The DHL Stormers and Ulster get reacquainted when the teams do battle in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash in Belfast on Friday.
Overall Vodacom URC record: Played 2, Stormers won 2.
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Did you know?
– Ulster have the highest rate of ball retention at the ruck (96%) and the Stormers have the lowest (92%).
– Ulster have lost three of their last four league matches and have been defeated on both occasions they have met the Stormers.
– The Stormers have only won one of their last four away games.
– Against Benetton in Round 12, Stuart McCloskey made more metres in contact than any other player (36). This is just one metre short of this season’s record for an individual match, held by Tom Farrell. McCloskey has also made a league-high 16 offloads.
– Jacob Stockdale conceded more turnovers than any other player in Round 12 (six). This season, seven of the 13 turnovers he has conceded have been unforced dropped balls.
– Billy Burns has made more chip kicks than any other player (seven). Four of these have been collected on the bounce.
– Manie Libbok and Damian Willemse missed eight and seven tackles respectively in Round 12 – the highest totals of the round. However, Libbok is the league’s top points-scorer with 102.
– Marvin Orie won more lineouts than any other player in Round 12 (11). He has been the Stormers’ most regular target in the line so far this season, taking a total of 52 – more than double that of next-best Hacjivah Dayimani (52).
– Paul de Wet has made more try assists than any other player (eight), all of which have been passes.
Photo: EPA/Nic Bothma