Cardiff's 22-16 win over the Stormers at a packed Arms Park sealed their play-off spot in what the piece describes as a performance that encapsulated their entire campaign — high-tempo, fearless, and thoroughly deserved. The analysis highlights Sacha Feinberg-Mgomezulu's difficult night as symptomatic of a shell-shocked Stormers showing: a short restart, a no-arm tackle in his own 22, and the cynical off-ball infringement that gifted Jacob Beetham his match-sealing second try all point to a player and a team who never found their footing. Cardiff's scrum-half Johan Mulder and Ioan Lloyd at fly-half are singled out as standout contributors, with Dan Thomas also praised at the breakdown, but the piece is clear this was a collective effort across the 23. The Stormers took a losing bonus point but their second-place finish behind Glasgow could slip if Leinster beat Ospreys at the Aviva — a result that would also determine Cardiff's exact seeding going into the knock-out rounds.