths at occasions. Particularly, he won’t wish to keep in mind his one handed, no look, move which discovered its means into contact – which he did…twice. 6
14 Ben Loader: The previous London Irish star made a few large hits throughout his exhibiting, and created havoc with ball in hand, proving to be an actual nightmare for the opposition. An excellent exhibiting. 6
13 Wandisile Simelane: Scored a attempt in first minute after breaking via the Dragons line with 30 metres of house forward of him. One lethal step later and the 27-year-old was underneath the posts after sending the masking defender the flawed means. His day continued in an analogous useless, as he continued to threaten the line of defense as a part of a lethal midfield. 7
12 Damian Willemse: His one hundredth sport for the Stormers turned out to be one in every of his greatest. He managed the backline, took his attempt properly and appeared to have extra time than anybody else on the sector. A terrific show. 8
11 Seabelo Senatla: A really properly taken second attempt – undecided in regards to the celebration – and a properly timed move to arrange what ought to have been the third attempt earlier than it was chalked off. Reaching the form of kind that after had him within the dialog round Springbok choice. 7
This man @Seabelo_Senatla is smoooth. #STOvDRA #iamastormer @Vodacom #URC pic.twitter.com/IcOk8q4yFy
— DHL Stormers (@THESTORMERS) May 10, 2025
10 Sacha Mngomezulu: Not one of many finer performances from the Stormers outdoors half. He lacked the assertion and resolution making that usually makes him such a assured and efficient participant. Too many unfastened passes and never sufficient management in a sport that ought to have been his to dictate. Will wish to shortly overlook about this one. 4
9 Stefan Ungerer: Zippy from the bottom of the ruck all day and richly rewarded with a attempt within the second half after following Marcel Theunissen’s outstanding break. A stable exhibiting for somebody wishing to maintain ahold of the 9 shirt. 6
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8 Evan Roos: It was a reasonably stable efficiency from the 25-year-old back-rower. He made a very notable line break within the second half, however in any other case he simply did his job and blended in to a really environment friendly Stormers workforce. 6
7 Marcel Theunissen: The gifted flanker was all over the place in as we speak’s sport. Breaking tackles, making large hits, supplying essential offloads…you title it – he did it. It was his devastating line break for Ungerer’s attempt that summed up his day. A terrific efficiency. 8
6 Paul De Villiers: Labored the breakdown completely, coming away with a number of turnovers. His dedication to the ruck stopped the Dragons getting fast ball, doing the soiled work to permit his teammates to excel. 6
5 Ruben van Heerden: His job was easy – make these tackles. He stopped the Dragons from taking part in, and gave his personal aspect a stable base to work from. An underneath the radar efficiency that the aspect couldn’t have executed with out. 6
4 Salmaan Moerat: Very very similar to his lock companion, his job was to make sure that the opposition couldn’t play – however his influence on the assault was very completely different. An enormous stature within the assault, the 2 metre tall Springbok dominated the deal with space with ball in hand, typically selecting to dump to onrushing teammates. A devastating show. 8
3 Sazi Sandi: Scrummed properly and made the tackles when requested. Didn’t see a lot of the ball, however the open play was arguably too quick paced to go well with his sport anyway. 6
2 Joseph Dweba: Seemed like a centre in disguise at occasions. He received’t overlook setting Senatla up for a attempt in a rush, when he charged on the opposition defence in house, earlier than popping a beautiful offload up for the end. He put an actual shift in. 7
1 Vernon Matongo: Like his prop companion, it wasn’t a sport that suited him. Will likely be please along with his scrumming efforts, however will want he made himself simpler in open play. 5
Replacements: The match was arguably already received earlier than lots of them entered the sector, but it surely did present the Stormers a way of freshness to see the sport off – notably after the Dragons tried clawing themselves again into it with 1 / 4 of the sport remaining. 6
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