Stormers are looking to banish the away demons

The Stormers are looking to make it a perfect start to the United Rugby Championship (URC) season by picking up a fifth straight win, over Benetton in Treviso tomorrow (kickoff 6:30pm), and head into the international break at the top of the log.

- Ross Roche

A first away win over their Italian opponents will also go a long way towards banishing the notion that the Stormers are a dreadful travelling team, which they have built up in the URC over the past few seasons.

The Stormers have a superb home record, and also an impressive away record in South Africa, but when they have travelled overseas, they have come out on the losing side more often than not.

But they are now in line to secure a first three-win overseas tour in the URC, if they can continue their strong early form and knock over Benetton on their home patch for the first time.