| Home team | Stormers |
| Away team | Connacht |
| Venue | DHL Stadium |
| Competition | URC |
| Kick off time | 12:45 pm (UK) |
| Watch Live in the UK | Premier Sports |
Stormers vs Connacht preview as the sides clash at the DHL Stadium.
The Stormers are flying high with 11 wins from 14 games this season and sit just four points behind the Glasgow Warriors in first place in the table.
Connacht currently sit ninth in the table, just outside the playoff places. They sit two points behind Cardiff and Munster in seventh and eighth. An away win in South Africa would be massive for their playoff hopes.
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Stormers vs Connacht confirmed lineups and team news
| Stormers | Connacht | ||||
| Forwards | |||||
| Mchunu | 1 | Bohan | |||
| Ntubeni | 2 | Heffernan | |||
| Porthen | 3 | Illo | |||
| Smith | 4 | O’Connor | |||
| Schickerling | 5 | D Murray | |||
| Fourie | 6 | Prendergast | |||
| Dixon | 7 | Hurley-Langton | |||
| Roos | 8 | Jansen | |||
| Backs | |||||
| Reinach | 9 | B Murphy | |||
| Feinberg-Mngomezulu | 10 | Naughton | |||
| Zas | 11 | Bolton | |||
| Du Plessis | 12 | Forde | |||
| Nel | 13 | J Devine | |||
| Willemse | 14 | West | |||
| Gelant | 15 | Gilbert | |||
| Replacements | |||||
| Venter | 16 | Victory | |||
| Kebble | 17 | Dooley | |||
| Fouche | 18 | Aungier | |||
| Van Heerden | 19 | J Murphy | |||
| Theunissen | 20 | Boyle | |||
| De Villiers | 21 | Reilly | |||
| Ungerer | 22 | Carty | |||
| Simelane | 23 | Gavin | |||
Recent Form:
Stormers (Home team):
| Result | Date | Competition | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 4th April 2026 | Champions Cup | Toulon | 28-27 |
| Won | 28th March 2026 | URC | Edinburgh | 33-14 |
| Won | 22nd March 2026 | URC | Dragons | 29-21 |
| Won | 14th March 2026 | URC | Bulls | 19-32 |
| Loss | 28th February 2026 | URC | Lions | 24-10 |
The Stormers have won their last three URC matches but did crash out of the Champions Cup at the round of 16 stage. The Stormers have only lost once at home this season, and this came to fellow South Africans, the Sharks.
In their most recent game, they lost by one point to Toulon. The ball got held up by Charles Ollivon of Toulon on the line, and the Stormers narrowly missed out. They were in a position to have gone for a drop-goal.
Connacht (Away team):
| Result | Date | Competition | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 11th April 2026 | Challenge Cup | Montpellier | 45-22 |
| Won | 3rd April 2026 | Challenge Cup | Sharks | 29-12 |
| Won | 28th March 2026 | URC | Ospreys | 21-14 |
| Won | 20th March 2026 | URC | Ulster | 19-26 |
| Won | 13th March 2026 | URC | Scarlets | 31-14 |
Connacht have won their last five URC games in a row, which has given them a massive boost in their league position. They lost out in the Challenge Cup quarter-final to a very impressive Montpellier side, who scored a total of seven tries. The game looked relatively close when Connacht scored early in the second half, but the home side scored three more tries, while Connacht only managed one.
Stormers vs Connacht head-to-head record (last five matches):
| Date | Competition | Winner | Score |
| 19th April 2025 | URC | Stormers | 34-29 |
| 18th May 2024 | URC | Stormers | 12-16 |
| 13th May 2023 | URC Playoffs | Stormers | 43-25 |
| 24th September 2022 | URC | Stormers | 38-15 |
| 26th February 2022 | URC | Connacht | 19-17 |
The sides have met five times since the South African sides joined the URC. Connacht won the first meeting narrowly at home, but the Stormers have won all five since. The last two meetings have been won by five points or less.
