Stormers participant rankings: The DHL Stormers travelled to Scotstoun Stadium looking for a 3rd consecutive semi-final area.
As a substitute, they may return to Cape City, ruing a missed alternative as they had been defeated by the Glasgow Warriors 27 – 10.
Right here is how John Dobson’s gamers carried out of their closing match of the 2023/24 season.
1. Brok Harris – 4
The veteran loosehead had an actual tussle with Scotland worldwide Zander Fagerson at scrum time. Sadly for the Stormers, he appeared to come back out second finest as a rule.
2. Joseph Dweba – 5
Though he ended his shift on the pitch having made double-digit tackles, the Springbok hooker can be annoyed along with his outing. He struggled to become familiar with the stiff breeze as his line-out throwing grew to become a crapshoot earlier than being changed early within the second half.
3. Frans Malherbe – 6
Clearly relished the difficult circumstances as he went to work in opposition to Jamie Bhatti. Seeming to get beneath and twist the Scottish worldwide, Malherbe greater than held up his facet of the scrum. Across the park, nevertheless, the 33-year-old had little affect as a provider however did his fair proportion of labor on the breakdown.
4. Salmaan Moerat – 6
Main from the entrance, the skipper had some key defensive moments in addition to some good touches. His yellow card was avoidable, to say the least, as he utterly misjudged his problem each by way of physique angle and timing.
5. Ruben van Heerden – 7
The strongest provider within the pack for the Stormers in the present day, the 26-year-old had a top-notch outing on either side of the ball.
6. Willie Engelbrecht – 6
The unheralded veteran within the pack, Engelbrecht, had a workman-like efficiency, having already made double-figure tackles by early within the second half.
7. Ben-Jason Dixon – 7
Persevering with to develop his status as a hard-hitting ‘bone collector’, the utility ahead’s work ethic was phenomenal. Setting him up within the midfield from line-outs as a achieve line breaker was the Stormer’s only yard-gaining tactic.
8. Hacjivah Dayimani – 7
Famend for his roaming operating sport, Dayimani’s breakdown work stood out in the present day. Finishing a pair of key turnovers within the first half and routinely cleansing up free ball, the Racing 92 certain man crammed the void left by the industrious Deon Fourie.
9. Herschel Jantjies – 6
The nippy scrumhalf had all of it to do within the face of a relentless breakdown onslaught by the soldiers who had been flying into the ruck all match. Not fairly discovering his nicely famend operating sport will disappoint him though this had extra to do with the Warriors unimaginable defensive shift.
10. Manie Libbok – 4
Few gamers in World Rugby are as cold and hot because the mercurial Stormers playmaker, who had a disastrous night from the kicking tee. Abandoning ten factors while missing his common attacking spark actually price his staff.
11. Ben Loader – 6
A kind of nuts and bolts sort of evenings for the previous London Irish flyer as he chased kicks, made his tackles and cleared up the backfield effectively. His efforts could be rewarded with a well-taken strive within the left-hand nook, however outdoors of this, there have been no spotlight reel moments.
12. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu – 6
Exploded into motion following a quiet opening thirty minutes, his probing kicks and offloads poke holes in a stingy Warriors defence. Discovering a second of magic to place Loader over within the nook was a snippet of simply why he’s so extremely touted in South African Rugby circles.
13. Dan du Plessis – 4
Actually struggled to include the Scottish worldwide pair of Tuipulotu and Jones who each had pleasure happening his channel. On the opposite facet of the ball he made little affect on the Warriors achieve line in what was a disappointing outing for the often potent centre.
14. Suleiman Hartzenberg – 7
As soon as once more, the principle risk within the Stormer’s backline, Hartzenberg’s willingness to go on the lookout for work, was evident. Profitable the aerial battle and getting over the gainline a couple of instances sealed an total stable effort for the Stormers’ most improved participant this season.
15. Warrick Gelant – 6
Usually dealt with the moist and slippery circumstances nicely as he contended with a bombardment of testing kicks from the Warriors earlier than returning fireplace. His kicking sport on the line gave the Stormers some much-needed area place, however finally, they did not capitalise on it.
Replacements:
16 Andre-Hugo Venter – 5
Had some good moments with the ball in hand, however like the person he changed, his line-out throwing was inconsistent and value his staff a late alternative to get again into the match.
17 Sti Sithole – 5
Trotting out for a fifteen-minute cameo, Sithole appeared to wrestle to stand up to the tempo of the sport as he conceded a scrum penalty practically instantly.
18 Neethling Fouche – 6
Introduced nice power from the bench as a prepared provider however endured a combined bag at scrum time.
19 Adre Smith – 5
An industrious exhibiting from the lock with out actually having an excessive amount of affect on the sport both manner.
20 Marcel Theunissen – 5
Changed Engelbrecht with half an hour to play and had some good moments within the carry however finally was on defensive obligation for the majority of his time on the park.
21 Connor Evans – N/A
Too little time on the pitch to price.
22 Paul de Moist – 8
Started his night within the 62nd minute and scored three minutes later as he sniped via a niche within the uncharacteristically stretched Warrior’s defence. Minutes later, he would scrag a rampaging Tom Jordan to cease a sure strive for the Warriors. Total, he upped the Stormer’s tempo, however by that stage, the pack started to lose parity with their hosts.
23 Jean-Luc du Plessis. – 4
Very quiet from the alternative who didn’t have the affect of the person he changed.
