The Stormers were dumped out of the Champions Cup by Racing 92, after the hosts clinched an entertaining 31-22 in Paris on Saturday night.
The loss saw the Stormers drop out of the Champions Cup, and they now face a nervous wait to see if they will be one of the 'lucky losers' to drop into the Challenge Cup.
The fighting Stormers were heartbreakingly dumped out of the Champions Cup by French giants Racing 92, after the hosts clinched an entertaining 31-22 win in their final pool match at the Paris La Defense Arena in Paris on Saturday night.for the match, with Manie Libbok, Deon Fourie and Warrick Gelant left out, with an eye on their huge United Rugby Championship match against Leinster in Dublin next weekend, and missing that star power may have cost them in the end.
French scrumhalf Nolan Le Garrec, who put in a superb man-of-the-match effort, slotted one of the conversions, giving his side a 12-3 lead after 17 minutes. Racing however took a good lead into halftime after the Stormers were caught napping by a quickly taken lineout, with the ball slung out wide to Habosi to ghost in untouched, with Le Garrec’s extras putting them 19-10 ahead.th
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