DHL Stormers vs Vodacom Bulls

GRAND FINAL
DHL STORMERS VS VODACOM BULLS
MATCH PREVIEW
DHL STORMERS V VODACOM BULLS
A
fter 18 rounds of
action and two
weekends of play-offs,
the Vodacom United
Rugby Championship
season comes down to a Cape
Town clash between the DHL
Stormers and the Vodacom Bulls.
The DHL Stormers earned the
right to host the Grand Final as the
higher-ranked of the two sides in
the Vodacom URC table, having
finished second to the Vodacom
Bulls’ fourth.
John Dobson’s side are here
thanks to a battling victory over
Edinburgh in the Final Eight and a
dramatic late semi-final triumph
over Ulster, when Manie Libbok’s
conversion with the last action of
the match was the difference in a
17-15 victory.
The Vodacom Bulls, meanwhile,
overcame the Cell C Sharks with
an equally late Chris Smith dropgoal
before stunning tournament
favourites Leinster with a 27-26
victory in the Final Four.
THE BREAkDOWN
THE DHL STORMERS
HAVE WON THEIR LAST 10
MATCHES SINCE LOSING 19-17
TO CONNACHT IN GALWAY ON
FEBRUARY 26.
The Vodacom Bulls, meanwhile,
have lost only one of their last
11 Vodacom URC fixtures - by
the same scoreline to the DHL
Stormers in Cape Town on April 9.
That fixture forms part of a fivematch
unbeaten run in matches
against South African opposition
for the DHL Stormers, whose
only home defeat this season was a
37-19 reverse against the Emirates
Lions in December.
DHL Stormers wing Leolin Zas
collected the Top Try Scorer prize
during the Vodacom URC Awards
but Bulls number eight Marcell
Coetzee pulled level with
him on 11 tries by touching
down in the Final Four
victory over Leinster.
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