Stormers 26 - 10 Ospreys

Full time

03 Oct 2025

United Rugby Championship

Stage: Regular Season Round 2

DHL Stadium

Stormers vs Ospreys head to head

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The Stormers secured a convincing 26-10 victory over the Ospreys at DHL Stadium. Kieran Hardy opened the scoring for the Ospreys with a try in the second minute. However, the Stormers quickly responded with a try from Evan Roos at nine minutes, followed by another try from Hardy just before halftime, giving Ospreys a 10-5 lead. Jurie Matthee's penalties kept the Stormers in touch, and they took the lead early in the second half with a try by Wandisile Simelane. Matthee's conversion and subsequent penalties extended their advantage. Paul de Villiers sealed the win with a try in the 69th minute. The Stormers' dominance in the second half ultimately secured them a comfortable victory.

Weather

Temperature: 19.2°C (Feels like 15.4°C) Condition: Clear Wind: 16.6 km/h, gusting to 28.1 km/h Humidity: 53% Cloud Cover: 0%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
2'

Try

Kieran Hardy · Ospreys

0 - 5
9'

Try

Evan Roos · Stormers

5 - 5
16'

Substitution

Tom Botha on for Rhys Henry · Ospreys
28'

Try

Kieran Hardy · Ospreys

5 - 10
40'

Penalty

Jurie Matthee · Stormers

8 - 10
Halftime 8 - 10
Second Half
43'

Penalty

Jurie Matthee · Stormers

11 - 10
45'

Substitution

Paul de Villiers on for Marcel Theunissen · Stormers
45'

Substitution

Ben-Jason Dixon on for Connor Evans · Stormers
49'

Substitution

Sazi Sandi on for Neethling Fouche · Stormers
51'

Substitution

JJ Kotze on for Andre-Hugo Venter · Stormers
52'

Substitution

Tom Florence on for Phil Cokanasiga · Ospreys
53'

Substitution

Ruben van Heerden on for Adre Smith · Stormers
56'

Penalty

Jurie Matthee · Stormers

14 - 10
56'

Substitution

Reuben Morgan-Williams on for Kieran Hardy · Ospreys
57'

Try

Wandisile Simelane · Stormers

19 - 10
58'

Conversion

Jurie Matthee · Stormers

21 - 10
59'

Substitution

Stefan Ungerer on for Dewaldt Duvenage · Stormers
60'

Substitution

Morgan Morse on for Ross Moriarty · Ospreys
60'

Substitution

James Fender on for Rhys Davies · Ospreys
60'

Substitution

Ali Vermaak on for Vernon Matongo · Stormers
65'

Substitution

Cameron Jones on for Gareth Thomas · Ospreys
65'

Substitution

Lewis Lloyd on for Dewi Lake · Ospreys
69'

Try

Paul de Villiers · Stormers

26 - 10
69'

Substitution

Clinton Swart on for Daniel du Plessis · Stormers
Fulltime 26 - 10

Player ratings

Stormers

15 Wandisile Simelane 8.9
14 Seabelo Senatla 6.4
13 Ruhan Nel 7.6
12 Daniel du Plessis 6.8
11 Leolin Zas 6.9
10 Jurie Matthee 5.7
9 Dewaldt Duvenage 6.2
1 Vernon Matongo 6.8
2 Andre-Hugo Venter 7.6
3 Neethling Fouche 6.6
4 Adre Smith 7.0
5 JD Schickerling 7.2
6 Marcel Theunissen 7.0
7 Connor Evans 7.1
8 Evan Roos 7.1
16 JJ Kotze 6.5
17 Ali Vermaak 6.4
18 Sazi Sandi 6.4
19 Ruben van Heerden 6.1
20 Ben-Jason Dixon 6.6
21 Paul de Villiers 7.2
22 Stefan Ungerer 6.2
23 Clinton Swart 6.2

Ospreys

15 Jack Walsh 6.1
14 Daniel Kasende 7.2
13 Phil Cokanasiga 6.1
12 Keiran Williams 6.6
11 Keelan Giles 6.0
10 Dan Edwards 5.6
9 Kieran Hardy 7.9
1 Gareth Thomas 4.9
2 Dewi Lake 7.6
3 Rhys Henry 5.9
4 Rhys Davies 7.0
5 Huw Owen-Sutton 7.0
6 James Ratti 6.4
7 Harri Deaves 7.8
8 Ross Moriarty 7.3
16 Lewis Lloyd 5.7
17 Cameron Jones 6.1
18 Tom Botha 6.2
19 James Fender 5.8
20 Morgan Morse 5.9
21 Reuben Morgan-Williams 5.9
22 Tom Florence 6.0
23 Iestyn Hopkins –