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Connacht Rugby v Stormers — United Rugby Championship
United Rugby Championship · Round 1
Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway
Connacht scorers:
Tries Hansen 38′, Ioane 40+2′
Cons Gilbert 39′
Pens Gilbert 52′
Stormers scorers:
Tries Gelant 20′, Sandi 57′, Paulo 78′, Ngobeni 80′
Cons Matthee 21′, Matthee 58′, Ahmed 80+1′
Pens Matthee 9′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Fri 19:45
- South Africa (SAST)
- Fri 20:45
- Sydney (AEST)
- Sat 04:45
- New Zealand (NZST)
- Sat 06:45
Venue
Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway
Form and season so far
Season figures: United Rugby Championship table.
United Rugby Championship table
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time15–29
- 80+1′ Conversion Stormers: Yaqeen Ahmed Conversion 15–29
- 80′ Try Stormers: Ezekiel Ngobeni Try 15–27
- 78′ Try Stormers: Vernon Paulo Try 15–22
- 75′ Replacement Stormers: Vernon Paulo On for Louw Nel
- 74′ Replacement Stormers: Ezekiel Ngobeni On for Andre Warner
- 72′ Replacement Stormers: Wandisile Simelane On for Warrick Gelant
- 72′ Replacement Connacht: Sean Naughton On for John Devine
- 66′ Replacement Connacht: Max Flynn On for Shamus Hurley-Langton
- 66′ Replacement Connacht: Shayne Bolton On for Finn Treacy
- 64′ Replacement Stormers: Yaqeen Ahmed On for Jurie Matthee
- 58′ Conversion Stormers: Jurie Matthee Conversion 15–17
- 57′ Try Stormers: Sazi Sandi Try 15–15
- 56′ Replacement Connacht: Fiachna Barrett On for Finlay Bealham
- 56′ Replacement Connacht: Jordan Duggan On for Francois van Wyk
- 56′ Replacement Connacht: David O'Connor On for Josh Murphy
- 56′ Replacement Connacht: Matt Victory On for Eoin de Buitléar
- 54′ Yellow card Connacht: Paul Boyle Yellow card
- 52′ Penalty goal Connacht: Sam Gilbert Penalty goal 15–10
- 48′ Replacement Connacht: Caolin Blade On for Ben Murphy
- 47′ Replacement Stormers: Oliver Reid On for Vernon Matongo
- 47′ Replacement Stormers: Adre Smith On for Gary Porter
- 47′ Replacement Stormers: Connor Evans On for JD Schickerling
- 47′ Replacement Stormers: Sazi Sandi On for Neethling Fouche
- Half-time12–10
- 40+2′ Try Connacht: Josh Ioane Try 12–10
- 39′ Conversion Connacht: Sam Gilbert Conversion 7–10
- 38′ Try Connacht: Mack Hansen Try 5–10
- 21′ Conversion Stormers: Jurie Matthee Conversion 0–10
- 20′ Try Stormers: Warrick Gelant Try 0–8
- 9′ Penalty goal Stormers: Jurie Matthee Penalty goal 0–3
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Connacht
Coach: Stuart Lancaster- 1 Francois van Wyk Prop
- 2 Eoin de Buitléar Hooker
- 3 Finlay Bealham Prop
- 4 Niall Murray Lock
- 5 Josh Murphy Lock
- 6 Sean O'Brien Flanker
- 7 Shamus Hurley-Langton Flanker
- 8 Paul Boyle (captain) No. 8
- 9 Ben Murphy Scrum-half
- 10 Josh Ioane Fly-half
- 11 Finn Treacy Wing
- 12 Cathal Forde Centre
- 13 John Devine Centre
- 14 Mack Hansen Wing
- 15 Sam Gilbert Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Matt Victory on at 56′
- 17 Jordan Duggan on at 56′
- 18 Fiachna Barrett on at 56′
- 19 David O'Connor on at 56′
- 20 Max Flynn on at 66′
- 21 Caolin Blade on at 48′
- 22 Sean Naughton on at 72′
- 23 Shayne Bolton on at 66′
Stormers
Coach: John Dobson- 1 Vernon Matongo Prop
- 2 André-Hugo Venter Hooker
- 3 Neethling Fouche Prop
- 4 Gary Porter Lock
- 5 JD Schickerling Lock
- 6 Louw Nel Flanker
- 7 Riley Norton Flanker
- 8 Hacjivah Dayimani No. 8
- 9 Andre Warner Scrum-half
- 10 Jurie Matthee Fly-half
- 11 Leolin Zas Wing
- 12 Jonathan Roche Centre
- 13 Ruhan Nel (captain) Centre
- 14 Seabelo Senatla Wing
- 15 Warrick Gelant Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Vernon Paulo on at 75′
- 17 Oliver Reid on at 47′
- 18 Sazi Sandi on at 47′
- 19 Connor Evans on at 47′
- 20 Adre Smith on at 47′
- 21 Wandisile Simelane on at 72′
- 22 Ezekiel Ngobeni on at 74′
- 23 Yaqeen Ahmed on at 64′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Connacht 39%, Stormers 61%
Carries: Connacht 100, Stormers 149
Metres made: Connacht 284, Stormers 591
Line breaks: Connacht 2, Stormers 7
Tackles made: Connacht 243, Stormers 158
Tackles missed: Connacht 26, Stormers 14
Turnovers won: Connacht 4, Stormers 3
Lineouts won: Connacht 10/10, Stormers 13/14
Scrums won: Connacht 3/3, Stormers 9/10
Penalties conceded: Connacht 11, Stormers 8
Yellow cards: Connacht 1, Stormers 0
Red cards: Connacht 0, Stormers 0
Passes: Connacht 172, Stormers 202
Tries: Connacht 2, Stormers 4
Try assists: Connacht 1, Stormers 2
Conversions: Connacht 1, Stormers 3
Penalty goals: Connacht 1, Stormers 1
Drop goals: Connacht 0, Stormers 0
Turnovers: Connacht 16, Stormers 11
Offloads: Connacht 3, Stormers 11
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
- Connacht wins
- 1
- Draws
- 0
- Stormers wins
- 0
The last meeting in our data, all competitions.
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