Stormers
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The Stormers (known for sponsorship reasons as the DHL Stormers) is a South African professional rugby union team based in Cape Town in the Western Cape that competes in the United Rugby Championship, a trans-hemispheric competition that also involves sides from Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales and the domestic Currie Cup competition as the Stormers XXIII. They competed in the Super Rugby competition until 2020. They have won one major international championship, the 2021-22 United Rugby Championship, and seven South African 'conference' titles, five in the South African Conference of Super
Key facts
- Rugby team.teamname
- Stormers
- Rugby team.image
- Stormers logo.svg
- Rugby team.imagesize
- 200px
- Rugby team.union
- South African Rugby Union
- Rugby team.location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Rugby team.countryflag
- South Africa
- Rugby team.founded
- 1883
- Rugby team.region
- Cape Town Cape Winelands or Boland West Coast
- Rugby team.ground
- Main Ground: DHL Stadium (capacity 55,000) Secondary Ground: Danie Craven Stadium (capacity 16,000)
- Rugby team.coach
- John Dobson (URC & ERCC) Labeeb Levy (CC)
- Rugby team.captain
- Salmaan Moerat (URC & ERCC) Zain Davids (CC)
- Rugby team.league
- United Rugby Championship Currie Cup
- Rugby team.season
- 2024–25 & 2025
- Rugby team.position
- URC Quarter-finals South African Shield: 2nd 5th overall 2025 CC 8th overall
- Rugby team.url
- https://www.stormers.co.za/
- Rugby team.pattern_la1
- _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes
- Rugby team.pattern_b1
- _adidas25Hblue
- Rugby team.pattern_ra1
- _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- stormers.co.za
- Image
- Stormers super 14.jpg
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- Stormers
- inception
- 1996-00-00
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Background
- History
- Pre-franchise history
- Name
- Franchise history
- Kit
- Sponsors on kit
- Logos on kit
- Honours
- Stadium
- Current squad
- Former players
- Season standings
- Currie Cup finals
- References
- External links
The Stormers (known for sponsorship reasons as the DHL Stormers) is a South African professional rugby union team based in Cape Town in the Western Cape that competes in the United Rugby Championship, a trans-hemispheric competition that also involves sides from Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales and the domestic Currie Cup competition as the Stormers XXIII. They competed in the Super Rugby competition until 2020. They have won one major international championship, the 2021-22 United Rugby Championship, and seven South African 'conference' titles, five in the South African Conference of Super Rugby, and two in the URC equivalent, the South African Shield, while in the Currie Cup having won the competition on a record 34 occasions when known as the Western Province.
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