The DHL Stormers snapped the Vodacom Bulls' 12-game 12-game winning streak in Pretoria on Saturday evening with a fifth successive Vodacom URC victory in a clash between the north-south rivals.
The DHL Stormers snapped the Vodacom Bulls’ 12-game winning streak in Pretoria on Saturday evening with a fifth successive Vodacom United Rugby Championship victory in a clash between the old rivals.
In an all-time classic derby, the Stormers showed impressive resilience to fight back against an early onslaught from the Bulls as the defending URC champions narrowly beat the hosts 23-19 in front of a record 41,205 strong crowd at Loftus Versfeld. The Bulls were rewarded for dominating possession and territory in the opening 25 minutes through four penalties from the boot of flyhalf Chris Smith, but a resolute Stormers defence showed tenacity by braving waves of attack from the home side to keep a try at bay.
Minutes later, the Stormers, enjoying a sparse spell of possession in Bulls territory, caught the men in blue napping as scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies exploited space on the wing to find No 8 Marcel Theunissen with a skip pass that finished with a score in the corner.
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