Stormers: Lineout worry in Bloem

Cape Town – If the Stormers were in any danger of complacency for their Super Rugby clash with the out-of-contention Cheetahs at Free State Stadium on Saturday (17:05), a glance at the contrasting lineout statistics of the two teams should snap them out of it.

Whilst the Cape side, back as leaders of the SA conference, will be fairly strong favourites on paper to win against the bottom-placed outfit, they will know that this key set-piece needs substantial improvement.

It let them down again, for the most part, in their nail-biting 15-13 triumph over the Bulls at Newlands, and would have contributed to their tumble to joint second-worst lineout team statistically in the competition with the Blues.