DHL Stadium

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34 - 18
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4
Tries
2
Fourie42′
Dweba43′
Hartzenberg68′
Hartzenberg81′
29′Schoeman
76′Cherry
4
Conversions
1
Libbok44′
Libbok45′
Libbok69′
Libbok83′
30′Kinghorn
2
Penalties
2
Libbok49′
Libbok65′
6′Kinghorn
53′Kinghorn
0
Drop Goals
0

The DHL Stormers overcame Edinburgh Rugby’s early dominance to emerge as 34-18 victors in Cape Town.

Mike Blair’s side were in control for most of the first half, with Pierre Schoeman’s powerful try opening up a 10-0 lead.

However, Deon Fourie and Joseph Dweba touched down during a spell in the sin bin for Stuart McInally that straddled the half-time break.

Suleiman Hartzenberg’s 67th-minute score gave the hosts further control and, though Dave Cherry went over after Sazi Sandi was red-carded late on, Hartzenberg crossed for the bonus-point try at the death.

Manie Libbok kicked 14 points for the Stormers while Blair Kinghorn booted eight for the capital side.

Kinghorn kicked Edinburgh’s first points in the sixth minute as the visitors put pressure on the Stormers.

The hosts were prone to ill-discipline in their own 22 throughout the first half and their repeated infringements caught up with them when Libbok was sent to the sin bin.

Edinburgh had been well on top against 15 men and eventually chalked up the game’s opening try after 29 minutes when, following a period of scrum after scrum on the Stormers’ five-metre line, Schoeman burrowed over from close range, with Kinghorn adding the extras.

Libbok returned to the field with the Stormers finally enjoying some possession outside their own half and Edinburgh were soon down to 14 themselves when McInally was penalised for not rolling away after hauling down Angelo Davids just short of the line.

The hosts pulled back to 10-7 before half-time after Fourie emerged from a rolling maul to touch down and Libbok split the posts.

Debutant Dweba added a second in similar circumstances after the break, with Libbok making it 14-10 before stretching the lead further with a penalty.

The Stormers lost Evan Roos to the bin for using excessive force in a tussle with Nick Haining – who had to be replaced due to being illegally thrown to the ground  – and Kinghorn reduced the deficit by three from the resulting penalty, but it was back to seven shortly after the hour mark thanks to another Libbok effort.

Hartzenberg then intercepted and ran from deep inside his own half to touch down, leaving Libbok with a straightforward conversion, before Sandi saw red for a head-on-head contact with Jamie Ritchie five minutes from time.

Cherry responded with an unconverted try but Hartzenberg had the final say by clinching the try bonus, with Libbok completing the scoring.

80:00 Second Half End

82:42

Libbok

80:55

Hartzenberg

77:25

Orie
Fouche

75:11

Cherry

74:52

Ritchie
Gilchrist

74:14

Sandi

68:51

Savala
Kinghorn

68:29

van Rhyn
Dayimani

68:28

Mngomezulu
du Plessis

68:27

Venter
Schoeman

68:26

Cherry
McInally

68:06

Libbok

67:09

Hartzenberg

64:33

Young
Gilchrist

64:12

Libbok

61:36

Pyrgos
Vellacott

61:31

de Bruin
Nel

58:08

Venter
Dweba

54:34

Pokomela
Fourie

54:33

Smith
Moerat

54:32

Jantjies
de Wet

52:27

Sandi
Fouche

52:11

Kinghorn

51:27

Haining
Muncaster

50:29

Roos

48:19

Libbok

48:18

Cherry
Haining

44:32

Libbok

40:00 First Half End

43:14

Libbok

42:54

Dweba

41:25

Bennett
Dean

41:24

Fourie

39:02

Haining
Cherry

38:08

McInally

35:02

Harris
Vermaak

29:25

Kinghorn

28:43

Schoeman

21:16

Libbok

05:58

Kinghorn

Kick-off 1:00 pm

tries

4

conversion goals

4

penalty goals

2

kick success

9

possession

41

tackles

146

scrums won

4

lineouts won

9

clean breaks

4

turnovers conceded

13

yellow cards

2

red cards

1

tries

2

conversion goals

1

penalty goals

2

kick success

17

possession

59

tackles

86

scrums won

12

lineouts won

9

clean breaks

3

turnovers conceded

11

yellow cards

1

red cards

0

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