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Cardiff head coach Matt Sherratt said: “The icing on the cake would be to push into the top eight.

“It’s going to be a tough ask. The Stormers are one of the form teams in the competition.

“But, in a one-off game, if we’ve got our players fit, I think we are a pretty dangerous team.

“We believe we can beat the Stormers and that’s what we have to do.

"I think it would be brilliant to make the play-offs. Cardiff have never been in there and with the club’s history and potential we should be getting into the top eight.”

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Stormers head coach John Dobson said: “What Cardiff have achieved this season, with the reduction in budget and the circumstances Welsh rugby has gone through, I think they deserve a lot of credit.

“They are clearly going to put up a hell of a fight.

"Having put so much into the season and made progress, they won’t want it to fade out on a cold night in Cape Town, so we know what we’ve got coming.”

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Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau returns to Cardiff's starting XV as the Welsh side aim to seal a URC play-off place.

Faletau, 34, impressed after coming off the bench in the 45-21 defeat against Bulls in Pretoria.

He is one of five Cardiff changes with lock Teddy Williams, prop Danny Southworth and half-backs Aled Davies and Callum Sheedy starting.

Alun Lawrence switches from number eight to flanker.

Lock Josh McNally captains the side in the absence of injured hooker Liam Belcher.

Cardiff: Cameron Winnett; Josh Adams, Harri Millard, Ben Thomas, Gabriel Hamer-Webb; Callum Sheedy, Aled Davies; Danny Southworth, Evan Lloyd, Keiron Assiratti, Josh McNally (capt), Teddy Williams, Alun Lawrence, Alex Mann, Taulupe Faletau.

Replacements: Dafydd Hughes, Corey Domachowski, Rhys Litterick, Rory Thornton, James Botham, Dan Thomas, Johan Mulder, Rory Jennings.

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Stormers have made 10 changes to the side that defeated Dragons last weekend, including the return of South Africa fly-half Manie Libbok who has not played since January.

Fellow Springbok Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is primed to make an impact from the bench, while wing Suleiman Hartzenberg will make his 50th appearance for the Cape Town side.

Stormers are fifth in the URC table and have already confirmed their play-off place, although they cannot gain a home tie by finishing in the top four.

They have lost just one of their last six league games and have suffered only one home defeat this season.

Stormers: Damian Willemse; Suleiman Hartzenberg, Wandisile Simelane, Dan du Plessis, Leolin Zas; Manie Libbok, Herschel Jantjies; Sti Sithole, Joseph Dweba, Neethling Fouche, Salmaan Moerat (capt), JD Schickerling, Dave Ewers, Louw Nel, Marcel Theunissen.

Replacements: Scarra Ntubeni, Vernon Matongo, Sazi Sandi, Connor Evans, Paul de Villiers, Paul de Wet, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Ben Loader.

Good evening all!

The 2024-25 United Rugby Championship regular season comes to an end this weekend, and there's still a huge amount at stake.

Tonight's game in Cape Town is a huge one for Cardiff who will clinch a play-off berth with victory over Stormers.

They could even scrape into the top eight with two losing bonus points against a Stormers side who have already earned a place in the play-offs.

It promises to be a fascinating contest, and we'll bring you all of the action right here.

Let's take a look at the team news ahead of kick-off.

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