Ruhan Nel of the DHL Stormers celebrates after he dots down the winning try during the Super Rugby match, The Lions v Stormers at Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg South Africa on 15 February 2020
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Super Rugby 2020 fixtures: Stormers vs Jaguares – live score, result, teams and prediction
The Stormers seek to continue their perfect start to the Super Rugby season at home to the Jaguares. Here’s what you need to know.
Ruhan Nel of the DHL Stormers celebrates after he dots down the winning try during the Super Rugby match, The Lions v Stormers at Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg South Africa on 15 February 2020
Photo: ©Christiaan Kotze/BackpagePix
John Dobson’s Stormers chase a fourth win on the trot since he took over as coach as they host the Jaguares at Newlands on Saturday afternoon.
Their perfect record was under threat as they visited the Lions in Johannesburg, but a late Ruhan Nel try sealed a 33-30 win.
This was a significant victory for the Stormers, as the altitude at Emirates Airline Park makes it a difficult venue to visit.
“We’re not operating at half our capacity, and that’s really frustrating. I want to see us play more rugby. We’re three from three, but we’re not firing, so I suppose that’s good, that we can still get so much better,” Dobson said post-match, as quoted by SARugbyMag.
If the Stormers have another gear to find, that probably spells trouble for the Jaguares, who have two wins out of three in Super Rugby 2020, but have not yet played away from home.
Stormers vs Jaguares: Prediction, kick off time and teams
Stormers: 15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Jaco Coetzee, 5 John Schickerling, 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Siyabonga Ntubeni, 1 Steven Kitshoff (captain).
Replacements: 16 Chad Solomon, 17 Alister Vermaak, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Chris van Zyl, 20 Johan du Toit, 21 Ernst van Rhyn, 22 Godlen Masimla, 23 Jean-Luc du Plessis.
Jaguares: 15
Emiliano Boffelli, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Santiago Chocobares, 12 Juan Cruz
Mallia, 11 Sebastian Cancelliere, 10 Domingo Miotti, 9 Tomas Cubelli (captain),
8 Rodrigo Bruni, 7 Tomas Lezana, 6 Francisco Gorrissen, 5 Lucas Paulos, 4
Matias Alemanno, 3 Santiago Medrano, 2 Santiago Socino, 1 Nahuel Tetaz.
Replacements: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19
Guido Petti Pagadizaval, 20 Marcos Kremer, 21 Gonzalo Bertranou, 22 Joaquin
Diaz Bonilla, 23 Matias Moroni.
Kick-off time: 22 February, 15:05
Prediction: Stormers by one.
Read about all the weekend’s Super Rugby predictions for Round 4 here.
