Connacht Rugby v Stormers — United Rugby Championship
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Form
Connacht Rugby
L
L
W
W
L
Stormers
W
L
L
W
L
How it happened
- 9' Penalty Jurie Matthee 0–3
- 20' Try Warrick Gelant 0–8
- 21' Conversion Jurie Matthee 0–10
- 38' Try Mack Hansen 5–10
- 39' Conversion Sam Gilbert 7–10
- 40' Try Josh Ioane 12–10
- HT 12–10
- 47' Sub Sazi Sandi on for Neethling Fouche
- 47' Sub Connor Evans on for JD Schickerling
- 47' Sub Adre Smith on for Gary Porter
- 47' Sub Oliver Reid on for Vernon Matongo
- 48' Sub Caolin Blade on for Ben Murphy
- 52' Penalty Sam Gilbert 15–10
- 54' Yellow card Paul Boyle
- 56' Sub Matt Victory on for Eoin de Buitléar
- 56' Sub David O'Connor on for Josh Murphy
- 56' Sub Jordan Duggan on for Francois van Wyk
- 56' Sub Fiachna Barrett on for Finlay Bealham
- 57' Try Sazi Sandi 15–15
- 58' Conversion Jurie Matthee 15–17
- 64' Sub Yaqeen Ahmed on for Jurie Matthee
- 66' Sub Shayne Bolton on for Finn Treacy
- 66' Sub Max Flynn on for Shamus Hurley-Langton
- 72' Sub Sean Naughton on for John Devine
- 72' Sub Wandisile Simelane on for Warrick Gelant
- 74' Sub Ezekiel Ngobeni on for Andre Warner
- 75' Sub Vernon Paulo on for Louw Nel
- 78' Try Vernon Paulo 15–22
- 80' Try Ezekiel Ngobeni 15–27
- 80' Conversion Yaqeen Ahmed 15–29
- FT 15–29
Match stats
Possession
39%
61%
Ball possession
172
202
Passes
Scoring
2
4
Tries
1
2
Try assists
1
3
Conversions
Scoring other
100
149
Carries
2
7
Clean breaks
1
1
Penalty goals
0
0
Drop goals
Other
3/3 (100%)
9/10 (90%)
Scrums
10/10 (100%)
13/14 (93%)
Lineouts
16
11
Turnovers
4
3
Turnovers won
284
591
Meters run
3
11
Offloads
243
158
Tackles
26
14
Tackles missed
Penalty
11
8
Penalties conceded
0
0
Red cards
1
0
Yellow cards
Line-ups
Connacht Rugby
- Francois van Wyk
- Eoin de Buitléar
- Finlay Bealham
- Josh Murphy
- Sean O'Brien
- Shamus Hurley-Langton
- Paul Boyle
- Josh Ioane
- Finn Treacy
- Cathal Forde
- John Devine
- Mack Hansen
- Sam Gilbert
- 4 Niall Murray
- 9 Ben Murphy
Replacements
- Matt Victory
- Jordan Duggan
- Fiachna Barrett
- David O'Connor
- Caolin Blade
- Sean Naughton
- Shayne Bolton
- 20 Max Flynn
Stormers
- Vernon Matongo
- André-Hugo Venter
- Neethling Fouche
- Gary Porter
- JD Schickerling
- Louw Nel
- Riley Norton
- Hacjivah Dayimani
- Andre Warner
- Jurie Matthee
- Leolin Zas
- Jonathan Roche
- Ruhan Nel
- Seabelo Senatla
- 15 Warrick Gelant
Replacements
- Vernon Paulo
- Oliver Reid
- Sazi Sandi
- Connor Evans
- Adre Smith
- Wandisile Simelane
- Yaqeen Ahmed
- 21 Ezekiel Ngobeni
Head to head
Last 1 meetings in our data: Connacht Rugby 1 – 0 Stormers · avg 57 total points
18 Apr 2026 · United Rugby Championship
United Rugby Championship
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Stormers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 15 | +14 | 4 |
| 2 |  Edinburgh Rugby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 4 |
| 3 |  Benetton Treviso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Dragons | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Vodacom Bulls XV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 |  Cardiff Rugby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 |  Glasgow Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Leinster Rugby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 |  Fidelity ADT Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 |  Munster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  Ospreys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  Scarlets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |  Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 |  Zebre Rugby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  Ulster Rugby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 34 | -5 | 0 |
| 16 |  Connacht Rugby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 29 | -14 | 0 |
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