Kick-offpublished at 1 min
Stormers 0-0 Edinburgh
Ben Healy gets the game underway at the DHL Stadium.
Summary
Stormers score early but Henry's debut try levels score
Hartzenberg and Zas both score two to give hosts 12-point lead at break
Mata's set-piece try briefly pulled the gap back to five points
Hartzenberg scores third try to continue Stormers dominance
Ross adds double of his own as Stormers rack up big win
Harrison scored third for Edinburgh
Kick-offpublished at 1 min
Nel reaches 200 caps, Henry makes debut, plus late changepublished at 15:01 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March
Stormers v Edinburgh (15:05)
Twenty three-year-old Edinburgh winger Jake Henry makes his professional 15s debut, while veteran WP Nel makes his 200th appearance for the club.
The tighthead prop becomes just the third player to reach the feat, following on from fellow prop Allan Jacobsen and Scotland legend Chris Paterson.
He achieves the milestone in a familiar setting too, starting his professional career at Western Province, who play in Cape Town, 16 years ago.
Meanwhile, Emiliano Boffelli is a late drop out from the team with a back spasm. Wes Goosen moves to fullback, Chris Dean starts on the wing, and James Lang comes onto the bench.
Image source, SNSFive Springboks in Stormers sidepublished at 14:56 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March
Stormers v Edinburgh (15:05)
World Cup-winning tighthead prop Frans Malherbe returns from injury to pack down with captain Salmaan Moerat behind him in the second row, while Evan Roos starts at number eight. Mannie Libbok is the fly-half, with Damien Willemse named at full-back.
There are a further three Springboks on the bench - loosehead Lizo Gqoboka, hooker Joseph Dweba, and scrum-half Herschel Jantjies.
The side also includes 39-year-old Brok Harris, who will scrum against 37-year-old WP Nel, and a few players who were recently called up to a South African training camp - Andre-Hugo Venter, Ruben van Heerden, Neethling Fouche, and 20-year-old Suleiman Hartezenberg.
TEAM NEWS from Cape Town Stadiumpublished at 14:52 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March
Stormers v Edinburgh (15:05)
Stormers: Willemse, Hartzenberg, Simelane, Du Plessis, Zas, Libbok, De Wet; Harris, Venter, Malherbe, Moerat (c), Van Heerden, Xaba, Dixon, Roos.
Replacements: Dweba, Gqoboka, Fouche, Evans, Dayimani, Jenatjies, Matthee, Loader.
Edinburgh: Goosen, Henry, Bennett, Currie, Dean, Healy, Vellacott (c); Venter, Cherry, Nel, Hodgson, Skinner, Muncaster, Watson, Mata.
Replacements: Harrison, De Bruin, Sebastian, Sykes, Dodd, Shiel, Scott, Lang.
Postpublished at 14:49 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March
Stormers v Edinburgh (15:05)
Edinburgh are sitting fifth in the URC with eight wins in 11 games whereas the reigning champions Stormers have won six games in 11 and are occupying ninth position in the table.
Stormers have won the last two meetings between the sides. Both teams have a lot to play for.
Kick off is just 15 minutes away so lets take a look at the teams.
Good afternoon!published at 14:46 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March
Stormers v Edinburgh (15:05 KO)
Welcome back, rugby fans, to our URC live.
After Glasgow trudged past Cardiff in the pouring rain and howling wind, we're off to sunnier climbs where Edinburgh take on the Stormers.
The chances of a Scottish victory in this one are far slimmer. The hosts in Cape Town are yet to lose on home turf this season, and Northern Hemisphere sides traditionally struggle down south.
However, Edinburgh were the first side from the north side of the equator to achieve the feat, beating the Sharks in a rain-soaked Durban back in 2022.
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