Honours even as Edinburgh draw with DHL Stormers
Edinburgh Rugby shared the United Rugby Championship spoils in a 20-20 draw with DHL Stormers at the DAM Health Stadium tonight.
The home side enjoyed the dream start when wing Darcy Graham had the 5985-crowd on their feet as he crossed the line for the opening try after just three minutes – stand-off Jaco van der Walt coming flat on to the ball and slipping through the defence before sending the winger on his way.
Van der Walt added the extras before again causing problems for the Stormers’ rear guard – supporting scrum-half Ben Vellacott the beneficiary as he latched on to the offload and raced in from outside the 22.
Van der Walt again converted, and Edinburgh were looking good for their 14-0 lead in under 10 minutes.
The visitors showed impressive resilience, however, and some sublime handling saw the ball shipped out wide across the park and then quickly back in field to find full-back Warrick Galant to come on to the ball at pace and cross the paint, with stand-off Tim Sweil adding the extras.
Sweil added a three-pointer as the South African defence repeatedly held Edinburgh’s attempts at bay, before contorting the match momentum and their defence into attack – number 8 Evan Roos breaking free and putting away scrum-half Paul de Wet under the sticks.
Sweil converted, with the game tied at 17-17 on the half hour mark, before he and Van der Walt exchanged penalties to finish the half all square.
The second-half was as tense and terse as the first was free-flowing, both sides doing well to halt each other’s’ designs on the white line.
Such was the balance of the encounter, that the previously flawless marksmen both exchanged chances to take the lead, each falling just short in an eventful half which ended with the scoreboard undisturbed and two championship points apiece.
Player of the match
Van der Walt maintained his impressive start to the season and was heavily involved in all of Edinburgh’s points.
The fly-half played in Graham for the first try of the night, then did likewise for Vellacott to score the second, while also kicking two conversions and two penalties.
Play of the match
Edinburgh cut their visitors open in impressive fashion in the early stages and their second try was particularly impressive.
Van der Walt was at the heart of the move and his perfectly executed lay-off allowed the on-form Vellacott to cruise in between the posts.
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Edinburgh Rugby
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Damien Hoyland
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James Johnstone
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Charlie Shiel
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Magnus Bradbury
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Jamie Hodgson
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WP Nel
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Boan Venter
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Adam McBurney
16. Replacement0metres made
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Viliame Mata
8. Number 863metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Luke Crosbie
7. Back-row10metres made
56MINUTES PLAYED
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Jamie Ritchie
6. Back-row28metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Grant Gilchrist
5. Second-row4metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Marshall Sykes
4. Second-row0metres made
71MINUTES PLAYED
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Luan de Bruin
3. Tighthead prop6metres made
56MINUTES PLAYED
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David Cherry
2. Hooker8metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Pierre Schoeman
1. Loosehead prop12metres made
69MINUTES PLAYED
4TACKLES MADE
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Ben Vellacott
9. Scrum-half37metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
2TACKLES MADE
110COMPLETE PASSES
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Jaco van der Walt
10. Stand-off35metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
3TACKLES MADE
29COMPLETE PASSES
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Ramiro Moyano
11. Wing5metres made
62MINUTES PLAYED
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Cameron Hutchison
12. Inside-centre28metres made
54MINUTES PLAYED
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James Lang
13. Outside-centre10metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Darcy Graham
14. Wing83metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Henry Immelman
15. Full-back79metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Stormers
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Warrick Gelant
15. Full-back55metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Sergeal Petersen
14. Wing9metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
6TACKLES MADE
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Juan de Jongh
13. Outside-centre13metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Rikus Pretorius
12. Inside-centre47metres made
64MINUTES PLAYED
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Edwill van der Merwe
11. Wing6metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Tim Swiel
10. Stand-off40metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
11TACKLES MADE
9COMPLETE PASSES
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Paul de Wet
9. Scrum-half19metres made
71MINUTES PLAYED
6TACKLES MADE
29COMPLETE PASSES
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Brok Harris
1. Loosehead prop5metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Scarra Ntubeni
2. Hooker13metres made
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Neethling Fouche
3. Tighthead prop0metres made
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Ernst van Rhyn
4. Second-row1metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Salmaan Moerat
5. Second-row15metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Nama Xaba
6. Back-row7metres made
48MINUTES PLAYED
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Willie Engelbrecht
7. Back-row12metres made
75MINUTES PLAYED
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Evan Roos
8. Number 858metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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JJ Kotze
16. Replacement6metres made
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Kwenzo Blose
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Sazi Sandi
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Justin Basson
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Marcel Theunissen
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Godlen Masimla
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Tristan Leyds
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Daniel du Plessis
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