Reds wing Wendell Sailor this week expressed his desire to score his first Super 12 try on Saturday against the Stormers at Ballymore, but if it depends on the visitors he will have to starve for another week.

The former league legend converted to rugby union this season after a stellar league career and great things were expected from him in Australia. He, however, has failed to set the world alight despite some good performances.

This week he blamed a lack of possession for his failure thus far to cross opposition try-lines, but promised to try his utmost to break his duck on Saturday.

The Stormers, however, have their own plans. And one is to starve the dangerous Reds backs from quality possession. Coach Gert Smal and captain Corne Krige this week singled out Sailor (pictured) as one of the Reds danger men.

Smal regards fullback Chris Latham as a big threat and expects him to run at them from the last line of defence, but added Sailor, Ben Tune, Elton Flatley and Daniel Herbert were also classy players.

"They also have one or two guys in the pack, but those guys are their big attacking players. As for Sailor, to me it is important that we don't concentrate too much on an individual.

"We should cover them in all areas when they have the ball. Everybody's making quite a fuss about him because he was such a good league player, but I think Sailor still struggles to find his feet in rugby union. We have seen certain things in his makeup and will plan accordingly.

"I've seen some video clips of him in action and I expect the Reds to use him much wider than usually on Saturday. I think he will probably come into the backline outside the outside centre."

Krige concurred with his coach when nominating Latham, Sailor, Tune and Herbert as the danger men. "They have a dangerous backline with some quality players and we will have to be alert to runners like Latham, Tune and Sailor. We can, however, curb them by putting pressure on their pack and give them bad ball."

The tough-as-teak flanker feels the Stormers can put the heat on the Reds up front. "I believe they don't have the strongest pack in the competition. If there is an area where we can put them under pressure, that's it."

Smal said they won't kick away possession unnecessary, thereby giving the Reds attacking opportunities. "We want to retain possession and use it positively. We have looked at their tactical play and know what their strong and weak points are."

The Stormers are glad to have potential match winner Breyton Paulse back after a long layoff due to a knee injury, but Smal is in no hurry to put pressure on the Springbok to weave his magic again.

"He will take a while to get back to match sharpness. We want to phase him in gradually, because we want him to play the whole year - not just Super 12 and Tri-Nations and then he is not available for the Currie Cup. We will use him sparingly until his fitness is back to where it should be."

Both the Cats and the Sharks have gone home from New Zealand and Australia without a win and with the Bulls clearly not capable of winning overseas, South African fans are looking at the Stormers to fly the flag. But Smal doesn't want that unnecessary burden.

"All we want to do is to try our best to go home with the maximum points. We concentrate on Saturday and obviously we want to win. The other things are not important to us. If we can concentrate on the right things and don't put unnecessary pressure on ourselves by saying we want to be the first South African team this year to win overseas we will do well," said Smal.

"We want to concentrate on getting quality first phase possession, retain the ball for longer periods and want to be effective at the points of contact. If we have those things in place we will be a very difficult team to beat."

Krige said the team spirit is excellent and the players have shown on the training field the hunger is there to win. "I feel that we as a team can compete with the Reds and I am very optimistic about our chances."