The Stormers again faded in the second half but had done enough in the first hour to down London Irish 34-14 in their Champions Cup game at Cape Town Stadium.
The visitors produced a final quarter fightback but it was the Stormers' burst after the break that effectively sealed the match that helped keep their hopes alive with a bonus-point win.
The hosts scored a first-half try through Willie Engelbrecht who burst away from a line-out for a converted score. After the break man of the match Hacjivah Dayimani cleared after the ball fell kindly to Leolin Zas, before the Stormers' third try also had its origins in a London Irish error.
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