Stormers vs Cardiff: Plan to 'secure 5th place' in final URC home clash - Salmaan Moerat, captain
Kick-off is at 7 pm at DHL Stadium on Friday, 16 May. GO, STORMERS!!!
FILE: Salmaan Moerat during a Springbok training session on 19 July 2024. Picture: @Springboks/X
CapeTalk's Lester Kiewit speaks to DHL Stormers captain Salmaan Moerat.
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The DHL Stormers take on Cardiff in their final United Rugby Championship (URC) home match of the season at DHL Stadium on Friday at 7 pm. Gates will open at 3:30 pm.
Having already qualified for the play-offs, the Stormers will be looking to take some winning momentum into the knock-out phase of the season, when they face Cardiff, who are ninth on the log and desperate to win to make the quarterfinals.
DHL Stormers are coming off three consecutive bonus point wins at home and will aim for another big performance.
Moerat says the team will play to secure fifth place on the log.
"... the top eight spots are tightly contested and the only thing we can control is the process... if we can control the things that we can and get the most important win on Friday, which is to secure fifth place, that will be great..."
- Salmaan Moerat, Captain - DHL Stormers
"There's some real excitement in the squad and we're looking forward to whatever playoff it might be..."
- Salmaan Moerat, Captain - DHL Stormers
"The one thing the team strives to achieve is to make Cape Town smile... by getting the result, by playing beautiful rugby that the people of Cape Town love to see... there's a deep care within the squad for each other... for the newcomers as well."
- Salmaan Moerat, Captain - DHL Stormers
Tickets for the game are still available on Ticketmaster.
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