The DHL Stormers can fortify their Vodacom United Rugby Championship home playoff bid when they host Munster in Cape Town on Saturday.
Overall Vodacom URC record: Played 1, Munster won.
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– Last season, Munster overturned an eight-point deficit at half time to beat the Stormers 34-18 in Limerick.
– The Stormers haven’t lost in four matches, 18 at home.
– Munster’s loss to Glasgow in Round 16 ended a five-match winning streak.
– Hacjivah Dayimani made 116 metres – more than any other forward – and a round-high total of five offloads (= Alun Wyn Jones) last time out.
– Ruben van Heerden and Ben-Jason Dixon made the most tackles in Round 16: 22 and 21 respectively. Van Heerden missed none.
– Manie Libbok is the league’s top-points scorer with 155. He also made the second-most metres last round (120) and has made more try assists than any other player this season (10), one more than teammate Paul de Wet.
– The last time Munster played in the URC, Calvin Nash beat a round-high seven defenders.
– Paddy Patterson has made more support carries than any other player (11).
– Munster have made more carries than any other team, an average of 129.5 per 80 minutes. They have also made the most contact metres (1,694) and offloads (171) in the league.
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