The Stormers host the Scarlets in Round 4 of the United Rugby Championship at DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday. The Stormers have won two of their opening three URC matches and have an excellent record against the Scarlets, who picked up their first league victory of the season in Round 3.
Stormers v Scarlets, Saturday 24th October, DHL Stadium, Cape Town, kick-off 16:00 SAST
Referee: Robbie Jenkinson (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Christopher Allison (South Africa), Juan de Bod (South Africa)
TMO: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
Weather Forecast – Cape Town
Stormers
The Stormers began their URC campaign with a 29-15 bonus-point victory away to Connacht before suffering a narrow 17-13 defeat against Edinburgh at Hive Stadium.
They returned to Cape Town in Round 3 and produced a strong second-half performance to beat the Sharks 39-22.
The Stormers are fourth on the URC table with 11 points from their opening three matches.
They carried that form into their opening Champions Cup match, comfortably beating Bristol Bears 49-12 at DHL Stadium.
Scarlets
The Scarlets have won one of their opening three URC matches and currently sit 12th on the table with seven points.
They began their campaign with a 21-15 home defeat against Cardiff before going down 38-26 away to the Dragons.
The Scarlets picked up their first win of the season in Round 3, edging Benetton 27-26 following a late penalty.
They opened their Challenge Cup campaign with an impressive 47-14 victory over Newcastle Red Bulls at Parc y Scarlets.
Recent URC head-to-head results
10 October 2025: Scarlets 0-34 STORMERS – Llanelli
22 March 2025: Scarlets 17-29 STORMERS – Llanelli
28 October 2023: STORMERS 52-7 Scarlets – Stellenbosch
25 November 2022: STORMERS 36-19 Scarlets – Cape Town
21 May 2022: Scarlets 21-26 STORMERS – Llanelli
The Stormers have won all five URC meetings between the sides. They have won the two previous home meetings by 45 and 17 points, while the Scarlets failed to score when the teams last met in October 2025.
Team news
Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Seabelo Senatla, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Markus Muller, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Haashim Pead, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Evan Roos, 6 Paul de Villiers (c), 5 Connor Evans, 4 Riley Norton, 3 Zachary Porthen, 2 André-Hugo Venter, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu.
Replacements: 16 Lukhanyo Vokozela, 17 Olly Reid, 18 Neethling Fouché, 19 Adré Smith, 20 JD Schickerling, 21 Deon Fourie, 22 Cobus Reinach, 23 Yaqeen Ahmed.
Scarlets: 15 Ioan Nicholas, 14 Ioan Jones, 13 Joe Roberts, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Macs Page, 10 Carwyn Leggatt-Jones, 9 Dane Blacker, 8 Fletcher Anderson, 7 Josh Macleod (c), 6 Taine Plumtree, 5 Sam Lousi, 4 Alex Groves, 3 Harri O’Connor, 2 John McKee, 1 Kemsley Mathias.
Replacements: 16 George Roberts, 17 Sam O’Connor, 18 Gabe Hawley, 19 Harvey Cuckson, 20 Dan Davis, 21 Archie Hughes, 22 Gareth Anscombe, 23 Isaac Murray-Macgregor
The Betting
Updated 24 October
Stormers -22.5 points
Scarlets +22.5 points
Odds quoted were available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
Bet: 2 units (1–5), over 57.5 points at 0.98/1 at World Sports Betting
All our URC bets and motivations will be posted in the Round 4 betting blog.
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