The rivalry between the DHL Stormers and Sharks resumes when the teams do battle in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash in Cape Town on Saturday.
Overall Vodacom URC record: Played 4, Stormers won 3, Sharks won 1.
TEAM: Stormers shuffle pack for Sharks
When they last met:
TEAM: Sharks call on Fassi to wing it in coastal clash
Did you know?
– The Stormers’ home record is the best in the league. They have won 17 consecutive fixtures on their own turf.
– The Stormers have won their two most recent league fixtures against the Sharks. The Sharks have won just one of their five URC matches against the Stormers.
– The Sharks have lost two of their last three fixtures, including a 27-point defeat at the hands of their opposition this weekend.
– Manie Libbok is the league’s top-points scorer with 134. He has scored just two tries in 12 appearances but has an 81% success rate off the tee. He has also made an unrivalled 2,542 metres from penalty kicks.
– Stormers have scored 15 tries from their own half – more than any other team. Three of these have begun in the quarter of the pitch closest to their try line
– The Stormers have scored a try from a league-high 40% of their 22 entries.
– Werner Kok won more turnovers than any other player in the rearranged Round 6 fixtures played last weekend (three).
– Rohan Janse van Rensburg topped the charts for metres in contact (22 and 19 respectively) and defenders beaten (seven = Manuel Rass) at the weekend. He has now beaten more defenders than any other player this season (31).
– The Sharks have scored more tries from scrums than any other team (seven).
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