Stormers vs Connacht · United Rugby Championship
United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
24–33
Match report
Connacht beat Stormers 33-24 away from home at DHL Stadium, Cape Town in round 15 of the United Rugby Championship on Saturday, 18 April 2026.
That makes it six wins in a row for Connacht. Clara Munarini refereed.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
5
Stormers wins (71%)
0
Draws (0%)
2
Connacht wins (29%)
Last 7 meetings, since February 2022
Biggest Stormers win
38–15
24 Sept 2022
Biggest Connacht win
33–24
18 Apr 2026
Last 5 meetings
- 25 Sept 2026 · United Rugby ChampionshipConnacht15Stormers2925 Sept 2026Connacht15–29StormersUnited Rugby Championship
- 18 Apr 2026 · United Rugby ChampionshipStormers24Connacht3318 Apr 2026Stormers24–33ConnachtUnited Rugby Championship
- 19 Apr 2025 · United Rugby ChampionshipStormers34Connacht2919 Apr 2025Stormers34–29ConnachtUnited Rugby Championship
- 18 May 2024 · United Rugby ChampionshipConnacht12Stormers1618 May 2024Connacht12–16StormersUnited Rugby Championship
- 13 May 2023 · United Rugby ChampionshipStormers43Connacht2513 May 2023Stormers43–25ConnachtUnited Rugby Championship
Lineups
Avg. age
30.3
Avg. age
25.7
Stormers
- 1Ntuthuko Mchunu(27)
- 2Scarra Ntubeni(35)
- 3Zachary Porthen(22)
- 4Adre Smith(29)
- 5JD Schickerling(31)
- 6Deon Fourie(40)
- 7Ben-Jason Dixon(28)
- 8Evan Roos(26)
- 9Cobus Reinach(36)
- 10Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu(24)
- 11Leolin Zas(31)
- 12Daniel Michael Du Plessis(31)
- 13Ruhan Nel(35)
- 14Damian Willemse(28)
- 15Warrick Gelant(31)
Replacements
- 16André-Hugo Venter(25)
- 17Oliver Ralph Kebble(34)
- 18Neethling Fouche(33)
- 19Ruben van Heerden(28)
- 20Marcel Theunissen(27)
- 21Paul de Villiers(23)
- 22Stefan Ungerer(32)
- 23Wandisile Simelane(28)
Connacht
- 1Billy Bohan(20)
- 2Dave Heffernan(35)
- 3Sam Illo(25)
- 4David O'Connor(31)
- 5Darragh Murray(25)
- 6Cian Prendergast(26)
- 7Shamus Hurley-Langton(26)
- 8Sean Jansen(27)
- 9Ben Murphy(25)
- 10Sean Naughton(22)
- 11Shayne Bolton(26)
- 12Cathal Forde(25)
- 13John Devine(22)
- 14Harry West(23)
- 15Sam Gilbert(27)
Replacements
- 16Matt Victory(23)
- 17Peter Dooley(32)
- 18Jack Aungier(27)
- 19Josh Murphy(31)
- 20Paul Boyle(29)
- 21Colm Reilly(27)
- 22Jack Carty(34)
- 23Hugh Gavin(22)