It's all or nothing for Munster this weekend as they take on defending champions the Stormers in the URC final and try take silverware back to Limerick for the first time since 2011. We have all the info on how to watch Munster v Stormers in the URC final right here.
When is Munster v Stormers?
Munster take on the Stormers in front of a phenomenal number of travelling Munster fans at 17:30 (Irish time) on Saturday 27th of May in the sold-out DHL Stadium, Cape Town.
How To Watch Munster v Stormers
Munster v Stormers in the URC final will be broadcast live on TG4 with coverage beginning at 16:45 ahead of kick-off at 17:30.
15 April 2023; Malakai Fekitoa of Munster during the United Rugby Championship match between DHL Stormers and Munster at DHL Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Carl Fourie/Sportsfile
Form Guide
The Stormers who finished third in the table and are the defending champions are slight favourites. Their home advantage will be huge with over fifty thousand Stormers fans and a tedious journey for the travelling Munster squad and given their celebrations at Leinster's loss they're well aware of that advantage. They played both their quarter and semi-final at home winning both comfortably against the Bulls and Connacht respectively as well as winning 12 URC games in the regular season, however, Munster will be a whole different challenge.
Munster have had a mixed season, with inconsistency rife in their performances. They finished fifth in the table winning just ten of eighteen games. However, their form since the return of their key players from Six Nations duty has been phenomenal. Unlike the Stormers, they travelled away for both their quarter and semi-final, leaving Glasgow with a win before coming to the Aviva Stadium and delivering a shock upset to Leinster with a Munster-esque Jack Crowley drop goal in the dying moments.
Both Munster and the Stormers met just a couple of weeks ago in the same stadium during the penultimate round of the URC where Munster came up with one of their most complete performances of the season to beat the Stormers 26-24.
If Munster can find that same form they've shown against both the Stormers and Leinster, this game should be a fierce battle with little separating the two sides and very possibly one of the greatest league finals of the decade.
Team News
Munster
The big guns are back for Graham Rowntree as Conor Murray, Malakai Fekitoa and Calvin Nash all return to the starting fifteen following their quarter-final injuries, while RG Snyman has come through concussion protocols to earn a spot on the bench. Peter O'Mahony captains the side, while Jack Crowley starts at ten. Keith Earls, Ben Healy and Craig Casey all start from the bench. Snyman starts on the bench.
15. Mike Haley 14. Calvin Nash 13. Antoine Frisch 12. Malakai Fekitoa 11. Shane Daly; 10. Jack Crowley 9. Conor Murray; 1. Jeremy Loughman 2. Diarmuid Barron 3. Stephen Archer 4. Jean Kleyn 5. Tadhg Beirne 6. Peter O’Mahony (C) 7. John Hodnett 8. Gavin Coombes.
Stormers
The Stormers have named just two changes to their side from their win over Connacht two weeks ago as Marvin Orie and Deon Fourie return to the starting line-up at five and six. The ever-reliant Ulster-bound Steven Kitshoff leads out the side from loosehead prop while Herschel Jantjies and Manie Libbok pair up at nine and ten.
Marvin Orie and Deon Fourie return in the only changes to our starting line-up for the @Vodacom #URC Grand Final at DHL Stadium on Saturday. #iamastormer #dhldelivers #UnitedWeRise pic.twitter.com/H2wS66Kt8g
— DHL Stormers (@THESTORMERS) May 26, 2023
That's all the info you need on how to watch Munster v Stormers in the URC final this Saturday.
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