Stormers vs Kings: Super Rugby live scores

16th July, 2016

Where: Newlands, Cape Town
When: 17:05 local (15:05 GMT)
Referee: Jaco Peyper
Assistant Referees: Quinton Immelman, Rodney Bonaparte
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
TV: Fox Sports
Betting: Stormers $1.01, Kings $19

Stormers
15 Jaco Taute, 14 Kobus van Wyk, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Schalk Burger (c), 7 Rynhardt Elstadt, 6 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Alistair Vermaak.

Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 JC Janse van Rensburg, 18 JP Smith, 19 Chris van Zyl, 20 Siya Kolisi, 21 Jano Vermaak, 22 Brandon Thomson, 23 Scott van Breda.

Kings
15 Malcolm Jaer, 14 Lukhanyo Am, 13 Stefan Watermeyer, 12 Shane Gates, 11 Wandile Mjekevu, 10 Dewald Human, 9 James Hall, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Stefan Willemse, 6 Andisa Ntsila, 5 JC Astle, 4 Steven Sykes (c), 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Edgar Marutlulle, 1 Sti Sithole.

Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Schalk Ferreira, 18 Tom Botha, 19 Schalk Oelofse/Sintu Manjezi, 20 Aidon Davis, 21 Kevin Luiters, 22 Elgar Watts, 23 Jeremy Ward.

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The Stormers start their 2018 with a match against the Jaguares. (AAP Image/Tony McDonough)

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16th July, 2016

The Stormers have one last chance to tune up before the Super Rugby finals begin when they host the Kings on the last day of the regular season. Join The Roar for live scores from the match, starting from 1:05am (AEST).

The Stormers have literally nothing to lose or gain from this match with it being completely impossible that the result will alter their finals position.

They’re automatically in the top four give they’ll finish on top of the Africa 2 conference, and among the top four they cannot possibly rise above the Lions or Hurricanes and cannot possibly drop below the Brumbies.

Of course, there are always less tangible benefits from winning and a big one would be to build form and also a bit of pride.

This is a season where the bulk of the teams finishing in the wildcard spots have records equal to or better than the sides that will ultimately make up the top four.

At the moment with a game in hand the Stormers have less competition points banked than any of the three New Zealand sides to qualify for wildcards, though they can get ahead of the Crusaders, draw level with the Chiefs and be just a point behind the Highlanders if they get a bonus point win here today.

And that should be an achieveable task against a woeful Kings outfit that has won only a handful of games this year and is destined to finish the season as, by a comfortable margin, the worst team in South Africa.

Prediction
While the Stormers have been the better of these two sides in past meetings, it’s not been by big margins and they may be inclined to take it easy today knowing it won’t affect the final standings.

Stormers by 12.

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