New Zealands complaints about a lopsided Super Rugby competition format gained some unlikely support from Stormers coach Robbie Fleck. Kyle Singler Thunder Jersey . The Stormers have been seeded third for the quarter-finals having won the Africa 1 conference with 51 points and will host two-time champions the Chiefs in Cape Town on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 3 via the red button.The match at Newlands, however, will be the first the Stormers have played this season against any of the five New Zealand teams, who have dominated the Australasian group and taken four of the five qualifying spots available. Fleck said he would have preferred to have played New Zealand teams throughout the regular season, given how well their rivals were playing. The Stormers finished top of the Africa 1 conference after winning 10 of their 15 regular season games It is a little bit frustrating because we have a young group of players and we are going through changes in terms of the way we want to play and want to grow as quick as possible, he told Radio Sport.Certainly the Kiwi sides have shown theyre the best in the competition, they are changing the way the game is played and their skill level is of the highest quality.You want to match yourself against the best throughout the year.DissatisfactionSuper Rugbys conference system has been criticised in New Zealand for rewarding the Brumbies and Stormers with home quarter-finals at the expense of the Highlanders, Chiefs and Crusaders, who all have superior winning records.Despite the dissatisfaction with the structure, Fleck said it was too early to change it for next season though there may be an opportunity to revisit it for 2018. Schalk Burger says the set-piece will be key in Saturdays quarter-final against the Chiefs Its got to run its course obviously and next year we will play the Kiwi sides in the same format, he said.Certainly the ground feeling is there will be changes come 2018, but we need to see how it goes next year when we do play the Kiwi sides.The Stormers enter the play-offs with four successive wins but they have been against the Cheetahs, Rebels, Force and Kings, teams in the lower half of the table.The Chiefs, in contrast, have played the Crusaders and Highlanders in two of their three games since Super Rugby resumed following the international break and are well primed to step up the intensity against the South Africans.We havent met that intensity yet, said Fleck. Its pretty evident the intensity that the Kiwi sides are playing at and we will only really know post-game whether we can match the intensity, if not better it.We feel if we can get there physically, we can put the Chiefs under some intense pressure.Stormers: 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Kobus van Wyk, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Robert du Preez, 9 Nic Groom, 1 Alistair Vermaak, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 3 Vincent Koch, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 5 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 7 Siya Kolisi, 8 Schalk Burger (c).Replacements: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Frans Malherbe (c), 19 JD Schickerling, 20 Rynhardt Elstadt, 21 Nizaam Carr, 22 Louis Schreuder, 23 Brandon Thomson.Chiefs: 15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Sam McNicol, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Stephen Donald, 11 James Lowe, 10 Aaron Cruden (c), 9 Brad Weber, 1 Kane Hames, 2 Nathan Harris, 3 Atu Moli, 4 Dominic Bird, 5 Brodie Retallick, 6 Taleni Seu, 7 Sam Cane (c), 8 Tom Sanders.Replacements: 16 Hika Elliot, 17 Siegfried Fisiihoi, 18 Mitchell Graham, 19 Tevita Koloamatangi, 20 Lachlan Boshier, 21 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 22 Toni Pulu, 23 Shaun Stevenson.Watch the Stormers v Chiefs live on Sky Sports 3 (red button) on Saturday from 6pm. 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"I wanted to try and extend it as much as possible, but I understand where hes coming from," Weaver said. Weaver gave up just three hits in eight strong innings, Kole Calhoun added a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep with a 7-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. The Angels gave Weaver plenty of run support by coming through in clutch situations. The Angels seven runs were all scored with two outs, including Calhouns homer, a two-run triple by Chris Nelson and an RBI triple from Peter Bourjos. "We did real good (in) situational hitting, 5-for-10 with runners in scoring position, took our walks when they were there," Scioscia said. "In between 13 strikeouts we managed to get some key hits with guys in scoring position." Weaver (8-7) continued the Angels pitching dominance in the three-game series, where they allowed two runs. His only mistake was giving up a solo home run to Dustin Ackley with one-out in the third inning on a 3-2 curve ball that came back over the middle of the plate. But Weaver followed by retiring 15 of the next 16 batters. He struck out eight, but wasnt given the chance at his first complete game since Aug. 6, 2012 against Oakland. "He had a little bit left in him. I think the 102 pitches was good, (and) theres no sense in throwing 115 or 120 this afternoon," Scioscia said. "But its a good sign that he finished strong." Weaver rebounded from two straight losses with one of his best performances of the season. Weaver had won four straight decisions in July and early August before getting knocked around by the Yankees and Cleveland in his previous two starts. He was back in top form against Seattle. Kendrys Morales singled with two outs in the fourth and was the last batter to reach base against Weaver until Ackley doubled with two outs in the eighth. Weaver tried to pitch more on the inner half of the plate after Seattle knocked him around for nine hits and four earned runs in his last start against the Mariners in July. Despite barely being over the century mark in pitches after the eighth, Sciosscia brought in Cory Rasmus to pitch the ninth. Chris Paul Thunder Jersey. "It is what it is. My goal is to try and get extended and get out there and stay out there as much as possible," Weaver said. "Its up to (Scioscia) whether he wants me to keep going or shut it down." The Angels offensive outburst was surprising considering how dominant Seattle starter Aaron Harang (5-11) was for the first 3 2-3 innings where he was nearly perfect. Harang retired 11 of the first 12 batters, striking out five and giving up only a second inning single to Hank Conger before his day rapidly fell apart in the fourth. Josh Hamilton started the rally with a double, followed by Mike Trumbo just missing a home run and doubling off the right field wall to pull the Angels even at 1-1. Conger was intentionally walked and Nelson made Harang pay for the decision, slicing a fly ball that landed on the right-field foul line and bounced into the corner. Trumbo and Conger scored easily while Nelson raced around to third with his second triple. Grant Green then capped the inning beating out an infield single deep in the hole at shortstop that allowed Nelson to score. The Angels finally knocked out Harang in the sixth, again sending eight batters to the plate and doing it all with two outs. Greens two-out bloop single was followed by Bourjos RBI triple off the left-centre wall. Calhoun then ended Harangs day with his fourth homer of the season and first since Aug. 6. Harang struck out seven, but allowed seven earned runs for the third time in August and fourth time in his last eight starts. "Hes a veteran guy, he has to be able to shut that down and get that final out," Seattle manager Eric Wedge said. "Just some bad misses in the middle." Seattles lone highlight was Ackleys homer, his first at Safeco Field in more than a year. After slumping early in the season and going down to the minors, Ackley is hitting .330 in his last 26 games. Seattles offensive slump continued, having scored three or fewer runs in seven of its last 10 games. Notes: Weaver improved to 13-8 all-time against Seattle in 27 career starts. The 13 wins are tied for most against any one team (Texas). ... The Angels now have swept four series of at least three games on the road this season. ... Seattle OF Michael Saunders missed his second straight game due to neck stiffness. ' ' '