In 2019, the participated in the 2019 Super Rugby competition, the 24th 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 seven, drew one and lost eight of their matches during the regular season of the competition to finish fifth in the South African Conference, and in 10th place overall.

Personnel

Coaches and management

The Stormers coaching and management staff for the 2019 Super Rugby season were:

2019 Stormers coaches and management Name Title Robbie Fleck Head coach Russell Winter Forwards coach Paul Feeney Skills coach Human Kriek Technical analyst Wayne Hector Physiotherapist Greg Daniels Masseur Karen Schwabe Team doctor Chippie Solomon Team manager

Squad

The following players were named in the Stormers squad for the 2019 Super Rugby season:

2019 Stormers squad Player Position/s Date of birth (age) Super Rugby Stormers Apps Pts Apps Pts Loose forward 3 0 3 0 Fullback 9 0 9 0 Prop 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 4 0 4 0 Centre 77 65 77 65 Scrum-half 6 5 6 5 Centre 9 10 9 10 Fly-half 19 169 19 169 Lock 2 0 2 0 Lock 67 15 40 15 Centre 76 60 11 15 Lock 54 20 54 20 Prop 1 0 1 0 Prop 64 30 0 0 Scrum-half 1 0 1 0 Hooker 0 0 0 0 Prop 78 10 78 10 Loose forward 104 80 104 80 Centre 13 0 10 0 Prop 0 0 0 0 Wing 53 100 50 100 Prop 33 25 33 25 Prop 85 15 85 15 Fullback 68 142 22 124 Flank 0 0 0 0 Prop 0 0 0 0 Hooker 64 5 49 5 Lock 0 0 0 0 Lock 3 0 3 0 Centre 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 52 65 52 65 Hooker 52 20 52 20 Wing 28 60 0 0 Scrum-half 13 5 13 5 Flank 0 0 0 0 Wing 0 0 0 0 Hooker 35 15 32 15 Lock 21 5 21 5 Wing 19 25 19 25 Hooker 0 0 0 0 Fly-half 2 12 2 12 Wing 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 21 5 21 5 Lock 0 0 0 0 Lock 26 5 26 5 Prop 24 0 24 0 Scrum-half 122 108 18 5 Fullback 28 35 28 35 Loose forward 16 5 16 5 Fly-half 16 130 16 130 Flank 0 0 0 0 Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 15 February 2019, 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 QF SF Final Opposition Bye Bye Cumulative Points 0 4 8 8 13 14 14 14 18 19 23 24 24 26 30 30 34 35 Position (overall) 15th 11th 8th 10th 6th 6th 9th 11th 10th 10th 7th 8th 10th 12th 9th 11th 7th 10th Position (SA Conf.) 5th 5th 4th 5th 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 4th 4th 4th 4th 5th 5th 5th 5th 4th 5th Key: win draw loss bye

Matches

The Stormers played the following matches during the 2019 Super Rugby season:

Player statistics

The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Stormers in 2019 is as follows:

2019 Stormers player statistics Player name QF SF F App Try Con Pen DG Pts 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 16 2 2 16 2 2 16 2 2 2 2 14 2 0 0 0 10 3 18 18 18 3 3 3 18 3 18 3 18 18 13 1 0 0 0 5 4 19 19 4 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 6 6 6 11 4 0 0 0 20 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 20 20 20 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 21 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 15 23 23 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 1 1 2 0 13 11 11 11 11 11 23 23 7 0 6 14 0 54 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 22 12 12 12 12 14 2 0 0 0 10 13 13 22 22 13 13 13 13 8 2 0 0 0 10 14 22 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 15 23 15 15 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 15 15 15 1 0 0 0 5 16 16 16 2 16 16 2 16 16 2 16 16 2 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 17 17 17 17 1 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 18 18 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 19 4 5 5 5 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 20 7 7 8 8 8 19 7 8 1 0 0 0 5 21 21 9 9 9 9 21 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 15 5 0 0 0 25 22 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 22 22 22 10 22 15 1 10 12 0 61 23 23 13 13 22 13 6 1 0 0 0 5 3 3 3 3 18 3 18 3 3 3 18 3 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 10 1 0 0 0 5 19 4 4 4 19 4 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 20 8 20 20 8 8 8 6 8 8 6 8 8 13 3 0 0 0 15 22 22 22 22 10 22 10 10 10 22 10 11 1 12 10 0 59 20 8 8 20 20 20 6 1 0 0 0 5 21 21 21 21 9 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 12 1 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 4 5 5 4 7 5 4 5 4 4 12 1 0 0 0 5 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 20 19 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 19 19 7 7 7 7 1 0 0 0 5 23 23 23 23 14 14 14 14 8 2 0 0 0 10 12 12 23 23 23 12 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 1 0 0 0 5 19 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 penalty try – 1 – – – 7 Total 16 34 29 38 0 344

(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.

Kwenzo Blose, Paul de Wet, Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, Duncan Saal, Ramone Samuels and Nama Xaba did not make any appearances.

See also

Stormers 2019 Super Rugby season

References