Leinster Rugby | | Stormers |
|---|
Hugo Keenan | 15 | Damian Willemse |
Jimmy O'Brien | 14 | Wandisile Simelane |
Rieko Ioane | 13 | Ruhan Nel |
Jamie Osborne | 12 | Dan du Plessis |
James Lowe | 11 | Leolin Zas |
Sam Prendergast | 10 | Jurie Matthee |
Jamison Gibson-Park | 9 | Imad Khan |
Andrew Porter | 1 | Ntuthuko Mchunu |
Ronan Kelleher | 2 | Andre-Hugo Venter |
Tom Clarkson | 3 | Neethling Fouche |
Joe McCarthy | 4 | Adre Smith |
James Ryan | 5 | Connor Evans |
Max Deegan | 6 | Paul de Villiers |
Josh van der Flier | 7 | Ben-Jason Dixon |
Caelan Doris | 8 | Evan Roos |
Gus McCarthy | 16 | JJ Kotze |
Alex Usanov | 17 | Vernon Matongo |
Rabah Slimani | 18 | Zac Porthen |
Diarmuid Mangan | 19 | Salmaan Moerat |
Jack Conan | 20 | Ruan Ackermann |
Luke McGrath | 21 | Marcel Theunissen |
Harry Byrne | 22 | Stefan Ungerer |
Garry Ringrose | 23 | Warrick Gelant |
Leinster looking to their first real challenge after the disappointing EPCR final against Bordeaux, after the Lions were a complete wash last week. The performance was encouraging, but ultimately there was yet again a sloppy second quarter and mistakes that were not capitalised on by the Lions that a better team could make hay with (and that Bordeaux did).
Sam Prendergast appears to have regained the starting 10 position for now and finds himself starting alongside Jamison Gibson Park in Leinster blue for the first time since La Rochelle on the 10th of January. He had an excellent performance last week, but an easy run of things - the Stormers should put him under more pressure across the board.
The Stormers are without their own clearly best 10 in SFM who is now a doubt for the summer tests. It doesn't seem like a loss they will be able to mitigate and Leinster should manage to find their way to victory - but there is a real question on how they achieve it and what kind of performance we see.
