The Stormers have four home games over the next couple of weeks to claim maximum points as they chase a favourable playoff draw in the United Rugby Championship.
With matches against Connacht, Benetton, Dragons, and Cardiff at the DHL Stadium in the Mother City waiting when the URC restarts next weekend, the Cape side will be outright favourites to get wins over them.
They will look for 20 points from the clashes, and looking at the opposition, it should not be too difficult a task.
A full house could propel them from 10th, their current position, to at least the fifth spot on the overall URC log, depending on other results also going their way.
The top three, consisting of Leinster, defending champions the Glasgow Warriors and the Bulls, are virtually out of sight, while there is still an outside chance for the Stormers to catch the Sharks in fourth.
But the focus for the inaugural URC champions will be to end as high as possible to avoid a quarter-final against one of the top three teams.
For the first three matches, they’ll be without the suspended tighthead prop Neethling Fouché.
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Connacht, currently 13th on the log, should not worry the Stormers too much, especially if the home team will be virtually at full strength.
There were enough positive signs during their two matches on tour to give the team confidence going into their home stretch.
While they lost to Ulster, after starting well with a good lead, they looked like a confident team with the ball in hand, especially having Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu at flyhalf and Damian Willemse – who the Stormers recently confirmed will remain in the Cape and not move overseas – also in the backline.
Connacht should not be a match for the Stormers with all the firepower they have at their disposal.
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Benetton (26 April) will likely be the toughest test at the DHL Stadium out of the clashes.
The Stormers have lost to them twice before in the competition and only won one game.
The significance is that it was at home where the Cape side triumphed and they did so with a big score.
So, there should be no sleepless nights for the director of rugby John Dobson over the Italian side.
There will also be no negotiation when they face the Welsh sides in the last two weekends of the regular season.
The struggling Dragons will be up first (10 May), and they’ll give the Stormers a chance to build some momentum for the duel with Cardiff Rugby (16 May).
That final game will be critical, and if Cardiff are still in contention for the playoffs, the home side can expect a massive fight from their visitors.