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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Stormers assistant coach Rito Hlungwani says they want no regrets at the end of their match-up with Llanelli Scarlets, which, by winning with a bonus point, would ensure they finish the United Rugby Championship (URC) standings in a home playoff position.<\/p>\n

The Capetonians could also finish higher than their current fourth position depending on the Sharks (versus Ulster on Friday) and Munster (versus Leinster on Saturday) results.<\/p>\n

Scarlets lie 10th on the URC table and will look to avenge some chastening defeats to South African sides when they toured here in March – 57-12 to the Bulls and 37-20 to the Sharks – now that they hold home court.<\/p>\n

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But Hlungwani, whose team narrowly beat a weakened Leinster in Cape Town last time out, says they are focused on executing well no matter the Sharks-Ulster result from the night before.<\/p>\n

“We are preparing to come out of that field and have no regrets, to make sure we give everything and execute everything that we trained,” Hlungwani says.<\/p>\n

“Regardless of those results go whichever way, we want to control the things we can. It is maybe a bit of a benefit that we’ll play after the [Sharks] but the main focus is making sure that we improve on our last game.<\/p>\n

“And if we come out of the field feeling like we’ve improved or executed well, we’ll be very happy.”<\/p>\n

The Stormers are working under adjusted expectations at this juncture after surprising many by being one of the standout South African URC teams.<\/p>\n

They could also win the SA Shield should the Sharks slip up. The two coastal sides are separated by 10-versus-8 bonus log points after being tied on 56 points and 148 points difference.<\/p>\n

Veteran flank Deon Fourie says they’ve held belief that they could pull off this kind of season all along: 11 wins, two draws and just four losses, the least defeats in the URC so far.<\/p>\n

“I think the team always had belief from the start of the season that we are a good squad with good players,” Fourie says.<\/p>\n

“If we pulled together, we believed that we would get the wins if we played like how we’re playing. Now we’re sitting here talking about winning the Shield.<\/p>\n

“If we’d spoken at the beginning of the season, that wouldn’t even be a question from you guys. So, it’s part of the game.<\/p>\n

“As soon as you do better, the pressure starts building. Luckily, the guys are managing it well and taking it game-to-game, trying to improve in every game.<\/p>\n

“As long as each player does his job, the rest will just fall into place.”<\/p>\n

The Stormers leave for London on Monday afternoon before heading to Swansea in Wales, where they’ll be based until Saturday’s clash at Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli.<\/p>\n

Kick-off is at 18:10.<\/p>\n

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