Jaguares jolt Lions in try carnival and Stormers hang on to beat Reds

The Jaguares beat the Lions 49-35 in Buenos Aires and the Stormers beat the Reds 25-19 in Cape Town. Get all the details from both matches at our live match centre and catch up on any action missed in this morning’s clashes which saw the Hurricanes beat the Highlanders 29-12 at home while the Chiefs smashed the Sunwolves 61-10 away from home.

Stormers v Reds, Cape Town – 17:15

• The Stormers, after the 25-19 victory, have won 10 of their last 13 games against the Reds; but this was their fourth in the last seven.
• Each of the Stormers six games so far this campaign have been won by the home team on the day, with the Stormers earning wins against the Jaguares, Blues and Reds so far this season.
• The Reds have won just one of their last 12 games in South Africa, a one-point win over the Cheetahs in Round 10, 2015.

Stormers

15 Craig Barry, 14 JJ Engelbrecht, 13 EW Viljoen, 12 Damian De Allende, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Cobus Wiese, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4 Jan de Klerk, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Ramone Samuels, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.

Substitutes: 16 Dean Muir, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Carlu Sadie, 19 Chris van Zyl, 20 Kobus van Dyk, 21 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 22 Justin Phillips, 23 George Whitehead.

Reds

15 Aidan Toua, 14 Filipo Daugunu, 13 Samu Kerevi, 12 Duncan Paia’aua, 11 Chris Feauai-Sautia, 10 Jono Lance, 9 Ben Lucas, 8 Caleb Timu, 7 Adam Korczyk, 6 Angus Scott-Young, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Izack Rodda, 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 Alex Mafi, 1 James Slipper (captain)

Substitutes: 16 Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 17 JP Smith, 18 Sef Fa’agase, 19 Harry Hockings, 20 Scott Higginbotham, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Hamish Stewart, 23 Eto Nabuli

 

Jaguares v Lions, Buenos Aires – 23:40

• Each of the last six meetings between the Jaguares and Lions, including this game, have been won by the home team on the day, with the Jaguares enjoying 12-point wins in each of their previous two home games against the Johannesburg outfit. On Saturday night they won by 14 points.
• The Lions, before Saturday night in BA, had won their last seven games away from home, a streak more than twice as long as any other they have managed as either the Lions or Cats in Super Rugby.
• The Lions have averaged 31 defenders beaten per game this season, the most of any team and seven more per game than the Jaguares.
• Pablo Matera made 23 carries in Round 5, six more than any other player, while only Damian de Allende (63) has made more than Matera (55) overall this season.

Jaguares

15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Matias Orlando, 12 Bautista Ezcurra, 11 Emiliano Boffelli, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Javier Ortega Desio, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Pablo Matera (captain), 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Matias Alemanno, 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2 Agustin Creevy, 1 Santiago Garcia Botta

Substitutes: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Felipe Arregui, 18 Juan Pablo Zeiss, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 21 Martin Landajo, 22 Jeronimo de la Fuente, 23 Ramiro Moyano

Lions

15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Sylvian Mahuza, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Marco Jansen van Vuren, 8 Kwagga Smith, 7 Robert Kruger, 6 Cyle Brink, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Marvin Orie, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 Robbie Coetzee, 1 Jacques van Rooyen

Substitutes: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Dylan Smith, 18 Johannes Jonker, 19 Lourens Erasmus, 20 Len Massyn, 21 Dillon Smit, 22 Howard Mnisi, 23 Shaun Reynolds