Overview
- Saturday’s derby at Cape Town Stadium pairs the unbeaten URC leaders with a Sharks team showing improvement under interim coach JP Pietersen.
- Director of rugby John Dobson says most of his squad is available and that the derby stretch is about protecting the Stormers’ perfect league record.
- The Stormers are set to bring back key players including Salmaan Moerat, Warrick Gelant, Damian Willemse and Cobus Reinach for the fixture.
- The Sharks are 14th on 14 points yet sit only five points off eighth place, underscoring a compressed table before consecutive meetings between the sides.
- Rising flanker Paul de Villiers welcomed a possible breakdown test against Siya Kolisi but emphasized that the Stormers will focus on their game plan over individual duels.