# 2024–25 Stormers season

The 2024–25 season is the Stormers's fourth season in the United Rugby Championship and twenty-nineth season of professional rugby. Along with competing in the URC and its South African Shield competition, the club will also participate in the 2024-25 European Rugby Champions Cup.

## Senior squad

The Stormers squad for the 2024–25 United Rugby Championship is.
| Stormers United Rugby Championship squad |
| Props Neethling Fouché Lizo Gqoboka Brok Harris Steven Kitshoff Frans Malherbe Sazi Sandi Sti Sithole Ali Vermaak Hookers Joseph Dweba JJ Kotze Scarra Ntubeni Chad Solomon Andre-Hugo Venter Locks Ben-Jason Dixon Connor Evans Salmaan Moerat (c) Gary Porter JD Schickerling Dylan Sjoblom Adré Smith Ruben van Heerden | Loose forwards Paul de Villiers Willie Engelbrecht Dave Ewers Deon Fourie Keke Morabe Evan Roos Hendré Stassen Marcel Theunissen Scrum-halves Thomas Bursey Paul de Wet Herschel Jantjies Imad Khan Stefan Ungerer Fly-halves Jean-Luc du Plessis Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu Manie Libbok Jurie Matthee | Centres Dan du Plessis Ruhan Nel Wandisile Simelane Wingers Angelo Davids Suleiman Hartzenberg Ben Loader Seabelo Senatla Courtnall Skosan Leolin Zas Fullbacks Clayton Blommetjies Warrick Gelant Tristan Leyds Damian Willemse |
| (c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped, $^{ST}$ denotes a short-term signing. |

## Season summary
### United Rugby Championship
#### Main table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Leinster | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 166 | +194 | 52 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 57 | Play-offs & Berth in the 2024–25 Champions Cup |
| 2 | Glasgow Warriors | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 353 | 225 | +128 | 53 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 44 | Play-offs & Berth in the 2024–25 Champions Cup |
| 3 | Bulls | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 316 | 249 | +67 | 41 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 41 | Play-offs & Berth in the 2024–25 Champions Cup |
| 4 | Sharks | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 288 | 287 | +1 | 36 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 34 | Play-offs & Berth in the 2024–25 Champions Cup |
| 5 | Munster | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 287 | 294 | −7 | 46 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 33 | Play-offs & Berth in the 2024–25 Champions Cup |
| 6 | Cardiff | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 263 | 321 | −58 | 41 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 31 | Play-offs & Berth in the 2024–25 Champions Cup |
| 7 | Edinburgh | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 295 | 300 | −5 | 41 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 30 | Play-offs & Berth in the 2024–25 Champions Cup |
| 8 | Connacht | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 277 | 296 | −19 | 42 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 29 | Play-offs & Berth in the 2024–25 Champions Cup |
| 9 | Lions | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 258 | 244 | +14 | 33 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 28 | Berth in the 2024–25 Challenge Cup |
| 10 | Scarlets | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 271 | 255 | +16 | 29 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 28 | Berth in the 2024–25 Challenge Cup |
| 11 | Ospreys | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 258 | 258 | 0 | 34 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 28 | Berth in the 2024–25 Challenge Cup |
| 12 | Stormers | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 272 | 293 | −21 | 34 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 28 | Berth in the 2024–25 Challenge Cup |
| 13 | Benetton | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 251 | 317 | −66 | 31 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 28 | Berth in the 2024–25 Challenge Cup |
| 14 | Ulster | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 269 | 294 | −25 | 39 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 27 | Berth in the 2024–25 Challenge Cup |
| 15 | Zebre Parma | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 196 | 268 | −72 | 25 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 25 | Berth in the 2024–25 Challenge Cup |
| 16 | Dragons | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 226 | 374 | −148 | 28 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 8 | Berth in the 2024–25 Challenge Cup |

#### South African Shield

2024–25 United Rugby Championship Regional Shield Pools
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| South African Shield |||||||||||||||
| | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TBP | LBP | Pts | Pos overall |
| 1 | Stormers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 142 | 130 | +12 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 18 | - |
| 2 | Bulls | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 141 | +10 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 17 | - |
| 3 | Sharks | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 113 | -9 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 14 | - |
| 4 | Lions | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 119 | 132 | -13 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 9 | - |
| If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: number of matches won the difference between points for and points against the number of tries scored the most points scored the difference between tries for and tries against the fewest red cards received the fewest yellow cards received |||||||||||||||
| Green background indicates teams currently leading the regional shield. Upon the conclusion of the regular season, these teams win their respective regional shields. (S) : URC Shield champion |||||||||||||||

### European competition

European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 4 :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Toulon (4) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 94 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | Home Champions Cup round of 16. |
| 2 | Glasgow Warriors (7) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 92 | +11 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 12 | Home Champions Cup round of 16. |
| 3 | Sale Sharks (12) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 92 | −11 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 10 | Away Champions Cup round of 16. |
| 4 | Harlequins (15) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 79 | +31 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | Away Champions Cup round of 16. |
| 5 | Racing 92 (9CC) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 92 | −12 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 9 | Away Challenge Cup round of 16. |
| 6 | Stormers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 108 | −16 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |

#### Pool matches

Stormers were eliminated from European competition in the pool stages, finishing bottom of their group.

### Round 4
## Home attendance

As of 14 February 2025
| Domestic League | Domestic League | Domestic League | Domestic League | Domestic League | Domestic League | European Champions Cup | European Champions Cup | European Champions Cup | European Champions Cup | European Champions Cup | European Champions Cup | Total | Total |
| League | Fixtures | Total Attendance | Average Attendance | Highest | Lowest | League | Fixtures | Total Attendance | Average Attendance | Highest | Lowest | Total Attendance | Average Attendance |
| 2024–25 United Rugby Championship | 5 | 156,572 | 31,314 | 47,171 | 12,976 | 2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup | 2 | 50,544 | 25,272 | 27,000 | 23,544 | 207,116 | 29,588 |