2024–25 Stormers season

Stormers
Full name	DHL Stormers
Union	SARU
Founded	1883 (Western Province Rugby Union) ; 1997 (Stormers franchise)
Location	Cape Town, South Africa
Region	Cape Town ; Cape Winelands or Boland ; West Coast
Ground(s)	Cape Town Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)
Coach(es)	John Dobson
Captain(s)	Salmaan Moerat ; Neethling Fouche
League(s)	United Rugby Championship; European Rugby Champions Cup
2023–24	Quarter-finals ; South African Shield: 2nd ; (5th overall)
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.stormers.co.za
	Current season

The 2024–25 season is the Stormers's fourth season in the United Rugby Championship and twenty-ninth season of professional rugby. Along with competing in the URC and its South African Shield competition, the club will also participate in the 2024-25 European Rugby Champions Cup.

Senior squad

The Stormers squad for the 2024–25 United Rugby Championship is.

Stormers United Rugby Championship squad
Props Neethling Fouché Lizo Gqoboka Brok Harris Steven Kitshoff Frans Malherbe Sazi Sandi Sti Sithole Ali Vermaak Hookers Joseph Dweba JJ Kotze Scarra Ntubeni Chad Solomon Andre-Hugo Venter Locks Ben-Jason Dixon Connor Evans Salmaan Moerat (c) Gary Porter JD Schickerling Dylan Sjoblom Adré Smith Ruben van Heerden	Loose forwards Paul de Villiers Willie Engelbrecht Dave Ewers Deon Fourie Keke Morabe Evan Roos Hendré Stassen Marcel Theunissen Scrum-halves Thomas Bursey Paul de Wet Herschel Jantjies Imad Khan Stefan Ungerer Fly-halves Jean-Luc du Plessis Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu Manie Libbok Jurie Matthee	Centres Dan du Plessis Ruhan Nel Wandisile Simelane Wingers Angelo Davids Suleiman Hartzenberg Ben Loader Seabelo Senatla Courtnall Skosan Leolin Zas Fullbacks Clayton Blommetjies Warrick Gelant Tristan Leyds Damian Willemse

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped, ^ST denotes a short-term signing.

Season summary

United Rugby Championship

Main table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Leinster (Q)	16	14	0	2	453	246	+207	65	32	10	1	67	Qualifies for home URC quarter-final; Qualification for the 2025–26 Champions Cup
2	Glasgow Warriors (Q)	16	11	0	5	456	281	+175	68	34	10	5	59
3	Bulls (Q)	16	12	0	4	452	325	+127	55	38	7	3	58
4	Sharks (q)	16	11	0	5	395	389	+6	51	55	6	3	53
5	Cardiff	16	8	1	7	364	398	−34	56	54	9	3	46	Qualifies for URC quarter-final; Qualification for the 2025–26 Champions Cup
6	Stormers	16	8	0	8	425	382	+43	54	51	9	4	45
7	Scarlets	16	8	1	7	392	351	+41	45	49	5	4	43
8	Benetton	16	8	1	7	339	441	−102	42	60	6	1	41
9	Munster	16	7	0	9	376	388	−12	57	54	9	4	41	Qualification for the 2025–26 Challenge Cup
10	Edinburgh	16	6	1	9	393	369	+24	55	50	6	7	39
11	Ospreys	16	7	1	8	399	396	+3	55	54	5	3	38
12	Ulster	16	7	0	9	377	421	−44	54	58	5	5	38
13	Lions	16	7	0	9	354	380	−26	45	52	4	3	35
14	Connacht	16	5	0	11	377	429	−52	58	46	9	6	35
15	Zebre Parma (E)	16	5	1	10	285	405	−120	31	52	3	4	29
16	Dragons (E)	16	1	0	15	308	534	−226	38	76	1	4	9

Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2025. Source: UnitedRugby.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won 2) The difference between points for and points against 3) The number of tries scored 4) The most points scored 5) The difference between tries for and tries against 6) The fewest red cards received 7) The fewest yellow cards received.^[1]

South African Shield

2024–25 United Rugby Championship Regional Shield Pools

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South African Shield

Team

P

W

D

L

PF

PA

PD

TF

TA

TBP

LBP

Pts

Pos overall

1

Sharks (S)

6

4

0

2

129

135

-6

17

20

2

1

19

4

2

Stormers

6

3

0

3

142

130

+12

19

15

3

18

8

3

Bulls

6

3

0

3

151

141

+10

19

17

3

2

17

3

4

Lions

6

2

0

4

141

157

-16

19

22

1

10

13

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:^[2]

number of matches won
the difference between points for and points against
the number of tries scored
the most points scored
the difference between tries for and tries against
the fewest red cards received
the fewest yellow cards received

Green background indicates teams currently leading the regional shield. Upon the conclusion of the regular season, these teams win their respective regional shields.

(S) : URC Shield champion

Round 1

8 February 2025	(2 BP) Stormers	32–33	Bulls (1 BP)	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
13:00				Attendance: 47,171

Round 2

28 September 2024	(1 BP) Ospreys	37–24	Stormers	Brewery Field. Bridgend
19:35	Try: J. Morgan 25' c Morgan-Williams48' c Edwards 64' c Penalty try 80' Con: Edwards (3/3) 26', 49', 65' Pen: Edwards (2) 8', 36' Drop: Edwards 52'		Try: Zas 5' c Schickerling 70' m Con: Matthee (1/2) 6' Pen: Matthee (3/3) 11', 22', 41' Drop: Willemse 44'	Attendance: 3,781^[3] Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Round 3

5 October 2024	Zebre Parma	5–36	Stormers (1 BP)	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma
20:35	Try: Gesi 75' m		Try: Zas 40' c, 72' m Hartzenberg 59' m Davids 78' Con: Matthee 41' Willemse 79' Pen: Matthee (4) 2', 23', 27', 43'	Attendance: 1,867^[4] Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)

Round 4

12 October 2024	(1 BP) Edinburgh	38–7	Stormers	Hive Stadium, Edinburgh
17:15	Try: Harrison 18' c Muncaster (2) 21' c, 79' c Graham 58' c Gilchrist 62' c Con: Thompson (4/4) 19', 22', 58', 63' C. Scott (1/1) 80' Pen: Thompson (1) 74'		Try: Nel 31' c Con: Willemse 32' (1/1)	Attendance: 6,914^[5] Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Round 5

19 October 2024	Stormers	34–19	Munster	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
18:00	Try: Hartzenberg 5' c Theunissen 33' c R. Nel (2) 46' c, 80'+2 Con: Willemse (4/4) 6', 34', 47', 80'+3 Pen: Willemse 75' Drop: Willemse 76'		Try: Farrell 17 c' Clarke 26' m Coombes 67' c Con: Crowley (2/3) 19', 68'	Attendance: 28,013^[6] Referee: Mike Adamson, Scotland

Round 6

26 October 2024	Stormers	17–28	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
13:45	Try: Willemse 33' c du Plessis 54' c Con: Libbok (2/2) 34', 55' Pen: Libbok 63'		Try: Matthews 37' c Tuipulotu 47' c Rowe 63' c Venter 70' c Con: Hastings (2/2) 38', 48' Jordan (2/2) 65', 72'	Attendance: 12,976 Referee: Andrew Brace, Ireland

Round 7

30 November 2024	Sharks	21–15	Stormers (1 BP)	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
16:00	Try: Hooker 11' c Kolisi 16' c Esterhuizen 58' c Con: Masuku (2/2) 12', 17' Jo. Hendrikse (1/1) 60'		Try: Zas 44' m penalty try 79' Drop: Feinberg-Mngomezulu 24'	Attendance: 33,744^[7] Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

Round 8

21 December 2024	'(1 BP)' Stormers	29–10	Lions	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
15:45	Try: Dweba 12' m Hartzenberg 24' m Dweba 33' m Zas 47' c Fouché 75' c Con: Libbok (2/5) 48', 76'	Report	Try: van der Merwe 43' m Marais 63' m	Attendance: 22,410^[8]

Round 9

28 December 2024	'(1 BP)' Stormers	24-20	Sharks (1 BP)	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
17:00	Try: Senatla 09' m Fourie 53' m Libbok 66' c J. du Plessis 77' c Con: Libbok (2/4) 68', 79'	Report	Try: Penxe 32' c Jo. Hendrikse 70' c Con: Jo. Hendrikse (2/2) 33', 72' Pen: Jo. Hendrikse (2) 05', 74'	Attendance: 46,002^[9] Referee: Aimee Bsrrett-Theron

Round 10

25 January 2025	Leinster	36–12	Stormers	Aviva Stadium, Dublin
17:00	Try: A. Osbourne (2) 10' c, 67' c Sheehan (2) 40' m, 61' c Barrett 57' c Con: R. Byrne (4/5) 11', 58', 62', 68' Pen: R. Byrne 3'		Try: Loader 20' c Roos 78' m Con: Libbok (1/1) 21'	Attendance: 18,892

Round 11

15 February 2025	Lions	30–23	Stormers (1 BP)	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
14:30	Try: van den Berg 19' c van Wyk 22' c Louw 34' c Con: Lombard (3/3) 20', 23', 35' Pen: Lombard (3/3) 14', 47', 59'	Report	Try: Gelant 44'c Roos 69'c Con: Matthee (2/2) 45', 70' Pen: Matthee (3/3) 17', 31', 81'

Round 12

1 March 2025	(1 BP) Bulls	16–19	Stormers	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
17:00	Try: Vermaak 60' c Con: Kriel (1/1) 61' Pen: Kriel (3) 5', 24', 26'	Report	Try: Simelane 67' c Con: Matthee (1/1) 68' Pen: Matthee (4) 1', 15', 32', 37'

Round 13

22 March 2025	Scarlets	17-29	Stormers (1 BP)	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
15:35	Try: Mee, 29'c Nicholas, 47'c Con: Lloyd (2/2) Pen: Lloyd, 58'	[ Report]	Try: Loader, 13' Fourie, 17'c Zas, 64'c Venter, 78'c Con: Feinberg-Mngomezulu (3/4) Pen: Feinberg-Mngomezulu, '43	Attendance: 5,783 Referee: Eoghan Cross

Round 14

28 March 2025	(1 BP) Ulster	38–34	Stormers (2 BP)	Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast
19:35	Try: Baloucoune Warwick Murphy Stockdale Ward Moore Con: Cooney (2) Murphy (2)		Try: Roos (2) Loader Engelbrecht Con: Mngomezulu (4) Pen: Mngomezulu (2)	Attendance: 11,672

Round 15

19 April 2025	(1 BP)Stormers	34-29	Connacht (2 BP)	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
16:00	Try: Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 3', 19', 26' Roos. 14' Hartzenberg, 48' Con: Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 4', 15', 20 Pen: Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 72'		Try: Jennings, 7', 41' Oliver, 17' Tierney-Martin, 36' Murphy, 66' Con: Carty, 8', 18'	Attendance: 18,211 Referee: Sam Grove-White

Round 16

26 April 2025	(1 BP) Stormers	54 – 5	Benetton	Cape Town Stadium
18:15	Try: Sandi, 4' du Plessis, 16' Senatla, 33' Theuinssen, 43' Zas, 65' de Villiers, 70' Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 79' Con: Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 4', 17', 34', 44', 66', 80' Pen: Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 10', 20' Drop: Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 14'	Report, [ 2]	Try: Umaga, 41'	Referee: Adam Jones

Round 17

10 May 2025	Stormers	v	Dragons	Cape Town Stadium
18:15

Round 18

16 May 2025	Stormers	v	Cardiff	Cape Town Stadium
19:00

European competition

European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 4
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Toulon (4)	4	3	1	94	94	0	12	14	1	0	13	Home Champions Cup round of 16.
2	Glasgow Warriors (7)	4	2	2	103	92	+11	16	12	3	1	12	Home Champions Cup round of 16.
3	Sale Sharks (12)	4	2	2	81	92	−11	12	14	2	0	10	Away Champions Cup round of 16.
4	Harlequins (15)	4	2	2	110	79	+31	16	10	1	0	9	Away Champions Cup round of 16.
5	Racing 92 (9CC)	4	2	2	80	92	−12	12	14	1	0	9	Away Challenge Cup round of 16.
6	Stormers	4	1	3	92	108	−16	12	16	1	0	5

Source: EPCR^[10]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.

Pool matches

Stormers were eliminated from European competition in the pool stages, finishing bottom of their group.

Round 1

7 December 2024	Stormers	14–24	Toulon	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha
15:15	Try: Gelant 14' c Dweba 39' c Con: Libbok (2/2) 15', 40'	Report	Try: Villière 4' c Isa 58' c Serin 64' c Con: Serin (3/3) 5', 59', 65' Pen: Serin (1/1) 11'	Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Karl Dickson (England)

Round 2

14 December 2024	(1 BP) Harlequins	53–16	Stormers	Twickenham Stoop, London
20:00	Try: Murley (3) 12' m, 64' m, 66' c Care 29' c Dombrandt (3) 36' c, 52' c, 57' m Riley 75' c Con: Smith (3/6) 30', 37', 53' J. Evans (2/2) 67', 76' Pen: Smith (1/1) 46'	Report	Try: Mars 78' c Con: Matthee (1/1) 79' Pen: Matthee (2/2) 2', 8' Drop: Matthee (1/2) 48'	Attendance: 10,085 Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)

Round 3

11 January 2025	(1 BP) Stormers	40–0	Sale Sharks	DHL Stadium, Cape Town
13:00	Try: Schickerling 21' c Libbok 25' c Sithole 45' c Gelant 54' m de Wet 63' c Venter 70' c Con: Libbok (4/5) 22', 26', 64', 71' J.L. du Plessis (1/1) 46'	Report		Attendance: 23,544 Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)

Round 4

18 January 2025	(1 BP) Racing 92	31–22	Stormers	Paris La Défense Arena, Nanterre
20:00	Try: Habosi (2) 13' c, 36' c Spring (2) 17' m, 55' m Palu 76' c Con: Le Garrec (3/5) 14', 37', 77'	Report	Try: Venter 22' c Jantjies 58' c Theunissen 64' m Con: Matthee (2/3) 22', 59' Pen: Matthee (1/2) 7'	Attendance: 9,812 Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe (England)

Home attendance

As of 20 April 2025

League	Fixtures	Total Attendance	Average Attendance	Highest	Lowest	League	Fixtures	Total Attendance	Average Attendance	Highest	Lowest	Total Attendance	Average Attendance
Domestic League						European Champions Cup						Total
2024–25 United Rugby Championship	6	174,783	29.131	47,171	12,976	2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup	2	50,544	25,272	27,000	23,544	225,327	28,168

References

^ "Competition rules – United Rugby Championship". United Rugby Championship. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
^ League Format (3) "Competition Rules". United Rugby Championship. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ "Ospreys Rugby Fixtures and Results", 29 Sep 2024
^ "Le Zebre cadono al Lanfranchi: la sfida con gli Stormers finisce 5-36", Zebre Parma, 5 Oct 2024
^ "URC: Edinburgh bounce back with big home win over Stormers", The Offside Line, 12 October
^ "Munster Rugby Fixtures & Results"
^ "BKT URC Round 7 review: Winnett praised for derby day display against Dragons", Nation.Cymru, 01 December 2024
^ "SA sides help URC break records". sarugbymag.co.za. 27 December 2024.
^ @THESTORMERS (December 28, 2024). "46 002 of you screaming your lungs out. It made all the difference. #STOvSHA #iamastormer #dhldelivers @Vodacom #URC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Pool Tables | Investec Champions Cup". www.epcrugby.com. European Professional Club Rugby. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

[1] "Competition rules – United Rugby Championship". United Rugby Championship. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2025.

[2] League Format (3) "Competition Rules". United Rugby Championship. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[3] "Ospreys Rugby Fixtures and Results", 29 Sep 2024

[4] "Le Zebre cadono al Lanfranchi: la sfida con gli Stormers finisce 5-36", Zebre Parma, 5 Oct 2024

[5] "URC: Edinburgh bounce back with big home win over Stormers", The Offside Line, 12 October

[munster-6] "Munster Rugby Fixtures & Results"

[7] "BKT URC Round 7 review: Winnett praised for derby day display against Dragons", Nation.Cymru, 01 December 2024

[SA_sides_help_URC_break_records-8] "SA sides help URC break records". sarugbymag.co.za. 27 December 2024.

[9] @THESTORMERS (December 28, 2024). "46 002 of you screaming your lungs out. It made all the difference. #STOvSHA #iamastormer #dhldelivers @Vodacom #URC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[10] "Pool Tables | Investec Champions Cup". www.epcrugby.com. European Professional Club Rugby. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

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v t e Stormers – current squad
Forwards	Kwenzo Blose Hacjivah Dayimani Paul de Villiers Ben-Jason Dixon Joseph Dweba Willie Engelbrecht Connor Evans Neethling Fouché Deon Fourie Lizo Gqoboka Brok Harris JJ Kotze Leon Lyons Frans Malherbe Lee-Marvin Mazibuko Salmaan Moerat Keke Morabe Scarra Ntubeni Junior Pokomela Gary Porter Evan Roos Sazi Sandi Sti Sithole Dylan Sjoblom Adré Smith Chad Solomon Hendré Stassen Marcel Theunissen Ruben van Heerden Andre-Hugo Venter Ali Vermaak Nama Xaba
Backs	Clayton Blommetjies Thomas Bursey Angelo Davids Paul de Wet Dan du Plessis Jean-Luc du Plessis Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu Warrick Gelant Suleiman Hartzenberg Herschel Jantjies Imad Khan Tristan Leyds Manie Libbok Ben Loader Godlen Masimla Jurie Matthee Ruhan Nel Seabelo Senatla Wandisile Simelane Courtnall Skosan Stefan Ungerer Damian Willemse Leolin Zas Mnombo Zwelendaba
Coach	John Dobson