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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Stormers<\/b> coach John Dobson<\/b> has made four changes to his team for Sunday’s Champions Cup clash against London Irish<\/b> in Brentford.<\/p>\n

There are two changes to the forward pack and two in the backline, along with a few positional switches, for the return clash with the English Premiership outfit.<\/p>\n

The Stormers floored London Irish 34-14 in Cape Town on 17 December.<\/p>\n

Lock Connor Evans makes his first start for the Cape franchise, while in the loose trio Junior Pokomela features at blindside flank.<\/p>\n

In the backline, Angelo Davids comes in for the injured Leolin Zas and a fit-again Ruhan Nel joins Dan du Plessis in midfield, with Springbok Damian Willemse moving to fullback after playing inside centre in last weekend’s 24-17 defeat to Glasgow Warriors.<\/p>\n

Dobson has also picked a strong bench, with hooker Andre-Hugo Venter, prop Ali Vermaak, scrumhalf Stefan Ungerer and utility back Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu all set to get a run later in the game. There’s also a spot on the bench for utility forward Simon Miller, who will make his Stormers debut when he comes on.<\/p>\n

“There are not many teams winning away from home in this competition, so we know that it will take our best on Sunday,” Dobson said.<\/p>\n

“There has been some hard work put in on the training ground this week, so hopefully we will see that pay off come Sunday.”<\/p>\n

Sunday’s clash kicks off at 15:00 (SA time).<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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