2018 Stormers season

In 2018, the participated in the 2018 Super Rugby competition, the 23rd edition of the competition since its inception in 1996. They were included in the South African Conference of the competition, along with the , , and .

The Stormers won six and lost ten of their matches during the regular season of the competition to finish fourth in the South African Conference, and in 11th place overall.

Personnel

Coaches and management

The Stormers coaching and management staff for the 2018 Super Rugby season were:

2018 Stormers coaches and management Name Title Robbie Fleck Head coach Russell Winter Assistant coach (forwards and contact) Paul Treu Assistant coach (structured play) Paul Feeney Assistant coach (backs and skills) Steph du Toit Strength and conditioning coach Human Kriek Strength and conditioning coach Gareth Wright Kicking coach Wayne Hector Physiotherapist Anuerin Robin Physiotherapist Greg Daniels Masseur Karen Schwabe Team doctor

Squad

The following players were named in the Stormers squad for the 2018 Super Rugby season:

2018 Stormers squad Player Position/s Date of birth (age) Super Rugby Stormers Apps Pts Apps Pts Loose forward 2 0 2 0 Fullback 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 82 40 82 40 Loose forward 1 0 1 0 Centre 61 50 61 50 Lock 9 0 9 0 Scrum-half 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 3 0 1 0 Centre 9 10 9 10 Fly-half 14 150 14 150 Lock 1 0 1 0 Lock 54 15 27 15 Scrum-half 79 40 79 40 Centre 65 45 0 0 Lock 54 20 54 20 Prop 0 0 0 0 Prop 77 5 24 0 Scrum-half 0 0 0 0 Prop 63 0 63 0 Loose forward 89 70 89 70 Centre 13 0 10 0 Wing 38 80 35 80 Prop 17 5 17 5 Prop 79 15 79 15 Fullback 58 90 12 72 Hooker 61 5 46 5 Lock 0 0 0 0 Hooker 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 38 60 38 60 Hooker 45 20 45 20 Prop 28 5 3 0 Wing 28 60 0 0 Scrum-half 6 5 6 5 Wing 66 95 0 0 Prop 0 0 0 0 Hooker 19 5 16 5 Lock 17 0 17 0 Wing 14 25 14 25 Fly-half 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 6 0 6 0 Lock 13 0 13 0 Prop 24 0 24 0 Scrum-half 120 108 16 5 Fullback 16 20 16 20 Fly-half 18 33 0 0 Loose forward 4 0 4 0 Fly-half 5 32 5 32 Lock 0 0 0 0 Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 17 February 2018, the date of the opening round of the competition.

Standings

Round-by-round

The table below shows the Stormers' progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position:

Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 QF SF Final Opposition Bye Bye Bye Cumulative Points 4 5 5 5 9 13 13 13 13 14 18 22 23 24 25 25 25 29 29 Position (overall) 1st 4th 6th 11th 8th 8th 9th 11th 11th 12th 10th 9th 11th 11th 10th 10th 12th 11th 11th Position (SA Conf.) 1st 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 5th 4th 5th 5th 4th 4th 5th 4th 4th Key: win draw loss bye

Matches

The Stormers played the following matches during the 2018 Super Rugby season:

Player statistics

The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Stormers in 2018 is as follows:

2018 Stormers player statistics Player name QF SF F App Try Con Pen DG Pts 1 1 17 1 1 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 1 17 15 2 0 0 0 10 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 16 16 16 2 0 0 0 10 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 16 4 0 0 0 20 4 19 5 5 19 19 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 13 1 0 0 0 5 5 4 4 19 4 1 0 0 0 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 6 6 15 2 0 0 0 10 7 7 20 7 7 19 19 19 6 19 4 4 12 1 0 0 0 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 20 20 20 20 8 20 21 15 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 14 3 0 0 0 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 3 19 15 0 98 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 23 11 11 11 15 6 0 0 0 30 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 16 3 0 0 0 15 13 23 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 23 23 13 12 3 0 0 0 15 14 14 23 23 23 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 10 14 15 14 14 15 15 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 4 0 0 0 20 16 16 16 16 16 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 1 17 17 1 17 17 17 17 17 17 1 1 17 1 16 1 0 0 0 5 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 4 4 4 4 4 4 19 4 5 5 12 1 0 0 0 5 20 7 20 7 20 20 20 19 7 7 7 7 7 20 6 15 1 0 0 0 5 21 21 22 21 22 9 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 23 22 15 3 0 1 0 0 2 23 13 23 14 23 11 13 13 13 13 13 14 11 3 0 0 0 15 5 5 7 5 5 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 15 15 15 22 22 15 15 15 10 2 9 8 0 52 20 21 20 21 21 21 8 8 8 8 21 8 8 8 14 1 0 0 0 5 19 19 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 21 21 21 21 22 22 6 1 0 0 0 5 23 14 23 23 14 14 14 14 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 23 10 2 0 3 2 0 12 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 22 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 18 18 18 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 10 10 10 5 0 5 3 0 19 16 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 penalty try – 1 – – – 7 Total 16 46 37 28 0 390

(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Con" to the number of conversions kicked, "Pen" to the number of penalties kicked, "DG" to the number of drop goals kicked and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.

Stephan de Wit, Daniël du Plessis, Eben Etzebeth, Dan Kriel, Caylib Oosthuizen, Sergeal Petersen, Alistair Vermaak and Eduard Zandberg did not make any appearances.

See also

Stormers 2018 Super Rugby season

References