The Stormers 32-19 win against the Bulls at Loftus on Saturday, 14 March extended their remarkable United Rugby Championship derby record to 10 wins from 12 matches. It was also their fourth win in five URC visits to Pretoria since the competition started in 2021.

Stormers and Springboks utility back Damian Willemse was Saturday’s official Player of the Match. The Paul Roos Gimnasium product is a fan favourite and an exceptional rugby player. He is the youngest double winner in the history of Rugby World Cup, having been just 25 when he won his second successive Rugby World Cup gold medal.

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Willemse, on Saturday afternoon, scored a try and created the Stormers fourth try with a 50 metre kick through. Among his stats were seven tackles and seven carries, but those are tangibles. What isn’t is his off-the-ball work, his on-field presence and what he offers as a support and guide to flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mnogomezulu.

Willemse, just 27 years-old, has played in excess of 8000 minutes of rugby since making his debut for the Stormers in Super Rugby in 2016. He was 18 years-old. He is a Stormers centurion and has gone past 50 Tests for the Springboks.

Stormers vs Bulls URC Record (2021–2026)

Overall

• Played: 12

• Stormers wins: 10

• Bulls wins: 2

Venue breakdown: Cape Town vs Pretoria

Cape Town (DHL Stadium)

• Matches: 7

• Stormers wins: 6

• Bulls wins: 1

Matches

• 9 Apr 2022 Stormers 19-17 Bulls (League)

• 18 Jun 2022 Stormers 18-13 Bulls (URC Final)

• 23 Dec 2022 Stormers 37-27 Bulls (League)

• 6 May 2023 Stormers 33-21 Bulls (Quarter-final)

• 23 Dec 2023 Stormers 26-20 Bulls (League)

• 8 Feb 2025 Bulls 33-32 Stormers (League)

• 3 Jan 2026 Stormers 13-8 Bulls (League)

Pretoria (Loftus Versfeld)

• Matches: 5

• Stormers wins: 4

• Bulls wins: 1

Matches

• 22 Jan 2022 Stormers 30-26 Bulls (League)

• 18 Feb 2023 Stormers 23-19 Bulls (League)

• 2 Mar 2024 Bulls 40-22 Stormers (League)

• 1 Mar 2025 Stormers 19-16 Bulls (League)

• 15 Mar 2026 Stormers 32-19 Bulls (League)

Correct overall URC split

• Played: 12

• Stormers wins: 10

• Bulls wins: 2

• League matches: 10 five in Cape Town, five in Pretoria

• Playoff matches: 2 both in Cape Town, the 2022 final and 2023 quarter-final

League matches vs URC play-offs

League Matches

• Played: 10

• Stormers wins: 8

• Bulls wins: 2

URC play-off meetings

• Played: 2

Playoff record

• Stormers: 2 wins

• Bulls: 0 wins

URC derby snapshot

Stormers vs Bulls URC results since 2021

• The Stormers won the inaugural URC final in 2022 in Cape Town.

• They repeated the knockout dominance in the 2023 quarter-final, also in Cape Town.

• The Bulls’ two URC derby wins have both come in league matches, one in Pretoria (2024) and one in Cape Town (2025).

LATEST STATISTICS & MATCH HIGHLIGHTS 

MATCH STATS

BULLS V STORMERS IS SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY’S BIGGEST RIVALRY

BULLS v STORMERS, 14th March, 2026.

Loftus, Pretoria

MATCH SQUADS

BULLS – 15 David Kriel, 14 Sebastian de Klerk, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Jeandré Rudolph, 7 Elrigh Louw, 6 Marcell Coetzee (c), 5 Ruan Nortjé, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Bench: 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17 Alulutho Tshakweni, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Cobus Wiese, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Marco van Staden, 22 Paul de Wet, 23 Willie le Roux.

STORMERS – 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Ruhan Nel (c), 12 Damian Willemse, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Marcel Theunissen, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Adré Smith, 3 Neethling Fouché, 2 André-Hugo Venter, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu.
Bench: 16 JJ Kotzé, 17 Vernon Matongo, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Paul de Villiers, 20 Hacjivah Dayimani, 21 Imad Khan, 22 Jonathan Roche, 23 Wandisile Simelane.

BREAKDOWN WARRIORS

Since the URC began in 2021, the Stormers have owned South Africa’s fiercest franchise rivalry: 10 wins from 12 meetings, home and away, and two play-off victories at DHL Stadium.