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Cape Town - The Stormers opted against wearing their Marvel-inspired jerseys in Saturday's Super Rugby encounter against the Sharks in Durban.
As it happened: Sharks 11-16 Stormers
The Cape franchise was supposed to wear their Thor-inspired kit but due to fears over the jersey clashing with the Sharks' Black Panther kit, they decided to wear their traditional blue kit.
The Lions earlier did the same before their 30-12 loss to the Bulls in Johannesburg.
During last week's Stormers v Lions clash at Newlands there was also a jersey clash as the hosts were forced to change their Thor-inspired strip at half-time.
Kick-off in wet conditions at Kings Park in Durban for the South African derby between DHL Stormers and Cell C Sharks. DHL Stormers in their blue and white jerseys to avoid a potential kit clash. #SHAvSTO #iamastormer ??
— DHL STORMERS (@THESTORMERS) March 2, 2019
Teams:
Sharks
15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Sbu Nkosi, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Robert du Preez, 9 Louis Schreuder (captain), 8 Daniel du Preez, 7 Tyler Paul, 6 Jacques Vermeulen, 5 Ruan Botha, 4 Hyron Andrews, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Akker van der Merwe, 1 Tendai Mtawarira
Substitutes: 16 Kerron van Vuuren, 17 Juan Schoeman, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Gideon Koegelenberg, 20 Phepsi Buthelezi, 21 Cameron Wright, 22 Jeremy Ward, 23 Rhyno Smith
Stormers
15 Damian Willemse, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Dan du Plessis, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 SP Marais, 10 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Jaco Coetzee, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ali Vermaak
Substitutes: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Chris van Zyl, 20 Juarno Augustus, 21 Justin Phillips, 22 Ruhan Nel, 23 Dillyn Leyds
