Super Rugby 2020 fixtures: Stormers vs Blues – prediction, teams, score and result

It wasn’t pretty, but the Stormers comfortably secured a fourth Super Rugby win on the bounce this season against the Jaguares last weekend. Now, they prepare for the Blues to visit Newlands on Saturday.

After John Dobson’s men ground out a 17-7 win over the Jaguares, the Blues beat the Bulls 23-21. They will be out to inflict similar misery on the hosts in Cape Town.

Dobson, meanwhile, is eager to keep his side’s newfound winning habit after a difficult 2019 under Robbie Fleck.

“I was frustrated last week [after the 33-30 win over the Lions] because I thought that we won the game with character,” Dobson said post-match, as quoted by SARugbyMag. “We are much happier tonight. It may not be so easy to see. Watching replays, yes, we had to grind it out but I thought our processes were much better.

“Our set piece was solid, our breakdown was superb, ball retention was good against a team that was going to hack the ball and make us start in our 22.”

Kick off time, prediction and teams

Prediction: Stormers by eight.

Find all predictions for Round 5 of the 2020 Super Rugby fixtures here.

Kick-off time: 29 February, 15:05

Team news: The Stormers have tweaked their forward pack for this game, with tighthead prop Wilco Louw and lock Chris van Zyl starting ahead of Frans Malherbe and Salmaan Moerat respectively.

Prop Kwenzo Blose is in line for his Stormers debut off the bench, with Cobus Wiese also added to the 23.

Stormers XV: 15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Jaco Coetzee, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Chris van Zyl, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Steven Kitshoff (c)

Stormers bench: 16 Chad Solomon, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 Salmaan Moerat, 20 Cobus Wiese, 21 Ernst van Rhyn, 22 Godlen Masimla, 23 Jean-Luc du Plessis

Blues XV: 15 Stephen Perofeta, 14 Joe Marchant, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 TJ Faiane, 11 Mark Telea, 10 Otere Black, 9 Sam Nock; 8 Hoskins Sotutu, 7 Dalton Papalii, 6 Tom Robinson, 5 Jacob Pierce, 4 Patrick Tuipulotu ©, 3 Sione Mafileo 2 Kurt Eklund, 1 Karl Tu’inukuafe.

Blues bench: 16 Luteru Tolai, 17 Marcel Renata, 18 Ofa Tuungafasi, 18 Aaron Carroll, 20 Blake Gibson, 21 Jonathan Ruru, 22 Harry Plummer, 23 Matt Duffie

Super Rugby 2020 scores and results: Stormers vs Blues

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